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dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

It is very clear from reading the paper about Ramanavami some devotees wants to please their senses before the Lord . http://www.dandavats.com/?p=60200

Let me first of all quote Srila Sanatana Goswami : Srila Sanatana Goswami in Hari-Bhakti-Vilasa

yastu rama navamyam hi

bhunkte mohad vimudhdhih /…

Ram Ramapati Raghupati jai jai,

Maha-Lokpati Jagpati jai jai.

Rajit Janak dulari jai jai,

Mahinandan Prabhu-pyari jai jai.

Praise and glory to You, Shri Ramchandra Ji. You are Lord of Lakshmi and of the house of the Raghus. Glory, all glory to you Lord of Maha Lakshmi and of all the spheres and of the world. Praise and glory be to King Janaka’s daughter, Sita Ji who is the delight and daughter of Mother Earth and Your beloved consort.…

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

If Kṛṣṇa remains in His virāḍ-rūpa, then it will be very difficult to capture Him. Kṛṣṇa remains in virāḍ-rūpa, but He becomes arcā-vigraha, a small deity, so that everyone can worship Him at home.

Lecture on BG 4.15 -- Bombay, April 4, 1974: These are the six businesses for the brāhmaṇa class. They should be highly educated, paṭhana, highly learned, and pāṭhana, and they should educate others also. But if he is not educated, how he will educate…

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

TEXT 42

indriyani parany ahur

indriyebhyah param manah

manasas tu para buddhir

yo buddheh paratas tu sah

SYNONYMS

indriyani—senses; parani—superior; ahuh—is said; indriyebhyah—more than the senses; param—superior; manah—the mind; manasah—more than the mind; tu—also; para—superior; buddhih—intelligence; yah—one which; buddheh—more than the intelligence; paratah—superior; tu—but; sah—he.

TRANSLATION

The working senses are…

TEXT 41

tasmat tvam indriyany adau

niyamya bharatarsabha

papmanam prajahi hy enam

jnana-vijnana-nasanam

SYNONYMS

tasmat—therefore; tvam-you; indriyani—senses; adau—in the beginning; niyamya—by regulating; bharatarsabha—O chief amongst the descendants of Bharata; papmanam—the great symbol of sin; prajahi—curb; hi—certainly; enam—this; jnana—knowledge; vijnana—scientific knowledge of the pure soul; nasanam—destroyer.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, O Arjuna, best…

dear Bhurijana Prabhu

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I was reading your article :Why Krsna left

you write :

In taxi, as you leave, as you reach the highway, it is 80% gone. And in the airport, then abroad, it is very difficult to keep the sweetness of Vrndavan. But as a person taking a lot of photographs I can’t fail to notice that outside there is no life, while in Vrndavan all the trees, landscapes are alive.

This is…

The Faults You Find May Be Your Own

by Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja

We go to judge in the case of others: �Why should he receive all this mercy? He has got so many defects, so many disqualifications, an opposing attitude. Why should he be accepted or given any chance?� But we want mercy for ourselves: �Don�t come to judge me because then I have no hope, my Lord.�

This is jnana-sunya-bhakti, �If you come to judge me, I have no hope. Please grant Your…

indriyāṇi mano buddhir

asyādhiṣṭhānam ucyate

etair vimohayaty eṣa

jñānam āvṛtya dehinam

Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.40

The senses, the mind and the intelligence are the sitting places of this lust. Through them lust covers the real knowledge of the living entity and bewilders him.

Commentary by Sri A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada of Gaudiya Sampradaya:

The enemy has captured different strategic positions in the body of the conditioned…

āvṛtaḿ jñānam etena

jñānino nitya-vairiṇā

kāma-rūpeṇa kaunteya

duṣpūreṇānalena ca

Translation of Bhagavad Gita 3.39

Thus the wise living entity’s pure consciousness becomes covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is never satisfied and which burns like fire.

Commentary by Sri A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada of Gaudiya Sampradaya:

It is said in the Manu-smriti that lust cannot be satisfied by any…

I was listening to the Madhya lila chapter 13 of Caitanya Bhagavata .Jagai and Madhai are incarnationes of Jaya and Vijaya that where demons for 3 birth during Satya Yuga they became Hiranyakasipu and Hiranykasa .

