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Misconceptions about Kalki Avatar

I was very angry with Srila Narayana Maharaja because Jadurani was teaching Kalki does not come in Kali yuga and claimed Srila Narayana Maharaja was preaching the same

No Kalki Avatar in this Kali Yuga

by Srimati Jadurani devi dasi [Syamarani didi]

I first met Srila Narayana Maharaj about seven years ago, at the Rupa Sanatana Gaudiya Math, his temple near Seva Kunja in Vrndavan. Since that time I'd always strongly felt Srila…

My Bhakta Picture from 1979 in New Radha Kunda ISKCON Korsnaas Gaard ,Sweden

My Gurubhai and Sankirtana Godbrother from Sweden Rohininandana Prabhu send this to me this is from 1979 when I was a Bhakta , I used to love to serve prasadam I still do, but I recall when I served the Sunday feast I would not take any prasadam untill every single person was completly full and happy I would sit down all the other serves and make sure they where also satisfied with Krsna prasadam ,then I would…

My Bhakta Picture from 1979 in New Radha Kunda ISKCON Korsnaas Gaard ,Sweden

My Gurubhai and Sankirtana Godbrother from Sweden Rohininandana Prabhu send this to me this is from 1979 when I was a Bhakta , I used to love to serve prasadam I still do, but I recall when I served the Sunday feast I would not take any prasadam untill every single person was completly full and happy I would sit down all the other serves and make sure they where also satisfied with Krsna prasadam ,then I would…

Life is not just about eating and sleeping and passing stool !

I used to have house programs, but I stopped them as I found that most came for eating sleeping and passing stool .

I two times invited Braja Bihari das when he first came to ISKCON Potomac since I know him from Vrindavana, but he came to just eat and not discuss Hari Katha , I was thinking then he is asat sanga, why I am cooking and offering Giriraja Prasadam and going out of my way making extra nice prasadam who he…

Ugra Narasimha is only Garlanded with Hiranykasipus intestines

Does Lord Narasimha wear lotusflowers when He comes out of the pillar ? No so this painting is not correct ,on the left though the artist of course wish to paint a lotus garland around Lord Narasimhadevas chest.Actually the only garland Lord Narasimhadeva wore was the intestines of Hiranyajasipu,But in His Ugra Narasimha form no one can put garland of lotusflowers on Lord Narasimha .But after Lord Narasimha killed milliones…

on the aupiscious 100 Vyasa puja celebration of my beloved Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja I am offering this to his lotusfeet :

dear Srila Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obaisences thrown in the dust of your lotusfeet

all glories to Sriman Mahaprabhu and Sri Sri Radha Binodbihari

In 1986 while serving in ISKCON Vrindavana, I was send by the Temple president Damodara Pandit Prabhu , to Mathura to collect donations for the annual Janmastami souvenir…

Chapter 10: The Opulence of the Absolute

TEXT 1

sri-bhagavan uvaca

bhuya eva maha-baho

srnu me paramam vacah

yat te 'ham priyamanaya

vaksyami hita-kamyaya

SYNONYMS

sri bhagavan uvaca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; bhuyah—again; eva—certainly; maha-baho—O mighty-armed; srnu—just hear; me—My; paramam—supreme; vacah—information; yat—that which; te—to you; aham—I; priyamanaya—thinking you dear to Me; vaksyami—say; hita-kamyaya—for your…

amazing glories of chapter 10 of Bhagavad Gita The Glories of the Tenth Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita from the Padma Purana

Lord Shiva said, “My dear Parvati, I will now relate to you the glories of the Tenth Chapter of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita, as related by Lord Vishnu to Lakshmi-Devi which in itself is a stairway to the spiritual world.

In Kashipuri, there was a Brahmana of the name Dhirabuddhi, who was as dear to me as Nandi, my carrier. He was always peaceful and all of his…

Sri Ghatokacha that used demoniac powers in Krsnas service

yesterday I described some of the glories of Sri Barbarika, the son of Ghatokacha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghatotkacha actually if you read Mahabharata, or see a bonafide movie or drama of Mahabharata his chacter will be mentioned ,he was the son of Bhima and Hidimba ,a raksasi by birth, so yes sometimes pure devotees have a Raksasi wife, even in Kali yuga it is common…

Jagannath Ghat ,Vrindavana

One time in the late 1980th one disciple of Srila Prabhupada was made in charge of Jagannath Mandir by the Yamuna in Vrindavana ,so he invited me to stay there and read and chant and have daily darshan of Lord Jagannath Baladeva and Subhadra ,so I have never been inside the temple of Lord Jagannath in Puri but I have lived in Lord Jagannaths temple in Vrindavana for 2 month, when you go to Vrindavana kindly take darshan of Lord Jagannath Baladeva and Subhadra…

