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Proper understanding the Gauranga Nagaris

Paramananda Das this painting is done by Gadadhar Prana in Mayapure , he…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 20, 2013 at 2:00am — 3 Comments

The sankirtana movement is the heart of Lord Narasimhadeva chapter 15

Srila Prabhupadas has often asked devotees in his lectures and books to please distribute his books. In one purport of the Bhagagavatam Srila Prabhupada has stated it is the duty of every member of ISKCON (SB 7.9.44 purport ).

The verse reads: SB 7.9.44: My dear Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva,…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 3, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.68

TEXT 68

tasmad yasya maha-baho nigrhitani sarvasah indriyanindriyarthebhyas tasya prajna pratisthita

SYNONYMS

tasmat--therefore; yasya--of one's; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one; nigrhitani--so curbed down; sarvasah--all around; indriyani--the senses;…

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Bhagavad Gita 2.67

TEXT 67

indriyanam hi caratam yan mano 'nuvidhiyate tad asya harati prajnam vayur navam ivambhasi…

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Secret Of Controlling The Senses Bhagavad Gita .2.66

Chapter 2. Contents of the Gita Summarized

TEXT 66

nasti buddhir ayuktasya na cayuktasya bhavana na cabhavayatah santir asantasya kutah sukham

SYNONYMS…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 1, 2013 at 7:46pm — No Comments

Does the worship of Lord Narasimha scare away Srimati Radharani? chapter 14 of Sri Narasimha

One Gaudiya math sannyasi has stated that to much worship of Lord Narasimha is not favorable to Vraja Bhakti, and the worship of Ugra Narasimha scares away Sri Radha. In his Manah Siksa ,Srila Raghunath das Goswami writes: asad-varta-vesya visrja mati-sarvasva-haranih katha mukti-vyaghrya na srnu kila sarvatma-gilanih api tyaktva laksmi-pati-ratim ito vyoma-nayanim vraje radha-krsnau sva-rati-mani-dau tvam bhaja manah O mind, give up friendship with non devotees, which is nothing but a…

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Brahma Vaivarta Purana on Janmastami

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Vows, Worship, and Fasting on Shri Janmashtami

Chapter Eight: Shri Brahma-vaivarta Purana Shri Janmastami-vrata-pujopavasa-nirupana

1 Shri Narada said: Now please tell me of the vow of Janmastami, which is the great vow of vows. Please tell me the result attained by following the ceremony of Jayanti-yoga. 2 O great sage, what sinful reaction does one meet by not following this vow or by eating on that day?…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 26, 2013 at 8:30pm — No Comments

