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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…

When politics becomes a blessing for a devotee

You all remember how Vidura was kicked out of Hastinapure by Duryodhana because he always

took the side of the Pandavas and Dharma ,,but Dhrtarastra was so blind with love for his demoniac son.

I went through something similar in 1984 because I refused to sell any more illegal paintings for the temple

I wanted to only distribute Srila Prabhupadas books,, and Srila Prabhupada told me in a dream tell these

socalled…

Where Ekachakra got its name from !

When Krsna saw Arjuna was not going to kill Bhismadeva ,,Krsna broke His promise to protect Arjuna from Bhismadevs arrows and attacked Bhismadeva with the broken wheel from a chariot ,,Arjuna grapped Krsna to not kill Bhismadeva and brake His promise and Bhismadeva surrendered to Krsna,, my dear Krsna please kill me if you so please,, Krsna threw the Chakra from Kuruksetra and it landed in what is now known as Ekachakra, one wheel ,,this is how…

KRSNA AS THE ABILITY OF MAN

My body was born in Denmark and there is something called the Jantes law ,,it not only pervade

thinking in Denmark but all over the world

Jante’s Law WikipediaWikipedia+1:

You’re not to think you are anything special.

You’re not to think you are as good as we are.

You’re not to think you are smarter than we are.

You’re not to imagine yourself better than we are.

You’re not to think you know more than we do.

You’re not to think…