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why not take sannyasa ?

CC Madhya 13.80

nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro

nāhaṁ varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vanastho yatir vā

kintu prodyan-nikhila-paramānanda-pūrnāmṛtābdher

gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ

Synonyms

na — not; aham — I; vipraḥ — a brāhmaṇa; na — not; ca — also; nara-patiḥ — a king or kṣatriya; na — not; api — also; vaiśyaḥ — belonging to the mercantile class; na — not; śūdraḥ — belonging to the worker class; na — not;…

BY SRILA RAGHUNATHA DASA GOSWAMI

Mukta Carita (The Pearl Story) This pastime took place in Kartika so I am sharing it ,the translation was done by Kusakratha Prabhu ,

Obeisances to the son of Gopendra Nanda, Who enchants the world with His lila, whose complexion is like a blooming blue lotus and who is as beautiful as millions of Cupids.

Obeisances to the Divine Couple, Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, who are immersed in the ocean of playful buying and selling of pearls, and Who…

Changes to chapter 3 of the Krsna books

In Chapter 3 of the Krsna books this section has been inserted "

All the conditioned souls are continually fleeing from one

body to another and one planet to another, yet they do not get

free from the onslaught of birth and death. But when one of

these fearful living entities comes under the shelter of Your

lotus feet, he can lie down without anxiety of being attacked

by formidable death." This statement by Devaki is…

Aindra Prabhu and his book!

Aindra Prabhu stated in many words that it is useless to distribute zillions of books unless one develops Vraja Bhakti .This was certainly not Srila Prabhupadas mood in SB 7.9.44 Srila Prabhupada writes it is the duty of every member in ISKCON to distribute Bhagavad Gita as it is .Aindra Prabhu for sure did some book distribution and was on Radha Damodara.His Sankirtana leader once punched him in the face for not distributing enough books.He told me.So that is…

how long can you stay in grhastha life ?

Srila Prabhupada writes :

SB 5.18 ,13

harir hi sākṣād bhagavān śarīriṇām

ātmā jhaṣāṇām iva toyam īpsitam

hitvā mahāṁs taṁ yadi sajjate gṛhe

tadā mahattvaṁ vayasā dampatīnām

SYNONYMS

hariḥ—the Lord; hi—certainly; sākṣāt—directly; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; śarīriṇām—of all living entities who have accepted material bodies; ātmā—the life and soul; jhaṣāṇām—of the aquatics; iva—like; toyam—the…

Bhakta das a former criminal and offender of Srila Narayana Maharaja and other vaisnavas

Bhakta das is making some wild false accusationes against Srila Narayana Maharaja and Satsvarupa Maharaja .Bhakta das was not present when HH Bhakti Vaibhava puri Maharaja spoke at Krsna Balarama temple in 1992 his speech is recorded in 8 parts and is still there on the internet .Bhakta das has hated towards Srila Narayana Maharaja and Satsvarupa Maharaja and is one of those narrow minded and…

Glories of Sri Mathura

dear Vaisnavas

Please accept my humble obaisences

all glories to the lotusfeet of my Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja and our glorious Guruparampara all glories to Lord Caitanya and all His associates all glories to Lord Sri Krsna and His associates

all glories to Srila Prabhupada

.During Vraja Mandal Parikrama

and Kartika in general this Mathura Mahatmya is a must read book along with Vrindavan Mahimamrta ,for those who can…

A message from within !

Sri Krsna has inspired me from within to convey this message, and I am being reminded again and again so I can not ignore the request of the Supreme Personality of Godhead so here it goes:

Nothing in this world can save one, not any amount of neophyte disciples glorifying one with false or correct sentiments, inflating ones false ego like a balloon .Wether you got a watch made of Gold from Srila Prabhupada or you bought a "vacation" house at…

Srila Narottama das Thakura gave some final instructiones that are not only for his disciples but for all followers of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda at present and in the future !

Srila Narottama das Thakura teachings his disciples the importance of chanting 64 rounds daily

From Prema-vilasa Chapter 18: Shrila Narottama instructs his disciples:

adhanya manaye narottama apanake;

suna sishya bandhugana kahiye tomake.

"Shrila Thakura Narottama…

The number of heads of Brahma is proportional to the size of universe

* CC Madhya 21.84: "Kṛṣṇa said, 'Your particular universe has a diameter of four billion miles; therefore it is the smallest of all the universes. Consequently you have only four heads.

* CC Madhya 21.85: "'Some of the universes are one billion yojanas in diameter, some one trillion, some ten trillion and some one hundred trillion yojanas. Thus they are almost unlimited in area.

