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Chapter 3 of Narasimha book Narasimha Kavachas , Narasimha Upanisads and Narasimha Mahamantra

 

There are two main Kavachas of Lord Narasimha. One is from Brahmanda Purana and…
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Added by Paramananda das on April 28, 2015 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 3.17 beyond wine and women

Chapter 3. Karma-yoga

TEXT 17

yas tv atma-ratir eva syad atma-trptas ca  manavah atmany eva ca santustas tasya karyam na  vidyate

SYNONYMS…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 17, 2015 at 6:13am — No Comments

Foreword to Narasimha book

Foreword:

In 1979 while I first visited the temple in Sweden , Korsnas Gard, also known as New Radha Kunda.: One day we went on a blissful harinama in Stockholm ,and being allowed to distribute prasadam to onlookers was really blissful.On the way back the devotees had a long Narasimha Kirtan, and I really felt the presence of Lord Narasimha by the mercy of the devotees.

When I joined the temple I was allowed to make sandalwood every day for one Lord Narasimha Deity worshipped by…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 6, 2015 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Introduction to Narasimha book

  

 
 
 

All glories to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada and my Gurudeva, the Vaisnavas, the Acaryas and the 6 Goswamis and Lord Caitanya and all His associates headed by Lord Nityananda Prabhu.

My prayer is that the temple of Lord Narasimha at  Narasimha palli,  in Godruma Dvipa, Navadvipa  may be made into a larger beautiful temple with many offerings daily. Also I have a similar prayer for…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 5, 2015 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Bhakti Ratnakara chapter one

this is the auspiscious invocation of Bhakti Ratnakara:
Sri Bhakti Ratnakara
By Srila Narahari Cakravarti Thakur
Chapter 1

Glorification of the Vaisnava Prabhus

O my Lord Gaurahari, You are the abode of  auspiciousness which is as beautiful as the kirtana of Krsna. You are the ocean  of elegance, bestower of…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 23, 2014 at 5:14pm — 2 Comments

Jayadvaita Swami and the BBT is not wrong about the Banyan tree in Bhagavad Gita 10.26

from BBT  page http://bbtedit.com/Gita_Revisions_Explained_Part_2 :

 

 

10.26: “Holy fig tree!”

asvathah sarva-vrksanam: “Of all trees I am the banyan tree.”

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Added by Paramananda das on December 5, 2014 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Pundarika Vidyanidhi

 

Sri Caitanya Caritamrta – Madhya 16.78

gadadhara-pandite tenho punah mantra dila

odana-shashthira dine yatra ye dekhila

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TRANSLATION

Pundarika Vidyanidhi initiated…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 27, 2014 at 1:30am — 5 Comments

on Ramesh Baba in Varsana

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Ambikavana in Krsna book is not correct

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Added by Paramananda das on November 24, 2014 at 6:30am — No Comments

Srila Prabhupada stated Advaita Acarya had a beard this is a mistake according to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada

 
 
Dear Devotees



Please accept my humble obaisences




Jaya Srila Prabhupada



Now most pictures of Srila Advaita Acarya in ISKCON depicts Him with a beard, what is the souce for this? Something Srila Prabhupada said? Yes but Srila…
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Added by Paramananda das on November 22, 2014 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

Girirani may not be a speculation after all

Prem Prayojan Prabhu wrote me:

No male person can witness the intimate meeting of Radha Krsna. Subal has to stay outside the kunja and fan by pulling a rope connected to a fan inside. Even during rasa-lila, the demigoddesses can see the lila. Their husbands only see Krsna dancing but not the gopis, according to VCT. So only females can be a witness to the intimate pastimes of Sri Radha Krsna. Therefore Raghunath Das Gosvami has written -- rasa-nidhi nava…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 17, 2014 at 4:11am — No Comments

meditation on Lord Siva

pūṣā tu yajamānasya

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dadbhir jakṣatu piṣṭa-bhuk
devāḥ prakṛta-sarvāṅgā
ye ma uccheṣaṇaṁ daduḥ
SYNONYMS
pūṣā—Pūṣā; tu—but; yajamānasya—of the performer of the sacrifice; dadbhiḥ—with the teeth; jakṣatu—chew; piṣṭa-bhuk—eating flour; devāḥ—the demigods; prakṛta—made; sarva-aṅgāḥ—complete; ye—who; me—unto me; uccheṣaṇam—a share of the sacrifice;…
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Added by Paramananda das on November 9, 2014 at 7:05am — No Comments

this is hell

To hell with the ever-abounding, all-entangling crisis…
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Added by Paramananda das on November 7, 2014 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

Girirani by Narayana Maharaja is mental speculation?

   

Narayana Maharaja has stated the Giriraja is not male , that is very ignorant on his part that he thought even Govardhana is…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 28, 2014 at 4:30am — 4 Comments

Hayagriva edited the CC in 1975 not Jayadvaita Swami

Hayagriva helped Srila Prabhupada editing his books to the last this is clear from this lecture http://www.prabhupadavani.org/main/Conversations/187.html JAs claims Srila Prabhupada did not trust Hayagriva in editing issues ,if…
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Added by Paramananda das on October 23, 2014 at 7:53am — No Comments

mother Yasoda giving child birth to Krsna

dandavat pranams 
all glories to Srila Prabhupada 
 Mother Yasoda gave childbirth to Krsna this is also confirmed by Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura in SB 10.3.53 purports ,wheras Devaki did not give birth to Krsna but He appeared first in a 4 armed Visnu murti form and then assumed the form of Lord Vasudeva as a child but not as Vrajendranandana Krsna .Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura states that Yasoda gave the fame of being Krsnas birth  mother…
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Added by Paramananda das on October 19, 2014 at 10:07am — No Comments

Book Publishing Controversy on Wikipedia

Book Changes Controversy now on Wikipedia

The controversy about the editing in Srila Prabhupada's books are now to be found on Wikipedia. Did Jayadvaita Swami and the BBTI really think they could eternally hide the fact that they are editi...

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Paramananda Das this is the very important part: Book Publishing Controversy[edit]

According to many followers of Swami Bhaktivedanta and substantiated on the website…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 19, 2014 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

: Bhagavad Gita 10.31 Omitting Lord Ramachandra from Srila Prabhupadas purport

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TEXT 31
pavanah pavatam asmi ramah sastra-bhrtam aham jhasanam makaras casmi srotasam asmi jahnavi
SYNONYMS
pavanah--the…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 23, 2014 at 5:00am — 5 Comments

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