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Srila Sanatana Goswami used to put dough in the fire and offer the burned bread to Sri Sri Madan Mohan,, Srila Sanatana Goswami writes in Hari Bhakti Vilasa never to offer anythng burned to Krsna but that is all he could offer because he was so renounced ,renunciation personified,,Krsna accepted the burned bread ,, that is how much Krsna loves Sanatana Goswami

vairagya-yug-bhakti-rasam prayatnair

apayayan mam anabhipsum andham

kapambudhir yah para-duhkha-duhkhi

sanatanas tam…

Understanding queen Kuntis prayer and her death

TEXT 41

atha viśveśa viśvātman

viśva-mūrte sva-keṣu me

sneha-pāśam imaṁ chindhi

dṛḍhaṁ pāṇḍuṣu vṛṣṇiṣu

SYNONYMS

atha—therefore; viśva-īśa—O Lord of the universe; viśva-ātman—O soul of the universe; viśva-mūrte—O personality of the universal form; sva-keṣu—unto my own kinsmen; me—my; sneha-pāśam—tie of affection; imam—this; chindhi—cut off; dṛḍham—deep; pāṇḍuṣu—for the Pāṇḍavas; vṛṣṇiṣu—for the Vṛṣṇis…

Some devotees went to Jagannath Puri and said I never saw Lord Jagannath I feel so unfortunate,, I laugh did you not see Patita Pavana Jagannath at the entrance to the Temple ? So you have taken Darshan

Patita Pavana Jagannatha.

While entering the Jagannatha temple at Puri from Simha Dvara (lion gate) the Deity of Patita Pavana Jagannatha is at base of the inside temple wall on the right. How He appeared is an interesting story.

Around 1730 AD, there was a ruler in Orissa…

gandhena gāvaḥ paśyanti vedaiḥ paśyanti brāhmaṇāḥ

cāraiḥ paśyanti rājānaś cakṣurbhyām itare janāḥ

"A brahmana sees through the sastras. A king sees through his spies. A cow sees through its nose. And, an ordinary man sees through his eyes."

(Mahābhārata, Udyoga-parva, 34.32, spoken by Vidura to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

here is a link to Vidur Niti …

What is my eternal relationship with Krishna ?

Srila Prabhupada came to give us clear understanding of the soul and and karma akama and devotional service,,but the question is to be raised do you know your eternal relationship with Krsna ? What rasa do you serve in in Goloka Vrindavana ? Or are you a Vaikuntha Bhakta,, or it does not matter at all to you because you are so absorbed in paying bills and have no time for your eternal relationship with Krsna ? Or you live in a temple and it…

Feud between Vasistha and Visvamitra Munis

After all the fighting both Vasistha Muni and Visvamitra Muni became involved in the pastimes of Lord Ramachandra and they both incarnated as teachers in Navadvipa in Gaura Lila ,,Srila Prabhupada has described the rivalry between them ,,it is also mentioned in Ramayana and Mahabharat

The Rivalry and Conflict Between Vasistha and Vishvamitra

In Hindu mythology, Vasistha Muni and Vishvamitra Muni were two of the seven great sages…

My Gurudeva used to sing the Nanda Nandanastakam during Purusottama month,,some claim it was written by Srila Bilvamangal Thakura

Song Name: Sucaru Vakrta Mandalam

Official Name: Nanda Nandanastakam

Author: Anonymous

Book Name: None

Language: Sanskrit

LYRICS:

(1)

sucāru-vaktra-maṇḍalaḿ sukarṇa-ratna-kuṇḍalam

sucarcitāńga-candanaḿ namāmi nanda-nandanam

(2)

sudīrgha-netra-pańkajaḿ…

The lowest person from the lowest country

I remember when I joined ISKCON in 1979 ,,some devotees from Sweden

had this hatred to my country of birth Denmark,, I later realized it goes back to

the 1500th massacre in Stockholm .Called the Stockholm blood bath

orchestrated by then King Christian the second of Denmark ,trying to crush

the Protestants in Sweden on behalf of the Pope in ROME,,that would later make

people in Denmark PROTESTANTS also .I thought what a…