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rila Prabhupada and Visvambhara Goswami not sure of the year

Visvambhara Goswami told me a funny pastime that when ISKCON devotees first came to Vrindavana they used to steal from the shops and take sweets and fruits without paying ,some not all .The Vrijabasis went to Visvambhara Goswami and said can you please talk to Srila Prabhupada ,We have monkey problems daily they try to steal our fruits and sweets ,now these western devotees also are acting like monkeys'

So he went to see…

Sri Jesus Christ about simple living !

I recall one time when I was a Brahmacari and I only had two dhoties and 2 Kurtas that time ,I was thinking that is austere I need get 2 sets more, but then I remembered Jesus Christ telling his disciples, they should only have two sets of clothing and nothing else. Renunciation is a good thing .

I looked up this quote I do not think I am super renounced but anyway :

Jesus said :Matthew 6.25-28

Do Not Worry

25“Therefore I tell you,…

Srila Gurudeva in 2002 gave my sister in law the diksa name Bimal devi, who is Bimal Devi ?Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupadas childhood name was Bimal prasada here is the pastime related to Bimal devi :

Bimala Devi & Maha Prasad.

Narada Muni once went to Vaikuntha and served Mother Laxmi very attentively. Sri Laxmi was very pleased and requested Narada Muni to ask for any boon. Narada Muni replied, “My dear Mother Laxmi, you must promise that whatever I ask for, you will…

Sriman Kusakratha Prabhu requested me to share his translations this is another of his Govinda Virudavali

these are Srila Rupa Goswamis prayers to His Istadeva Sri Sri Radha Govinda

Shri Govinda-Virudavali by Srila Rupa Goswami

translated by Sriman Kusakrata Prabhu

Calling Out to Lord Govinda

Sri Sri Radha Gopinath

1 This book, Shri Govinda-virudavali, is very auspicious. When one reads it Shri Govinda becomes pleased.

2 O lotus-eyed Lord, when…

How to become free from envy !

"Due to the cheating propensity, both parties always remain envious. Even in Krsna consciousness, separation and enmity take place due to the prominence of material propensities."

SB 5.14.37 purport

my note :

Devotees should not remain envious of each other they should become pure devotees one can never become a pure devotee unless one is constantly chanting Hare Krsna 64 rounds or more daily as instructed by Lord Caitanya, 16 rounds does not…

Vaisnava Amrta chapter 16 from my upcoming book:

Gopala-virudavali written by Srila Jiva Goswami

Text 1

gopala-sukhada seyam

gopala-virudavali

arthaya shrayatam kalpa-

virud-avali-kalpatam

gopala—to Gopala; sukha—happiness; da—giving; sa—this; iyam—this; gopala-virudavali—poem named Gopala-virudavali; arthaya-for the purpose; shrayatam—may attain; kalpa—virut—of desire-creepers; avali—multitude; kalpatam status.

May this poem,…

Cheating and Fraud in ISKCON and Gaudiya math

The question is how can there be cheating and fraud in ISKCON very simple when people are not honest and one act like a pseudo devotee . ,

I recall in 1979 when I joined ISKCON , Harikesa the GBC for Scandinavia and Germany etc he was making his first album Rasa, called Oasis .

So he did not have a full band yet so he promised some musicians he would pay them ,They spend a week helping him but they did not get paid a penny. So I…

Pradyuma Prabhu warned about the Zonal acarya system in 1978

Sri Sri Guru Gauranga

7 August, 1978

Dear Satsvarupa Maharaj,

Please accept my most humble obeisances.

Maharaj, I am writing you this letter with GREAT anxiety in my heart and after days and days and long nights of thought and careful consideration.

I have been staying in Vrndavan for some time and have not visited any other center recently except Delhi. Therefore, my information I have…

One devotee asked me about Lord Nityananda Prabhus gayatri mantra one is found in Srila Dhyanachandra Goswamis Arcana Dipika :Klim deva-jåhnavî-vallabhåya svåhå.

. Concerning Nityånanda Prabhu’s mantra, a statement is made in the Brahmånda Puråna during a conversation between ¸Sesa någa and Mother Earth. The purport of that statement is such: At the beginning of the mantra, the kåmabîja shall be joined with the word deva and serve as a salutation. Then, in the middle will be jåhnavî,…

Vaisnava Amrta chapter 14 Srila Prabhupada chanted 64 rounds and this instruction is his Adi Vani

Srila Prabhupada was introduced to chanting 64 rounds of the Hare Krsna mantra when he met Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada.

One Brahmacari ,Narahari would sometimes meet Srila Prabhupada in his house in Kolkatta and described that Srila Prabhupada chanted 64 rounds

prior to his initiation in 1932.

