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working for the BBT

dear Braja Bihari Prabhu
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Of course he did. However when you live outside a temple , there is no question of much profit living in US or Europe. Actually I would be happy to distribute books full time for the BBT provided they where Srila Prabhupada unedited books.I know Jaaydvaita Swami means well and certainly there is many mistakes in Prabhupadas books, but my Gurudeva Bhaktivedanta…
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Added by Paramananda das on October 4, 2012 at 6:13am — No Comments

Aho bhagyam aho bhagyam ....

dear devotees
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga and Gandharvika Giridhari
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
I enjoyed being at the temple yesterday, meeting Vaisesika Prabhu for the first time since
1994 when we distributed books in San Francisco Ratha yatra together.He sold a lot of set of CC and SB I believe 8…
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Added by Paramananda das on October 4, 2012 at 6:00am — No Comments

Yes there is internal and external KC activities.

I was reading Manidharas article, actually there is internal and external progress,
but ISKCON focus on external progress is being internal progress also this is a misunderstanding of Srila Prabhupadas teachings ,but in the stage of Vaidhi bhakti the external and internal may seem the same, but in ragamarg there is a huge difference,and still one should follow vaidhi  bhakti,
this has all been…
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Added by Paramananda das on October 4, 2012 at 5:51am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 15.20

TEXT 20

iti guhyatamam sastram idam uktam mayanagha

etad buddhva buddhiman syat krta-krtyas ca bharata

SYNONYMS

iti--thus; guhya-tamam--the most confidential; sastram--revealed scripture; idam--this; uktam--disclosed; maya--by Me; anagha--O sinless…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 28, 2012 at 8:28am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 15.19

TEXT 19

yo mam evam asammudho janati purusottamam

sa sarva-vid bhajati mam sarva-bhavena bharata

SYNONYMS

yah--anyone; mam--unto Me; evam--certainly; asammudhah--without a doubt; janati--knows; purusa-uttamam--the Supreme Personality of Godhead;…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 28, 2012 at 8:23am — 1 Comment

Bhagavad Gita 15.18

TEXT 18 yasmat ksaram atito 'ham aksarad api cottamah ato 'smi loke vede ca prathitah purusottamah

SYNONYMS

yasmat--because; ksaram--the fallible; atitah--transcendental; aham--I; aksarat--from the infallible; api--better than that; ca--and; uttamah--the best; atah--therefore; asmi--I am; loke--in the world; vede--in the Vedic literature; ca--and; prathitah--celebrated; purusa-uttamah--as the Supreme Personality.

TRANSLATION Because I am transcendental, beyond both the…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 28, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 15.17

 

TEXT 17
uttamah purusas tv anyah paramatmety udahrtah yo loka-trayam avisya bibharty avyaya isvarah
SYNONYMS
uttamah--the best; purusah--personality; tu--but; anyah--another;…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 28, 2012 at 7:49am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 15.16 ,the fall of the Jiva

Text 16
dvav imau purushau loke ksharas cakshara eva ca ksharah sarvani bhutani kuta-stho ’kshara ucyate…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 24, 2012 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

Bhagavad Gita 15.15

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is15.15
sarvasya cāhaḿ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo
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Added by Paramananda das on September 17, 2012 at 1:44pm — No Comments

Krsna was 90 years on Earth when He spoke Bhagavad Gita

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Krishna is said to have been "born" on the

19 July 3228 BCE    and left this planet  in 3102, which means that He manifested His lilas  for approximately 126  years. Lord Krishna  appeared at midnight on the eighth day of the dark half of the  month of Shravana,…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 17, 2012 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Correction to Sad Goswami astakam vers 5

dear Devotees
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Bada Hari  Prabhu was singing Sad Goswami astakam very nicely at the sunday feast of ISKCON Potomac but i pointed out verse 5 if somewhat off:
This translation is all over the Internet and in various books but is not complete:
Eight Prayers to the Six Gosvamis

by Srinivasa…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 16, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments

"Devotional Service Will Free You"

Jaya Sri Guru Gauranga,Gandarvika Giridhari
Jaya Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada gave many important lectures about mayavadi
(impersonalistic)…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 15, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Anti Muslim film....

Dandavat pranams
Jaya Sri Guru and Gauranga ,Gandarvika Giridhari
Jaya Srila Prabhupada
The killing of the  US embassador to  Libya and 3 others was sparked by an anti muslim movie.…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 14, 2012 at 10:32pm — No Comments

Banning Bhakti Vikas Swami is demoniac

Dandavat pranams
Jaya Sri Guru and Gauranga ,Jaya Gandharvika Giridhari
Jaya Srila Prabhupada
To ban Bhakti Vikas Swami from preaching at Gainessville and Alachua shows the…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 14, 2012 at 1:29pm — No Comments

Strong speaking and no preaching

Dandavat pranams
Jaya Sri Guru Gauranga ,Gandarvika Giridhari
Jaya Srila Prabhupada 
   I was watching this video by Bhakti Vikas Swami about strong…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 14, 2012 at 6:49am — No Comments

Meeting with director for TM,,transcendental meditation..

 

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Added by Paramananda das on September 13, 2012 at 3:58pm — No Comments

Buddhimanta Prabhus eagerness to serve Lord Nityananda Prabhu and Srila Prabhupada

Dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

Jaya Sri Guru and Gauranga, Jaya Gandarvika Giridhari

Jaya Srila Prabhupada

Buddhimanta Prabhu was the first devotee along with Kesava to distribute Srila Prabhupadas book

Please read this article about Buddhimanta Prabhu:…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 12, 2012 at 4:48am — No Comments

Becoming the speck of dust at the lotusfeet of Srila Rupa Goswami

Dandavat pranams

Jaya Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga, Jaya Gandharvika Giridhari

Jaya Srila Prabhupada

My Gurudeva always advised me to take shelter of the lotusfeet of Srila Rupa…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 11, 2012 at 5:30am — No Comments

Parama Ekadasi

Parama Ekadasi

Sri Yudhishthira Maharaja said, "Oh Supreme Lord, what is the name and character of that Ekadasii that occurs during the dark fortnight…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 11, 2012 at 3:38am — No Comments

Purusottama Month is meant for pure bhakti only and worship of Vraja Bhakti

Dandavat pranams
Jaya Sri Guru Gauranga ,Gandharvika Giridhari
jaya Srila Prabhupada
In the months on Purusottama vaisnavas chant the Jagannatha astakam and remembers the lotus feet of Lord Jagannatha , Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to chant this Jagannatha astakam regularly setting the example for us all:
Author:…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 10, 2012 at 4:30am — No Comments

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