Virgin Mary and Srila Prabhupada both wants the world to stop sinning !Our Lady of Fátima - Wikipedia Our Lady of Fátima - Wikipedia

A miracle happened in Portugal in 1917 three children seeing Virgin Mary and she foretold many things such as world war 2, she told these children humans have to stop sinning and surrender to the Lord, Srila Prabhupada appeared in 1965 in the West to assist Virgin Mary to make people in the World stop sinning by introducing the 4 regulative…

Subject: Gita Gan and Bhagavad Gita as it is in full harmony

In the late 1980 th and early 1990th Jayadvaita Swami gave at least one seminar on Straight thinking strong speaking in Vrindavana Institute for Higher education ,which was based on a mundane book he gave the same class over and over again based on the various kinds of arguments ,straw man arguments, circular reasoning so he is very smart in mundane wrangling, but though I took that class at VIHE, I felt cheated as it was…

Lord Caitanya has stated:

"Anyone who finds any fault with a devotee's description of Krishna is a sinner. If a devotee writes a poem, no matter how poorly he does it, it will certainly contain his love for Krishna. A fool says 'visnaya' while a scholar knows the correct form is 'visnave', but Krishna accepts the sentiment in either case. If anyone sees a fault in this, the fault is his, for Krishna is pleased with anything the pure devotee says. You too describe the Lord with words of…

Mahamantra Vaccine or Covid vaccine what is more important ?

Lord Caitanya gave vaccination against Maya and birth and death but Kali Yuga rascals do not want it ,they only worry about wether to get Covid vaccine or not !

In Caitanya Bhagavata we can read Lord Caitanyas order to Chant 64 rounds daily :

shri gaurasundera balibena-"jini pratidina laksha-nama grahana karibena, tanharai grihe bhagavan sevita hana.

Shri Gaurasundera spoke as follows-"The…

Prabhupada Dasakam a prayer to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada

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ananda-sac-cid-baladeva-murttih

brahmanda-sammandita-suddha-kirttih

samsara-sindhuttaranaika-potah

pasyema kim tam prabhupada-padmam?

His blissful, eternal and cognizant form is the embodiment of Sri Baladeva, the akhan da-guru-tattva. His immaculate supra-mundane fame has adorned the universe, and he is the only boat to deliver all living beings from samsara, the ocean of material…

How Mother Ganga and the 7 Vasus cursed Arjuna for killing Bhismadeva

How Mother Ganga and the 7 Vasus cursed Arjuna for killing Bhismadeva

I wanted to narrate this pastime ,but one devotee already did it nicely so I will repost it : GANGA'S CURSE TO ARJUN : THE HIDDEN STORY OF MAHABHARAT. WRITTEN BY- RASHMI VAJPAYEE

May 20, 2020

According to the “Arjuna-Vanavasa Parva” of the Mahabharata- Arjun had met the ‘Chitrāngadā’ during his exile from his kingdom…

daughters of the Naga kings in the lower planets Bilva svarga worshipped Lord Ananta to become Gopis of Lord Balarama Sri Garga samhita 1.5.22:

nägendra-kanyakäù çeñaà

bhejur bhaktyä varecchayä

saìkarñaëasya räsärthaà

bhaviñyanti vraje ca täù

näga—of snakes; indra—of the king; kanyakäù—the daughters; çeñam—

Lord Çeña; bhejuù—worshiped; bhaktyä—with devotion; vara—a husband;

icchayä—with the desire; saìkarñaëasya—of Lord Saìkarñaëa;

räsa—of the räsa dance;…

who is the founder acarya of ISKCON Srila Prabhupada or Jayadvaita Swami ?

Book changes are due to uncultured rebellious American mentality

American are a bunch of rebells , yes I am also a citizen of USA, but there is sometimes rebellious behavior as we saw in former President Trump .ALL deviationes in ISKCON are started in USA ,such as book changes ,,,,marrying gay and lesbian disciples, stop fasting on Visnutattva days and stealing from ISKCON

This rebeliousness also…

The Absolute Necessity Of Second Initiation

Category: 2003 13 January 2003 Last Updated: 23 January 2021 Views: 10927

Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja

Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja

Hilo, Hawaii: January 13, 2003

Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja

[Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja spent the week of January 11-17 in Hilo, Hawaii, enlightening his audience of two hundred fifty on the topics of guru-tattva…

Sri Jagadisa Pandita – Appearance – was yesterday

Jagadīśa Paṇḍita, the fifteenth branch of Lord Nityānanda’s followers, was the deliverer of the entire world. Devotional love of Kṛṣṇa showered from him like torrents of rain. [Cc. Ādi, 11.30]

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura writes in his Anubhāṣya, “Descriptions of Jagadīśa Paṇḍita are available from the Caitanya-bhāgavata, Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Six, and the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā, Chapter Fourteen. He belonged to the…