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Bhagavad Gita 3.32

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

TEXT 32

ye tv etad abhyasuyanto

nanutisthanti me matam

sarva-jnana-vimudhams tan

viddhi nastan acetasah

SYNONYMS

ye—those; …

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Added by Paramananda das on October 7, 2017 at 10:36pm — No Comments

Chapter 1 of Vaisnava Calendar : Balarama Purnima

When Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada choose to never enter grhastha life he had one thought only will the children becoming Krsna conscious , and he decided that they may not, so he chose not become a grhastha but stayed a celibate his whole life and entered sannyasa asrama :

He took sannysa in front of the picture of his Guru Maharaja ,Srila Gaura Kisora Das Babaji , he had chanted 300.000 names ,192 rounds daily for some years prior to taking…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 28, 2017 at 7:00pm — No Comments

forword to Vaisnava Calendar

Devotional service in our Gaudiya line is not up for mental speculation though many think so .When I saw some temples in ISKCON and Gaudiya math having misunderstand about our vaisnava calendar I decided to write this book .

Srila Rupa Gosvami writes in his Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu (1.2.101):

shruti-smriti-puranadi-

pancaratra-vidhim vina

aikantiki harer bhaktir

utpatayaiva kalpate

“Devotional…

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Added by Paramananda das on July 24, 2017 at 12:24pm — No Comments

Introduction to :" Vaisnava Calendar"

Introduction:

Today on July 23 ,2017 I am starting this book Vaisnava Calendar , today is the holy disapperance day of Sril Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja, Srila Prabhupadas dear godbrother.

So I am praying for his mercy upon me to write this book .Our Srila Prabhupada, Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada helped publish Srila Sridhara Maharajas book …

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Added by Paramananda das on July 23, 2017 at 6:30am — No Comments

Letters from America

dear devotees

Dandavat pranams

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

So many offensive persons calls disciples of my Gurudeva for Narayanas disciple , that is very offensive even any snot nose new bhakta is trained to be offensive to my Gurudeva often in ISKCON.Srila Prabhupada had high regards for Srila Narayana Maharaja if you read Srila Prabhupadas letters to him it is obvious ,actually most of them where burned in Gita Nagari , Satsvarupa…

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Added by Paramananda das on June 26, 2017 at 4:23am — No Comments

Srila Svarupa Damodara dispparance day

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Today is the holy disappearance day of Srila Svarupa Damodara Goswami .He is Lalita devi incarnated in Gaura lila .He was assisting Lord Caitanya in so many ways in Jagannatha Puri , he would screen letters and offerings being brought to Lord Caitanya Himself. He would assist Lord Caitanya in His mood of separation from Krsna.Lord Caitanya was in the mood of…

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Added by Paramananda das on June 25, 2017 at 7:28am — No Comments

Chapter 17 of Sri Narasimha, Glories of Prahlada Maharaja from Visnu Purana

This chapter is a summary of chapters 17 to 19 of the Visnu Purana

chapter 17 Visnu Purana…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 23, 2017 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 3.31

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

TEXT 31

ye me matam idam nityam

anutisthanti manavah

sraddhavanto 'nasuyanto

mucyante te 'pi karmabhih

SYNONYMS

ye—those; …

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Added by Paramananda das on April 20, 2017 at 7:59am — No Comments

Shri Stavavali by Srila Raghunath das Goswami part 2

Shri Raghunatha-dasa-gosvaminah prarthana

Raghunatha dasa Gosvami's Appeal

Text 1

pratah pita-pate kucopari rusha ghurnabhare locane

bimbaushthe prithu vikshate jatilaya sandrishyamane muhuh

vaca yukti-jusha mrisha lalitaya tam sampratarya krudha

drishtvemam hridi bhishita stutavati radha dhruvam patu vah

pratah-in the early morning; pita-pate-a…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 20, 2017 at 7:24am — No Comments

Srila PRabhupada :Leave one man behind

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada once ordered to close the temples in the west and send everyone on bookdistribution of course now a days sometimes many persons comes to some temples so this is mostly not possible but Prabhupada wanted everyone on bookdistribution not sitting and doing nothing as we sometimes see in some temples just talking prajalpa , I was once sankirtana leader in a big…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 18, 2017 at 10:30am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 3.30

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

Bg 3.30

TEXT 30

mayi sarvani karmani

sannyasyadhyatma-cetasa

nirasir nirmamo bhutva

yudhyasva vigata-jvarah

SYNONYMS…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 15, 2017 at 8:00am — No Comments

Lord Narasimha the Yuga avatar for Satya yuga

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to Sru Guru and Gauranga

When I was reading the 6 Sandarbhas of Srila Jiva Goswami and Laghubhagavatamrta of Srila Rupa Goswami what to speak of Srila PRabhupadas books I always looked for the evidence that Lord Narasimha was…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 15, 2017 at 5:30am — No Comments

foreword to Sri Narasimha

Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada brought this worship of Lord Narasimha to the west. On board Jaladutta in 1965 Srila Prabhupada had a dream of Krsna and His various incarnations protecting him. Srila Prabhupada had 2 heart attacks due to the rough sea journey and advanced age .

Lord Narasimha is one of Krsnas main incarnations along with Lord Ramachandra according to Laghu Bhagavatamrta of Srila Rupa Goswami. Later when Srila Prabhupada had a heart attack again in around…

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Added by Paramananda das on April 6, 2017 at 1:00am — No Comments

chapter 16 Lord Narasimhadevas pastimes from Narasimha Purana and from Bhakti Sandarbha

Narasimha Purana is one of the 18 Upa Puranas written by Srila Vyasadeva, Upa Purana just means that it does not cover the 10 subjects of the Mahapuranas, but 5 or more.This has been explained by Sukadeva Goswami in the Srimad Bhagavatam 12 Canto chapter. 7, 9-10:

sargo 'syātha visargaś ca…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 31, 2017 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 3.29

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

Bg 3.29

TEXT 29

prakrter guna-sammudhah

sajjante guna-karmasu

tan akrtsna-vido mandan

krtsna-vin na vicalayet

SYNONYMS…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 28, 2017 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Lord Narasimha in Navadvipa and Vrindavan

In our Gaudiya line the most important place of worship of Lord Narasimha is in Nandagrama and in Godruma Dvipa, in Navadvipa (Narasimha palli) both is identical, Why is Narasimha being worshipped in Nandagrama ? Because Garga Muni asked Nanda Maharaja, that he had the worship of Lord Narasimha established in Nandagrama. No Demons ever attacked Krsna in Nanda Grama itself. Krsna killed the asuas somewhere else. This Narasima Deity is still there…

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Added by Paramananda das on March 23, 2017 at 4:30pm — No Comments