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In the Vraja Vilasa Stava by Srila Raghunath das Goswami hei s glorified in this way”: TEXT 22

Filled with deep love for him, and anxious that they may be separated, Subala never, even in dream, lets go of the hand of Sri Krsna, the moon of Gokula. Subala’s heart is sprinkled with the waters of the swiftly moving mountain stream of devotion to Srimati Radhika. I offer my respectful obeisances to Subala whose body trembles with love for Sri Sri Radha-Krsna.”

Where was Srila…

Before the Srila Prabhupadas marathon in 1983 in Germany , Harikesa came to a place devotees had purchased near the city of Koblenz it was called Laubach and in the country site , it was a former guest house and hotel and so there was enough space for the over hundred devotees either selling paintings or Srila Prabhupadas books .So during the lecture he mentioned devotees could let the books fly because the Laxmi had already been covered by devotees selling paintings.That time also printing…

Srila Narahari Thakura has warned us:

ohe bhai vaisnavete sabadhana habe

pranapana kari’ aparadha ksamaibe

O my brothers, please be very careful in dealing with the Vaisnavas. Beg their forgiveness for any offense with your heart and soul.

Vaisnava aparadha

yo hi bhagavatam lokam upahasam nrpottama

koroti yasya nasyanti artha dharma yasah sutah

hanti nindati vai dvesti vaisnavan na abhinandati

krudhyate yati no harsam…

Anyone who think they are wife and husbands are in illusion, Krsna only is the Supreme Husband of all Jivas,we hear this clearly from Laxmidevi and Rukmini devi in Srimad Bhagavatam:

SB 5.18.17: Accompanied during the daytime by the sons of the Prajāpati [the predominating deities of the days] and accompanied at night by his daughters [the deities of the nights], Lakshmīdevī worships the Lord during the period known as the Samvatsara in His most merciful form as Kāmadeva. Fully…

Navadvipa Sataka and Navadvipa Stuti

 

In 2009 I posted the Navadvipa Sataka on Dandavats.com http://www.dandavats.com/?p=7276 These prayers to Sri Navadvipa are essential reading . The 9 ISlands of Navadvipa contains all 12 forest of Vrindavana in actuality Navadvipa and Vrindavana is non different. Srila Jagannatha das Babaji spend many years in Surya kunda near Radha Kunda chanting his 128 rounds or more daily then he transfered to…

On being a book worm of sastra !

I

was remembering one thing today from before becoming a devotee, I was taking an exam in Latin , and I really studied hard to get the best grade possible. I even bought some extra books to help me master the grammar. So in my country Denmark the best grade you can get is an 11 but sometimes very very rare you get 13 that is when you know even more than the teacher.It is almost never given.So I got a 13 , I was thinking today with the same…

Many devotees do not know how to properly treat guests .Even though Duryodhana was a demon he was treated with kindness when he visited the Pandavas ,but Draupadi offended Duryodhana and Yuddhistira Maharaja wanted to chastise her for that , the whole battle between the Kauravas and Pandavas increased after this but the Kauravas hated the Pandavas from birth .

Krsna Himself once washed the feet of all the guests imagine that the Supreme Lord washing the feet of all the guests.At least…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parashara

my Gurudeva says in a lecture that sage Parasara Muni impregnated Satyavati simply by glancing at her and Srila Vyasadeva was born and she even kept her virginity after giving birth to Srila Vyasadeva.These things are impossible to understand with our blunt material senses. The Bible has two accounts of birth without sex , one is Jesus Christ being born from Virgin Mary, and then there is John…

Chapter 4 of Vaisnava nectar

Srivatsa on the chest of Lord Krsna

One devotee asked me about Srivatsa so Ekanath Prabhu from Germany has written something but it is not complete and some misunderstandings are there.

