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Lord Narasimha the Yuga avatar for Satya yuga

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to Sru Guru and Gauranga

When I was reading the 6 Sandarbhas of Srila Jiva Goswami and Laghubhagavatamrta of Srila Rupa Goswami what to speak of Srila PRabhupadas books I always looked for the evidence that Lord Narasimha was…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 15, 2017 at 5:30am — No Comments

foreword to Sri Narasimha

Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada brought this worship of Lord Narasimha to the west. On board Jaladutta in 1965 Srila Prabhupada had a dream of Krsna and His various incarnations protecting him. Srila Prabhupada had 2 heart attacks due to the rough sea journey and advanced age .

Lord Narasimha is one of Krsnas main incarnations along with Lord Ramachandra according to Laghu Bhagavatamrta of Srila Rupa Goswami. Later when Srila Prabhupada had a heart attack again in around…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 6, 2017 at 1:00am — No Comments

chapter 16 Lord Narasimhadevas pastimes from Narasimha Purana and from Bhakti Sandarbha

Narasimha Purana is one of the 18 Upa Puranas written by Srila Vyasadeva, Upa Purana just means that it does not cover the 10 subjects of the Mahapuranas, but 5 or more.This has been explained by Sukadeva Goswami in the Srimad Bhagavatam 12 Canto chapter. 7, 9-10:

sargo 'syātha visargaś ca…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 31, 2017 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 3.29

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

Bg 3.29

TEXT 29

prakrter guna-sammudhah

sajjante guna-karmasu

tan akrtsna-vido mandan

krtsna-vin na vicalayet

SYNONYMS…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 28, 2017 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Lord Narasimha in Navadvipa and Vrindavan

In our Gaudiya line the most important place of worship of Lord Narasimha is in Nandagrama and in Godruma Dvipa, in Navadvipa (Narasimha palli) both is identical, Why is Narasimha being worshipped in Nandagrama ? Because Garga Muni asked Nanda Maharaja, that he had the worship of Lord Narasimha established in Nandagrama. No Demons ever attacked Krsna in Nanda Grama itself. Krsna killed the asuas somewhere else. This Narasima Deity is still there…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 23, 2017 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Caitanya Carita by Murari Gupta

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

all glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Yesterday was…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 21, 2017 at 1:56am — No Comments

chapter 6 of Sri Narasimha Lord Caitanya visited Simhacalam on His tour of South India

Lord Caitanya visited Simhacalam on His tour of South India:

Srila Prabhupada writes:

Śrī Caitanya CaritāmṛtaMadhya 8.3

pūrva-rīte…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 17, 2017 at 1:00am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 3.28

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

TEXT 28

tattva-vit tu maha-baho

guna-karma-vibhagayoh

guna gunesu vartanta

iti matva na sajjate

SYNONYMS

tattvavit—the knower of the Absolute…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 2, 2017 at 1:28am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 3.27

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

Bg 3.27

TEXT 27

prakrteh kriyamanani

gunaih karmani sarvasah

ahankara-vimudhatma

kartaham iti manyate

SYNONYMS…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 2, 2017 at 1:15am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 3.26

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

Bg 3.26

TEXT 26

na buddhi-bhedam janayed

ajnanam karma-sanginam

josayet sarva-karmani

vidvan yuktah samacaran

SYNONYMS…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 1, 2017 at 11:39pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 3.25

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

Bg 3.25

TEXT 25

saktah karmany avidvamso

yatha kurvanti bharata

kuryad vidvams tathasaktas

cikirsur loka-sangraham

SYNONYMS…

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Added by Paramananda das on February 21, 2017 at 3:30am — No Comments

Shri Stavavali by Srila Raghunath das Goswami

Shri Stavavali

Volume One

001

Shri Shacisunv-ashtaka

Eight Prayers Glorifying the Son of Shaci

Text 1

harir drishtva goshthe mukura-gatam atmanam atulam

sva-madhuryam radha-priyatara-sakhivaptum abhitah

aho gaude jatah prabhur apara-gauraika-tanu-bhak

shaci-sunuh kim me nayana-saranim yasyati…

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Added by Paramananda das on February 20, 2017 at 9:30am — No Comments

Krsna Bhavanamrta chapter 20

Chapter 20

End of the Day

(10:48 p.m. - 3:36 a.m.)

