Many times devotees try to reconcile this essentially Christian concept with Vedic understanding, but end up writing lengthy explanations that do not always satisfy the curiosity. This is because it is mostly incompatible with the truths of Bhagavad-Gita, for it has to be broken down in a simplified manner to give a satisfactory and brief explanation.
Predestination
As we may know, the five truths covered by Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, namely Krishna, the jiva souls, nature, time and action or karm
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Are we the makers of our destiny or is life pre-destined? Find out here . . . .
In the Mahabharata, Vidura explained to Dhritarastra, “Destiny determines the consequences of our actions, not our actions themselves.” This means that we are not like programmed robots that have no free will, or no choice. Our past karma does determine what will happen in our life, but it does not determine how we will react to it.
Destiny is something like a weather forecast on a journey. A w
Lecture on Narasimha Chaturdashi by Dina Bandhu Prabhu on 13 May 2014 at ISKCON Dallas
(Dina Bandhu Prabhu is settled in braja. Although from a foreign country, he looks exaclty like one of the local brijawasis. He speaks the local braja language & nicely interacts with the locals.)
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Lecture on Narasimha Chaturdashi by HH Rtadhvaja Swami on 13 May 2014 at Dallas
(His Holiness Rtadhvaja Swami Maharaja was born and raised in a rural farming community in North Dakota, U.S.A. His first encounter with the devotees was in 1972, when some of the Radha Damodara Traveling Sankirtana Party came to his house and asked if they could take some flowers from his front yard.)
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Lecture on Narasimha Chaturdashi by HH Gopal Krishna Goswami on 13 May 2014 at ISKCON Mayapur
(Gopal Krishna Goswami has served extensively in BBT (as chairman and trustee) in India, arranging for translation of Srila Prabhupada’s books into various regional languages and their distribution far and wide. He continues to encourage BBT book distribution in his zones, especially in India.)
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“In my heart reside duplicity, insincerity, the desire for fame, and the six enemies: lust, anger, envy, fear, illusion and intoxication. Therefore I will pray at the feet of Lord Narasimha to purify my heart and give me the desire to serve Krishna.
“Weeping I will beg Lord Narasimha that I may worship Radha-Madhava in Navadvip, free from obstacles. Although this form of the Lord is terrible for the evil, He is exceedingly auspicious for the devotees headed by Prahlada. When will Lord
Lecture on Narasimha Deva Katha by HH Lokanath Swami on 13 May 2014 at ISKCON Juhu
(Lokanath Swami born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.Intrigued, maharaj attended the whole Hare Krsna Festival and heard from Srila Prabhupada.)
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Lecture on Narasimha Chaturdashi by HH Jayapataka Swami at ISKCON Mayapur on 13 May 2014
(Jayapataka Swami was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. His scholastic achievements led to an offer of a full scholarship by Brown University after his completion of high school. As a new student at Brown, Jayapataka Swami heard a guest lecturer speak on the life of Buddha.)
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Hare Krishna.
3th May, 2015. Gurgaon
But little Prahlada, his five year old son, was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. therefore, Hiranyakashipu tried to killed prahlada in several ways; but failed in all his attempts be
om namo bhagavatesrimaha-nrsimhaya
damstrakaralavadanaya
ghora-rupayavajra-nakhaya
jvalamaline mama vighnanpacapaca
mama bhayanbhindibhindi
mama satrunvidravayavidravaya mama
sarvaristanprabhanjayaprabhanjaya
chatachata, hanahana, chindichindi
mama sarva-bhistanpurayapuraya mam
raksaraksa hum phatsvaha
"O Nrsimhadeva, whose form is terrible, by sharp and long teeth, very fearful to see, with strong large nails, garlanded by flames – destroy, destroy my obstacles, and kick out, kick out my fear
Lecture on Narasimha Jayanti by HG Srila Haridas Thakura Prabhu
(His Grace Srila Haridas Thakur Das is a disciple of HH Radhanath Swami. He serves as a resident monk at ISKCON Chowpatty and teacher of Bhakti Yoga to Youth.)
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Lecture on A Divine Love Story Narasimha Prahlada by HG Caitanya Charan Prabhu
(Caitanya Charan Prabhu is a editor of Back to Godhead, which is the official international magazine of the Hare Krishna movement. Presently he conducts seminars at various reputed educational institutes all over India including IITs and NITs as well as leading MNCs like Tech Mahindra.)
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O ! Narasimha Deva, please rip open my chest with your sharp nails, as you opened Hiranayakashipu's
Please take out all the vices filled deep inside me.. Lust, anger, greed, illusion, envy and bewilderment.
Hidden deep inside me infinite desires still long for sense gratification, respect and praise from others.
O ! Narasimha Deva, please rip open my body of which I am so proud of and take out all these vices entangling like long intestines within me.
O ! Narasimha Deva, please fill my mind, body an
Here is the story of Narasimha Avatar for children. Lord Narasimha was the fourth Avatar of Lord Mahavishnu, which was taken to kill the demon Hiranyakashipu. The story of Narasimha avatar is connected with the story of Hiranyakashipu and Prahlad. In Vishnu’s Varaha avatar the lord killed Hiranyakashipu’s brother Hiranyaksha. By this action Hiranyakashipu got angry towards Vishnu and decided to kill Mahavishnu. For this he took deep penance to appease Lord Brahma and attain magical powers to def
Śrī Narasimha Pahimām
Śrī Narasimha Rakshamām
(1) When wild beasts & foes attack,
When famines, floods, & fires strike,
When quakes & cyclones leave just lack,
When laughless, life’s not lief to like,
When all my ships of hope have wrecked
And I’ve no fruits of joy to tend,
Lord Narasimha, pray protect!
Lord Narasimha, do defend!
(2) When I’m heart-racked with household care,
When pressures to succeed upset,
When in duress, dismay, despair,
In fearful doubt & fretful debt,
When usurers swarm to collect
And n
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So many bodies but one soul
We wanted independence and you gave it to us all
Seeing us from time immemorial
You never interfered with our wants
Our thirst for pleasure is put to rest by the thought of you, the pure soul
We did not know and suffered again and again
The lucky ones become your servants and reunited with you
The rest of us became theirs
You gave us everything to worship you but we have done everything BUT
For how many lifetimes I have come to this earth again and again I do not know
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Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.5.22-34. Los Angeles, May 27, 1972,
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Prabhupada: So today, appearance day of Lord Nrisimhadeva. Lord Nrisimhadeva appeared on this Nrisimha Caturdasi on account of His devotee, Prahlada. As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata, abhyutthanam adharmasya [Bg. 4.7]. Paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca dushkritam, sambhavami yuge yuge [Bg. 4.8]. The Lord appears with two purposes. Paritranaya sadhunam: just to give protection
By Amogha das
Pankajanghri Prabhu told me a few months ago that one Mataji had been suffering a health condition that would not go away for years. When she read about Lord Nrsimhadeva curing devotees, she realized that she could pray to Him for this purpose and she did. The condition disappeared.
A few weeks ago Jananivas Prabhu told me that a married couple could not conceive a child. A year ago the doctor examined the wife and said that in the past some disease had occurred and her tubes were
