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Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi

 Nirjala Ekadasi, observed June 19th, From the Brahma-vaivarta Purana.

During the hottest season (northern hemisphere), if one can perform upavasa without water one is performing a great feat. One may take only charanamrta and achamana water. Bhima the mighty warrior of the Pandava dynasty requested one vrata day by which he could obtain the fruits of all the other days of vrata that he was incapable of observing. Vyasadeva advised him to follow this difficult vrata. One should worship the Lord in the evening by bathing him in milk. On the dvadasi one should give full pots of water to brahmanas and feed them before breaking one's fast.

SAMVATSARASYA YA MADHYE EKADASYO BHAVANTI HI TASAM PHALAM AVAPNOTI PUTRA ME NA ATRA SAMSAYAH ITI MAM KESAVAH PRAHA SANKHA CAKRA GADADHARAH

 (HARI BHAKTI VILASA 15/25 from PADMA PURANA Vyasadeva speaks to Bhimasena)

 Oh son, Lord Keshava, Who holds the club, disk, conch and lotus flower in His hand, personally told me that a

There is no need by any of my disciples to read any books
besides my books--in fact, such reading may be detrimental
 to their advancement in Krishna Consciousness.

There is no need by any of my disciples to read any books besides my books--in fact, such reading may be detrimental to their advancement in Krishna Consciousness. All reading of outside books, except in certain authorized cases such as for example to read some philosopher like Plato to make an essay comparing his philosophy with Krishna's philosophy--but otherwise all such outside reading should be stopped immediately. It is simply another botheration. If my students cannot even read my own books thoroughly, why they should read others? I have given you TLC, what need is there to read Caitanya Caritamrta translated by someone else. You are right to stop such reading.

[Srila Prabhupada Letter to Sri Govinda, 20 January, 1972]

You say that you would read only one book if that was all
that I had written, so you teach others to do like that.
You have very good determination.

Regarding the Gaudiya Math books being circulated there, who is distributing? Who is sending these books? The Gaudiya Math does not sell our books, why we should sell their books. Who has introduced these books? Let me know. These books should not at all be circulated in our Society. Bhakti Vilas Tirtha is very much antagonistic to our society and he has no clear conception of devotional service. He is contaminated. Anyway, who has introduced these books? You say that you would read only one book if that was all that I had written, so you teach others to do like that. You have very good determination.     [Srila Prabhupada Letter to Sukadeva, 14 November, 1973) 

This article is basically in draft form and by Prabhupada's blessing will be finished soon. I have decided to release it now as it still has many many valuable quotes and not

(Refrain)
sidati sakhi mama hrdayam adhiram
yad abhajam iha na hi gokula-viram

(1)
nakarnayam ati-suhrd-upadesam
madhava-catu-patalam api lesam

(2)
nalokayam arpitam uru-haram
pranamantam ca dayitam anuvaram

(3)
hanta sanatana-gunam abhiyantam
kim adharayam aham urasi na kantam


Refrain: Friend, because I did not worship the hero of Gokula my heart is now shattered.

(1) I did not listen to even a fragment of the advice of my friends or the sweet words of Lord Madhava.

(2) I did not see my beloved repeatedly bowing down and offering a precious necklace.

(3) Why when He approached me did I not hold myself forward to my eternally virtuous lover?

Bhaktisiddhanta Swami

Note. This article is not from our members, and we do not necessarily agee with what is said herein. Editor

SINISTER I.S.K.CON   Sinister cult masquerading as I.S.K.CON whose leaders tortured and poisoned Srila Prabhupada "to death" usurped his movement then rubber stamped themselves as his successor gurus. Neglecting all the spiritual guidance Srila Prabhupada gave in his books they are constantly changing his transcendental writings to support their bogus philosophies and corrupt activities. VIEW ARTICLES EXPOSING THIS CULT

Montreal 12th June, 1968
My Dear Subala,

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of June 10th, 1968, and noted the contents carefully. Yes, you can have the band play there in the temple as you are in great need of money to carry on there. When we are in need of money to carry on Krishna's work, then we can resort to whatever means there is available. So long it is always for Krishna and never for personal sense gratification. So you can try to get some money in that way.

You can observe Rathayatra Festival there on 27th june. Hope you are well.
Your ever well-wisher,
ACB

Letter to: Ramesvara 
India
9 January, 1973
73-01-09

My Dear Ramesvara,

Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 27, 1972, and with great happiness I have read your figures of amount of books sold during three-day period, December 22-24, 1972. It is scarcely believable that more than 17,100 books could have been sold by one temple in three days! That indicates to me that people are at last becoming little serious about this Krsna Consciousness movement in your country. Otherwise, why they should buy our books? But they can see that our boys and girls, devotees, are so much sincere and serious to distribute the message of Krsna consciousness, they are at once struck by seeing them and therefore they appreciate and purchase. This is unique in the world. Perhaps we are the only sincere persons on this whole planet. At least our books are not to be seen anywhere else.

So I am so much pleased upon all of the boys and girls in Los Angeles and all ov

No Book Changes --- Ramesvara Dasa, Interview, 1979

9 DIRECT QUOTES FROM SRILA PRABHUPADA TO RAMESVARA PRABHU FORBIDDING BOOK CHANGES, AS SHARED IN RAMESVARA'S 300 PG 1979 INTERVIEW, viewable at the following link: http://www.govindadasi.com/ramesvara-das-interview-1979.html


"And also at that Mayapur meeting of 1976 we had had meetings with Prabhupada about the Bhagavatam. We prepared for that Mayapur festival a color board which showed all the volumes of the Bhagavatam drawn in for each Canto what the color would be, and Srila Prabhupada approved the color scheme for the Srimad-Bhagavatam for all the reprints. But he warned us emphatically that this must be the very, very last change that is ever to be made in the Srimad-Bhagavatam." (Ramesvara Dasa, Interview, 1979)

"Prabhupada at that time approved the new design for the Krsna Book trilogy, and then he approved the standardization in terms of lettering and so on for the Bhagavatams, and he approved the new color board. That is wh

The mother of Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura's was Sri Narayanidevi, the niece of Srivasa pandita. In his Sri Caitanya Bhagavata,Vrndavana dasa has described how his mother attained theaffectionate fervour of Sri Gaurasundara.