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Astadasa Chandah verse 1

dear Prabhus

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

all glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sat Goswamis ki jaya

Today after Hera pancami 2019 I am starting to complete a commentary to Srila Rupa Goswamis Astadas Chandah , Sriman Kusakrata Prabhu told me before leaving this world that if you write any commentaries to any of the books I have presented it will help other vaisnavas to appreciate my life work so it is a great honor to present…

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Mahaprabhoastakam

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Song Name: Svarupa Bhavato Bhavatv Ayam

Official Name: Mahaprabhorastakam

Author: Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

Book Name: Stavamrta Lahari

Language: Sanskrit

LYRICS:

(1)

svarūpa bhavato bhavatv ayam iti smita-snigdhayā

giraiva raghunātham utpulika-gātram ullāsayan

rahasy upadiśan nija-praṇaya-gūḍha-mudrāḿ svayaḿ

virājatu cirāya me hṛdi sa gauracandraḥ prabhuḥ

(2)

svarūpa mama…

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Brahma Gayatri mantra

dear Prabhus

Please accept my humble obaisences

all glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Bhaktisddhanta Prabhupada gave this concept of Prabhu very strongly to our Gaudiya line addressing other devotees as Prabhu .Because every person

is a spirit soul . You soul is who you really are, even Narada Muni addressed his disciple Srila Vyasadeva as Prabhu and asked him are you satisfied to identify yourself with matter my dear Prabhu it is there in…

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Srila Gadadhara Pandits disapperance day and that of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

all glories to the lotusfeet of my Gurudeva and Lord Gauranga

(this is very advanced subject so I hope you Prabhus can "digest it )

As I pointed out in my article yesterday ,we should not seperate the disapperance days of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Srila Gadadhara Pandita because Srila

Bhaktivinoda Thakura was fully dedicadet to the lotusfeet of Gadadhara Pandita.Actually some Gaudiya maths…

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Subject: todays Vaisnava festivals one is Ratha Yatra

Subject: todays Vaisnava festivals one is Ratha Yatra

4 Jul 2019

Thursday

Dvitīyā, G, 04:48, Puṣyā

+Ratha-yātrā (Chariot festival of Lord Jagannātha)

+Śrī Svarupa Dāmodara Gosvāmī ~ Disappearance

+Śrī Śivananda Sena ~ Disappearance

The mood of Ratha yatra (today we have Ratha Yatra here also in Washington DC the Capital of USA ) Of course it will be in Jagannatha Puri as well

dandavat pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Lord…

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Bhagavad Gita 4.10

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Srila Prabhupada gave at least two lectures on this sloka :

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Bhagavad-gītā 4.10

Type: Bhagavad-gita

Date: Aug. 2, 1974

Location: Vṛndāvana

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Prabhupāda:

vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhā

man-mayā mām upāśritāḥ

bahavo jñāna-tapasā

pūtā mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 3, 2019 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Caitanya Mangala Sutra Khanda 1 part 1

Locana Dasa was born in 1520 A.D. in Kograma within Gauramandala, West Bengal.Image result for Locan das Thakura

He was a disciple of Sri Narahari Sarakara Thakura, an intimate eternal associate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. One day in 1537 A.D., following his guru's order, Locana Dasa sat on a stone slab under a badari tree and started writing the CaitanyaMangala on a piece of bark. Since Vrndavana Dasa Thakura had already written a book entitled CaitanyaMangala, the leading devotees in Vrndavana [Sri…

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11 Bogus Gurus

the eleveb bogus gurus

The (11) eleven original cheater Gurus from Left to Right:

celebrating simultaneous Guru-Puja equal to Prabhupada - the greatest offense

1. Harikesa Swami (mad ,thief and con artist always defending apasiddhanta ,womanizer and devotee abuser )

2. Jayatirtha dasa Adhikari (dead drug user and abuser and engaged in illict sex while a sannyasi and taking LSD)

3. Hansadutta Swami (drunkard, crazy madman )

4. Hridayananda Gosvami (womanizer…

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Harinama Cintamani chapter 2

Sri Harinama Cintamani :: Chapter 2

— Chapter Two —

Chanting the Holy Name

All glories to Sri Gadadhara Pandit and Lord Sri Gauranga; all glories to Lord Nityananda, the life of Srimati Jahnavadevi; all glories to Sri Advaita Acarya and Mother Sita; all glories to Srila Srivas Pandit and to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya.

Unflinching devotion is superior

SRILA HARIDASA CONTINUED to weep in ecstatic love. Lord Gauracandra encircled him with His arms in a…

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correction of chapter 6 of Sri Narasimha

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences if you have read my book Sri Narasimha , there are 2 printing mistakes in chapter 6 in the book so I have corrected them here and if you read it can note   corrections where made 

your servant

Paramananda das

Lord Caitanya visited Simhacalam on His tour of South India:

Srila Prabhupada writes:

Śrī Caitanya CaritāmṛtaMadhya 8.3

pūrva-rīte prabhu āge gamana karilā

'jiyaḍa-nṛsiḿha'-kṣetre kata-dine…

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Bimala Devi & Maha Prasad.

my Gurudeva names my sister in law Bimal devi dasi he used to tell this pastime :

Bimala Devi & Maha Prasad.

