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Vaisnava Amrta chapter 3

Sri Nama Prabhu tattva and the importance to daily chant 64 rounds

 

Padma Purana (Section: Brahma Khanda 25.15–18).

1)

satam ninda namnah paramam aparadham vitanute

yatah khyatim yatam katham u sahate tad-vigarham

2)

sivasya sri-visnor ya iha guna-namadi-sakalam

dhiya bhinnam pasyet sa khalu hari-namahita-karah

(3)

guror avajna

(4)

sruti-sastra-nindanam

(5)

artha-vadah

(6)…

After Kartika comes Katyayani Vrata

It is embarrassing to preach about because Lord Krsna stole the cloth of the Gopis , not actually that of Sri Radha and the Nitya siddha Gopis but that of the Sadhana Siddhas..in Garga Samhita .Sri Garga Muni has given the many details of so many kind of Gopis that joined Krsna from the conditioned stage such as the sages of Dandakaranya and the Vedas personified .You really have to read the Garga Samhita to get the full knowledge of these pastimes…

Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja Offering–1961

If everyone just initiates then there will only be a contradictory result. As long as it goes on there will be only failure. O shame! My dear brothers, aren’t you embarrassed? In the manner of businessmen you increase your disciples.

A Vyasa-Puja offering of five prayers glorifying special characteristics of Srila 108 Bhaktisiddanta Saraswati Goswami Thakura. Presented on the commemoration of his appearance, by His Divine Grace A.C.…

Why Sura das is a rascal

He has a history of abusing many devotees,For example when he was Aindras sankirtana leader on bookdistribution ,he punched him in the face.

When I served as sankirtana leader in LA in 1990 , he made politics against me and pulled a knife on me,Later when I refused to live in temples with rascals like Sura das , he send me double my BBT order to harrass me so he knew I will have to pay more money and he properly got some commision from Svavasa...I saw in…

In Vraja some Vaisnavas and especially among the Babajis they also often chant Gopal Sahasranama and Radha Sahasra Nama and 64 rounds of Japa 120 round or something in between some even more.There is no Vraja life without Gopal Sahasrana Nama and Radha Sahasra Nama it is that important to many Vrijabasis internal life there ,Srila Prabhupada often said we should follow the internal life of the Vrijabasis then we will also become Vrijabasis no matter where we are ,Vrijabasis offer obaisences…

some argue that Margaret Thatcher was a good leader, leading people in braking the 4 regulative principles and living as a materialist so no she was not a good leader ,but she was unusual from the material perspective ,not at all a spiritual leader in any sense ,but she did get a garland from Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda and I do know she is well-respected around the world, she was not a bad person for sure , when Falkland was attacked she stood up for England when so many did not want to…

chapter 2 of Vaisnava Amrta

Female leaders in ISKCON !

Srila Prabhupada was very clear about women leaders:

Television Interview -- July 9, 1975, Chicago

Woman reporter: There is one question I have for you. You say that a woman’s brain is smaller than a man’s.

Prabhupada:Woman?

Nitai:Woman’s brain is smaller than a man’s brain.

Prabhupada:Yes, that is a fact. In the history there is no woman who is a big philosopher, a big mathematician, big scientist,…

Vrindadevi and Sridhama was cursed by Sri Radha to come to the material world to play the role of the demon Jalandhar and Vrinda became his wife ,so this is also when the marriage of Tulsi and Salagrama sila is performed today like in our ISKCON Baltimore temple today,this pastime is found in Brahma Vaivarta Purana translated by His Grace Kusakratha Prabhu

Tulsi Vivah

Asta-Nama-Stava from the Padma Purana The Eight Names of Vrinda-devi

Vrindavani, vrinda, visvapujita,…

Virocana the son of Prahlada Maharaja and Chandgya Upanisad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandogya_Upanishad…

Chandogya Upanisad , I was looking through the second chapter of Bhagavad Gita for a verses from Chandogya Upanisad ,I thought I had seen one but it is in the commentaries of the acaryas, but Srila Prabhupada has mentioned Chandogya Upanisad in his 8,26 purport ,Many of the commentators of these Upanisads are…

Virocana the son of Prahlada Maharaja and Chandgya Upanisad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandogya_Upanishad…

Chandogya Upanisad , I was looking through the second chapter of Bhagavad Gita for a verses from Chandogya Upanisad ,I thought I had seen one but it is in the commentaries of the acaryas, but Srila Prabhupada has mentioned Chandogya Upanisad in his 8,26 purport ,Many of the commentators of these Upanisads are…

The glories of Sri Krsnas flutes ,this is from the book I am working on ,

In the Ujvala Nilamani it has been stated: Visakha devi describes Krsna's flute to Srimati Radharani: "As it touches His splendid teeth, Krsna's flute looks like a crystal wand. Where it touches Krsna's red lotus palm, it looks like a ruby stick, and where it touches Krsna's blue lotus cheek it looks like a sapphire. Look ! In this way Krsna's flute looks like these three different jewels."

