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I was listening to the Madhya lila chapter 13 of Caitanya Bhagavata .Jagai and Madhai are incarnationes of Jaya and Vijaya that where demons for 3 birth during Satya Yuga they became Hiranyakasipu and Hiranykasa .

Gaura Ganodessa Dipika states:

93. Lord Caitanya Himself did not accept that Ramacandra Puri was the incarnation of Vibhisana, but the Lord himself said that Ramacandra Puri was the empowered incarnation of Srimati Radharani s mother-in-law Jatila. This Ramacandra Puri…

Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati's

Sri-Chaitanya-Chandramrita

The Nectar Moon of Sri Chaitanya

Translated by Sriman Kusakratha dasa

Stuti-mukhe vastu-nirdesa-rupa-mangalacaranam

In the Beginning an Invocation of Auspiciousness and a Description of the Contents of These Prayers

1 Let us glorify the boundlessly merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead, the prince of Vraja. To taste the intoxicating sweet waves of the nectar of transcendental love for Krsna, as…

108 Names of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 108 Names of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Srila Sarvabhuma Bhattacarya is the incarnation of Brhaspati the Guru of the demigods as explained in Gaura Ganodessa Dipika he was Indias leading Mayavadi untill Lord Caitanya taught him the Atmarama vers from Srimad Bhagavatam and made him a vaisnava this is all lila of course, these 108 names of Lord Caitanya can be chanted daily and are especially recommended for Gaura Purnima .…

Ramachandra Puri is the incarnation of Jatila...

vibhishano yah prag asid ramacandra-puri smritah uvacato gaura harir naitad ramasya karanam jatila radhika-shvashruh karyato ‘vishad eva tam ato mahaprabhur bhiksha-sankocaditato ‘karot Ramachandra’s dear devotee, Vibhishana, took birth as Ramachandra Puri. Radharani’s mother-in-law, Jatila, also entered into him for certain special purposes. On account of him, Mahaprabhu reduced his food consumption. (Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika…

Navadvipa Dhama Pramana Khanda

by

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura

PAMHO

AGTSP

I want to share this with devotees as this is not much read and understood .

Chapter One

Introduction

TEXT 1

Offer respectful obeisances to the youthful couple of Vraja and to Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is the same as They, and please hear this anthology of scriptural evidence describing the glories of Sri Navadvipa-dhama.

TEXT 2

What the…

There is certain ragas in kirtana for example we not sing morning tune in the evening or visa versa : There is an amazing pastime in Garga Samhita,

Sri Garga Samhita

Mathura Khandam, Chapter Twenty-one

Sri Naradopakhyana, The Story of Sri Narada

Sri Radha said: That tiger of sages Ribhu was a great devotee, filled with love for You. He was very fortunate. He attained a transcendental form like Yours. Your face was wet with tears of love…

CC Ādi 1.1 — I offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual masters, the devotees of the Lord, the Lord’s incarnations, His plenary portions, His energies and the primeval Lord Himself, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya.

CC Ādi 1.2 — I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda, who are like the sun and moon. They have arisen simultaneously on the horizon of Gauḍa to dissipate the darkness of ignorance and thus wonderfully bestow benediction upon all.

CC Ādi…

PAMHO

AGTSP

This book I wrote Sri Narasimha is very deep I have not given a lot of explanation on chapter 11 of this books so I want to explain something futher to any vaisnava or aspiring vaisnava interested in the Subject of Lord Narasimha : There is many other Subjects in this chapter I have not discussed I post this on my webpage for those who are my students as well as anyone who wants to learn more about this subject ,because it is worthwile reading .I will add some futher…

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada\

All glories to my Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundara

Srila Prabhupada did not insitute Siva Ratri in ISKCON as a regular festival but in Gaudiya math it is observed strictly so I want to share why , it is mandatory according to Srila HariBhakti Vilasa, my Gurudeva Srila Bhakti Narayana Maharaha observed it strictly , Srila Prabhupada writes in Krsna book…

TEXT 38

dhumenavriyate vahnir

yathadarso malena ca

yatholbenavrto garbhas

tatha tenedam avrtam

SYNONYMS

dhumena—by smoke; avriyate—covered; vahnih—fire; yatha—just as; adarsah—mirror; malena—by dust; ca—also; yatha—just as; ulbena—by the womb; avrtah—is covered; garbhah—embryo; tatha-so; tena—by that lust; idam—this; avrtam—is covered.