Narada Muni once went to Vaikuntha and served Mother Laxmi very attentively. Sri Laxmi was very pleased and requested Narada Muni to ask for any boon. Narada Muni replied, “My dear Mother Laxmi, you must promise that whatever I ask for, you will grant.” Laxmi Devi wowed that she would gladly fulfill his desire. The great saint revealed his wish: Narada Muni requested…

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Bimala Devi & Maha Prasad.

my Gurudeva names my sister in law Bimal devi dasi he used to tell this pastime :

Bimala Devi & Maha Prasad.

Narada Muni once went to Vaikuntha and served Mother Laxmi very attentively. Sri Laxmi was very pleased and requested Narada Muni to ask for any boon. Narada Muni replied, “My dear Mother Laxmi, you must promise that whatever I ask for, you will grant.” Laxmi Devi wowed that she would gladly fulfill his desire. The great saint revealed his wish: Narada Muni requested…

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this is a test

Hare Krishna

Added by Paramananda das on June 18, 2019 at 10:32am — No Comments

how to pray to Lord Narasimha ?

how to pray to Lord Narasimha ? We should study the prayers of Prahlada Maharaja often. I personally like this prayer very much :

Sri Nrisimha Ashtakam

(Prayers for the protection of Lord Nrisimha)

1. Dhyayami narasimhakyam

brahma vedanta-gocharam

bhavabdhi taran opayam

shankha chakra dharam param

I am meditating on the Supreme Person known as Nrisimha who is attainable through Vedanta philosophy. He is the carrier of the conch and the…

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SB 3.2

SB 3.2: Remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa

SB 3.2.1 — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When the great devotee Uddhava was asked by Vidura to speak on the messages of the dearest [Lord Kṛṣṇa], Uddhava was unable to answer immediately due to excessive anxiety at the remembrance of the Lord.

SB 3.2.2 — He was one who even in his childhood, at the age of five years, was so absorbed in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa that when he was called by his mother for morning breakfast, he did not wish to have…

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Nauka Lilas

Krsna also performs boating pastimes at Manasi Ganga at Govardhana ,Krsna manifested Ganges from His mind there so the Vrijabasis did not have to leave Vrindavana to go to the Ganges ,this is the Adi Ganga in Vraja (1)Image may contain: outdoor and water



krsna-prasadena samasta-saila-

samrajyam apnoti ca vairino ’pi

sakrasya yah prapa balim sa saksad

govardhano me disatam abhistam

(2)

sva-prestha-hastambuja-saukumarya

sukhanubhuter ati-bhumi-vrtteh

mahendra-vajrahatim…

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Added by Paramananda das on May 26, 2019 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

simply by the glance of Lord Narasimha He can bless us

simply by the glance of Lord Narasimha He can bless us

Maha-Visnu glances over material nature, which is eternal and by His specific functional expansion, Sambhu (Lord Siva), injects the living entities (souls) into material nature. The living entities are eternal and fragmental parts of Lord Krishna.

SB 2.7.24 — The Personality of Godhead Rāmacandra, being aggrieved for His distant intimate friend [Sītā], glanced over the city of the enemy Rāvaṇa with red-hot eyes like those…

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Gita Mahatmya chapter 18

The Glories of the Eighteenth Chapter of

the Bhagavad Gita from the Padma Purana

Parvati said “My dear husband, you have told me the glories of the Seventeenth Chapter of the Srimad Bhagavad-gita, now kindly relate the glories of the Eighteenth Chapter of Srimad Bhagavad-gita.

Lord Shiva said; “Oh daughter of the Himalayas (Parvati), please listen to the glories of the Eighteenth Chapter of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita, which is higher than the Vedas and the giver of unlimited…

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Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 2. chapter 7 SB 2.7: Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions

SB 2.7: Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions

SB 2.7.1 — Lord Brahmā said: When the unlimitedly powerful Lord assumed the form of a boar as a pastime, just to lift the planet earth, which was drowned in the great ocean of the universe called the Garbhodaka, the first demon [Hiraṇyākṣa] appeared, and the Lord pierced him with His tusk.

SB 2.7.2 — The Prajāpati first begot Suyajña in the womb of his wife Ākūti, and then Suyajña begot demigods, headed by Suyama, in the womb…

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chapter 17 of Bhagavad Gita

Lord Krishna The Glories of the Seventeenth Chapter of

the Bhagavad Gita from the Padma Purana

Lord Krishna

Lord Shiva said, “My dear Parvati, you have heard the unlimited glories of the Sixteenth Chapter of Srimad Bhagavad-gita. Now, kindly hear the nectarine glories of the Seventeenth Chapter of Srimad Bhagavad-gita.

King Khadgabahu’s son had a servant by the name of Dushasan who was very crafty and exceptionally foolish. Dushasan made a bet with the prince that he…

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