The Great Story of Bali

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In this Bengali video, Lord Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, anxious to start the worldwide sankirtana movment, after spending His last night with His dear wife, quietly departs His home and native city Mayapura, early in the morning, and in ecstatic love of Krsna, leaves forever His young wife, Swamini Visnupriya, and His widowed Mother Saci, and also His many dear village associates. 

He has left them all behind to wander as a shaven-headed renounced teacher, Sri Krsna Caitanya, in heart-broken search for His beloved Radha and Krishna, thus to establish His mission of spreading Hari Nama chanting to every town and village.  

Temporarily  Lord Gauranga is diverted to Santipura. Everyone's hearts are broken, Visnupriya Swamini and Srimati Saci Devi are devastated,  Vishnupriya devi has turned grey over a few days times from crying, and is looking too thin. Srimati Sita Thakurani and Sri Advaita Acarya hardly know how to console everyone's grie

A Happy Radhastami to All !

Sri Sri Radhe Shyama, Hungary

                                 Srimati Lalita Devi

yam kam api vraja-kule vrsabhanu-jayah
preksya sva-paksa-padavim anurudhyamanam
sadyas tad ista-ghananena krtarthayantim
devim gunaih su-lalitam lalitam namami

"I offer my respects to charming and virtuous Lalita-devi. If Lalita meets any person in Vraja and perceives that they are favorable towards Srimati Radharani, she immediately requests Radharani to accept that person in Her camp. Radharani obeys Lalita and fulfills the desires of such a fortunate person." (Lalita-pranama Stotra 7)

Whoever Lalita-devi meets in Vraja-dhama, she requests them to join her own party. And when they come, “Yes, come with me.” At once she is giving admission. “Come! Join the service of Radharani.” She is canvassing to look after the interests of Radharani. Such intense attention to the service of Radharani is never found anywhere else. Lalita-devi sometimes even chastises Krsna boldly. She takes risks by reproaching Krsna, “You do not know the dignity

Today is Lalita Devi's appearance day and tommorrow is Srimati Radharani's day; I have brought a Jhulana yatra story to celebrate;    

A pastime of Srimati Radharani and Sri Krishna:

As stated Jhulan-yatra is very dear to Krishna, He likes it very much, now from another perspective you will see why !!!. From a cultural perspective in India during this period, all daughters go to their father's house to stay there for some days and enjoy the swing festival - a custom celebrated even up to this day.

Every year Srimati Radharani used to go to Varshana to her parents' house and have a very nice time there with her Gopi friends and Krishna, whom She could freely meet (because Jotila and Kotila were not around).

'One time Radharani was waiting for her brother Sridam to come and take her to her fathers' house. She was waiting, waiting, and waiting, but there was no sign of Sridam and She became so sad. One day a person from Varsana was there. She asked the man to

 

Srimati Sita Thakurani

 Shri Sita Thakurani is to be worshiped just as much as Sachidevi herself, as the mother of the universe.  She is the eternal wife of Shri Advaita Acharya. She was the daughter of Shri Nrishinga Baduri. She was married to Shri Advaita Acharya in Phuliya Nagara. After their wedding, Advaita Acharya went to Nadiya, to live in Shantipura. Sita Thakurani  was always absorbed in vatsalya prema for Shri Gaurasundara Prabhu, and, out of parental concern used to instruct Jagannatha Mishra on how to care for the boy.  Shri Krishna Dasa Kaviraja Goswami has described the birth celebration at the house of Jagannatha Mishra upon the advent of the Lord, giving special attention to the position of Shri Sita Thakurani. Advaita Acharya's wife, worshipable by all the three worlds was Sita Thakurani.  Taking the Acharya's orders on her head, she had come to take a look at this new child, this jewel of jewels, and to offer him presents.

     On the eve of his son's advent Shr

News came from Radha Govinda Swami , we are waiting details.

Srila Prabhupada Letter to Sriman Sudhindra Babu "I am so glad to learn that you are interested in the matter of Vaisnava philosophy. Vaisnava philosophy is very simple: that God is great and everyone is His servant. Nobody can be equal to or greater than God. They are simultaneously one and different. In quality they are one, but in magnitude they are different. This is the whole philosophy of the four Vaisnava sampradayas."

In terms of qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the great sages of Vedic history, such as Srila Rupa and Sanatana and Jiva Goswamis, have concluded thusly;  from Srila Rupa Goswami's medieval period smrti sastra,  the Bhakti Rasamrta Sindhu; 

Krshna 100% Has all qualities as for Vishnu, plus also 1. plays flute, 2. never works, is 3. sweet ie. aisvarya, and has 4. intimate loving pastimes. Consort is Radharani, and her followers and immediate expansions, the Gopis. The jivas take roles as associates ie as manjaris and shakhas etc ie girlfriends

In this present day, man is very eager to have one scripture, one God, one religion, and one occupation. So let there be one common scripture for the whole world - Bhagavad-gita. And let there be one God only for the whole world - Sri Krsna. And one mantra only - Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. And let there be one work only - the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Obeisances to everyone,  AGT Srila Prabhupada  !

