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"A slice of the Mahamantra cake or the whole pie"

Today Bhakta Cole gave the analogy that you should not be so greedy to chant Hare Krsna one slice is enough so you can as much or as little as you like because the Mahamantra is like eating cake in that analogy he gave.We know Srila Prabhupada allowed minimum 16 rounds because Mukunda das now Maharaja rebelled against chanting 64 rounds daily and Srila Prabhupada said well can you do 32 and again he rebelled so Srila Prabhupada made it 16…

Ratha Yatra in Navadvipa

I edited my article after further research

Actually in Mayapure it is Subhadra, Baladeva and Lord Jagannath like in Jagannath Puri that is the order of the carts there ,the Rathas

Was Navadvia Ratha Yatra started by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada is the claim ? No he did not perform this . Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja started Ratha Yatra in Navadvipa

In 1969 Ratha Yatra in Navadvipa was performed from the outskirt of Navadvipa to Devananda…

Aindra Prabhus Disapperance day

Was on Saturday I wrote this then and am posting it today

I recall one time I was reading Krsna Bhavanamrta out loud to Aindra Prabhu while he did his Salagrama and Govardhana puja.So there is a sweet pastime before Krsna takes breakfast ,Pratah lila and Srila Visvanath Chakravati Thakura describes Krsna was teaching a baby parrot to chant a Visnu mantra,but all the parrot could remember was the word Dhara -mountain ,the parrot kept chanting it and…

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Kunti and Karna after he found out she was his real mother

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Kunti places baby Karna in the Ganga ,Surya gave her a blessing she would still remain a virgin despite having given birth but she could not keep the child as no one in society will understand her union with Surya















While studying Mahabharata , I read that Sri Parasurama appeared to Karna the night before Arjuna kiled him…

yaḿ sannyāsam iti prāhur

yogaḿ taḿ viddhi pāṇḍava

na hy asannyasta-sańkalpo

yogī bhavati kaścana



Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.2



What is called renunciation you should know to be the same as yoga, or linking oneself with the Supreme, O son of Pandu, for one can never become a yogi unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification.





Commentary by Sri A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada of Gaudiya Sampradaya:



Real…

BG Verses 1.17-18

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Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verses 1.17-18:

काश्यश् च परमेष्वासः शिखण्डी च महा-रथः ।

धृष्टद्युम्नो विराटश् च सात्यकिश् चापराजितः ॥ १७ ॥

द्रुपदो द्रौपदेयाश् च सर्वशः पृथिवी-पते ।

सौभद्रश् च महा-बाहुः शङ्खान् दध्मुः पृथक् पृथक् ॥ १८ ॥

kāśyaś ca parameṣvāsaḥ śikhaṇḍī ca…

It was not established by Srila Prabhupada for sure ,Srila Prabhupada never made women Tp's GBCs and sannyasis some ask why ?

Because womens role in Vedic society is to be a mother first of all so that does not come into question.We see in the case of Gopal Krsna Maharaja ,he was a terrible grhastha which is very obvious from the records of his ex wife .You can google the testimony of Mother Ekayani .See seemed to have been a very enthusiastic devotee, and…

Apara Ekadasi

Sri Yudhishthira Maharaj said, "Oh Janardana, what is the name of the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight (krishna paksha) of the month of Jyeshtha (May-June)?

I wish to hear from You the glories of this sacred day of Hari.

Please narrate everything to me"

Lord Sri Krishna said, "Oh king, your inquiry is wonderful because the answer will benefit the whole human society.

This Ekadasi is so sublime and meritorious that even the…