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this is my purport to Shri Shacisunv-ashtaka by Srila Raghunath das Goswami from his Stavavali :

this is my purport to Shri Shacisunv-ashtaka by Srila Raghunath das Goswami from his Stavavali :

this is my purport to Shri Shacisunv-ashtaka by Srila Raghunath das Goswami from his Stavavali :

Shri StavavaliImage may contain: 4 people, including Pravath Kumar Mondal, people standing

Volume One

Shri Shacisunv-ashtaka

Eight Prayers Glorifying the Son of Shaci

Text 1

harir drishtva goshthe mukura-gatam atmanam atulam

sva-madhuryam radha-priyatara-sakhivaptum abhitah

aho gaude jatah prabhur…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 7, 2021 at 8:48am — No Comments

offences to Srila Prabhupada and my Gurudeva

Srila Narayana Maharaja was very much against the changes done to Srila Prabhupadas books ,however when Jayadvaita Swami came to see him, he did not make it an issue, because if he had tried to correct Jayadvaita Swami he would not have listened anyway ,Radhanath Swami also has and had much respect for Srila Narayana Maharaja, but Radhanath Swamis neophyte disciples like Lalitanath das in Copenhagen ,makes offences to my Gurudeva and told me I can not take darshan of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 6, 2021 at 1:18pm — No Comments

Some exchange with my Gurudeva I worship

Some exchange with Srila Gurudeva I worship!

I want to share an exchange with Srila Gurudeva .In 1989 he asked me in his room in Mathura what relationship I like the most with Sri Krsna.No one really ask you that kind of deep question mostly but Srila Gurudeva did.I said I really love the priya narma Sakhas ,Srila Narayana Maharaja ,He then asked me if I knew the 5 different kind of Sakhas .I told him he said that is very nice I know the spedifics, and he said something that astonished…

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IS ISKCON a cult ?

Is ISKCON a cult ?

First time I was asked about this was properly in 1981-82 it came out about Jaya Tirtha doing drugs though he was an ISKCON Guru ,GBC and sannyasi ,having illicit sex and doing LSD on the Vyasasana later the Monkey on a stick came out ,then came so many other things like the murder of Sulocana and Kirtananda and Radhanath Swami ordered the killing of Sulocana prabhu ,the child molestation cases in ISKCON shook my faith in ISKCON ,because I met children that was…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 3, 2021 at 11:47am — No Comments

Before you shoot the messenger!

Before you shoot the messenger !

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada left this world somewhere between december 31 and January 1 1936 , our Srila Prabhupada wrote about it ,we follow the Vedic calendar when it comes to such days

2 Jan 2021

Saturday

Caturthī, K, 07:26, Āśleṣā

+Jagad-guru Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda ~ Disappearance

I will focus on one things that no one will talk about Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada stressed again and again…

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keeping with the dasas, and dasis and Swamis and taking a bath in Donkey Urin !

Keeping with the dasas ,Dasis and Swamis ! Taking a bath in Donkey urin !

In the material world there is so much envy, and people compete, actually I remember when I was a kid in sports it is all about who is bigger greater and faster and better, so I always had to improve my skills in Badminton, Swiming, handball ,soccer, throwing spear, high jumbing, long jumbping ,distance running, sprint like 60 m and 10 meter and 200 meter and 400 meter running and 1500 m running etc ,8 Km running…

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who is Guhaka ?

who is Guhaka Candala ?

My student Miniketana Rama wrote me :this is after reading Caitanya Bhagavata Adi lila chapter 9

PS: Dear Gurudeva thank You very much for reminding this wonderful Chapter, afrer reading this kind of Shastra i am always write out a texts to a text document, and eventually every line is so important that thers no need to write anything out as whole chapter is supreme. For this reading i want to mention some of the parts that most inspired me, and also one…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 2, 2021 at 11:30am — No Comments

servant of the servant

In 1995 I stayed with some disciples of Tripurari Maharaja for 3 month , they where selling T shirts in Washington DC I was distributing Srila Prabhupadas books daily on the National mall , so on Wedensdays I invited different devotees as many as would come and I would cook a feast and offer to Sri Giriraja and Ugra Narasimha Salagrama sila , and Brahmananda Prabhu would always come, he had such a huge appetite for all I cooked and offered, he could finish the pots of Subji and rice and…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 28, 2020 at 1:29pm — No Comments

Gayatri Mantras

1. om bhur bhuvah svah tat savitur varenyam bhargo davasya dhi­mahi dhiyo yo nah pracodayat

om- O Lord; bhuvah- the planetary system; bhuvah- the next higher planetary system; svah- the heavenly planets; tat- that; savituh- of the sun; varenyam- worshipable; bhargah- effulgence; devasya- of the divine; dhimahi- let us meditate; dhiyah- medita­ tion; yah- who; nah- us; pracodayat- enthuses.

"Let us meditate on that worshipable effulgence of the divine sun who enthuses our…

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Kama Gayatri

Image may contain: 2 people, text that says 'Visvanath cakravarti thakur The letter ya which is followed. by the letter as the words kama devaya vidmahe IS considered to be half syllable. This falls on Krishna's forehead, shaped like the halo of half moon. All the other letters of the mantra are full syllables and therefore full moon.'