Happy Janmastami Everyone! All Glories to Yasoda Nanda Maharajah! Jaya Baby Krishna !

A second birth happens but once in a lifetime. Congratulations to our new brahmanas, Mother Parvati DD, and Mother Rasa Manjari DD, Maharanis.

 Mother Bhumi Earth, Assumed the Shape of a Cow

Once the world was overburdened by the unnecessary defense force of different kings, who were actually demons, but were posing themselves as the royal order. At that time, the whole world became perturbed, and the predominating deity of this earth, known as Bhumi, went to see Lord Brahma to tell of her clamities due to the demoniac kings. Bhumi assumed the shape of a cow...

                             

                           from; Srila Prabhupada's Krsna Book

 

and presented herself before Lord Brahma with tears in her eyes. She was bereaved and was weeping just to invoke the lord's compassion. She related the calamitous position of the earth, and after hearing this, Lord Brahma became much aggrieved, and he at once started for the ocean of milk, where Lord Visnu resides. Lord Brahma was accompanied by all the demigods headed by Lord Siva, and Bhumi also followed. Arriving on the shore of the milk ocean, Lord Brahma began to pac

Hare Krishna! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

The Srila Prabhupada Sri Gayatri recordings are now available onsite, Brahmana Varna group. New brahmanas are invited to download the recordings to their computor systems, but must keep it carefully secret, please, not accessible to non-initiates.

Om Gonesha Parvati Sivaya Namahah. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Jaya Nitai Gauranga! Hare Krishna.

We are making strong headway in our mission to reestablish Srila Prabhupada as the one and only Guru for all Iskcon. Congratulations to our new Brahmanas! 

Translation: Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, unless one is influenced by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no meaning to the relationship of the pure soul in pure consciousness with the material body. It is just like the dreamer seeing his own body working."
Prabhupada: So, purport?
Karandhara: "Purport. The question of Maharaja Pariksit is perfectly answered as to how a living entity began his material life, although he is apart from the material body and the mind."
Prabhupada: It is a very important question. Pariksit Maharaja inquired... Many people inquired that "How the living entity was with Krsna, he became fallen in this material world?" Is not done? This question is raised? So this question is answered here, that "How the living entity who was with Krsna became fallen down in contact with this material qualities?" So this is the answer. Read the translation.
Karandhara: "Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O ki

Tamohara's Eggplant Parmesan 

Peel one large fresh eggplant, cut into flat square-shaped  pieces, 4 inch by 4 inch by 1/2 inch thick.

Salt them and set aside.

Heat 3 tablespns olive oil, add 1/2 tsp asfoetida,

( 2 cloves garlic and one small onion are also in the sauce, fried, in traditional greek recipes, no asfoetida )

add 2 tsps. cumin, coriander,  1 tsp black pepper and anise seed or fennel seed. fry lightly

Add 2/3 cup crushed tomatoes, small pat of butter.  

Add 1/4 tsp ground cloves and cinnamon 

add 2 teasps. basil, methi fenugreek leaf, oregano set aside

Blot the eggplant pieces dry, as the salt has sweated out some bitterness by now.   

Oil a large flat pan, and place eggplant, oiled both sides, in the pan, and bake at 400 degrees farenheit for 25 minutes to 1/2 hour.

Remove and cool a bit, then in smallish but deep oiled casserole dish, lay out a covering of the pieces flat on the bottom. Add some of the sauce, not too much ! and 1/2 cup grated mozzarella and good h

Lecture to Technology Students (M.I.T.)
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Boston, May 5, 1968

Srila Prabhupāda:

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

This prayer is offering respectful obeisances to the spiritual master. Why? Because the spiritual master is the person who opens our eyes, complicated in ignorance, with the torch of transcendental knowledge. Timirāndhasya. Every one of us born ignorant, and we require specific education and training for seeing things as they are.

Today I am very glad to meet you. You are all students of technology. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is also another technology. Unfortunately, in the modern state of civilization there are different department of knowledge. There is department of teaching medical science, there is department of teaching engineering, there is department of educating—so many other departments of knowledge. Unfortunately, there is no department for

                Srila Sanatana Goswami

Raghunatha Goswami writes;

vairagya yug bhakti rasam prayatnair apayayan mam anabhipsum andha krpambudhih yah para duhkha duhkhi sanatanah tam prabhum asrayami

“Immersed in darkness, and unwilling to drink the nectar of devotional service possessed of renunciation, Sanatana Goswami, who is most compassionate to all the fallen souls, out of his causeless mercy, made me drink. Thus, I take shelter of my lord and master, Sri Sanatana Goswami.”

Srila Sanatana Goswami spent the last years of his life at Chakratirtha, writing and immersed in his bhajan. (He was sent by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to Vrindavan to write books, and help discover the lost holy places.) At one point, due to the numerous mosquitos there, Sanatana Goswami decided to leave and do his writing and bhajan elsewhere.

Seeing that Sanatana Goswami was going to leave Chakratirtha, Lord Siva then came in the form of a brahmana, asked why Sanatan was going to leave, and upon receiv

Dandavats...i happened across this article...and its a sweet story...so here it is.

A Spiritual Happening on the Lower East Side