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Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Tirtha-yatra, Part 44
BY: SUN STAFF
Jun 18, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the holy sites visited by Lord Caitanya.
Dhundirama-tirtha
Today we are following the path of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's tirth-yatra through South India, to a place that is little mentioned in Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. Dhundirama-tirtha is not included in the Madhya Lila 9 Summary list of places Lord Caitanya visited. We do find mention of it at Madhya 9.14:
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Jai Srila Prabhupada!
BY: SUDARSHAN DAS
 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
Jun 18, SINGAPORE (SUN) —
"Some of our devotees, they left, that "There is no bhajana here," (laughter) and asking me my blessing to find out another guru. So he wants my blessing for find out a guru. So this rascaldom is no good. So best thing is that mahajano yena gatah sa panthah…"
(Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977)
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Pilgrimage to Ahobilam, Part Five
BY: APRAKRITA DASA
Jun 17, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA (SUN) — The last of five videos about the pilgrimage I took last February to Ahobilam in India.
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Prabhupada Padma-vakya
BY: SUN STAFF
Jun 18,
CANADA (SUN)
Audio files with transcripts recorded on this day.
Please visit PrabhupadaVani.org for audio files and transcripts.
June 18, 1969, New Vrndavana
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.14
"Nobody is taught in the educational institution how to drink, or
how to eat meat or how to enjoy sex life. Natural. That is natural.
Sva-bhava-raktasya. "And if these things you describe as dharma, as
religious principles, then they are doomed.
June 18, 1972, Los Angeles
Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.3.21
"Just like you cannot keep the burden, heavy burden, on your head
for a long time, similarly, this nice turban, silk turban, will be felt
as great burden. This is the law of nature. If you misuse the power and
do not feel obliged to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has
given you the power, then you'll be finished very soon.
June 18, 1973, Mayapura
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.10.3
"Brahma was attracted by seeing the beauty of his daughter. Lord
Siva was fallible when he saw the beauty of Mohini-murti. So what to
speak of others. And Indra, Candra, they are all fallible. Only Krsna
is infallible.
June 18, 1974, Germany
Bhagavad-gita 2.13
"The ant's body is also made of the same ingredient, the elephant's
body is also made of same ingredient, and this gigantic universe, so
many planets, sun, moon and sky, that is also made of the same
ingredients. It is only difference of big apartment and small
apartment. That's all.
June 18, 1976, Toronto
Morning Walk
"Just like the grhasthas are not allowed, except to have children,
to have sex, and brahmacaris, not at all. So by denying, these are
natural ways to express love, he says, and by denying them, the people
in this movement become somewhat cold and don't have the experience of
love.
 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Tirtha-yatra, Part 43
BY: SUN STAFF
Jun 17, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the holy sites visited by Lord Caitanya.
Trikala-hasti
Today we return to Andhra Pradesh, and another of the Shiva temples visited by Lord Caitanya during His South India preaching tour. Trikala-hasti is mentioned in the Summary of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya Lila 9:
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Sri Ganga-puja
BY: JAYA VIJAYA DASA
Jun 17, WASHINGTON (SUN) — Ganga-puja is observed on June 18th.
Sri Ganga-puja, also known as Sri Ganga-dushara (she who removes inauspiciousness), appears in the month of Jyestha (May/June) on the 10th day of Sukla-paksa, or the waxing fortnight of the full moon. On this day, Maharaja Bhagiratha's desire of bringing Ganga to this mortal world was finally fulfilled as the sacred river descended from Lord Siva's blessed head at Mount Kailasa. The River Ganga then flowed through the Himalayas behind Maharaja Bhagiratha's chariot and entered Jahnu Rsi's asrama. Afterwards, he successfully let the Ganga go to Rasatala, in the lower planetary system, to liberate the sixty-thousand sons of King Sagara.
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Pilgrimage to Ahobilam, Part Four
BY: APRAKRITA DASA
Jun 17, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA (SUN) — The fourth of five videos about the pilgrimage I took last February to Ahobilam in India.
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Parishads: Sri Baladeva Vidyabhushana and Sri Gangamata Gosvamini
BY: SUN STAFF
Jun 17, CANADA (SUN) — The Disappearance day of Sri Baladeva Vidyabhushana and the Appearance Day of Sri Gangamata Gosvamini are observed on June 18th.
Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana
The exact time and place of Sri Baladeva Vidyabhushana's birth are unknown. Perhaps one day historians will be able to establish these facts beyond any doubt. From the little information that we do have about his life, we can conjecture that he was born in the 17th century of the modern era. Though we do not know the name of the exact village where he took birth, it was likely in the Balesore (Baleshvara) district of Orissa, somewhere near Remuna. From the date given in his commentary on Rupa Goswami's Stavamala, it is clear that Baladeva was still living after the Battle of Plassey in 1757.
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Jai Srila Prabhupada!
BY: SUDARSHAN DAS
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
Jun 17, SINGAPORE (SUN) —
"So we should always bear in mind. Don't be upstart and leave this Krsna consciousness movement whimsically ..."
(Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977)
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Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Tirtha-yatra, Part 42
BY: SUN STAFF
Jun 16, CANADA (SUN) — A serial exploration of the holy sites visited by Lord Caitanya.
Visnu-kanci
Today we explore another of the holy sites in Tamil Nadu visited by Lord Caitanya during his preaching expedition to South India. In the summary of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya lila is mentioned Visnu-kanci:
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Pilgrimage to Ahobilam, Part Three
BY: APRAKRITA DASA
Jun 16, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA (SUN) — The third of five videos about the pilgrimage I took last February to Ahobilam in India.
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Jai Srila Prabhupada!
BY: SUDARSHAN DAS
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
Jun 16, SINGAPORE (SUN) —
"Some of our so-called devotees, they criticize me that I have limited only sixteen rounds. No, why sixteen rounds? You can make three hundred rounds, but minimum, minimum sixteen rounds, because we are not accustomed to devote much time. We must be busy always. But to sit down in one place and chant Hare Krsna mantra continuously, that is not possible for any conditioned soul -- unless he is liberated. So don't try to imitate. My Guru Maharaja has strictly forbidden."
(Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977)
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The Origin of Lord Narasimha, Part Four
BY: SUN STAFF
Jun 16, CANADA (SUN) — A five-part study of Lord Nrsimhadeva by Dhruva dasa, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar - Orissa Review, 2009.
Present day Narasimha Temples
in and around Puri
Narasimha Temple (Jagannath Temple Precinct): It is a pancharatha rekha deula at a height is about 55ft. The presiding Deity is the Vidarana Narasimha in ugra pose. The image is of 1 ft. high, which is not matching size to the height of the temple (in accordance with the Silpasastras).
Yagna Narasimha Temple: It is near Gundicha temple. Its height is about 60 ft. The presiding Deity is Laxmi-Narasimha. An elevated place has been levelled for the erection of the main temple and its two front apartments. The area around the temple complex has been protected by high masonry walls with provision of a series of steps for entry into the premises on the eastern side.
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— Some devotees from Hyderabad on Monday were allegedly heckled by a priest at Jagannath Temple in Puri just because they hired another priest to be their guide. The Simhadwar police on Monday registered a criminal case against the errant priest, Dunga Guru, following a complaint lodged by one of the tourists.
