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Sri Sri Radha MadanMohan

dear devotees

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Since Sri Sri Radha Madanmohan is "turning 40" at ISKCON Potomac here is something in glorification of Sri Sri Radha Madan Mohan.

This is in glorification of the original Radha Madan Mohan installed by Vrajanabha , now worshipped in Karoli .This is of course the Deity of Srila Sanatana Goswami .This Deity was rediscovered by Srila…

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Added by Paramananda das on November 1, 2013 at 12:26pm — No Comments

Lord Caitanya and Kartika

Dear devotees
Please accept my humble obaisences
al glories to my Gurudeva Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja 
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
 Yesterday on Rama Ekadasi the head pujari…
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Added by Paramananda das on October 31, 2013 at 11:30pm — No Comments

regarding Radhanath Swami

kindly forward this to Bhakti Vikas Swami
dear Bhakti Vikas Swami
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
I read your letter :

A Letter of Apology By Bhakti Vikasa Swami

By:…
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Added by Paramananda das on October 27, 2013 at 9:55am — No Comments

would Pariksit Maharaja kill the TP of ISKCON New York?Yes for sure!

 
Paramananda Das at least the police in India is sometimes defending the cows , in Pariksit Maharaja times such offenders would have been punished…
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Added by Paramananda das on October 18, 2013 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Diving into Maya or the Nectar of Devotion?

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Added by Paramananda das on October 18, 2013 at 5:29am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.71

TEXT 71

vihaya kaman yah sarvan pumams carati nihsprhah nirmamo nirahankarah sa santim adhigacchati

SYNONYMS

vihaya--after giving up; kaman--all material desires for sense gratification; yah--the person; sarvan--all; puman--a person; carati--lives;…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 18, 2013 at 4:25am — 1 Comment

email to the GBC and all devotees in ISKCON on Pasankusa Ekadasi 2013

dear Members of the GBC and all devotees in  ISKCON
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
So many good things are going good in ISKCON and we want to focus on the good things, but I like to bring to your attention some of the deviationes that according to Srila Prabhupada and sastra  must be avoided.
1) Making women sannyasis ,TP's, Gurus and GBC's is not within the…
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Added by Paramananda das on October 14, 2013 at 8:26am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.70

Rudra Vaisnava Sampradaya:
Visnuswami
Sridhara Swami's Commentary

It could be further…

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Added by Paramananda das on October 2, 2013 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.69

TEXT 69

ya nisa sarva-bhutanam tasyam jagarti samyami yasyam jagrati bhutani sa nisa pasyato muneh

SYNONYMS

ya--what; nisa--is  night; sarva--all; bhutanam--of living entities; tasyam--in  that; jagarti--wakeful; samyami--the self-controlled;…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 22, 2013 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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Added by Paramananda das on September 20, 2013 at 2:12am — No Comments

Proper understanding the Gauranga Nagaris

 
Paramananda Das this painting is done by Gadadhar Prana in Mayapure , he…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 20, 2013 at 2:00am — 3 Comments

The sankirtana movement is the heart of Lord Narasimhadeva chapter 15

Srila Prabhupadas has often asked devotees in his lectures and books to please distribute his   books. In  one purport  of the Bhagagavatam Srila Prabhupada has stated it is the duty of every member of ISKCON (SB 7.9.44 purport ).
The verse reads:   SB 7.9.44: My dear Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva,…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 3, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.68

TEXT 68

tasmad yasya maha-baho nigrhitani sarvasah indriyanindriyarthebhyas tasya prajna pratisthita

SYNONYMS

tasmat--therefore; yasya--of one's; maha-baho--O mighty-armed one; nigrhitani--so curbed down; sarvasah--all around; indriyani--the senses;…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 3, 2013 at 7:30am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.67

 



TEXT 67
indriyanam hi caratam yan mano 'nuvidhiyate tad asya harati prajnam vayur navam ivambhasi…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 2, 2013 at 4:18am — No Comments

Secret Of Controlling The Senses Bhagavad Gita .2.66

Chapter 2. Contents of the Gita Summarized

TEXT 66

nasti buddhir ayuktasya na cayuktasya bhavana na cabhavayatah santir asantasya kutah sukham

SYNONYMS…

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Added by Paramananda das on September 1, 2013 at 7:46pm — No Comments

Does the worship of Lord Narasimha scare away Srimati Radharani? chapter 14 of Sri Narasimha

One Gaudiya math sannyasi has stated that to much worship of Lord Narasimha is not favorable to Vraja Bhakti, and the worship of Ugra Narasimha scares away Sri Radha. In his Manah Siksa ,Srila Raghunath das Goswami writes: asad-varta-vesya visrja mati-sarvasva-haranih katha mukti-vyaghrya na srnu kila sarvatma-gilanih api tyaktva laksmi-pati-ratim ito vyoma-nayanim vraje radha-krsnau sva-rati-mani-dau tvam bhaja manah O mind, give up friendship with non devotees, which is nothing but a…
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Added by Paramananda das on September 1, 2013 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Brahma Vaivarta Purana on Janmastami

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Vows, Worship, and Fasting on Shri Janmashtami

Chapter Eight: Shri Brahma-vaivarta Purana Shri Janmastami-vrata-pujopavasa-nirupana

1 Shri Narada said: Now please tell me of the vow of Janmastami, which is the great vow of vows. Please tell me the result attained by following the ceremony of Jayanti-yoga. 2 O great sage, what sinful reaction does one meet by not following this vow or by eating on that day?…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 26, 2013 at 8:30pm — No Comments

L -left -S -Side D -Down and immitation of Lord Visnu

WOW = Words Of Wisdom!…
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Added by Paramananda das on August 26, 2013 at 5:03pm — No Comments

Krsnas apperance in Ananda Vrindavana Campu chapter 2

Chapter Two

The Appearance of Lord Krishna

Now we will discuss the truth about the transcendental birthplace of  Bhagavan and the appearance of Lord Shri Krishna. Once upon a time, Bhumi, the predominating deity of the earth, felt overburdened by differ­ent  demons posing as members of the royal order. Feeling aggrieved upon seeing  her miserable condition, the lotus-born Brahma appealed to Ksirodakasayi  Vishnu, the maintainer of the universe, saying, "Please…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 26, 2013 at 2:29pm — No Comments

Srila Prabhupada the Sena pati Bhakta of Lord Caitanya

21 Aug 2013

  Wednesday



Pratipat, K, 05:27, Śatabhiṣā



+Break fast 05:27 - 09:56 (Daylight savings not considered)



+Tridaṇḍisvāmī Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupadas departure for the USA

Srila Prabhupada started his jorney on the sacred Ganges : Friday, August 13, 1965



"Today at 9 a.m. embarked on M.V. Jaladuta. Came with me Bhagwati, the…

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Added by Paramananda das on August 21, 2013 at 8:30am — No Comments

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