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About Gurus with mystic powers !

Now we read how some Acaryas had mystic powers , like Srila Ramanujacarya or Srila Madhavacarya but remember they are incarnations of Lord Sri Ananta and of Sri Hanuman so not to compare with others.When Srila Prabhupada was asked if he had mystic powers Srila Prabhupada answered these disciples where former hippies and now have become devotees and given up four kinds of sins, that is my mystic power. In 1988 one devotee from Sweden was claiming Harikesa…

One day Sri Ramanujacarya met a man who was so much in love with his wife and fanned her and served her in so many ways keeping umbrella over her head in the warm South Indian sun, Sri Ramanujacarya fell sorry for this foolish man, and told him why you are serving your wife like this ? He said she is the most loving and beautiful person I ever seen.Sri Ramanujacarya said if I show you the most attractive person in the Universe will you serve Him ?He went with Sri Ramanujacarya along with his…

In 1987-87 Avinash Chandra Prabhu now Bhaktivaibhava Swami born in Germany gave seminar in ISKCON Copenhagen about the Alvars so I remember very well Tirumangai Alvar but I never knew about his devotion to Lord Narasimha ,Atma Tattva Prabhu gave lectures about the Alvars during one Mayapure festival and Bhaktivaibhava Swami took notes and shared with us devotees in Denmark .Srila Prabhupada mentioned in a conversation with Yasodanandana Swami that the Alvars where authorities in worship of…

I personally had a good relationship with Bhakti Caru Swami , at least he was not blind to see Ramabhadra was a bad TP, this was in 1990 , Bhakti caru Swami told Ramabhadra to stop chasing women in the temple as TP and Ramabhandra banned Bhakti Caru Swami ,he was never back in this temple untill the the day the GBC tried to get the temple back from Ramabhadra and they had to fight Ramabhara in court to get the temple back ISKCON Brooklyn NYC of course.Otherwise I want to mention that Bhakti…

I personally had a good relationship with Bhakti Caru Swami , at least he was not blind to see Ramabhadra was a bad TP, this was in 1990 , Bhakti caru Swami told Ramabhadra to stop chasing women in the temple as TP and Ramabhandra banned Bhakti Caru Swami ,he was never back in this temple untill the the day the GBC tried to get the temple back from Ramabhadra and they had to fight Ramabhara in court to get the temple back ISKCON Brooklyn NYC of course.Otherwise I want to mention that Bhakti…

I dedicate this book to the lotus feet of my beloved Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami, to my eternal savior Srila Prabhupada without whom I would never have come to Krsna consciousness,I would not even know what it is.Especially this book is dedicated to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada and Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.

When I started writting this book I realized the standards given by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada and Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has in some big parts been…

Vaisnava Amrta chapter 3

Sri Nama Prabhu tattva and the importance to daily chant 64 rounds

 

Padma Purana (Section: Brahma Khanda 25.15–18).

1)

satam ninda namnah paramam aparadham vitanute

yatah khyatim yatam katham u sahate tad-vigarham

2)

sivasya sri-visnor ya iha guna-namadi-sakalam

dhiya bhinnam pasyet sa khalu hari-namahita-karah

(3)

guror avajna

(4)

sruti-sastra-nindanam

(5)

artha-vadah

(6)…

After Kartika comes Katyayani Vrata

It is embarrassing to preach about because Lord Krsna stole the cloth of the Gopis , not actually that of Sri Radha and the Nitya siddha Gopis but that of the Sadhana Siddhas..in Garga Samhita .Sri Garga Muni has given the many details of so many kind of Gopis that joined Krsna from the conditioned stage such as the sages of Dandakaranya and the Vedas personified .You really have to read the Garga Samhita to get the full knowledge of these pastimes…

Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja Offering–1961

If everyone just initiates then there will only be a contradictory result. As long as it goes on there will be only failure. O shame! My dear brothers, aren’t you embarrassed? In the manner of businessmen you increase your disciples.

A Vyasa-Puja offering of five prayers glorifying special characteristics of Srila 108 Bhaktisiddanta Saraswati Goswami Thakura. Presented on the commemoration of his appearance, by His Divine Grace A.C.…

Why Sura das is a rascal

He has a history of abusing many devotees,For example when he was Aindras sankirtana leader on bookdistribution ,he punched him in the face.

