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9468773058?profile=originalOnce, one of our godbrothers was the subject of our Guru Maharaja’s stern remark. He was a man of good character, but his tendency was generally towards nama bhajana. He did not like to do any other service, but was only inclined to chant the name of Krsna on his beads. I was in charge of the Delhi temple at the time, and was intimate with him, so I wrote to Prabhupada: “If you permit, I would like to engage my Godbrother in some preaching work here in the Delhi temple.” The letter that Prabhupada wrote is still here. He wrote me in his letter, “If you can bring him there and make him help you in the work of preaching, then you will be a real friend to him. I don’t recognize that sitting in the jungle of Balihati only chanting, counting beads, is krsnanusilanam, the proper cultivation of Krsna consciousness.”
-Bhakti Rakshak Shridhar sharing some into the transcendental mind of Srila Sarasvati Thakur.

            Prabhupada’s thinking was revolutionary. He once told his disciples, “

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Verse 1

tvam rupa-manjari sakhi prathita pure'smin
pumsah parasya vadanam na hi pasyasiti
bimbadhare ksatam anagata-bhartrkaya
yat te vayadhayi kim u tac chuka-pungavena

tvam – you; rupa-manjari – Rupa Manjari; sakhi – my dear girlfriend; prathita – well known; pure – in the town; asmin – in; pumsah – man; parasya – of another; vadanam – the face; na – not; hi – surely; pasyasi – you look; iti – thus; bimba-adhare – on your lips, that look like red bimba fruits; ksatam – bites; anagata – not come; bhartrkaya – your husband; yat – which; te – you; vyadhayi – caused; kim – what? u – indeed; tac – that; chuka – parrot; pungavena – by the best of.

Translation

My dear friend Rupa-manjari! You are well known in Vraja for your chastity; you don't even look at the faces of other men. It is therefore surprising that although your husband is not at home, your lips, which are as beautiful as red bimba fruits, have been bitten. Has this perhaps been done by the best of parrots?

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9468770254?profile=originalHere is the real reason the government agencies from A to Z have been buying up millions of rounds of ammo……

We have a vicious bunch heading up our government who are hell bent on our destruction.
 
Last Lead smelting plant- gone – GUN OWNERS & PISTON ENGINE AIRCRAFT OWNERS will suffer….

All lead for bullets will have to come from overseas!
This move will also make the cost 100 LL (100 low lead aviation fuel) UNAFFORDABLE.  Approximately 2 g of lead is added to each gallon of aviation fuel!
There are numerous alarming reasons why the US government and the military have been buying up all the ammo. Here’s one of them.

Obama and the EPA just shut down the last lead smelting plant in the US.

They raised the EPA regulations by 10 fold and it would have cost the plant $100 million to comply.
You can own all the guns you want, but if you can’t get ammo, you are out of luck.

Remember when Obama promised his minions that he was working on gun control behind the scenes?

Welcome to it. Now,

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Friday, May 16, 2014 8:01

... any important facts about war are rarely reported by mainstream media, that’s much better at war spin and war propaganda, seeing such facts usually surprises – and angers people, especially Americans where the information is well hidden. Below are six of these facts, provided by David Swanson via Washington’s Blog. 

 

1. Approximately 90% of all deaths in war are civilians.

“The proportion of civilian deaths and the methods for classifying deaths as civilian are debated, but civilian war deaths constitute 85% to 90% of casualties caused by war, with about 10 civilians dying for every combatant killed in battle.”

 2. Militarization generates genocide, a war crime.

 

Swanson notes: “A top defense of war is that it must be used to prevent something worse, called genocide. Not only does militarism generate genocide rather than preventing it, but the distinction between war and genocide is a very fine one at best.”

 

3. The U.S. launched 201 out of the 248 ar

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Buddha Purnima

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nindasi yajna-vidher ahaha sruti-jatam
sadaya-hridaya darsita-pasu-ghatam
kesava dhrita-buddha-sarira jaya jagadisa hare

O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of Buddha! All glories to You!
O Buddha of compassionate heart, you decry the slaughtering of poor animals performed according to the rules
of Vedic sacrifice.

The festival of Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti celebrates the birth of Gautam Buddha. Lord Buddha was born on the Full Moon day in the month of Vaisakh in 563 BC. Siddhartha Gautama or Gautam Budhha was a spiritual teacher and the founder of Buddhism.  - See more at: http://harekrishnacalendar.com/vaishnava-calendar/buddha-purnima-appearance-day-of-lord-buddha-2013/#sthash.PlKvOQzg.dpuf

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Sri Radharaman Appearance

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Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami and The Appearance of Sri Radha-Raman

The all merciful Lord Sri Gaur Hari, as He travelled from village to village throughout the south of India, continued to distribute love of Godhead wherever He went. Hearing the nectarean names of Hari from His lotus mouth, thousands and thousands men and women felt relief from the blazing fire of material existence. Various wretched, miserable and fallen souls lives were completely rejuvenated and thus they became virtuous and happy. While causing rains of love of God to fall anywhere and everywhere, without consideration of time or place, Sri Gaurasundor came to the ancient holy place of Sri Rangakshetra on an island in the middle of the Kaveri river.

The temple of Sri Ranga Kshetra was extremely large, the crest of the temple tower pierced the sky. Throughout the day and night hundreds and thousands of pilgrims were going and coming to take darsan of Lord Ranganath. The temple hall resounded with the sounds of hundreds

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Krishna Phula Dola

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A summer boat festival for the Deities of Sri Sri Radha Krishna.

In the Krishna Balaram mandir in Sri Vrindavana the devotees fill the large marble court-yard with water, make a pontoon boat for Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Shyamasundara's pleasure and take Them (the utsav vighraha) around the pond with kirtan and loving sentiments.

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Sri Madhavendra Puri Appearance

Madhavendra Puri

"Madhavendra Puri's body was completely full of divine love; so were his followers. He displayed uncommon love of God. Seeing a dark blue raincloud, he would fall down unconscious. Day and night he was intoxicated from drinking the ambrosia of Krishna prema." (Vrindavana Dasa Thakura) (In the image: from right to left Shri Gopal and Shrila Madhavendra Puri).

   Before Lord Chaitanya appeared He sent His eternal associates like Shri Advaita Acharya, Shri Jagannatha Mishra, Sachi Mata, Madhavendra Puri, Ishvari Puri to earth. Shri Madhavendra Puri took initiation from Shri Lakshmipati Tirtha in the Madhvacharya sampradaya. He had many but Shri Advaita Acharya and Shri Ishvara Puri were the chief disciples of Madhavendra Puri. In one way or another, all the Vaisnavas in Bengal and Kshetra mandala (Jagannatha Puri) were connected with Shri Madhavendra Puri. After Lord Chaitanya came many of his disciples joined Mahaprabhu's sankirtana movement.

   "Madhavendra Puri's body was completely full

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Sri Srinivasa Acharya Appearance

Shrinivasa Acharya

Seeing his absorption in Gauranga prema, they knew he was "an embodiment of Gaura-shakti, the energy of Shri Gauranga Mahaprabhu." (In the image: Shrinivasa Acharya)

   After witnessing Lord Gauranga's sannyasa ceremony at Katva, Chaitanya Dasa and his pregnant wife visited Lord Chaitanya in Jagannatha Puri. "Soon your wife will give birth to a son named 'Shrinivasa' said Lord Chaitanya, "and through Shrinivasa all the bhakti shastras of Rupa and Sanatana will be distributed."

   When his father left this world Shrinivasa visited the remaining associates of Lord Gauranga in Katva, Navadwipa, Jagannatha Puri. They blessed Shrinivasa and gave him valuable instructions for spiritual advancement. Seeing his absorption in Gauranga prema, they knew he was "an embodiment of Gaura-shakti, the energy of Shri Gauranga Mahaprabhu."

   He came to Vrindavana, toured the twelve forests, and took diksha from Gopala Bhatta Goswami. Shri Jiva Goswami taught him the complete philosophy of Gaudiya Vaishnavi

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Parameshvara Dasa Thakura

Parameshvara Dasa is one of the dvadasha gopalas named Arjuna. (In the image: Arjuna Gopa).

   Parameshvara Dasa was completely surrendered to the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda. He was the Lord's constant companion. Shrila Krishna Dasa Kaviraja says that anyone who remembers his name, Parameshvara Dasa, will easily attain love of Krishna.
 
   Parameshvara Dasa also humbly served Shri Jahnava Mata. He accompanied the Deity of Radharani that Jahnava Mata sent to Vrindavana for Govindaji. In Krishna lila, Parameshvara Dasa is one of the dvadasha gopalas named Arjuna. His samadhi is in the 64 Samadhis Area.
 
   Shri Parameshvara Dasa Thakura ki jai!

- See more at: http://gaudiyahistory.com/sri-paramesvara-dasa-thakura/#sthash.OHQdmznr.dpuf

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Now that the operational leadership and visible face of Boko Haram, in the person of the filth called Mr. Abubakar Shekau (aka Darul Tawheed), has finally admitted that they were responsible for the abduction of hundreds of our school girls and that they intend to ‘’sell them in the market like slaves’’, it is pertinent and necessary for us to consider some of the emerging, though uncomfortable, facts. This will enable us to understand the nature of who and what we are dealing with and allow us to consider what the appropriate response ought to be if we really want to solve the problem.

Permit me to share the following facts that have been brought to my attention:

1. That the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has told us that 90 per cent of the girls that were abducted from their school at Chibok were Christians.

2. That President Goodluck Jonathan himself alluded to this during his last media chat when he said that ‘’the majority’’ of girls that w

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Narasimha Caturdasi

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tava kara-kamala-vare nakham adbhuta-srngam
dalita-hiranyakasipu-tanu-bhrngam
keshava dhrta-narahari-rupa jaya jagadisa hare

 

"O Keshava! O Lord of the universe! O Lord Hari, who have assumed the form of half-man, half-lion! All glories to You! Just as one can easily crush a wasp between one's fingernails, so in the same way the body of the wasp like demon Hiranyakashipu has been ripped apart by the wonderful pointed nails on Your beautiful lotus hands."

"The fourth incarnation is Nrisimhadeva. Nrisimhadeva appeared to save Prahlada Maharaja, who was five-years-old boy and he was being tortured by his atheistic father. So He appeared from the pillar of the palace as a half-man, half-lion. Because this Hiranyakasipu took benediction from Brahma that he’ll not be killed by any man or any animal. So the Lord appeared neither man nor animal. This is the difference between the Lord’s intelligence and our intelligence. We are thinking that we can cheat the Lord by our intelligence, but the Lord
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"From Srila Prabhupada's CC Madhya Lila 8.66 Purport: "A pure devotee is completely surrendered to the lotus feet of the Lord, and only by his love does he conquer Krishna, who cannot be conquered by anyone."
 
(May we, through the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Ambassador, attain such love.) 
You please be well.

With love, 
Your servant,
B. Radha-Govinda Swami
Hare Krsna

From Srila Prabhupada's CC Adi Lila 7.17 purport:

This gradual development of devotional service is described by Śrī Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura as follows:

gaurāṅga balite habe pulaka śarīra hari hari balite nayane ba'be nīra āra kabe nitāicāṅda karuṇā karibe saṁsāra-vāsanā mora kabe tuccha habe viṣaya chāḍiyā kabe śuddha habe mana kabe hāma heraba śrī-vṛndāvana rūpa-raghunātha-pade ha-ibe ākuti kabe hāma bujhaba śrī-yugala-pirīti

"When will there be eruptions on my body as soon as I chant the name of Lord Caitanya, and when will there be incessant torrents of tears as soon as I chant the holy names Hare Kṛṣṇa? Wh

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