* CC Madhya 21.86:…

Manasika Vraja Mandal Parikrama

today the actual parikrama of Vraja Mandal would have started ,some Vraja Mandal Parikramas start with all of Mahura first and some even omit Mathura ,from my understanding and knowledge from Caitanya Caritamrta, Lord Caitanya started bathing at all 24 Ghats of Yamuna at Visrama Ghat in Mathura and from there went to the many holy places in Mathura and then He proceeded to the rest of Vraja .Visrama Ghat is a very ancient holy place in Satya…

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Basu Ghosh das and his love for pedophile devotees

One thing that angers me is Basu Ghosh never thinks Tattva Darshan his beloved Godbrother did anything wrong ?Why is he so blind ,He also told me how much he love and respect Bhavananda that had sex with children in Mayapure in the 70th and 80th and lots homosex while a GBC ,Guru and sannyasi .

Harikesa never said a bad word about his old friend Bhavananda also ,that really angered me what an idiot he was

Tattva Darshan…

Will we serve Sri or stri?

Sri refers to Sri Laxmidevi but really to Srimati Radharani She is the source of all Laxmis The Brahma gayatri mantra will excite us to be mindful about Srimati Radharani's lotus feet, to obey her orders."

"Radha-dasyam, the service of Srimati Radharani, is the ultimate meaning to be extracted from the Brahma gayatri mantra."

The Mantra

om bhur bhuva sva tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi dhiyo yo na pracodayat om

om -…

Haribhakti Vilasa about not having sex with a cow !

my student Miniketana Rama das wrote me :

PSS: Dear Prabhu please read all this my messages as it is very important for me, i want to say, i think Hari Bhakti Vilasa and other Shastras about restrictions have a lot of texts only for non-devotee hindus who do not follow Sanatana-dharm but follow only dogmas of Hinduism as a religion as a fanatics, for example this text from 11 Vilasa, i can not found in english so i…

Sri Gautama Buddhas life came to my memory today, such remembrance comes from Sri Krsna , he was sheltered from seeing anyone getting sick and dying even getting old , his father even moved people away from the capital so Prince Siddharta did not see any suffering .But eventually he found out .He never liked to see anyone suffer ,get sick and die.He was truely compassionate to all .One king started war with kingdom of the Sakhya that was in Nothern India part Nepal and Lord Buddha came…

Sad news Yasomatinandana Prabhu was a very nice disciple of Srila Prabhupada I have not met Prabhu since 2008 or 2009 though I stayed in touch with him on facebook .We last met at ISKCON Boston and this one devotee showed us the first temple in ISKCON Boston on Beacon street, we went to see Commonwealth pier and offer our obaisences to Srila Prabhupada ,because this is where Srila Prabhupada first arrived and touched ground in USA ,I recall Yasomati Nandana Prabhu was going to New York and…

Glorifications of Tulasi Devi

From the Sristikanda of the Padma Purana

Kartikeya inquired: "My dear father (Lord Shiva) which tree or plant is capable of giving love of God?"

Lord Shiva replied: "My dear son, of all trees and plants Tulasi Devi is the topmost; She is all auspicious, the fulfiller of all desires, completely pure, most dear to Lord Krishna and the topmost devotee.

Long ago, Lord Krishna for the welfare of all conditioned souls brought Vrindadevi in her form…

I used to think who is this Kupakarna and Kumbhanda mentioned in Balarama Stava now I found who they are :ŚB 10.63.16

कुम्भाण्डकूपकर्णश्च पेततुर्मुषलार्दितौ ।

दुद्रुवुस्तदनीकानि हतनाथानि सर्वत: ॥ १६ ॥

kumbhāṇḍa-kūpakarṇaś ca

petatur muṣalārditau

dudruvus tad-anīkani

hata-nāthāni sarvataḥ

Synonyms

kumbhāṇḍa-kūpakarṇaḥ ca — Kumbhāṇḍa and Kūpakarṇa; petatuḥ — fell; muṣala — by the club (of Lord Balarāma); arditau — distressed; dudruvuḥ — fled;…

The Krsna Vijaya, or the “Victorious Krsna”, is a book written one of the Muslim-born devotees of Krsna, Gunaraja Khan. There are eleven songs describing the early pastimes of Krsna in a prayer form. The lilas covered are the Mangalacarna (starting prayer), Garbha Stuti (prayer to womb of Devaki bearing Krsna), Caturbhuja Rupa Varnana (description of the four-armed form of Krsna), Kubera-putra-dwayer Sri Krsna-stava (The Redemption of the sons of Kubera as Arjuna Trees), Kaliya Nager Stri…

Dreams of Srila Prabhupada

I had a dream of Srila Prabhupada around 2005 I was starting to really chant 64 rounds daily and taking it more serious for years Srila Narayana Maharaja had urged me to chant 64 rounds daily even at my reinitiation in 1998 ,but I was struggeling to fullfill his order, one day I had chanted 64 rounds nicely ,I was praying others in ISKCON could also understand the importance.I had a dream of Srila Prabhupada that was so crystal clear that it was not just a…