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It is stated in the Narasimha Kavacha from the Brahma Samhita that if you chant it daily you become a Jivan Mukta, here are the symptoms of the Jivan Mukta :

Apahata-pāpa – The first symptom of one so liberated is that he is freed from all sinful activity (apahata-pāpa). As long as one is under the clutches of māyā in the material energy, one has to engage in sinful activity. Bhagavad-gītā describes such people as duṣkṛtinaḥ, which indicates that they are always engaged in sinful…

Durva grass is wheat grass ,and Durvasa Muni got his name from that grass ,he was drinking wheat grass juice since Satya Yuga ,this is explained in Gopala Tapani Upanisad. I can not imagine living on that , that is austere , here in US it is common in healthfood stores ,it is super healthy for you .I normally get some freshly squezed Carrot juice they do it in front of you and then you have a shot of wheat grass juice after ,of course I offer it first so it is prasadam .Imagine in all bars…

How to have universal brotherhood !

If we want to experience natural brotherhood between all jivas Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has advised to chant minimum 64 rounds daily of the Hare Krsna Mahamantra :Natural Brotherhood (Bhaktivinoda Thakura):

BhaktiVinoda Thakura

"Gradually, when the offensive portions of the established religions are destroyed, there will be no more differences in the bhajana performed by the various Sampradayas nor any quarrel between them.

Then as…

Srila Jagannath das babaji used to reside at the banks of Surya Kunda in Vrindavana and chanted 120 rounds daily, this is the place where Srimati Radharani came and worshipped Surya Narayana daily.Every day in Sri Krsna Asta Kaliya Lilas Sri Radha would come to Surya Kunda to worship Surya Narayana and Sri Krsna and Madhumangal would come disguised as Brahmin boys and do the Puja for Surya ,however while chanting names to worship Lord Surya Narayana Sri Krsna chants glorification of Sri…

Sometimes we have seen ISKCON sannyasis attached to their female disciples and in some cases had sex with their female disciples some married them and left ISKCON , do I need to give a list ?I have also seen 3 sannyasis that defended their lusty female disciples chasing devotee men in the temple and making offences to the Brahmacaries this is due to false ego ,sometimes socalled sannyasis pressure other devotee men to marry their fallen female disciples ,they want to dump their…

The day Lord Ramachandra returned to Ayodhya was on Diwali and everyone in India on that day put light on their roofes because Lord Ramachandra,Sita and Laxmana and their associates returned .When reading Ramayana it is clear Lord Ramachandra daily worshipped the dust of Ayodhya , He had some earth from Aydohya with Him .Why they Supreme Lord worship Ayodhya dirt ? Because Ayodhya is the Lords own embassy of the Spiritual world send to Earth ,thus anyone that dies in Ayodhya or some distance…

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,…