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Paramananda das's Blog – May 2016 Archive (8)

fasting on apperance days of Visnutattva

 

Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada 
First please note this sloka: ekadasyam sahasrena yat phalam labhate narah Radha janma astami punyam tasmat satagu nadhikam  :whatever result one can attain by fasting on 1000 ekadasis one hundred times greater results can be attained by fasting on Radhastami and Janmastami days Brahma Khanda of Padma Purana 7.8
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Added by Paramananda das on May 31, 2016 at 5:44pm — No Comments

chapter 12 of Sri Narasimha : Lord Narasimhadevas affection for Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura

  

 

   Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura had darshan of Lord Narasimha it is described in his Navadvipa Bhava Taranga: Lord Narasimha adressed him as "vatsa" as a child or like a calf that is being taken care of by his/her mother the cow . He Vatsa svacchande baiso he vatsa sri-gauranga-dhame jugala-bhajana hau rati hau name mama bhakta-krpa-bale vighna jabe dura suddha cite bhajo radha-krsna-rasa-pura He will say, "Dear child! Sit sown freely and live happily here in…

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Added by Paramananda das on May 23, 2016 at 3:30am — No Comments

Rukmini Dvadasi and Mohini Ekadasi (Dwadasi )



Today is Rukmini Dvadasi ,actually it is the apperanceday of Srimati Rukminidevi . It is also Mohini Ekadasi  ,and has been described in Haribhakti Vilasa and in Garga Samhita and many places .In India Rukmini is especially worshipped in Dvaraka and in Pandarpura as Sr Sri Vitthal Rukmini :
 RTUKALA UDBHAVAIH PUSPAIR YO'RCAYED RUKMINI PATIM 

SARVAN KAMAN AVAPNOTI YAN…
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Added by Paramananda das on May 17, 2016 at 6:30am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 3.20

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

TEXT 20
karmanaiva hi samsiddhim

asthita janakadayah

loka-sangraham evapi

sampasyan kartum arhasi

SYNONYMS
karmaṇā—by work; …
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Added by Paramananda das on May 12, 2016 at 8:26pm — 1 Comment

Glorification of Srila Narayana Maharaja from his Vyasa Puja this year

dear devotees
Dandavat pranams
All glories to Srila Prabhupada 
All glories to the lotusfeet of my Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
all…
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Added by Paramananda das on May 10, 2016 at 10:50pm — No Comments

11 offenses to the holy name

Padma Purana (Section: Brahma Khanda 25.15–18).
 
1)

satam ninda namnah paramam aparadham vitanute

yatah khyatim yatam katham u sahate tad-vigarham
2)

sivasya sri-visnor ya iha guna-namadi-sakalam

dhiya bhinnam pasyet sa khalu hari-namahita-karah
(3)

guror avajna
(4)

sruti-sastra-nindanam
(5)…

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Added by Paramananda das on May 7, 2016 at 6:00am — No Comments

glories of Sri Sri Gaura Gadai !

dear devotees

Dandavat pranams at your holy feet

Jaya Srila Prabhupada

All glories to my Gurudeva and our Guruvarga 

All glories to all the associates of Lord Gauranga of whom Sri Gadadhara pandit is the formost (being…

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Added by Paramananda das on May 6, 2016 at 1:00pm — No Comments

The glories of Narasimha Caturdasi

HH Gaura Govinda Maharaha on Narasimha Caturdasi : Nrsimha-Caturdasi-Vrata
It is required that you fast on this day. This is the vrata—fasting. You may take a little prasadam, anukalpa, as on ekadasi. It is mentioned in the Nrsimha Purana that Prahlada Maharaja asked Nrsimhadeva how he could develop bhakti towards Him.In answer Nrsimhadeva said: “In ancient days, in Avanti, there was a brahmana named Vasu Sharma, a pandit. He knew Veda very well. He had a…
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Added by Paramananda das on May 4, 2016 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

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