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In Gaudiya Math women do not get Brahma Gayatri so why Srila Prabhupada gave women Brahma Gayatri mantra ?

Srila Prabhupada initially wanted to give Brahmin Diksa to only the male devotees but Jadurani and Govinda dasi boycotted going to the temple though Srila Prabhupada was there so he gave them and other women

Govinda Dāsī: Goursundar really wanted this Gayatri mantra, so he talked to

Prabhupāda about it. He was reading all kinds of things. So Prabhupāda agreed to give…

When Radhe Shyamasundara wrestled !

dear devotee friends please come with me to Bhandiravana where beloved Radha Shymasundara wrestled

Wrestling of Radha-Krishna

[śrī rādhikā krsna prati kohe mrdu bhāṣe;

sakhā saha kaiche kridā koro e pradeśe

śri krsna kohena - ethā mallaveśa dhari; sakhāgana saha sukhe malla-yudha kori

mora sama malla-yuddha keho nā jānoy; anāyāse kori anya malle parājoy]

Translation:

"Śrī Rādhikā softly asked Krsna: "What kind of games do…

When Lord Caitanya was chanting Hare Krsna in the bathroom!

Vakresvara Pandit had one disciple a young boy Gopal ,he was engaged in the service of Lord Caitanya , so one day Lord Caitanya playing the role of a human being went to pass stool .Such activities are not there in the Supreme Lord His body is Sac Cid Ananda Vigraha, while Lord Caitanya was using the Toilet ,He chanted Hare Krsna constantly .Lord Caitanya would always chant Hare Krsna he chanted 192 rounds daily as well .So Lord…

Lord Krsna goes back to Godhead

We just celebrated Krsnas Janmastami ,,, no one celebrates Krsnas disapperance but it is just as auspicious and Srimad Bhagavatam states that those who read the chapters relating to Krsnas disapperance goes back to Godhead themselves it is stated in the 11 canto of Srimad Bhagavatam

Here is a summary from Garga Samhita about some of the pastimes in relations to Krsnas transcendental disappearance

this is from 10 Canto of Garga samhita Asvamedha…

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 …