L -left -S -Side D -Down and immitation of Lord Visnu

WOW = Words Of Wisdom!…

$‚The power of Love’ is personified in Krishna... the ‚only’ peace-formula... Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 5.29 bhoktāraḿ yajña-tapasāḿ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaḿ sarva-bhūtānāḿ jñātvā māḿ śāntim ṛcchati SYNONYMS bhoktāram — the beneficiary; yajña — of sacrifices; tapasām — and penances and austerities; sarva-loka — of all planets and the demigods thereof; mahā-īśvaram — the Supreme Lord; su-hṛdam — the benefactor; sarva — of all; bhūtānām — the living entities; jñātvā — thus knowing; mām — Me (Lord Kṛṣṇa); śāntim — relief from material pangs; ṛcchati — one achieves. TRANSLATION „A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries.“ PURPORT (A. C. Bahaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada 1896-1977) =================== The conditioned souls within the clutches of illusory energy are all anxious to attain peace in the material world. ............. But they do not know the formula for peace, which is explained in this part of the Bhagavad-gītā. The greatest peace formula is simply this: Lord Kṛṣṇa is the beneficiary in all human activities. =================== Men should offer everything to the transcendental service of the Lord because He is the proprietor of all planets and the demigods thereon. No one is greater than He. He is greater than the greatest of the demigods, Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā. In the Vedas (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.7) the Supreme Lord is described as tam īśvarāṇāḿ paramaḿ maheśvaraḿ. Under the spell of illusion, living entities are trying to be lords of all they survey, but actually they are dominated by the material energy of the Lord. The Lord is the master of material nature, and the conditioned souls are under the stringent rules of material nature. =================== Unless one understands these bare facts, it is not possible to achieve peace in the world either individually or collectively. =================== This is the sense of Kṛṣṇa consciousness: Lord Kṛṣṇa is the supreme predominator, and all living entities, including the great demigods, are His subordinates. One can attain perfect peace only in complete Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This Fifth Chapter is a practical explanation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, generally known as karma-yoga. The question of mental speculation as to how karma-yoga can give liberation is answered herewith. To work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is to work with the complete knowledge of the Lord as the predominator. Such work is not different from transcendental knowledge. Direct Kṛṣṇa consciousness is bhakti-yoga, and jñāna-yoga is a path leading to bhakti-yoga. Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to work in full knowledge of one's relationship with the Supreme Absolute, and the perfection of this consciousness is full knowledge of Kṛṣṇa, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A pure soul is the eternal servant of God as His fragmental part and parcel. He comes into contact with māyā (illusion) due to the desire to lord it over māyā, and that is the cause of his many sufferings. As long as he is in contact with matter, he has to execute work in terms of material necessities. Kṛṣṇa consciousness, however, brings one into spiritual life even while one is within the jurisdiction of matter, for it is an arousing of spiritual existence by practice in the material world. =================== The more one is advanced, the more he is freed from the clutches of matter. The Lord is not partial toward anyone. Everything depends on one's practical performance of duties in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which helps one control the senses in every respect and conquer the influence of desire and anger. =================== And one who stands fast in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, controlling the abovementioned passions, remains factually in the transcendental stage, or brahma-nirvāṇa. The eightfold yoga mysticism is automatically practiced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness because the ultimate purpose is served. There is a gradual process of elevation in the practice of yama, niyama, āsana, prāṇāyāma, pratyāhāra, dhāraṇā, dhyāna and samādhi. But these only preface perfection by devotional service, which alone can award peace to the human being. It is the highest perfection of life. Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Fifth Chapter of the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā in the matter of Karma-yoga, or Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. ............ .....\\O//...\\O//......\\O//..... .\\O//..\\O//......\\O//....\\O//..... .....\\O//..\\O//..........\\O//..... .....\\O//....\\O....\\O//..... __/\ò_ Maha-Mantra for world peace! And for ‚true’ Self-Realization... ♪♫•.¸¸.•´¯`•. •´¯`•.¸¸.•♪♫♪•.¸¸.•´¯`•. HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE ...just ‚chant and be happy’...!$

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Added by Paramananda das on August 26, 2013 at 5:03pm — No Comments

Krsnas apperance in Ananda Vrindavana Campu chapter 2

Chapter Two

The Appearance of Lord Krishna

Now we will discuss the truth about the transcendental birthplace of Bhagavan and the appearance of Lord Shri Krishna. Once upon a time, Bhumi, the predominating deity of the earth, felt overburdened by different demons posing as members of the royal order. Feeling aggrieved upon seeing her miserable condition, the lotus-born Brahma appealed to Ksirodakasayi Vishnu, the maintainer of the universe, saying, "Please…

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Srila Prabhupada the Sena pati Bhakta of Lord Caitanya

21 Aug 2013

Wednesday

Pratipat, K, 05:27, Śatabhiṣā

+Break fast 05:27 - 09:56 (Daylight savings not considered)

+Tridaṇḍisvāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupadas departure for the USA

Srila Prabhupada started his jorney on the sacred Ganges : Friday, August 13, 1965

"Today at 9 a.m. embarked on M.V. Jaladuta. Came with me Bhagwati, the…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 21, 2013 at 8:30am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.65

TEXT 65

prasade sarva-duhkhanam hanir asyopajayate prasanna-cetaso hy asu buddhih paryavatisthate

SYNONYMS

prasade--on achievement of the causeless mercy of the Lord; sarva--of all; duhkhanam--material miseries; hanih--destruction; asya--his;…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 21, 2013 at 3:07am — No Comments

the acaryas puports to Bhagavad gita 8.23 to 8.26

Chapter 8, Verse 23.

