Paramananda das's Blog – August 2020 Archive (6)

Lord Narasimha is blessing us on every Radhastami : May you successfully do nirjala fast for Srimati Radharani and get the result of fasting for 100.000 Ekadasis !

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 attainec by fasting on Radhastami and Janmastami days Brahma Khanda of Padma Purana 7.8

(note Srila Sanatana…

In 1995 I was asked to leave ISKCON Potomac due to politics, Sastivara das was stealing money from the temple plus getting a salary .He later bought himself a mansion house with money he stole from the temple ,he also stole Srila Prabhupadas Marble Deity ,that had been on the Vyasasana since 1978.How i know he stole money ? close to half a million dollars where raised to extend the Asrama with the temple and make it one.Plans where circulated among devotees and the congregation ,there was a…

25 Aug 2020

Tuesday

Astamī, G, 05:31, Anurādhā

+Rādhāṣṭamī ~ Appearance of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī ~ best is Nirjala fasting untill next day as directed by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada had fasting untill noon

Veda sastra anurakta ye tulasi vana palakah ,Radhastami vrata rata, vijneyas ce ta vaisnavah,Sri Krsna purato ye ca dipam ,Yacchanti Sraddhaya para nindam na kurvanti vijneyas te ca vaisnavah this sloka is from Padma Purana ,Brahma Khanda 1.31.32 The…

dear devotees

please accept my dandavat pranams today is the apperance day of Srila Gaura Govinda Maharaja

all glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada said in many places we originally fell from Krsna loka,Srila Gaura Govinda Maharaja called it Srila Prabhupada preaching strategy for western devotees because the Abrahamic religiones, Christianity, Jews and Muslims all believe the soul was originally with God .In Christianity since 6 and 7 years old I was reading about…

ETERNALLY UNDER THE

GURU’S DISCIPLINE

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami

Bhagavan descends in the form of words.

That is krsna"a-kathā, because krsna"a-kathā and

Krishna are nondifferent. So, Krishna descends

in the form of this kathā, and the hearing

of this krsna"a-kathā is eternal. In other

words, śisyatva, discipleship, is eternal, because

one who hears is a disciple. The śisya

hears, or does śravanam, and the guru does

kīrtana, or…

Why would I fool myself?

My Vyasa Puja offering to Srila Prabhupada August 12 2020

dear Srila Prabhupada today on your holy Vyasapuja day I offer my humble obaisences in the dust of your lotusfeet.Thanks for allowing me to keep taking shelter at your lotusfeet .

When you gave your first initiation you asked devotees to chant 64 rounds .It is recorded in the Hare Krsna explosion by Hayagriva das : The Hare Krishna Explosion, p. 63, by Hayagriva dasa, Palace Press…