After singing all these songs and playing different nice tunes with Their amazing musical instruments, Krishna and the gopis changed Their clothes for playing in the Yamuna river and entered a kunja where Vrinda brought Them dates, bananas, jack fruit, rose apples, mangoes and other kinds of juicy fruit. Radha and…

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Added by Paramananda das on February 20, 2017 at 9:00am — No Comments

Krsna Bhavanamrta chapter 19 Nisa lila : Radha and Krishna Engage in Nocturnal Pastimes (10:48 p.m. - 3:36 a.m.)

Chapter 19

Radha and Krishna Engage in Nocturnal Pastimes

(10:48 p.m. - 3:36 a.m.)

Out of love for Her sakhis, Shri Radhika tried to arrange for their meeting with Krishna also, so She told Him, "O Priyatama, in this forest the greatly offensive king Cupid reigns, piercing My girlfriends, who are searching for You, with his arrows."

Acyuta said, "O You who are showered with the matchless nectar of affection, You know that it is My…

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Added by Paramananda das on February 16, 2017 at 12:00am — No Comments

Varaha Kavacha

Meaning

Adhyam rangamithi proktham vimanam ranga samgnitham,

Sri mushnam, Venkatadri cha salagramam cha naimisam,

Thothadreem pushkaram chaiva nara narayanasramam,

Ashtou may murthaya santhi swayam vyaktha mahi thale.

Firstly the great temple called Sri Ranga, with Ranga there,

Sri Mushnam, Thirupathi , SAlagramam, Naimisaranyam,

Thiruneermalai, Pushkar and the…

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Added by Paramananda das on February 7, 2017 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Krsna Bhavanamrta chapter 18

Shri Krishna Bhavanamrita Mahakavya

Written in 1685 A.D. by Shrila Shrila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

"Shrila Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura has given us a transcendental literature entitled Krishna Bhavanamrita, which is full with Krishna's pastimes. Devotees can remain absorbed in Krishna-thought by reading such books."

(Shrila Prabhupada KB "Uddhava Visits Vrndavana")

Chapter 18

Pastimes at…

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Added by Paramananda das on February 5, 2017 at 3:30am — No Comments

Advaita Prakash chapter 3

Chapter Three

All glories to Shri Chaitanya! All glories to Sitanatha! All glories to Nityananda, along with all the devotees!

One day Advaita Prabhu wrote a letter and sent it with someone to His parents in Lauda-dhama. Kuvera Acarya had looked for his son everywhere and was feeling great distress out of separation. Tears flowed from his eyes, and he repeatedly called out the name of Gopala. By the mercy of Lord Krishna, he felt somewhat relieved, and he returned to his house.…

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Added by Paramananda das on February 2, 2017 at 6:29am — No Comments

Krsna Bhavanamrta chapter 17 Evening Pastimes

chapter 17

Evening Pastimes

(6:00 p.m. - 8:24 p.m.)

While Krishna entered the meadows, the demigoddesses in the sky said to each other, "Sakhi, the sun and Krishna are both friends of the lotus flowers and they are both effulgent, but Krishna, being heavy or valuable, stays on the earth, while the sun, being light or cheap, hangs in the sky with its yellow light. The Creator is a big fool trying to compare…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 29, 2017 at 6:46pm — No Comments

transcendental knowledge about Lord Pradyumna

Dandavat pranams

All glories to the lotusfeet of my Gurudeva and Srila Prabhupada

Jaya Nitai Gaura, Radhe Shyama ,jaya Krsna Balarama

I was remembering Lord Pradyumna first there is the pastime in Krsna book :

54. Pradyumna Born to Krsna and Rukmini

54 / Pradyumna Born to Kṛṣṇa and…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 28, 2017 at 7:39pm — No Comments

My Vyasa puja offering to my Gurudeva , Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja 2017

dear Srila Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obaisences in the dust of your lotusfeet on this holy day of your appearance.

You confirmed so many things for me in Bhakti , you also gave me the desire to regularly chant 64 rounds or more, though sometimes I struggle I complete my rounds by your inspiration and grace , you told me so may times to chant 64 rounds already in 1989 , I can glorifie you in so many ways but this simple instruction to follow the line of Srila…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 26, 2017 at 8:30pm — No Comments