Krsna uses the…

Sri Paramatma-sandarbha

Volume One

by Srila Jiva Goswami

Mangalacarana

tau santosayata santau

srila-rupa-sanatanau daksinatyena bhattena

punar etad vivicyate

tasyadyam granthana-lekham

kranta-vyutkranta-khanditam paryalocyatha paryayam

krtva likhati jivakah

Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, the great philosopher from the southern provinces who greatly pleased Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Sanatana Gosvami, left many valuable notes that defeat…

In 1992 in ISKCON Toronto ,I had a discussion with HH Gaura Govinda Swami about the Sat Sandarbhas ,I was reading the translationes done by Kusakratha Prabhu .Maharaja stated if I could explain to devotees about Priti Sandarbha and the other Sandharbhas I could benefit many devotees.He also offered me to come to Bhuvanesvara and study the Priti Sandarbha under him , I however did not see it so important to leave my book distribution service to give all my attention to reading and teachings…

Srila Narayana Maharaja was sad when Srila Prabhupada had left Kesavaji Gaudiya math and taken up residence in Radha Damodara ,temple. To me it appears that one incident that changed Srila Prabhupadas mind was when he was preaching in Agra after he had taken sannyasa and one family wanted to take diksa from Srila Prabhupada one disciple of Bhakti Prajana Kesava Maharaja stated that he could not give diksa but only Srila Kesava maharaja .After this Prabhupada left Kesavaji Gaudiya math and…

So Ravanas army had 320 million demons this was stated to Sitadevi in Ramayana and Lord Ramachandras army is described in one place to be a billion and other places in Ramayana says 1 lakh crores that is 100.000 times 10 million so a trillion soldiers many of those varnaras only where fighting with nails and teeth…

Hearing the news of the birth of Sri Krsna many saints and demigods visited Nandgaon to see Lord Krishna, one among them being Shanidev.

Everyone was allowed to have Krishna’s darshan except Shanidev.

Yashoda stopped him at the door and saying that her son would be frightened at the sight of Lord Shani.

Shanidev was highly disappointed and went to the nearby forest(Kokilavana ) and prayed, “ I am your servant. You have appointed me to judge and punish sinners according to…

Lord Caitanya brought 2 books from His trip to South India one was Krsna karnamrta the other was Brahma Samhita. Lord Caitanya was very fond of Krsna Karnamrta and would listen to it regularly .Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada commented on Brahma Samhita and so did Srila Jiva Goswami .Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada suggested to daily chant the Brahma Samhita (along with also daily chanting 64 rounds of the Hare Krsna Mahamantra).

Lord Caitanya would hear the Krsna karnamrta in the…

has four names: Haribodhini - Prabodhini - Devotthani - Utthana Ekadasi and it is the second Ekadasi (Kartik Shukla, light fortnight) in the month of Kartik.

Lord Brahma said to Narada Muni, "Dear son, O best of the sages, I shall narrate to you the glories of Haribodhini Ekadasi, which eradicates all kinds of sins and bestows great merit, and ultimately liberation, upon the wise persons who surrender unto the Supreme Lord.

"O best of the brahmanas, the merits acquired by bathing…

How Lord Caitanya gave his mercy to a Fisherman that daily chanted Narasimha Mantras !

there is a wonderful pastime in CC Antya lila chapter 18 where one Fisher man caught Lord Caitanya and by touching the Lords body he developed love of Godhead, not understanding what was happening he started to chant Narasimha mantra but it just made the low of Godhead stronger.Lord Caitanya bestowed such mercy to a fisherman that was chanting Narasimha mantras :

TEXT…

Mother Yasodas complexion is dark

The problem with this beautiful painting on the left is that Mother Yasodas complexion is blackish like Sri Krsna this is described by Srila Rupa Goswami in Radha Krsna Ganodessa Dipika ,the one to the right is in line with Srila Rupa Goswami

TEXT 27

Krnsa's mother is named Yasoda because she bestows (da) fame (yasah) on the cowherd residents of Vraja. She is like the personification of parental love for Krnsa. Her complexion is dark and…