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On becoming a diksa Guru

Dear Devotees
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
 So many persons that was much less qualified than I am ,was authorized to be Gurus.I have made several devotees over many years and they suffer
due to lack of having a bonafide Guru, I handed them  over to Gurus that have later fallen down.I have a few siksa disciples and they will not
take initiation from anyone else.I never thought I would ever consider…
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Added by Paramananda das on January 10, 2011 at 8:47am — 1 Comment

Simhacalam ,the hill of the lion

dear devotees
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
In Simhacalam  in South India,Lord Varaha Narasimha is getting a new covering of Chandan in May, as instructed by Lord Varaha Narasimha Himself in Treta yuga
 to Urvasi and 
King Pururava (they are…
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Added by Paramananda das on January 10, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

I am so far from Vrindavan yet so close

dear devotees
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
 Far Beyond this material universe,  and universes that are like tiny balls floating in a huge ocean ,is Vaikuntha and 
beyond is Goloka Vrindavan.Here I am a tiny soul, in one of these many universes .In one of the most tiny universes.On a
tiny planet called earth, this is the age of Kali on this planet..so many troubles lie ahead, or are here, or was…
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Added by Paramananda das on January 9, 2011 at 7:37pm — No Comments

comments on Aindra Prabhus book

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 Aindra Prabhu in his book sometimes equate grhasthas and grhamedhis to be the same.This is not our philosophy
, grhamedhis have sex (illicit sex) even for not producing KC offspring, or having children.Yes the real test is if
the children becomes proper devotees,He is making this…
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Added by Paramananda das on January 9, 2011 at 6:43pm — No Comments

Women lib and sly fox women

Women lib and sly fox women
Many   devotee women have not learned about Vedic women's behavior.They want to be equal or superior to men.Thus they 
have become a danger to them self and others.They want to compete with men, and will do everything to drag even sannyasis and all men
down to their…
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Added by Paramananda das on January 9, 2011 at 6:30pm — 8 Comments

The Judas disciple

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 SRILA BHAKTIVNODA THAKURA IN HIS CAITANYA SIKSAMRTA HAS COMPARED THE VARIOUS ASURAS TO ANARTHAS.
However one anartha remains unexposed in his list, properly because at the time of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura   this 
anartha was still very small.It is the anartha of being like…
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Added by Paramananda das on January 7, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

question about HH Narayana Maharaja and my answer

this is from Dandavats.com

Condolences on the Departure of Sripada BV Narayana Maharaja

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By The GBC Executive Committee



Dear Disciples and Followers of Sripada BV Narayana Maharaja,



Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga.



We, the Executive Committee of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission, wish… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on January 6, 2011 at 9:51am — 3 Comments

What is the story of the Bingo Hall at the ISKCON Brooklyn temple?



What is the story with the Bingo hall at the Brooklyn temple?…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 30, 2010 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

HH Narayana Maharaja goes back to Godhead

: HH Narayana Maharaja goes back to Godhead



dear Devotees…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 30, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupadas last instructions

dear devotees
please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
 Ramabhadra…
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Added by Paramananda das on December 23, 2010 at 2:52pm — No Comments

empowerment in KC

dear Ramabhadra Prabhu
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupad
When we met in Vrindavan, you was regretting to me that some devotees do not get empowered in ISKCON that are qualified, and ISKCON gets run by
unqualified indian devotees.Well the can of worm has just started because as time goes on the Indian Gurus wants to replace all the western devotees
with indian leaders
My response is…
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Added by Paramananda das on December 21, 2010 at 2:23pm — 1 Comment

Spying for Radha Krsna or spying for maya

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Everyone in the material world is interested in a good spy story, this is because in Radha Krisnas pastimes these things are there, and they are pervertedly reflected in the material world.Lets cover the example of some famous material spies before we get into the transcendental realm.Spies are mostlyor always immoral people often with double spy tendencies, they spy for 2 Goverments at once risking their life,ifany party finds out.Everyone in material society are facinated…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 21, 2010 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Lord Narasimha avatar

Lord Narasimha is the 4th incarnation of Krsna amonng the Dasavatars as described by Jayadeva Goswami, Krsnas 10 incarnations. .Srimad Bhagavatam states He is the 14th (which is a more detailed list:) Canto 1: Creation Chapter 3: Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.3.18 caturdaśaḿ nārasiḿhaḿ bibhrad daityendram ūrjitam dadāra karajair ūrāv erakāḿ kaṭa-kṛd yathā SYNONYMS caturdaśam — the fourteenth in the line; nāra-siḿham — the incarnation of…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 16, 2010 at 7:42pm — No Comments

Duration of battle between Lord Narasimha and Hiranyakasipu

http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/05-07/editorials1557.htm

Duration of Battle between Lord Narasimha and Hiranyakasipu

BY: PAYONIDHI DASA May 18, MARYLAND, USA (SUN) —

We have heard one lecture CD that HH Narayana Maharaja gave in Mexico City some years ago on Lord Narasimhadeva, when he made the statement that the fight between Hiranyakasipu and Lord Narasimhadeva could not be any less…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 16, 2010 at 7:39pm — No Comments

chapter 1 of the Narasimha book,How Srila Prabhupada introduced Narasimha worship in ISKCON

 

 

Chapter 1

 

How Srila Prabhupada Introduced Lord Narasimhadeva in ISKCON

 

 

 

Following is Srila Prabhupada's purport to the Nrsimha Prayers, which he presented to the devotees on August 2, 1970 in Los Angeles.

 Prabhupada: Hare Krsna. Devotees: Hare Krsna. Prabhupada: Everything all right? Devotees: Jaya. Prabhupada: Chant Nrsimha mantra. (they chant together) namas te narasimhaya prahladahlada-dayine hiranyakasipor vaksah-…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 16, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Narasimha part 3

 

 

Sripada Sankacarya has also written a beautiful prayer to invoke the touch of Lord Narasimhadeva lotushands on ones head to become free from all material contamination's and desires, and remain constantly purified and fixed in service and meditation on Lord Narasimhadeva .

Sri Lakshmi-Narasimha karuna-rasa-stotra

This was written by Adi Shankaracharya for the mercy of Sri Sri Lakshmi-Narasimha. It reflects the same devotional mood as his Govindashtakam and…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 16, 2010 at 1:37pm — No Comments

Srila Prabhupada and his godbrothers

Subject: Srila Prabhupada and his godbrothers

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Srila Prabhupada was a very powerful preacher he would even chastise his sannyasa Godbrothers as he did in 1961 in his Vyasapuja ofrering, but Srila Prabhupadas humility in doing so always came out, I was reading this memory by HH Narayana Maharaja:…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 16, 2010 at 10:51am — No Comments

Vrindavan astakam by Srila Visvananth Chakravati Thakura.

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Vrindavan astaka

Eight Prayers Glorifying Shri Vrndavana

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na yoga-siddhir na mamastu mokso

vaikuntha-loke pi na parsadatvam

premapi na syad iti cet taram tu

mamastu vrndavana eva vasah

Let me not have mystic powers, impersonal liberation, the Lord’s association in Vaikuntha, or even pure love for Him, if instead of them I may reside in…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 15, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments

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