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Bhagavad Gita 2.57 , Prabhupada: The rascal editors, they are doing havoc

TEXT 57

yah sarvatranabhisnehas tat tat prapya  subhasubham nabhinandati na dvesti tasya prajna  pratisthita

SYNONYMS

yah--one who; sarvatra--everywhere; anabhisnehah--without affection; tat--that; tat--that;…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 24, 2013 at 8:30am — No Comments

lack of humility and whoes books I will distribute

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences at your lotusfeet

Jaya Sri Guru and Gauranga,Jaya Gandarvika Giridhari

Jaya Srila Prabhupada

I am watching this video again from 2000 in Alachua of Srila Gurudeva speaking about humility.…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 23, 2013 at 6:50am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.56 how Jayadvaita Swami added a vers from Stotaratna not in Srila Prabhupadas 1972 edition

1972 edition TEXT 56

duhkhesv anudvigna-manah

sukhesu vigata-sprhah

vita-raga-bhaya-krodhah

sthita-dhir munir ucyate

SYNONYMS

duhkhesu--in the threefold miseries; anudvigna-manah--without being agitated in mind; sukhesu--in happiness; vigata-sprhah--without…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 23, 2013 at 5:19am — 1 Comment

In glorification of Lord Ramachandra

My dear devotee friends
Please accept my protrated obaisences at your lotusfeet
All glories to my beloved Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
all glories to Srila Prabhupada who is our life and soul and who spread the glories of Lord Ramachandra all over the world;
Naveen Krsna Prabhu the head pujari at ISKCON Potomac asked me yesterday to write something…
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Added by Paramananda das on April 20, 2013 at 5:30am — No Comments

Is the EC serious about Bhavananda?





dear devotees
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada


Last night at ISKCON Potomac at the end of the Rama Navami celebration Anuttama das came and told me he had a message for me from the EC.
ISKCON Executive committee…
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Added by Paramananda das on April 20, 2013 at 3:00am — No Comments

Some thoughts in KC

Dandavata pranams
Jaya Sri Guru and Gauranga, Gandarvika Giridhari
Jaya Srila Prabhupada
Here is…
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Added by Paramananda das on April 15, 2013 at 1:33am — No Comments

Holi another way to make money against Srila Prabhupadas wish

Subject: Holi another way to make money against Srila Prabhupadas wish…



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Added by Paramananda das on April 12, 2013 at 8:51am — 1 Comment

offences to my Gurudeva

Hari bol Gaura das
I am not sure why you are sending me this, but I will respond to it:
you wrote:
The bhajans sung by Srila Narayana Maharaja are not his as far as I know but are Gaudiya property for public domain, not exclusive. Is Isa prabhu looking for excuses to find fault…
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Added by Paramananda das on April 10, 2013 at 7:00am — No Comments

Does ISKCON leaders make mistakes you bet all the time!

if you distribute Srila Prabhupadas books you get thrown out of ISKCON , first this happened in 1984 to me because I refused to sell any more Hong Kong paintings

( to facilitate the life of easy comfort for Harikesa and Devamrta Swami, and Suhotra and others) ISKCON makes mistakes also but never admits them…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 8, 2013 at 4:34am — No Comments

Prthu and Vidura went to Mayapure

pranams

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga ,Radha Binodbihariji
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Here is something I like to share with the vaisnavas :
Both Vidura and Prithu Maharaja came to Mayapure , anyone who has not read the Navavipa Dhama Mahatmya and Navadvipa Pramana Khanda by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has not perfected their…
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Added by Paramananda das on April 5, 2013 at 7:28am — No Comments

" Hiranyaksa with tusks?

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
 When reading Srimad Bhagavatam 3.18.7 :


SB 3.18.7: The demon, who had golden hair on his head and fearful tusks, gave chase to the Lord while He was rising from the water, even as an alligator would chase an elephant. Roaring like thunder, he said: Are You not ashamed of…
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Added by Paramananda das on March 31, 2013 at 5:30am — No Comments

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

Lord Caitanya visited Simhacalam on His tour of South India:
Srila Prabhupada writes:

pūrva-rīte prabhu āge gamana karilā

'…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 30, 2013 at 5:00am — No Comments

chapter 5 of the Narasimha book :Lord Narasimha kills demons, but in Kali yuga mainly demoniac mentality!

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chapter 5 of the Narasimha book :Lord Narasimha kills enemies, but in Kali yuga mainly demoniac mentality!

In Kali yuga ,Lord Caitanya mainly kills the demoniac mentality ,Lord Caitanya is non different from Lord Narasimha, this was shown in many of His pastimes.He did not kill the Chand Kazi but simply warned him not to obstruct the sankirtana movement:

There is…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 30, 2013 at 4:30am — No Comments

Chapter 4 Sri Narasimha ,Fighting internal enemies by the grace of Lord Narasimha

The internal enemies lust ,anger ,greed leads to the degradation of the soul.Krsna has stated:

tri-vidham narakasyedam dvaram nasanam atmanahkamah krodhas tatha lobhas tasmad etat trayam tyajet

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There are three gates leading to this hell--lust, anger and greed. Every sane man…
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Added by Paramananda das on March 29, 2013 at 5:30am — No Comments

Chapter 3 of the Narasimha book Narasimha Kavachas and 2 Narasimha Upanisads., explanation of the Narasimha Maha mantra



There is 2 Kavachas of Lord Narasimha .One is from Brahmanda Purana and one is from Brahma Samhita, in general devotees are familiar with the prayers from the Brahma Samhita Chapter that was rediscovered by Lord Caitanya at Adi Kesava temple in south India, starting…
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Added by Paramananda das on March 29, 2013 at 5:00am — No Comments

Narasimha book chapter 2 108 names of Narasimha and 1000 names of Narasimha

108 names of Lord Narasimha:

1. Om narasimhaya namah
Obeisances unto the half-man half-lion Lord 2. Om mahasimhaya namah
Obeisances to the great lion…
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Added by Paramananda das on March 29, 2013 at 4:34am — No Comments

Sri Narasimha Palana Prarthana chapter one

 Sri Narasimha Palana Prarthana

 

 

 
I asked Kusakrata Prabhu (in 2005) for permission to include his prayer…
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Added by Paramananda das on March 29, 2013 at 4:30am — No Comments

Introduction to Narasimha book

All glories to the lotusfeet of Srila Prabhupada , the vaisnavas , the acaryas and the 6 Goswamis and Lord Caitanya and all His associates headed by Lord Nityananda Prabhu .
My dream is that the temple of Narasimha palli ,Godruma Dvipa may be made into a larger beautiful temple with many offerings…
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Added by Paramananda das on March 29, 2013 at 4:00am — No Comments

Foreword to Sri Narasimha

 
 
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 H…
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Added by Paramananda das on March 29, 2013 at 4:00am — No Comments

Importance of Garbhadhana Samskara

my dear disciples
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
I want to teach you about Garbhadana samskara .In Vedic culture the husband and wife only have sex for begetting children.There is many quotes by Srila Prabhupada.Srila Prabhupada also explained in Vrindavana to the TP then ,that married couples should not live in the same room.As there might otherwise be illicit sex. He only pushed for this in Vrindavana.Though I have…
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Added by Paramananda das on March 9, 2013 at 4:04am — 1 Comment

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