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I have no regrets in ISKCON

I have no regrets in Devotional service ,I have always been fired up from the day I joined ISKCON , when we started ISKCON Denmark in 1979 I used to go on bookdistribution 7 days a week , Sundays I would go to the train station and bring 5 to 10 people sometimes more back to the Sunday feast while also distributing Srila Prahbupadas books







Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

TEXT 15

karma brahmodbhavam viddhi

brahmaksara-samudbhavam

tasmat sarva-gatam… Continue

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hearing from Lord Caitanya and the Gaura Priya Jana

SRILA Narayana Maharaja spoke about chanting 64 rounds but never got into details about it

Gaura Govinda Maharaja never mentioned it but it is hearing from Lord Caitanya and his devotees to hear about this subject too is from the Gaura Priya Jana because if we obey Lord Caitanya and chant 64 rounds daily it will help we become dear to Him



So Srila Prabhupadas Adi vani is 64 rounds, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in Harinama Cintamani has written one should gradually increase ones… Continue

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gold plated toilets and the Daksa Sampradaya and crematorium grounds

Subject: gold plated toilets and the Daksa Sampradaya and crematorium grounds

Bhagavan das had gold plated toilets and other gold plating in his bathroom in New Mayapure,Former Umapati Swami told me that when he went to visit Bhagavan das then Goswami in 1985 he saw that goldplatting and glitter when he opened that one room, thinking it was a temple room he bowed down ,and when he stood up found out that it was Bhagavans toilet .

Why bring up such things ? To diminish the faith…

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SB 9.19.17 No red flags here !

SB 9.19.17

matra svasra duhitra va
 naviviktasano bhavet
balavan indriya-gramo
 vidvamsam api karsati
 
Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 
 
One should not allow oneself to sit on the same seat even with one’s own mother, sister or daughter, for the senses are so strong that even though one is very advanced in knowledge, he may be attracted by…
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Tulsi Kavacha

Tulsi Kavacha :





atha nyāsaḥ





Nyāsa mantra





oṃ asya śrī-tulasī-kavaca-stotra-mahā-mantrasya





śrī-mahādeva ṛṣiḥ





anuṣṭup chandaḥ





śrī-tulasī devatā





mano ‘bhīṣṭa-kāmāni sarva-vidyārthe jape viniyogaḥ





This Tulasi-kavaca stotra (prayer) great mantra whose ṛṣi (preceptor) is Lord Śiva, chandas (Vedic poetic meter) is anuṣṭubh, devatā (object of worship) is Śrīmatī…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 4, 2022 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Prabhupada disciples you can not fool us, no longer we were foolded for years by all your nonsense ,no more

Many Prabhupada disciples have invented many things in the name of Bhakti , in 1995 I protested Demigodworship at ISKCON Potomac and Satya Narayana Pujas, Mayavadis speaking at the temple (because0 they had rented the temple to do so )

BEcause I protested i was asked to leave the temple, I said gladly I am the only book distributor this temple have mark my words , Lord Caitanya will never send you another book distributor in the next duration of Kali yuga ,and so far my blessing has…

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Nectar from the CC

CHAPTER ONE

The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

In this chapter there is a summary description of all the pastimes performed by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu during the middle period of His activities as well as the six years at the end of His activities. All of these are described in brief. There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was…

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Addicted to their Bengali whores and spitting Lord Narasimha in the face

One so-called Prabhupada disciple once asked me to marry his Bengali daughter claiming she was good at sex, I thought he gave birth to a whore , he fathered a whore and now he is selling his whore daughter to me and unwilling Brahmacari .This is why I am very disgusted with many of Srila Prabhupada disciples they have no brains and no Vaisnava Behavior .They change Srila Prabhupadas books and treat Srila Prabhupada with such disrepect , Dravida das claims he only know Srila Prabhupadas books… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on December 1, 2022 at 6:08am — No Comments

I have not a single true Vaisnava friend in ISKCON or Gaudiya math

All are fake, ...they just want to exploit and use me for their own stupid purposes, I am thus giving up preaching any sense to all these idiots

Anyone not chanting 64 rounds daily is not my friend and I will not associate closely with such rascals



Dandavat pranams

Jaya Sri Guru Gauranga, Gandarvika Giridhari

Jaya Srila Prabhupada



Want to be free from maya? Then please chant minumum 64 rounds daily as ordered by Lord Gauranga:

Lord Gaurānga is calling,… Continue

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The importance of the Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

Chapter 39 - The importance of the Mokṣadā Ekādaśī

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[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]



Yudhiṣṭhira said:

1-3. I salute Viṣṇu who is actually the lord, who gives happiness to the three worlds, who is the lord of the universe, the author of everything, the ancient Puruṣottama. O lord of gods, I ask (because) I have a great doubt (and also) for the well-being of the world… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on December 1, 2022 at 5:13am — 1 Comment

