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Prabhupada disciples needs to set a standard and follow Prabhupada

I just wrote this to Bhrgupati Prabhu

Prabhupada disciples needs to see a standard and follow Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada set standards for ISKCON chanting on beads he said :

My request to all of you is that you very seriously stick to the principles of devotional service as you have learned them, and especially observe strictly the four prohibitions and without fail always chant at least 16 rounds on your beads daily. In this way you will be always happy.

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Added by Paramananda das on February 12, 2023 at 11:00pm — No Comments

4 kinds of Arguments according to Vaisnava tradition :

4 kinds of Arguments according to Vaisnava tradition :

I thought this may interest you : this is from a Sri Vaisnava Sampradaya page

There are actually four types of discussions - samvaada, vaada, jalpa

and vitanDa.

samvaada is the discussion between the teacher and the taught as in

shree krishna-arujuna samvaada. The student does not question the

teacher but questions his understanding for clarification. This type

of discussion can occur only when the student… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on February 8, 2023 at 6:53pm — No Comments

after 50 you must take sannyasa

Srila Gurudeva told me to run away from grhastha life and take sannyasa !

Sri Prahlada Maharaja has warned that after 50 years of age one should leave Grhastha life and Srila Prabhupada has also stated so in his Bhagavatam purport , now why the hell am I still in grhastha life ? Srila Narayana Maharaja told me in 2001 that he would give me sannyasa ,he told me you should never have become a grhastha that time I had only been married 3 years and my son was 2 years old ,but he kept…

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Those who lack Sraddha in the holy name are not chanting 64 rounds daily

Those who lack Sraddha in the holy name are not chanting 64 rounds daily

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Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and all our acaryas have asked devotees to chant minimum 64 rounds daily and it is the minimum given standard given by Lord Caitanya for taking Diksa in our Gaudiya line unfortunately most have no faith in Harinama and fail to obey Lord Caitanya still they pose themselves as pure devotees of Lord Caitanya in Caitanya Bhagavata Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada…

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Srimati Radharani called Krsna a womanizer

Srimati Radharani called Krsna a womanizer

if someone find faults with Krsna we do not want to associate with them ,but Srimati Radharani called Krsna so many ill names out of Her devotion , She also would say I will have nothing to do with this black fellow ,,if you read Govinda Lilamrta, Gita Govinda and Lalitamadhave and so many books of the Goswamis you will see how Sri Radha found fault in Krsna but it is transcendental and not envy like demons ,Mother Yasoda and Srimati…

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Added by Paramananda das on February 4, 2023 at 5:17pm — No Comments

dear GBC please remove any GBCs that serve grains on Nityananda Trayodasi !

It is opposed to Bhakti to take grains on Nityananda Trayodasi ,but many ISKCON temples serve cake and other grains , as they do not care about Bhakti only their belly Skanda Purana states:





matr ha pitr has caiva bhratr ha guru has tatha





ekadasyas tu ya bhunkte visnu-lokac cyuto bhavet





“Those who eat grains on Ekadasi and on the Day of Lord Hari (including Janmastami, Gaura Purnima etc.) obtain the sin equal to killing one’s own mother, own… Continue

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Srila Prabhupadas socalled "racial profiling "

Srila Prabhupada very clearly made this racial profiling that birth in India is topmost if you use it in Krsnas service ,of course demons like Kamsa were also born in India ,Bhagavatam quotes that demigods take birth in India in Kali yuga to participate in the Sankirtana movement , in Caitanya Bhagavata Lord Caitanya also states He sends His devotees to be born in different countries to purify them ..

secondly Srila Prabhupada considered the white race superior than others as they are…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 30, 2023 at 10:29am — No Comments

The Kshetrapala Siva dances with Mahaprabhu

The Kshetrapala Siva dances with Mahaprabhu

kindly read this :

Praudha Maya and Vriddha (Kshetra-pala) Siva | Holy Dham

Sri Bhakti Ratnakara by Srila Narahari Cakravarti Thakur.

Chapter Twelve

The Kshetrapala Siva dances with Mahaprabhu

There was a temple of Kshetrapala Siva, in the form of a linga, in Navadvipa. This powerful and spirited deity assumed his original form of Siva. Prabhu Gaurahari then fulfilled the desire of Lord Siva by dancing ecstatically…

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Narasimhadeva with Makara earrings sloka 6

Narasimhadeva with Makara earrings sloka 6

Sri Nrisimhashtakam

By Paramahamsat Yati Jiyar, a Sri Vaishnava Acharya

1. Shrimad akalanka paripurna shashikoti

shridhara manohara satapatakanta

palaya kupalaya bhavambudhi nimagnam

daityavarakala narasimha narasimha

O Lord Nrisimha, O Lord Nrisimha, You are the husband of Sri, the goddess of fortune. You are the death of the greatest demon, Hiranyakashipu. I am sinking into the ocean of birth and…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 29, 2023 at 7:48pm — No Comments

chant 64 rounds and read Prema Bhakti Chandrika every day

chant 64 rounds and read Prema Bhakti Chandrika every day

Srila Narottama das Thakura gave some final instructions that are not only for his disciples but for all followers of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda at present and

Srila Narottama das Thakura teachings his disciples the importance of chanting 64 rounds daily