O best of the Bharatas, I shall now explain to you the different times at which, passing away from this world, one does or does not come back.

Chapter 8,…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 7, 2013 at 2:44pm — No Comments

regarding editing Srila Prabhupadas books

Dear devotees

Naveen Krsna ,the head pujari of Radha Madan Mohan asked me yesterday to write something about the glories of Srimad Bhagavatam.

What came to mind to me is Srila Prabhupadas preface: As i was going to Vedabase.net my first concern was oh no proper Jayadvaita Swami and Dravida has tampered with this also: So wisely I took if from Srila Prabhupada pre 1978 books

Srila Prabhupadas preface to Srimad Bhagavatam

We must know the present need of human society.…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 26, 2013 at 2:23am — No Comments

The bogus booktrust ..BBT

The Bogus Book Trust are run by materialistic BBT trustees, trying to make as much money for their personal pockets as possible.

The BBT does not take care of devotees that distribute Srila Prabhupadas books even a life time, all they care about is the money.

They print non Srila Prabhupadas books also-They also change the words against Srila Prabhupadas clear will of june 1977-not to further reedit his…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 23, 2013 at 11:18am — No Comments

Bimba fruits, as in Vilapa Kusumanjali's first verse.

Bimba fruits, as in Vilapa Kusumanjali's first verse.…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 21, 2013 at 10:00pm — 8 Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.64

TEXT 64 rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati

SYNONYMS rāga—attachment; dveṣa—detachment; vimuktaiḥ—by one who has been free from such things; tu—but; viṣayān—sense objects; indriyaiḥ—by the senses; caran—acting; ātma-vaśyaiḥ—one who has control over; vidheyātmā—one who follows regulated freedom; prasādam—the mercy of the Lord; adhigacchati—attains.

TRANSLATION One who can control his senses by practicing the regulated…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 16, 2013 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

under attack of crazy Bhakta Brian aka Brghu das

ISKCON is full of nasty politics and for years I did not care to respond.I have already previously written about the nonsense at ISKCON Berkely .Since Hansadutta was there this temple has been having one more crazy leader after the other just like himself.In 1994 the US BBT and Harivila das invited me to return to distribute books after at failed attempt to marry me of to some fallen female disciple of one fallen ISKCON sannyasi (he was later expelled due to his…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 15, 2013 at 3:52pm — No Comments

flowers alone will not please Srila Bhaktivnoda Thakura!

dear devotees Please accept my humble obaisences All glories to Srila Prabhupada Many devotees talk about Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and think their offerings of flowers will be enough on his holy disapperance day: Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura about chanting 64 rounds. Sadhu-vritti, Sajjana Toshani 11/12: tinei sad-grihastha-jini pratyah laksha-nama grahana karena, tanhara grihei shuddha-vaishnava-gana prasada grahana karibena. “Only those devotees are sad-grihasthas (true and ideal…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 8, 2013 at 7:55am — No Comments

SRILA PRABHUPADA NEVER SPOKE Gibberish

sometime when I read some of Srila Prabhupadas own disciples treatment of Srila Prabhupada I get disgusted ,there is a discussion about Icecream and one disciple added Srila Prabhupada spoke Gibberish. The fact is many of Srila Prabhupadas own disciples do not respect him , they do not regularly read his books or listen to his lectures.They find faults with Srila Prabhupada that they know better than he .His books are not good enough full of Gibberish so we need to edit them.Srila Prabhupada…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 2, 2013 at 12:39pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.62

TEXT 62 dhyayato visayan pumsah

sangas tesupajayate

sangat sanjayate kamah

kamat krodho 'bhijayate

dhyayatah--while contemplating; visayan--sense objects;pumsah--of the person; sangah--attachment; tesu--in the sense objects; upajayate--develops; sangat--attachment; sanjayate--develops; kamah--desire; kamat--from desire; krodhah--anger;abhijayate--becomes manifest.

TRANSLATION While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 1, 2013 at 12:24am — No Comments