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Purusottama Month is meant for pure bhakti only and worship of Vraja Bhakti
Added by Paramananda das on September 10, 2012 at 4:30am — No Comments
Eggplants are not for vaisnavas, or are they?
Dandavat pranams
Jaya Sri Guru Gauranga,Gandarvika Giridhari
Jaya Srila Prabhupada
I was reading yesterday about how eggplants are not good for celibacy:
in Bhakti Vikas Maharajas Brahmacari book: In the chapter of Retention of semen.
I have read in Haribhaki Vilasa some quotes where Krsna has stated in various Puranas that He turns His lotusface away from those who eat eggplants (and burnt…
ContinueAdded by Paramananda das on September 9, 2012 at 8:30pm — 9 Comments
Brahmastra, Vimanas and Salva
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Bhagavad Gita chapter 15 text 14 Nama seva and prasadam seva
Added by Paramananda das on September 7, 2012 at 10:44pm — No Comments
Balarama dragging Yamunadevi to Him
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Get a life! Get out of maya !
Dandavat pranams
Jaya Sri Guru Gauranga, Gandharvika Giridhari
Jaya Srila Prabhupada
I was thinking about when "devotees" develop hatred towards Gaudiya math devotees , or for that matter any living being or other devotees in ISKCON even for socalled non devotees
Sri Isopanisad is very clear and simple:
yas tu…
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Bhagavad Gita 15.12
Text 12
yad aditya-gatam tejo jagad bhasayate ’khilam yac candramasi yac cagnau tat tejo viddhi mamakam
Translation
The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from Me. And the splendor of the moon and the splendor of fire are also from Me.
Commentary by Srila Prabhupada
The unintelligent cannot…
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Being assertive without being aggressive and offensive
I am taking a class about Vocational skills…
Added by Paramananda das on September 5, 2012 at 1:50pm — 3 Comments
Bhagavad Gita 15.11
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The myth of no illicit sex in ISKCON
Dandavat pranams
Jaya Sri Guru,Gauranga , Gandharvika Giridhari
Jaya Srila Prabhupada
When Srila Prabhupada started ISKCON he introduced no illicit sex.Many of his first disciples where even homosexuals.
Still he allowed them to live in the temple to become KC.Some of them later still engaged in these demoniac acts and some even molested children...
He also allowed women (in Gaydiya math and any…
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Bhagavad Gita 15.10
Text 10
utkramantam sthitam vapi bhunjanam va gunanvitam vimudha nanupasyanti pasyanti jnana-caksusah
Translation
The foolish cannot understand how a living entity can quit his body, nor can they understand what sort of body he enjoys under the spell of the modes of nature. But one whose eyes are trained in knowledge can see all this.…
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Counting how many times the name of Krishna is chanted......
Added by Paramananda das on September 3, 2012 at 9:00pm — No Comments
Bhagavad Gita 15.9
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Bhagavad Gita 15.8
Text 8
sariram yad avapnoti yac capy utkramatishvarah grhitvaitani samyati vayur gandhan ivasayat
Translation
The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another as the air carries aromas. Thus he takes one kind of body and again quits it to take another.
Commentary by Srila…
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Racial profiling in ISKCON
Added by Paramananda das on September 1, 2012 at 10:00am — 3 Comments
Bhagavad Gita 15.7
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Added by Paramananda das on August 31, 2012 at 8:20am — No Comments
Women liberation movement in ISKCON
Dandavat pranams
Jaya Sri Guru Gauranga ,Gandharvika Giridhari
Jaya Srila Prabhupada
The major part of the GBC. sannyasis and ISKCON leaders and many ISKCON members do not believe in Srila Prabhupadas statement about women. Thus they have made women GBC's and TP's.…
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Gurus and disciples reform needed in ISKCON.
Added by Paramananda das on August 31, 2012 at 3:28am — No Comments
The Jagai -Madhai sankirtana party
Added by Paramananda das on August 29, 2012 at 9:13pm — No Comments
Bhagavad Gita 15.6
na sasanko na pavakah
yad gatva na nivartante
tad dhama paramam mama
Added by Paramananda das on August 28, 2012 at 12:08pm — No Comments
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