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Govinda Lilamrta chapter 17

CHAPTER 17

 

 

"Further praises of the parrots"

 

 

Shri Radha encouraged Vrnda to fondle and pacify the parrots that had come to them. Then She ordered the parrot to describe Krishna's qualities, which he and his sarika began to do to give pleasure to the assembled sakhis (I)

 

 

The suka sang: "Although the deep ocean of Ajita's qualities is unfathomable even by great souls and poets, I desire to taste it…

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Misuse of power in ISKCON

 dear devotees 

 Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada 
 I joined ISKCON in 1979 and I was also asked to sell both painting that where illegal and records also illegal and candles fully illegal . I joined ISKCON to distribute Srila Prabhupada unchanged books ,and present his teachings as they are ,In 1983 I was fed up selling illegal paintings in Germany and I told my socalled authorities I had enough of…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 12, 2016 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

chapter 16 of Govinda Lilamrta The Parrots of Radha Krsna glorifying them

CHAPTER 16

 

 

"The parrots eulogize Krishna's tip-to-toe beauty"

 

 

After some time Radha and Krishna woke up and sat up on the bed. The sakhis that had already risen before Them saw Them and came up to Them with Subala and Madhumangala. (1)

 

 

Vrnda took her two pupils, the young learned sarika Kalokti and the suka Manjuvak and engaged them in praising the Divine Couple. (2)

 

 

tatas tau pathato namrau…

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Radhastami and Radhastami fasting

my dear Vaisnava friends 

Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada 
 Srila Prabhupadas dear godbrother HH Bhakti Pramoda Puri Maharaja once told a wonderful pastime from the Puranas related to Radhastami : 

Today is eight waxing moon circle day of ‘Bhadra’, the name of a Vedic month we, members of the Gaudiya Vaisnava community should feel fortunate to have this opportunity to observe the…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 6, 2016 at 5:00am — 1 Comment

Govinda Lilamrta chapter 15 futher pastimes at Radha Kunda

Pranams to the readers of Govinda Lilamrta:
The lovemaking of Radha Krsna is why neophytes are supposed to stir away from Govinda lilamrta, but those who have been practicing Krsna consciouness for 37  years like myself or some have joined before us ,needs to understand the true nature of Radha Krsnas lovemaking .The Christian missionaries where taking Krsnas lovemaking with Radha as something demoniac , as they…
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Govinda lilamrta chapter 14

 

Pranams to the readers of Govinda lilamrta 

Govinda lilamrta gives us a glimpse into reality .This material world seems so real , it is temporary and full of miseries ,the real world is with Krsna .The socalled association with neophyte devotees when not fully related to service of the Divine Couple is not much aspired for by the advanced devotees. Their real interest is to relish the pastimes of Radha Krsna ,they know this temporary body will be over soon…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 2, 2016 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 3.22

Chapter 3: Karma-yoga

TEXT 22
na me parthasti kartavyam

trisu lokesu kincana

nanavaptam avaptavyam

varta eva ca karmani

SYNONYMS
na—none; me—Mine; …
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Govinda Lilamrta : CHAPTER 13 "The service of the six seasonal forests (2)"

All glories to the readers of Govinda Lilamrta 

 

Subject: Govinda Lilamrta : CHAPTER 13 "The service of the six seasonal forests (2)"
This chapter is mainly a discussion with Krsnas parrot Suka and Radharanis parrot Sari , each stating the glories of Krsna and the sakhas and Radharani and the Gopis.So it appears even in Goloka Vrindavana there is "battle of the sexes" hehehe in a transcendental way .In the material world men and…
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Krsna Karnamrta a favorite book of Lord Caitanya

 

 

my humble Pranams to the readers of Krsna karnamrta 

Lord Caitanya brought 2 books from His trip to South India one was Krsna karnamrta the other was Brahma Samhita. Lord Caitanya was very fond of Krsna Karnamrta and would listen to it regularly .Srila…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 28, 2016 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Govinda Lilamrta CHAPTER 12 "The service of the six seasons"

Glories to the readers of Govinda Lilamrta , this chapter deals with the 6 seasons personified worshipping Radha Krsna and their service to Radha Krsna at Radha Kunda .When Krsna was manifesting his pastimes in Vrindavana , the seasons appeared in order but at Radha Kunda the 6 seasons worship Radha Krsna daily in different ways.In Ananda Vrindavana Champu  it is explained that even the sun and moon one sees in Vrindavana is not the same sun and moon outside of Vrindavana it is of a…

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Govinda Lilamrta chapter 11

Glories to the readers of Govinda lilamrta

 

CHAPTER 11

"Description of Shri Radhika's divine form

through poetic analogies"

 

 

In this eleventh chapter Radhika's girlfriends give bliss to Syamasundara by describing each of Her limbs to Him with the help of poetic analogies known as alankara, ornaments of poetry.