Gaura Ganodessa Dipika states:

93. Lord Caitanya Himself did not accept that Ramacandra Puri was the incarnation of Vibhisana, but the Lord himself said that Ramacandra Puri was the empowered incarnation of Srimati Radharani s mother-in-law Jatila. This Ramacandra Puri…

Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati's

Sri-Chaitanya-Chandramrita

The Nectar Moon of Sri Chaitanya

Translated by Sriman Kusakratha dasa

Stuti-mukhe vastu-nirdesa-rupa-mangalacaranam

In the Beginning an Invocation of Auspiciousness and a Description of the Contents of These Prayers

1 Let us glorify the boundlessly merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead, the prince of Vraja. To taste the intoxicating sweet waves of the nectar of transcendental love for Krsna, as…

108 Names of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 108 Names of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Srila Sarvabhuma Bhattacarya is the incarnation of Brhaspati the Guru of the demigods as explained in Gaura Ganodessa Dipika he was Indias leading Mayavadi untill Lord Caitanya taught him the Atmarama vers from Srimad Bhagavatam and made him a vaisnava this is all lila of course, these 108 names of Lord Caitanya can be chanted daily and are especially recommended for Gaura Purnima .…

Ramachandra Puri is the incarnation of Jatila...

vibhishano yah prag asid ramacandra-puri smritah uvacato gaura harir naitad ramasya karanam jatila radhika-shvashruh karyato ‘vishad eva tam ato mahaprabhur bhiksha-sankocaditato ‘karot Ramachandra’s dear devotee, Vibhishana, took birth as Ramachandra Puri. Radharani’s mother-in-law, Jatila, also entered into him for certain special purposes. On account of him, Mahaprabhu reduced his food consumption. (Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika…

Navadvipa Dhama Pramana Khanda

by

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura

PAMHO

AGTSP

I want to share this with devotees as this is not much read and understood .

Chapter One

Introduction

TEXT 1

Offer respectful obeisances to the youthful couple of Vraja and to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is the same as They, and please hear this anthology of scriptural evidence describing the glories of Sri Navadvipa-dhama.

TEXT 2

What the…

There is certain ragas in kirtana for example we not sing morning tune in the evening or visa versa : There is an amazing pastime in Garga Samhita,

Sri Garga Samhita

Mathura Khandam, Chapter Twenty-one

Sri Naradopakhyana, The Story of Sri Narada

Sri Radha said: That tiger of sages Ribhu was a great devotee, filled with love for You. He was very fortunate. He attained a transcendental form like Yours. Your face was wet with tears of love…

CC Ādi 1.1 — I offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual masters, the devotees of the Lord, the Lord’s incarnations, His plenary portions, His energies and the primeval Lord Himself, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.

CC Ādi 1.2 — I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauḍa to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all.

CC Ādi…

PAMHO

AGTSP

This book I wrote Sri Narasimha is very deep I have not given a lot of explanation on chapter 11 of this books so I want to explain something futher to any vaisnava or aspiring vaisnava interested in the Subject of Lord Narasimha : There is many other Subjects in this chapter I have not discussed I post this on my webpage for those who are my students as well as anyone who wants to learn more about this subject ,because it is worthwile reading .I will add some futher…

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada\

All glories to my Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundara

Srila Prabhupada did not insitute Siva Ratri in ISKCON as a regular festival but in Gaudiya math it is observed strictly so I want to share why , it is mandatory according to Srila HariBhakti Vilasa, my Gurudeva Srila Bhakti Narayana Maharaha observed it strictly , Srila Prabhupada writes in Krsna book…

TEXT 38

dhumenavriyate vahnir

yathadarso malena ca

yatholbenavrto garbhas

tatha tenedam avrtam

SYNONYMS

dhumena—by smoke; avriyate—covered; vahnih—fire; yatha—just as; adarsah—mirror; malena—by dust; ca—also; yatha—just as; ulbena—by the womb; avrtah—is covered; garbhah—embryo; tatha-so; tena—by that lust; idam—this; avrtam—is covered.

TRANSLATION

As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb,…

Narasimha dwadasa Nama stotram

(Twelve names of Narasimha)

edited by Paramananda das

Narasimha dwadasa Nama stotram

(Twelve names of Narasimha)

edited by Paramananda das