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email to my godbrothers from Narayana Maharajas math

my dear BV Visnu Dvaita Swami

Dandavat pranams

all glories to Srila Gurudeva and Srila Prabhupada

Jaya Nitai Gaura

Jaya Radha Binobihari

I am very thankful you have cared to send me this beautiful picture of Srila Gurudeva,Narayana Maharaja. I will share some very important instruction I recived in 1986 to 1989 from him ,he strongly preached to me to always chant one lakh holy names, he himself would never chant anything less, and…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 14, 2011 at 11:49pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 1.7

Text 7

asmakam tu visista ye

tan nibodha dvijottama

nayaka mama sainyasya

samjnartham tan bravimi te

Translation

But for your information, O best of the brahmanas, let me tell you about the captains who are especially qualified to lead my military force.

Commentary by Srila Prabhupada

No commentary by Srila…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 14, 2011 at 9:08pm — 1 Comment

Jagadananda Pandita is Satyabhama

Written on Guru purnima 2009

dear Prabhus and Maharajas and matajis Please accept my humble obaisences All glories to Srila Prabhupada Today is Guru Purnima and the holy disappearance day of Srila Sanatana Goswami ;I…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 14, 2011 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Krsna Balarama are also Yugal kisora

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In Vrindavan Krsna and Balarama are also seen as Yugal kisora, though general

it refers to Radha Krsna (see also http://kksongs.org/songs/k/krsnapremamayiradha.html ,Yugalastakam by Srila JivaGoswami

for example)

Yugalastakam

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Added by Paramananda das on August 13, 2011 at 12:01am — No Comments

Balarama Purnima

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

One devotee asked me:

Now; Lord Balaram is the first expansion of the Lord Sri Krishna and as such He is the original Visnu Tattva !. Did Srila Prabhupada gave any instructions concerning avoiding grains on His Appearance Day ? Half day fasting is mentioned in all calendars!…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 12, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 1.6

Text 6

yudhamanyus ca vikranta

uttamaujas ca viryavan

saubhadro draupadeyas ca

sarva eva maha-rathah

Translation

There are the mighty Yudhamanyu, the very powerful Uttamauja, the son of Subhadra and the sons of Draupadi. All these warriors are great chariot fighters.

Commentary by Srila…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 11, 2011 at 11:20am — 1 Comment

Nandagrama part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBX2SbRqXVQ&feature=player_embedded#at=71

Shri Nandisvarastaka by Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura

Eight Prayers Glorifying Nandisvara Hill

saksan mahattama-mahaghana-cid-vilasa-

punjah svayam sikhari-sekharatam upetah

yatresvarah sa khalu nandati yena…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 11, 2011 at 6:32am — No Comments

Srila Narayana Maharaja was also in ISKCON!

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Actually Srila Narayana Maharaja has helped me advance more in KC than anyone in ISKCON,besides Srila Prabhupada ,he was the greatest influence in my life to aspire for

pure devotional service.I missed Srila Prabhupadas association with less than a year, but Narayana Maharaja gave me much association already as early as 1986.

Some kanistha adhikaris think he was never in ISKCON but he was …

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Added by Paramananda das on August 11, 2011 at 12:00am — No Comments

Prema Vilasa chapter 13

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Srila Jiva Goswami instructed Narottama das Thakura to explain ,Gaura Ganodessa Dipika,Ujvala nilamani and Bhaktirasamrta sindhu.The books of the Goswamis are so valuabel

even higher than all Vedas and Puranas as they reveal the intimate relationship between the devotess and Lord Caitanya(Gaura Ganodessa Dipika) and Radha Krsnas most confidential

pastimes( Ujjvala Nilamani) and Bhaktirasamrta Sindhu is most essential to understnad devotional service…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 10, 2011 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Balarama Jayanti

dear Laxmi Narayana Prabhu

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Balarama Purnima is fasting from all grains like ekadasi , and best is to take anukalpa prasadam in the evening or do nirjala until next day, In ISKCON the fast is set to noon.

When I joined in 1979 fasting for Lord Balarama was at moon rise, and some places we took ekadasi and other temples I believe sometimes grains was…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 10, 2011 at 7:51pm — No Comments

Sri Narasimha Palana Prarthana

My dear Goduncle Kusakrata Prabhu is little known to most in ISKCON but his translations of vaisnava literatures is very waste…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 9, 2011 at 12:17am — No Comments

Prema Vilasa chapter 12

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Here in this chapter we hear…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 8, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 1.5

There is an audio version of Bhagavad Gita as it is at http://www.bhagavad-gita.us/articles/664/1/The-Bhagavad-Gita-In-Audio/Page1.html

In english, sanskrit ,hindi etc

Text 5

dhrishtaketus cekitanah

kasirajas ca viryavan

purujit…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 7, 2011 at 7:53pm — 10 Comments

Harinama and bookdistribution or bookdistribution and Harinama?

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I had transcendnetal disagreement once with Aindra Prabhu and another time with Tribhuvanath Prabhu over wether Harinama becomes before bookdistribution, or bookdistribution comes before Harinama.

Their arguments are of course right and based on millions of quotes from sastra :

kalim sabhajayanty arya

guna jnah sara-bhaginah…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 7, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Krsna and raw milk

Here in the US the goverment is cracking down on raw milk:

http://www.myhealthblog.org/2011/08/04/raw-milk-store-rawsome-raided-produce-confiscated-these-americans-are-crazy/…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 7, 2011 at 10:13am — 3 Comments

Prayers to Mother Ganges and meditation on Her glories from sastra and Srila Prabhupadas purports

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ganga-tire tat-payobhis tulasyah

patraih puspaih prema-hunkara-ghosaih

prakatyartham gauram aradhayad yah

srila advaitacaryam etam prapadye

‎1) Let me surrender to Srila Advaita Acarya, who with tulasi leaves flowers water from the Ganges shore and loud calls of love worshiped Lord Gaura and begged Him to…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 6, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments