Hare Krsna to all Pranams We celebrated the appearance day of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and many devotees came, some from local and some from more than a thousands miles away. Kanhaiya prabhu led the opening kirtan, then I took over after doing the arotik, then as I was about to finally give up due […]
The Life of Sri Raghavendra Tirtha (1595-1671) Sri Raghavendra Swami was one of the great proponents of the Madhva philosophy. For nearly 50 years, he was the head of one of the great pItha-s. His predecessors include such scholars like VijayIndhra Tirtha & SudhIndhra Tirtha. He excelled in many fields such as logic, mImAmsA, music, […]
June 23 1976 NV Curing the disease of failure in DS Devotee (3): So, Śrīla Prabhupāda, if at this platform we are not yet…, we are still desiring to depart from Kṛṣṇa’s service and enjoy, then we are not, we have not yet tasted devotional service, what is it that we have tasted that is […]
April 30 1977 conversations. Prabhupāda: There was a Gosāi. He was reading Caitanya-caritāmṛta. So the description of the planetary system there is. He used to say to his audience, “Actually these things are not there. These are imaginary descriptions.” He was such a fool. So the whole world has taken like that, “symbolic, imagination.” Tamāla […]
SB 7.4.31-32–[The qualities of Mahārāja Prahlāda, the son of Hiraṇyakaśipu, are described herewith.] He was completely cultured as a qualified brāhmaṇa, having very good character and being determined to understand the Absolute Truth. He had full control of his senses and mind. Like the Supersoul, he was kind to every living entity and was the […]
Hare Krsna to all This hour long video (below )has been summarized in text form by myself. I spent the time on this because it is so important to protect our health (and brain cells) against the current radiation frequencies put out by smart meters, wifi , cell phones etc. The US govt wont tell […]
SB 7.2.42 —Just as a householder, although different from the identity of his house, thinks his house to be identical with him, so the conditioned soul, due to ignorance, accepts the body to be himself, although the body is actually different from the soul. This body is obtained through a combination of portions of earth, water and […]
Lord Jagannatha and Mother Ganga With love and confidence I share these two verses of Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya-lila, 15, 134 and 135: 134- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, \”In this Age of Kali, Kṛṣṇa is manifest in two forms-wood and water. Thus He helps conditioned souls to become liberated by seeing the wood and bathing in […]
Sri Isvara puri Tirobhava Tithi (Disappearance day) Monday, February 12, 2018 [Mayapura, West Bengal, Bharata Bhumi time] Srila Prabhupada glorifies Sri Isvara Puri compiled by Yasodanandana dasa S Srila Prabhupada describes the authorized Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya disciplic succession though Sri Isvara Puri Letters : 1968 Correspondence : February : Letter to: Upendra — Los Angeles 13 February, […]
SB 7.2.38 purport…One who does not abide by the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is given the facility to enjoy this material world. Instead of restricting him, the Lord gives the conditioned soul the opportunity to enjoy so that by mature experience, after many, many births (bahūnāṁ janmanām ante [Bg. 7.19]), he will […]