The meaning of Srivatsa on Visnu

Ekanath Das

What exactly is the mark of Srivatsa on Lord Visnu's or Krsna's chest? There are a number of passages in our books that seem to offer different explanations, and many devotees do wonder what this mark actually…

Chapter 3 of Vaisnava nectar

Sri Nama Prabhu tattva :

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)

hari-namni kalpanam

(7)

namno balad yasya…

dear members of the GBC and all members of ISKCON

Please accept my humble obaisences all glories to Srila Prabhupada .

I have spend 40 years of my life in devotional service to Srila Prabhupada and Krsna and I think it is about time we clean up ISKCON  .

First of all after watching the updates about child abuse in ISKCON , we have to stop denying it exist, It has for to long and it needs to stop .Secondly more funding should be given to protect , educate and train the Guru…

"Condom lila "

In 1990 when I was in ISKCON LA ,I had a room mate Prabhupadaacarya Prabhu a disciple of His Grace Virabhahu Prabhu .One day he came to me very disturbed he and some Brahmacaries had been to a grocery store on Venice boulevard and the store owner told them.Forgive me my ignorance I want to ask you something about your religion and practices. He took them aside : Some of your Hare Krsna Married folks come here sometimes and buy condoms , I know they are Hare Krsnas because…

Gaudiya Vaisnava Nectar chapter one : 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…

chapter 2 of Gaudiya Vaisnava nectar

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…

I dedicate my book Gaudiya Vaisnava Nectar to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada and my Gurudeva ,and the lotusfeet of the Vaisnavas , I offer my pranams to all our acaryas as well as all the acaryas in all 4 vaisnava Sampradayas since the time of creation . I offer my humble obaisences to all the associates of Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and to the lotus feet of Lord Gauranga. The purpose for writting this book is simply self purification .I pray this book please Sri Sri Radha Krsna…

Foreword

Foreword is supposed to be like you sit someone down for a meal and prepare them what to eat .This book contains a lot of Nectar in Krsna consciouness and it need to be shared .So I hope I am serving a feast for the eyes and mind intelligence and soul of course. Just like when we take prasadam we are supposed to honor it.This book is like this also .It starts with the appetizer in form of Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakuras, Stavamrta Lahari .Then subjects such as female Diksa…

21 Jan 2020

Tuesday

Dvādaśī, K, 07:22, Jyeṣṭha

+Break fast 07:22 - 10:39 (Daylight-saving time not considered. If in effect, please adjust time. See Calendar Information.)

+Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Trivikrama Mahārāja ~ Appearance

he was a disciple of Srila Bhaktiprajana Kesava Maharaja and godbrother of my Gurudeva there is a letter from our Srila Prabhupada on the disappearance of Srila Bhakti Prajana Kesava Maharaja October 22nd, 1968

[This letter was…

before being on Padayatra in South India I guess I never felt any deep connection to the Demigods ,but Lord Caitanya visited many ancient temples of Lord Siva and Durga and gave them His darshan . so I recall for example visiting Kanyakumari devi in Indias most Southern point and also Minaksidevi in Madhurai with our ISKCON Padayatra in 1985 , I could tell that Durga is very dear to Lord Caitanya and also Lord Siva like when we visited SIva Kanchi ,I felt I got Lord Caitanyas mercy via Lord…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6XsWVtiBgs

There are many changes to Srila Prabhupadas Krsna book also ,Srila Prabhupada recorded the whole book but the rascals in BBT still have dared changed Srila Prabhupadas Krsna book even from his recordings because they think we know better than Srila Prabhupada

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada appeared in this world in 1896 in Calcutta, India. He first met his…

before being on Padayatra in South India I guess I never felt any deep connection to the Demigods ,but Lord Caitanya visited many ancient temples of Lord Siva and Durga and gave them His darshan . so I recall for example visiting Kanyakumari devi in Indias most Southern point and also Minaksidevi in Madhurai with our ISKCON Padayatra in 1985 , I could tell that Durga is very dear to Lord Caitanya and also Lord Siva like when we visited SIva Kanchi ,I felt I got Lord Caitanyas mercy via Lord…