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Added by Paramananda das on December 28, 2020 at 11:27am — 5 Comments

Kama gaytri Mantra

Image may contain: Arundati Dasi and Tritha Shyam Das, text that says 'isvanath cakravarti thakur He couldn't substantiate Caitanya-caritamrta that Kama Gayatri contains twenty-four one-half syllables. Sri Radha "O Visvanath, Please don't lament. Krishna Dasa Kaviraj wrote is true. He is also My confidential maidservant. This Kama Gayatri the mantra for worshiping Me. Indeed, can be known by the syllables of this mantra. Without My mercy, no one can learn anything about the mystery of this mantra. KVisuals isuals κι'

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Added by Paramananda das on December 28, 2020 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Stotra Ratna

Sri Yamunacarya’s Stotra-ratna

Translated by Sriman Kusakratha dasa

some places Srila Prabhupada quoted from Stotra Ratna https://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Stotra-ratna

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tattvena yas cid-acid-isvara-tat-svabhava-

bhogapavarga-tad-upaya-gatir udarah

sandarsayan niramimita purana-ratnam

tasmai namo muni-varaya parasaraya

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the best of the sages, Parasara, who…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 16, 2020 at 1:28pm — No Comments

Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Jīvana Janārdana Gosvāmī Mahārāja

In ISKCON we only learned to find faults in Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupadas disciples so now to atone for these offences we will spend the rest of our life glorifying all the disciples of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada today is the Holy disapperanceday of

Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Jīvana Janārdana Gosvāmī Mahārāja ~ Disappearance ,Srila Gurudeva has glorified this wonderful disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada very nice please open and read Srila Gurudevas glorification ,all I…

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Camatkara Chandrika pastime 3 meeting is the disguise of a female doctor, Vaidya Vese Milana

'Sri Camatkara Chandrika' by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.

THIRD PRANK - VAIDYA VESE MILANA

(Meeting in the Disguise of a Female Doctor)

Jatila, becoming aware of Sri Radhika’s loving affection for Sri Krishna by so many obvious symptoms, becomes very disturbed with great anxiety and calls for her own daughter, Kutila.

Taking Kutila to a secluded place, she says, “Hey Putri! My dear daughter! I am simply unable to protect my daughter-in-law from that Krishna…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 14, 2020 at 2:28am — No Comments

Saranga Thakura

Saranga Thakura

Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja Goswami has written: “Ramadasa, Kavidatta, Sri Gopala dasa, Bhagavat acarya, and Thakura Saranga dasa were all important branches of the Sri Caitanya tree.” (C.C. adi 10.113)

Sri Saranga Murari Thakura is also sometimes known as Sarnga Murari, Sarnga Pani, or Saranga Dhara. He lived on the banks of the Ganges in Modradrumadvipa in Nabadwipa dhama in what is now known as Mamagacchi. At present in that place there is a temple of…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 12, 2020 at 12:17pm — No Comments

Sri Krsna cursed His son Samba and did tapasya to please Lord Siva to have him as his son of Jambavati

https://www.speakingtree.in/.../curse-on-anjan-mother-of... please read this is very interesting ,Sri Krsna cursed His son Samba , and he did Tapasya that he was born

from His wife Jambavati

15 curses from Ramayan and Mahabharat that no one knows about

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15 curses from Ramayan and Mahabharat that no one knows about

Perhaps the most amazing unknown fact from The Ramayana. Tara…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 10, 2020 at 2:38pm — No Comments

Bharat Maharajas son

The beginning of the Mahabharata explains how King Bharata obtained a son , but it was so unusual that even the Indian Mahabharata TV series avoid the truth ,here is a very scholarly well researched page looking into statements of Mahabharata, Visnu Purana and Srimad Bhagavatam quoting Srila Prabhupadas 9th canto Srimad Bhagavatam translation also ,please study for yourself

Bharata's sons

Critical Edition

From the Mahabharata Genealogies Trees constructed by Gilles…

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Kali Santarana Upanisad

Kali Santarana Upanisad and chanting 64 rounds

Please accept my humble obaisences

all glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

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Kali Santarana Upanishad

In the Kali-santarana Upanishad (1-11) (One of the 108 principal Upanishads), the maha-mantra is established as the only means of deliverance in Kali-yuga:

hari om. dvaparante narada brahmanam

jagama katham bhagavan gam

paryatana kalim santareyam iti.…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 9, 2020 at 1:01pm — No Comments

who is senior Srila Narayana Maharaja or Prabhavisnu ?

who is senior Srila Narayana Maharaja or Prabhavisnu ?

Some years ago Ajamila das from ISKCON UK, made a statement to me that Prabhavisnu Swami is 10.000 times more advanced than Srila Narayana Maharaja.My blood was boiling, I was at the opening of ISKCON Tirupati and installation of Radha Krsna and Asta Sakhis he gave such a boring and neophyte class I was disgusted.Then later it came out he was with a prostitute in Thailand ,I really hope Ajamila das has washed his envious heart with…

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Added by Paramananda das on December 8, 2020 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Krsna Chalisa

Krsna Chalisa

In Uttar Pradesh sometimes I would hear people chant Krsna Chalisa and I found out it was written by one Sundardas that lived at Durvasa Munis asrama accross from Yamuna ,It is a very popular Chalisa ,like a prayer or Kavacha if you want ,I am not sure if is written in Vraja Bhasa or just in plain Hindi but many chant it daily even in Vrindavana ,so on travelling sankirtana I heard of the Krsna Chalisa that people chanted it also in Naimisaranya ,many devotees from…

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