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Manaḥ Śikṣā – Verse 2

na dharmaṁ nādharmaṁ śruti-gaṇa-niruktaṁ kila kuru

vraje rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pracura-paricaryām iha tanu

śacī-sūnuṁ nandīśvara-pati-sutatve guru-varaṁ

mukunda-preṣṭhatve smara param ajasraṁ nanu manaḥ

(“O mind, do not perform either dharma or adharma that is mentioned in the śruti. Instead, engage in intense service to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa here in Vraja. Also, constantly remember the Son of Śacī who is the Son of the lord of Nandīśvara, and remember the guru who is…

my times with Tribuvanath Prabhu

Hare Krishna Festivals with Tribhuvanatha Prabhu - a short film (2014) - YouTube

I first met Tribhuvanath Prabhu in 1993 I was asked by Sivarama Swami to go there and be a Sankirtana leader for Ireland and do Sankirtana .So devotees were very happy with me because book distribution doubled and tripled when I became the Sankirtana leader. The problem I had with Tribuvanath Prabhu was that he wanted to get free books from Balabhadra in Scotland…

where did Lord Narayana give darshan to Narada Muni?

in 1986 I went to Andhra Pradesh to visit Narasimha temples I had been on Padayatra in 85 but not been able to visit Ahovalam, Simhacalam and Mangala Giri ,I ended up my Krsnas grace for some weeks with some devotees in Kakinada an Andhra Pradesh disciples of Kirtananda , I had got to Jagannath Puri also so from there I ended up with there devotees ,one of the first days in Kakinada I wondered why Krsna had brought me to this…

Draupadī Dragged to the Assembly from the Mahabharata

THE ATTEMPTING TO DISROBE DRAUPADI WAS THE BIGGEST INSULT OF THE KAURAVAS THAT LATER CAUSED

them their lives .Queen Kunti later offered this beautiful prayer to Krsna at the end of the Mahabharata war and is found

in the 1 canto chapter 8 of Srimad Bhagavatam :

Text 18: Śrīmatī Kuntī said: O Kṛṣṇa, I offer my obeisances unto You because You are the original personality and are unaffected by the qualities of the…

The fact is this that in Govinda lilamrta Srila Krsna das Kaviraja has explained that some times Radha plays the role as Krsna and Krsna the role of Radha , it only last very short time ,but Krsna in the role of Radha prays to Himself, not difficult at all for Lord Krsna to assume the role of Lord Caitanya and pray to Krsna in the mood of Sri Radha

(7)

yugayitam nimeshena

chakshusha pravrishayitam

shunyayitam jagat sarvam

govinda-virahena me

O Govinda! Feeling…

Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Trivikrama Mahārāja ~ Appearance

today is the appearance day of Srila Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Maharaja he was a godbrother of my Gurudeva Srila Narayana Maharaja and a pure devotee, I have heard him speak a few times in Navadvipa but did not really have any association but seeing and especially hearing from a pure Vaisnava is always a blessing that will help take us to Goloka Vrindavana please see some of his lectures they are found on webpage done by Puru…

E viṣaye prabhura ājñā (The Lord’s Instruction on this Point)

(23)

śraddhāvān jane kara nāma upadeśa

nāma-mahimāya pūrṇa kara sarva-deśa

The Lord said, “You should instruct those with śraddhā about the Name. Spread the glories of the Holy Name to every place.

(24)

ucca saṅkīrtane kara śraddhāra pracāra

śraddhā labhi jīva kare sad-guru vicāra

“Perform saṅkīrtana loudly! Preach with śraddhā! When the jīvas attain some śraddhā, they will inquire from a…

why is it ? They have never read Bhagavad Gita 10.25 ?

Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja appereanceday 1/11 2023

He was a pure Vaisnava Srila Prabhupada loved this Godbrother very much and they would often meet ,as often they could ,Srila Prabhupada went to meet him at Visakapatnam

I would highly recommend devotees to hear his emotional memories and talks about our Srila Prabhupada this is from Vanimedia so fully bonafide in ISKCON also

B.V. Puri Maharaja Remembers Srila Prabhupada - YouTube .I recall in Kartika in 1992 he…

Dandavat Pranams

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I will first share something you might have never heard or read even from my Gurudeva .Srila Prabhupada has also not mentioned this but it is from Srila Bhaktivnoda Thakuras book Sri Navadvipa Bhava Taranga.Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura went all over Navadvipa and had transcendental visions he recorded in this book ,this is when he came to Jahnu Dvipa and met Grandfather Bhisma now in a spiritual…

Subject: Brahmananda and Premananda

Brahmananda and Premananda ,I recall in 1977 when I also started to read Bhagavad Gita as it is in German , my friend Gerd from Germany was my Varta Pradaksa Guru ,because he introduced me not only to Srila Prahbupadas Bhagavad Gita but also to Kriya yoga and Pranayama, so I was doing some breathing excercises with him sometimes all satudays and sundays and we would also chant Hare Krsna while walking in nature.I recall while doing some of the…