Shoe maker cobbler mentality in Bhakti

: Subject: Kadamba Kanana Swami and Hansa Rupa das shoemaker mentality



I have suffered some physical setbacks ,due to having atrial fibrillation, I am not surprised from I was 19 to 42 I went through a lot of Tapasya on Book distribution sometimes distributing Srila Prahbupadas books in minus degrees (minus 60 in North Sweden ) and some times in 40 or 50 degrees heat Celcius or more ,,I gained some weight that I am trying to overcome now by daily walking and swimming etc… Continue

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Hari-nāma Cintāmaṇi – Chapter 4

Hari-nāma Cintāmaṇi – Chapter 4

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Hari-nāma Cintāmaṇi - Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Hari-nāma Cintāmaṇi – Chapter Four

Nāmāparādha – Sādhu-nindā

(Offences to the Holy Name – Criticising Sādhus)

satāṁ nindā nāmnaḥ paramam aparādhaṁ vitanute

yataḥ khyātiṁ yātaṁ katham u sahate tad‑vigarhām

Criticising devotees is the greatest offence that one can make to the Holy Name. The Name can never tolerate… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on November 29, 2022 at 6:28am — No Comments

Ten prayers for a dwelling near Sri Govardhan

Ten prayers for a dwelling near Sri Govardhan





by Srila Raghunath Das Goswami





nija-pati-bhuja-danda-chchhatra-bhavam prapadya





pratihata-mada-dhrstoddanda-devendra-garva





atula-prthula-saila-sreni-bhupa priyam me





nija-nikata-nivasam dehi govardhana tvam [1]





prapadya–You attained bhavam–the position chchhatra–of the umbrella danda–atop the handle bhuja–of the arm nija–of your pati–Lord [and]… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on November 20, 2022 at 7:23am — No Comments

The austerity of speech!

The austerity of speech!

I gave a lecture once at ISKCON Soho street when I was Sankirtana leader and Bhakta and Asrama leader there in 1996 ,I mentioned Srila Prabhupada at one point was considering having a second wife (as is explained in Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta as well) but Srila Prabhupada's father Gaura Mohan De , said one day when you take sannyasa will be easy for you if your wife is not to your liking (no need to have a second wife ). Ranchor Prabhu a disciple interrupted my…

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Sri Sri Damodarastakam - Text 5

Sri Sri Damodarastakam - Text 5

idam te mukhambhojam avyakta-nilair

vrtam kuntalaih nigdha-raktais ca gopya

muhus cumbitam bimba-raktadharam me

manasy avirastam alam laksa-labhaih

O Lord! Your lotus like face is completely surrounded by very dark blue, glossy reddish- | tinted curling hair and is kissed again and again by mother Yasoda | Your lotus face is endowed with lips red as bimba fruits - may it always remain visible in my heart | The attainment of millions of… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on October 24, 2022 at 8:44am — No Comments

the ignorant loan shark Swami

the ignorant loan shark Swami





Before the new temple in Baltimore was build I was asked to spend Narasimha Caturdasi with devotees in Baltimore and me and my son stayed over night also because back then the temple had that facility ..devotees did abhisheka of my Narasimha Silas one is a Narasimha Tadiya sila, from the pillar of Lord Narasimha where Lord Narasimha emerged and the other is from Rakta Kunda where Lord Narasimha washed His lotus hands called Rakta Kunda .This one…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 23, 2022 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Apperanceday of Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja

Apperanceday of Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja





Yesterday I was thinking who was Srila Prabhupadas real friends in his life, and the first person that came to mind was Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja ..Srila Prabhupada more than once said he is my older godbrother and my Siksa Guru, everything I learned I learned from him that was Srila Prabhupadas humility .Srila BR Sridhara Maharaja for example send his formost disciple Bhakti Sundara Govinda Swami to serve our… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on October 18, 2022 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Do not wear any gold in this Kali-yuga!

Do not wear any gold in this Kali-yuga!





Why you should not wear gold in this Kali-yuga? Because Pariksit Maharaja blessed Kali that he can reside in 5 places,





1 any place where people kill and eat animals





2 where they gamble for money





3 where people engage in illicit sex life





4 where there is the intoxication of alcohol, drugs,cigarettes pills ets to get high, etc





And where there is GOLD, what… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on October 18, 2022 at 12:32am — No Comments

KRSNA You can no longer touch me!

KRSNA You can no longer touch me!

Sri Radha told Krsna , first you killed Vatsasura the calf and now you have killed a bull , Shame on you Krsna ! Krsna smiled : dear Priya Radha , there was no sin there ,they were demons disgused as a calf and a bull.

Sri Radha said it does not matter, even you have to atone for killing a calf and a bull .So Krsna called all the holy places, because Radha had suggested He immidialty leave VRINDAVANA and go on pilgrimage and visit all holy places… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on October 17, 2022 at 1:43pm — No Comments

ISKCON Parasite Mahamantra !

Give me money give me money !

Money Money give me give me

This is the mantra of many Indian devotees that come to serve in ISKCON in USA and Europe ,,I was visiting one temple and the disciple of an Indian ISKCON Guru came up to me , Prabhu we need money to build a temple in Thailand please help ..he did not know me and never talked to me ,,but his Guru has trained him to beg for money ..ISKCON is often only about money , how much money can you give…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 14, 2022 at 10:16am — 1 Comment

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