 

Hiding Krishna's Muralika on her chest, Vrnda came to the…

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Govinda Lilamrta chapter 10 : "The theft of Krishna's flute"

All glories to the readers of Govinda Lilamrta :
One of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura     beautiful bhajans is  :
SATA KOTI GOPI

By Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura



(1) sata-koti gopi madhava-mana, rakhite narilo kori jatana 



Millions of lovely cowherd damsels are unable to keep Madhava's attention, although endeavoring very hard to do so.



(2) venu-gite dake radhika-nama, eso eso radhe! dakoye syama 



The…
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Added by Paramananda das on August 23, 2016 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Govinda Lilamrta chapter 9

All glories to the readers of Govinda lilamrta :

 Govinda Lilamrta is for almost liberated souls and liberated souls. This chapter 9 is very exalted , we must absorbe ourself so much in Krsnas teaching in Bhagavad Gita and in Srimad Bhagavatam especially Krsnas teachings to Uddhava in the 11th  Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam .One must see that Krsna is the Supreme Father of all beings in these  material worlds and Sri Radha the Supreme Mother of all jivas conditioned in the material gunas…

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Govinda Lilamrta chapter 8: Radha Krsnas daily pastimes at Radha kunda

Subject: : Govinda Lilamrta chapter 8

All glories to the readers of Govinda lilamrta :
In this Bhajan Rahasya Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has described this Madhyana lila in relationship to Ruci :


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Govinda lilamrta chapter 7

All glories to readers of Govinda Lilamrta:
Srila Narayana Maharaja translated and commented on books as Ujjvala Nilamani, Ujjvala Nilamani Karana , Gita Govinda etc he could because he was a very high class of vaisnava an uttama adhikari an dear godnephew of our  Srila Prabhupada and exalted disciple of Srila Bhaktiprajana Kesava Maharaja .Devotees that will not hear Govinda lilamrta and Krsna Bhavanamrta in ISKCON and Gaudiya math sometimes get attracted to hear these books…
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Added by Paramananda das on August 20, 2016 at 8:30am — No Comments

"Shri Krishna plays in the forest" chapter 6 of Govinda lilamrta

All glories to the readers of Govinda lilamrta :

 This chapter has much personal meaning for me as my internal mood is that of a priya narma sakha , the priya narma sakhas are one of the categories of 5 kinds of Krsnas sakhas cowherd friends that brings messages between Radha and Krsna, my Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja confirmed my  internal mood in 1989 when visiting him at Kesavaji Gaudiya math in Mathura.Dasarath Suta das has translated…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 17, 2016 at 6:30am — No Comments

Govinda lilamrta chapter 5

Pranams to the readers of Govinda Lilamrta : Chapter 5 Purvahana Lila - Pastimes at forenoon, 8.24-10.48

a.m. SUMMARY OF THE FORENOON PASTIMES: I remember Shri Krishna in the forenoon, who goes into the forest with His cows and His friends, being followed by the people of Vraja. Later in the morning He goes out to the bank of Radhakunda, eager to meet Shri Radha. I also remember Shri Radha, who is being engaged by Her elder Jatila to go out for…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 16, 2016 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Balarama purnima fasting

Lord Balarama is the souce of all other incarnations and expansions of Krsna.



vaibhava-prakasa krsnera-sri-balarama

varna-matra-bheda, saba-krsnera samana

Balarama. Balarama is considered to be the elder brother of Krsna. When Krsna was present, Balarama became His elder brother. When Rama was there, this Balarama represented Himself as His younger brother, Laksmana. So Balarama is the first manifestation of His personal expansion.

see Srila Prabhupadas…

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Srinivasa Ramanujan indian mathematician that took inspiration from NamaGiri Laxmi

famous indian  mathematician ,he was actually a Sri Vaisnava and worshipped Sri Sri Laxmi Narasimhahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan

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Govinda Lilamrta chapter 4



 



pranams to the readers of Govinda Lilamrta
all glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Since many years the Bhajan Rahasya has been printed in ISKCON and distributed it is one of the many important books of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura only those who are meant to be born…
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