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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!…

$‚The power of Love’ is personified in Krishna... the ‚only’ peace-formula... Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 5.29 bhoktāraḿ yajña-tapasāḿ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaḿ sarva-bhūtānāḿ jñātvā māḿ śāntim ṛcchati SYNONYMS bhoktāram — the beneficiary; yajña — of sacrifices; tapasām — and penances and austerities; sarva-loka — of all planets and the demigods thereof; mahā-īśvaram — the Supreme Lord; su-hṛdam — the benefactor; sarva — of all; bhūtānām — the living entities; jñātvā — thus knowing; mām — Me (Lord Kṛṣṇa); śāntim — relief from material pangs; ṛcchati — one achieves. TRANSLATION „A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries.“ PURPORT (A. C. Bahaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada 1896-1977) =================== The conditioned souls within the clutches of illusory energy are all anxious to attain peace in the material world. ............. But they do not know the formula for peace, which is explained in this part of the Bhagavad-gītā. The greatest peace formula is simply this: Lord Kṛṣṇa is the beneficiary in all human activities. =================== Men should offer everything to the transcendental service of the Lord because He is the proprietor of all planets and the demigods thereon. No one is greater than He. He is greater than the greatest of the demigods, Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā. In the Vedas (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.7) the Supreme Lord is described as tam īśvarāṇāḿ paramaḿ maheśvaraḿ. Under the spell of illusion, living entities are trying to be lords of all they survey, but actually they are dominated by the material energy of the Lord. The Lord is the master of material nature, and the conditioned souls are under the stringent rules of material nature. =================== Unless one understands these bare facts, it is not possible to achieve peace in the world either individually or collectively. =================== This is the sense of Kṛṣṇa consciousness: Lord Kṛṣṇa is the supreme predominator, and all living entities, including the great demigods, are His subordinates. One can attain perfect peace only in complete Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This Fifth Chapter is a practical explanation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, generally known as karma-yoga. The question of mental speculation as to how karma-yoga can give liberation is answered herewith. To work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is to work with the complete knowledge of the Lord as the predominator. Such work is not different from transcendental knowledge. Direct Kṛṣṇa consciousness is bhakti-yoga, and jñāna-yoga is a path leading to bhakti-yoga. Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to work in full knowledge of one's relationship with the Supreme Absolute, and the perfection of this consciousness is full knowledge of Kṛṣṇa, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A pure soul is the eternal servant of God as His fragmental part and parcel. He comes into contact with māyā (illusion) due to the desire to lord it over māyā, and that is the cause of his many sufferings. As long as he is in contact with matter, he has to execute work in terms of material necessities. Kṛṣṇa consciousness, however, brings one into spiritual life even while one is within the jurisdiction of matter, for it is an arousing of spiritual existence by practice in the material world. =================== The more one is advanced, the more he is freed from the clutches of matter. The Lord is not partial toward anyone. Everything depends on one's practical performance of duties in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which helps one control the senses in every respect and conquer the influence of desire and anger. =================== And one who stands fast in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, controlling the abovementioned passions, remains factually in the transcendental stage, or brahma-nirvāṇa. The eightfold yoga mysticism is automatically practiced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness because the ultimate purpose is served. There is a gradual process of elevation in the practice of yama, niyama, āsana, prāṇāyāma, pratyāhāra, dhāraṇā, dhyāna and samādhi. But these only preface perfection by devotional service, which alone can award peace to the human being. It is the highest perfection of life. Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the Fifth Chapter of the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā in the matter of Karma-yoga, or Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. ............ .....\\O//...\\O//......\\O//..... .\\O//..\\O//......\\O//....\\O//..... .....\\O//..\\O//..........\\O//..... .....\\O//....\\O....\\O//..... __/\ò_ Maha-Mantra for world peace! And for ‚true’ Self-Realization... ♪♫•.¸¸.•´¯`•. •´¯`•.¸¸.•♪♫♪•.¸¸.•´¯`•. HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE ...just ‚chant and be happy’...!$

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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