From Prema-vilasa Chapter 18: Shrila Narottama instructs his disciples:

adhanya manaye narottama apanake;

suna sishya bandhugana kahiye… Continue

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Prema Bhakti Chandrika

Official Name: Song 5

Author: Narottama Dasa Thakura

Book Name: Prema Bhakti Candrika

Language: Bengali







LYRICS:

(1)

rāgera bhajana patha, kohi ebe abhimata,

loka veda sāra ei vāṇī

sakhīra anugā hoiyā, vraje siddha deha pāiyā,

ei bhāve juḍābe parāṇi



(2)

rādhikāra sakhī yoto , tāhā vā kohibo koto,

mukhya sakhī koribo gaṇana

lalitā viśākhā tathā, citrā campakalatā

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Added by Paramananda das on January 29, 2023 at 6:18am — No Comments

Advaita Prakash chapter 22 the disapperance of Sri Advaita Acarya

dear devotees

dandavat pranams all glories to the lotusfeet of my Gurudeva and Srila Prabhupada

One can not worship Lord Caitanya and neglect the other members of the Pancatattva this will not please Lord Caitanya.

In chapter 5 of the Adi lila of the CC this has been explained in detail by Krsna das Kaviraja:

http://vedabase.net/cc/adi/7/en

These slokas describing the Pancatattva are so important I will post them…

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Srimati Radharni appears from a lotusflower in the Yamuna same time She is born to Mother Kirtida ...are you confused yet heheheh ?

Srimati Radharni appears from a lotusflower in the Yamuna same time She is born to Mother Kirtida ...are you confused yet hehe hehe?

May be an image of 1 person i Dina Jani

Author: Narahari Cakravarti

TRANSLATION

1) On Radhika’s birthday no one in Vraja could remain peaceful. With great joy Nanda, Yasoda, and the others all went to Brishabhanu’s home.

2) Vrsabhanu greeted Nanda, and Kirtida greeted Yasoda. In the courtyard the cowherd people showered each other with yogurt, turmeric,…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 28, 2023 at 1:05pm — No Comments

Advaita Prakash chapter one ,how Advaita Acarya appeared!

Can Sri Advaita Acarya give Vraja Prema ?He is Lord MahaVisnu so He asked Sri Krsna Himself to come into this world and distribute Vraja Bhakti but Sri Advaita Acarya in the mood of Sakha when He appears with Lord Caitanya this is stated in Gaura Gaonodessa Dipika, it is confidential and internal but important to know



Same time we must offer obaisences to Sri Advaita Acarya as has been by Srila Kavikarnapure in Gaura Ganodessa Dipika :



2. We offer respectful obeisances to… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on January 28, 2023 at 11:43am — No Comments

Taking shelter of Krsna in a cave

Srila Haridas Thakura at some point chanted in a cave, and chanted 192 rounds daily , so he would have no bad association ,devotees used to visit him , but there was a huge snake that made it impossible for others to visit him and finally Srila Haridas Thakura prayed to Lord Paramatma to ask the snake to leave the cave, which it did.

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One devotee born in Guyana lived in Hawaii when his grhastha life fell apart and his wife and children left him ,Vrindavana Bihari…

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shaved headed Hare Krsna monk as Santa Claus on Yonge street Toronto

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shaved headed Hare Krsna monk as Santa Claus on Yonge street Toronto

I can not imagine being on Yonge street in Toronto soliciting donations without a hat it was super cold when I distributed Srila Prahbupadas books there in 1991 December

this must have been in the 1970th and 80th ,I must say it was so freezing cold that December many gave 20 Canadian dollars and took a book,they must have thought I was super sincere because the wind and the cold was…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 26, 2023 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Jagannathashtakam by Adi Sankaracharya

my dear student and disciple Miniketana Rama Prabhu chants Jagannathastakam daily and 1000 names of Lord Balarama and then also chant 64 rounds daily, I am inspired by him he is a real devotee of Lord Jagannath to chant this Jagannathastakam daily and I need to follow his footsteps

Jagannathashtakam by Adi Sankaracharya

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kadacit…

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Added by Paramananda das on January 26, 2023 at 2:35pm — No Comments

when to use anger in Krsnas service

when to use anger in Krsnas service



when Krsnas pure devotees are attacked we should become angry, I recall on Harinama in Copenhagen 1989 , one drunk man from Norway started spitting devotees in the face he was obviously drunk, but I did not tolerate it, I went and punched him with a Taekwondo punch in the stomach ,and he was crawling on the ground, bystanders applauded my hitting him the stomach and because I knocked the wind out of him , it was violent but only to the degree it… Continue

Added by Paramananda das on January 26, 2023 at 12:27pm — No Comments

creation of Lord Siva SB 3.12 .7

ISKCON Los Angeles Live Stream - YouTube



One should not take the order or the socalled superiors to take to family life, we have seen this in ISKCON how sannyasis gets furious when you refuse to marry some female devotee they want you too , Garga Samhita also explains that Lord Brahma cursed Narada Muni before he wanted to just chant the glories of Krsna , Brahma cursed him to become born in the heavenly planets, and for some time he became a Gandharva and was singing songs of the…

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Parishads: Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti, Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunandana Thakur, and Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami

Parishads: Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti, Sri Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunandana Thakur, and Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami





Lord Chaitanya's Sankirtan Party

Chore Bagan Art Studio, Calcutta, c. 1895

British Museum Collection



— The Disappearance Day of Visvanatha Cakravarti, and Appearance day of Pundarika Vidyanidhi, Raghunandana Thakur, and Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami are observed on January 25th.



Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

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