TRANSLATION

As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb,…

Narasimha dwadasa Nama stotram

(Twelve names of Narasimha)

edited by Paramananda das

Narasimha dwadasa Nama stotram

(Twelve names of Narasimha)

edited by Paramananda das

31 Jan 2018

Wednesday

Pūrṇimā, G, 07:15, Āśleṣā

+Śrī Kṛṣṇa Madhura-utsava

+Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura ~ Appearance

+Festival in remembrance of Śrīmān Mahāprabhu's sannyāsa-lila

the other day (yesterday actually ) we celebrated Lord Caitanya taking sannyasa, why are we celebrating because His beautiful hair was cut of or He left Navadvipa ? Actually to Gaudiya Vaisnavas they are sad pastimes who wants to see Lord Caitanya shave His head ? And become a…

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga all glories to Srila Prabhupada

Jaya Gaura Nitai

It is stated :

Harinam CONSIDERS offenses.

Gauranam FORGIVES offenses.

Nitainam IGNORES offenses.

So Lord Nityananda Prabhu is very merciful , but we should not underestimate His position as the Supreme Lord. Lord Nityananda Prabhu in His form as Baladeva killed Romaharsana Suta for not paying obaisences to…

pranams

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to Lord Varaha

Now I do not have the part of Haribhakti Vilasa that describes Lord Varaha though I have thousands of devotional books , I am so unfortunate to have not completed my library of devotional classics yet.

Whatever the case it fasting fully for Lord Varaha is certainly recommended in Hari Bhakti Vilasa ,that I know from past reading .We have 3 days of fasting in a row…

pranams to the real devotees of Sri Advaita Acarya

I offer my pranams to my Gurudeva and Srila Prabhupada and to our acaryas and to Sri Sri Pancatattva and all their associates

Only the demoniac can not understand Advaita Prakash due to their lack of spiritual advancement , this chapter describes in detail how Sri Advaita Acarya rediscorved Sri Sri Radha Madan Mohan that was installed by Krsnas grandson Vrajnabha after Krsna went back to His abode Goloka Vrindavana , Madan Mohan…

dandavat Pranam

All glories to my Gurudeva and Lord Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

One mans food another mans poison , Srila Narottama das Thakura wrote about Govinda Lilamrta and Caitanya Caritamrta that these books are so sweet that they can melt stones:, Prarthana:

krishnadasa kaviraja rasika bhakata-majha

jenho kaila chaitanya-carita

gaura-govinda-lila sunite galaye sila

tahate na haila mora cite

Among the devotees Krishnadasa…

Please have a look on chapter 2 of Advaita Prakash and my notes to this chapter , you will see there is a lot to this book that is important :

this is again the english translation of our dear Subhag Maharaja : I only read this book after he translated and introduced it into ISKCON .

Chapter Two

All glories to Shri Chaitanya! All glories to Sitanatha! All glories to Nityananda, along with all the devotees!

Shri Lauda-dhama is the Causal Ocean wherein Shri Advaita…

Dandavat pranams at the lotusfeet of the vaisnavas I wish to be the dust at their lotusfeet

all glories to Srila Prabhupada and my beloved Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja

The first day in ISKCON temple for me was in early March 1979 and I was told Srila Prabhupada had left this world in 1977 ,so I was over a year and some months late since Srila Prabhupada had left but the desire to have a pure devotee as my Guru was there in my heart.Many years later in 1986 while…

Bhagavad Gita 18.42 came to mind now since Srila Prabhupada did not give a commentary I have put together the commentaries of our acaryas :

śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaḿ

kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca

jñānaḿ vijñānam āstikyaḿ

brahma-karma svabhāva-jam

Translation of Bhagavad Gita 18.42

Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, knowledge, wisdom and religiousness—these are the natural qualities by which the brahmanas work.

Commentary…

Bhavisya Purana is one of the very unusual Puranas and predicted Jesus Christ , Lord Caitany, it also talk about Moses ,Noah and Adam and Eve, thus many of the seeming unbelievabel stories in the old testament are often confirmed in Bhavisya Purana

This part talks about how King Pradyota performed a Mleccha Yajna simply burning all kinds of races outside of India ,this took place at Kuruksetra and milliond of Mlecchas was burned in this Yajna the kunda was 128 miles on all sides ,…