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada did not give diksa to anyone not chanting…

Today is the disapperanceday of Srila Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Maharaja

In 1968 Srila Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Maharaja wrote a letter to Srila Prabhupada informing him of the disapperance of his godbrother and sannyasa Guru Srila Bhaktivedanta Prajana Maharaja.Srila Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Maharaja was one of Srila Bhaktiprajana Maharaja formost disciples,he and Srila Vamana Maharaja (whoes disapperance day is also today )and Srila Narayana Maharaja Srila Prabhupada wrote this…

dealing with Ramachandra Puri

In Caitanya Caritamrta we read about Lord Caitanya dealing with his envious goduncle Ramachandra Puri.Often a goduncle will try to exert how they are superior than you.Some of Srila Prabhupadas disciples even told their godbrothers that you have no relationship to Srila Prabhupada without me.Harikesa said that in 1980 , do not jumb over me.This same kind of pride was found in most of the 11 first Gurus in ISKCON. What to speak of when you are a goduncle…

Remembering Subal das Babaji from Govinda Kunda

I got an interesting question today from one devotee what is the difference between sannyasis and Babajis ? Who is higher ?

Well I am not sure you can compare apples to oranges.But this is my experience I knew one babaji Subal das Babaji that lived at Govardhana hill he chanted 120 rounds daily and did madhukari begging for some chapties and little sabji and walking barefot he had a nice little bhajan kutir next to the place where…

The Mahamantra are names of Radha Krishna ,and Srila Jiva Goswami has written:

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

(1-Hare)

sarva-ceta-harah krsnas tasya cittam haratyasau

vaidagdhi-sara-vistarair ato radha hara mata

Krsna steals the minds of everyone, yet Radha steals even His mind by Her divine expertise. Thus She is known as Hara.

(2-Krsna)

karsati sviyalavanya-murali-kala-nihsvanaih

sri radham…

: Vaisnava amrta chapter 11 Gopichandan and Sri Krsnas Tilaka

Lord Sri Krsna has 3 kinds of Tilaka , 1 made of kasturi , musk from the deer , 2 is Gorocana ,gallstones from cows , and 3 kunkuma .

Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura has described Sri Krsnas tilaka as a half moon this is depicted in the detailed painting below

Lord Caitanya and His associates wore Gopichandan

in Jagannath Puri .

Lord Caitanya having tilaka made of chandan…

Vaisnava Amrta chapter 13

Did Srila Jiva Goswami tell Jayadvaita Swami to edit Srila Prabhupadas books?B

Jayadvaita Swami stated Srila Prabhupadas books are full of warts so this is my defense of Srila Prabhupadas books that made me a devotee

On the BBT edit website we find this note: http://www.bbtedit.com/node/121

The BBT web page describes that Jiva Goswami was editing Srila Rupa Goswamis ,Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu…

Chapter 12 of Vaisnava Amrta : Fasting on Visnutattva days

this is from a book I am working on

Skanda Purana states:

matr ha pitr has caiva bhratr ha guru has tatha

ekadasyas tu ya bhunkte visnu-lokac cyuto bhavet

“Those who eat grains on Ekadasi and on the Day of Lord Hari (including Janmastami, Gaura Purnima etc.) obtain the sin equal to killing one’s own mother, own father, own brother and own Guru; and they cannot reach the spiritual world, which is why…

In God we trust !

This bring back memories from Washington DC sankirtana , Narasimha das has properly distributed books longer in Washington DC than anyone since I guessed he joined from the early 1980th and he still comes out there, he stops people with a Jagannath sticker and then gives them a book and ask for a donation , I recall from 1997 to around 2000 there was three of us out there daily Vijitatma , Narasimha and myself and we where all doing around 100 to 200 medium books daily,…

Power struggle of Trump !

Trump is desperate to be in power as president ,he is already an old man and should be joining the Hare Krsna Hari nama party in New York in stead , sell all his business and give the money to the New York Harinama Sankirtana party , instead like a dog he thinks he can be president for ever even though he lost to his self made believe enemy Joe Biden .Trump tried to serve his country and many can see that,but as Srila Prabhupada said eventually one is dragged…

my heart is filled of joy ,HH Giriraja Maharaja reminded me that Srila Prabhupada completed the Caitanya Caritamrta tomorrow on Rama Ekadasi Official Name:I remembered this song by Srila Narottama das Thakura and feel great ecstacy :

Dainya Bodhika Song 1

Author: Narottama Dasa Thakura

Book Name: Prarthana

Language: Bengali

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LYRICS:

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hari hari ki mora karama ati manda

vraje rādhā-kṛṣṇa pada, nā bhajinu tila ādha,

na bujhinu rāgera…