When I served as sankirtana leader in LA in 1990 , he made politics against me and pulled a knife on me,Later when I refused to live in temples with rascals like Sura das , he send me double my BBT order to harrass me so he knew I will have to pay more money and he properly got some commision from Svavasa...I saw in…

In Vraja some Vaisnavas and especially among the Babajis they also often chant Gopal Sahasranama and Radha Sahasra Nama and 64 rounds of Japa 120 round or something in between some even more.There is no Vraja life without Gopal Sahasrana Nama and Radha Sahasra Nama it is that important to many Vrijabasis internal life there ,Srila Prabhupada often said we should follow the internal life of the Vrijabasis then we will also become Vrijabasis no matter where we are ,Vrijabasis offer obaisences…

some argue that Margaret Thatcher was a good leader, leading people in braking the 4 regulative principles and living as a materialist so no she was not a good leader ,but she was unusual from the material perspective ,not at all a spiritual leader in any sense ,but she did get a garland from Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda and I do know she is well-respected around the world, she was not a bad person for sure , when Falkland was attacked she stood up for England when so many did not want to…

chapter 2 of Vaisnava Amrta

Female leaders in ISKCON !

Srila Prabhupada was very clear about women leaders:

Television Interview -- July 9, 1975, Chicago

Woman reporter: There is one question I have for you. You say that a woman’s brain is smaller than a man’s.

Prabhupada:Woman?

Nitai:Woman’s brain is smaller than a man’s brain.

Prabhupada:Yes, that is a fact. In the history there is no woman who is a big philosopher, a big mathematician, big scientist,…

Vrindadevi and Sridhama was cursed by Sri Radha to come to the material world to play the role of the demon Jalandhar and Vrinda became his wife ,so this is also when the marriage of Tulsi and Salagrama sila is performed today like in our ISKCON Baltimore temple today,this pastime is found in Brahma Vaivarta Purana translated by His Grace Kusakratha Prabhu

Tulsi Vivah

Asta-Nama-Stava from the Padma Purana The Eight Names of Vrinda-devi

Vrindavani, vrinda, visvapujita,…

Virocana the son of Prahlada Maharaja and Chandgya Upanisad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandogya_Upanishad…

Chandogya Upanisad , I was looking through the second chapter of Bhagavad Gita for a verses from Chandogya Upanisad ,I thought I had seen one but it is in the commentaries of the acaryas, but Srila Prabhupada has mentioned Chandogya Upanisad in his 8,26 purport ,Many of the commentators of these Upanisads are…

Virocana the son of Prahlada Maharaja and Chandgya Upanisad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandogya_Upanishad…

Chandogya Upanisad , I was looking through the second chapter of Bhagavad Gita for a verses from Chandogya Upanisad ,I thought I had seen one but it is in the commentaries of the acaryas, but Srila Prabhupada has mentioned Chandogya Upanisad in his 8,26 purport ,Many of the commentators of these Upanisads are…

The glories of Sri Krsnas flutes ,this is from the book I am working on ,

In the Ujvala Nilamani it has been stated: Visakha devi describes Krsna's flute to Srimati Radharani: "As it touches His splendid teeth, Krsna's flute looks like a crystal wand. Where it touches Krsna's red lotus palm, it looks like a ruby stick, and where it touches Krsna's blue lotus cheek it looks like a sapphire. Look ! In this way Krsna's flute looks like these three different jewels."

Krsna uses the…

Sri Paramatma-sandarbha

Volume One

by Srila Jiva Goswami

Mangalacarana

tau santosayata santau

srila-rupa-sanatanau daksinatyena bhattena

punar etad vivicyate

tasyadyam granthana-lekham

kranta-vyutkranta-khanditam paryalocyatha paryayam

krtva likhati jivakah

Srila Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, the great philosopher from the southern provinces who greatly pleased Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Sanatana Gosvami, left many valuable notes that defeat…

In 1992 in ISKCON Toronto ,I had a discussion with HH Gaura Govinda Swami about the Sat Sandarbhas ,I was reading the translationes done by Kusakratha Prabhu .Maharaja stated if I could explain to devotees about Priti Sandarbha and the other Sandharbhas I could benefit many devotees.He also offered me to come to Bhuvanesvara and study the Priti Sandarbha under him , I however did not see it so important to leave my book distribution service to give all my attention to reading and teachings…

Srila Narayana Maharaja was sad when Srila Prabhupada had left Kesavaji Gaudiya math and taken up residence in Radha Damodara ,temple. To me it appears that one incident that changed Srila Prabhupadas mind was when he was preaching in Agra after he had taken sannyasa and one family wanted to take diksa from Srila Prabhupada one disciple of Bhakti Prajana Kesava Maharaja stated that he could not give diksa but only Srila Kesava maharaja .After this Prabhupada left Kesavaji Gaudiya math and…