Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Appearance Day
Lecture by Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, SB-7.5.22-34, Los Angeles, May 27, 1972
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LORD NRSIMHADEVA’S PASTIMES WITH CHAND KAZI
When Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was in Mayapur, Chand Kazi was the Chief Magistrate of Navadvipa. He was a devout and strict Muslim who was well versed in the Koran. As the Chief Magistrate of Navadwipa-Mayapur, he kept law and order for the Hussein Shah and was also the spiritual advisor of the Shah. He was a tyrannical ruler and the Hindus were oppressed in their religious practices. Angry that devotees were not obeying his order forbidding chanti
I recieved this wonderful story/email. Just wanted to share with all of you here.
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our humble obeisance's!
All glories to Srila Prabhupad !
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!!
Wonderful pastime of Narasimha Deva -(submitted by HG Shyam gopal prabhu)
Now allow me to tell a true story that happened some 10 years ago in South-Africa. The father and the daughter who experienced this event told this story to my friend, a sannyasi and devotee of Lord Nrisimhadev. This
In the Padma Purana, it mentions that Prahalad, Hiranyakashipu, Nrsingadev, they appear many times. It's not only this one time. At least 3 different...2 different incarnations in other days of Brahma are described in the Padma Purana.
One of those times he (Hiranyakashipu) worshiped Shiva and got the blessing. Another time he worshiped Brahma again. When he was worshiping Shiva and he wanted Prahalad to admit that he was supreme, then he said that, "Well, ok if you don't want to admit I'm suprem
So then Nrsingadev, he appeared outside of this big facility, and he was walking through the town..people..all the demons...people living in Hiranyakashipu's city, they saw Him and got frightened and ran. And He entered into the stadium..whatever you call it, I don't know...air conditioned facility! And He was flying in the back, in a gigantic form.
And Hiranyakashipu says, "What is this?", calls his air-force commander, "Tell this, whatever He is, we don't allow any beasts into our assembly here
The fight (between Nringadev and Hiranyakashipu) was fairly similar, catching...releasing...flying in the air, fighting with each other. When it was the right time, then Nrsingadev grabbed Hiranyakashipu like a big bug. But this time he sat on his throne, took him and bifurcated him into two...took out the intestine and everything.
And in that lila, it is said that Lakshmidevi could approach (Nringadev). In the Bhagavatam lila He was too angry, even She couldn't approach. But in this one She coul
One time, Padma Purana says how when Bhakta Prahalad was preaching about Visnu bhakti and everything then, Hiranyakashipu got very angry and sent his soldiers to kill him. So first they tried...they struck him with a sword. But as soon as the weapon would hit Prahalad, it turned into a blue lotus, Neel Utpal. Blue lotus.
Another soldier came up with a spear and went to stab Prahalad in the heart, "kill him!" But as soon as it touched Prahalad, it turned into a blue lotus. Someone came up with his
There are many different Nrsinga temples, in, especially in south India. Ofcourse, here we have our Nrsingapalli, where the Lord Nrsinga was flying over Navadweep then he landed in Nrsingapalli, and he wasn't approachable after killing Hiranyakashipu, but here he became very approcahable.
So all the devas built cottages around Nrsingadev's, build Him a cottage and they were serving Him, giving Him bogha and faning and doing all kinds of personal services. So here in Navadweep dham, the Lord is ac
Last year before Nrsimha Caturdasi we received several incredible stories of Mayapur Lord Nrsimhadeva saving devotees. He cancelled devotees' cancer, and provided a couple with a baby. In a disciple's dream He showed that He was protecting Jayapataka Swami, and when a huge bush fire raged towards a devotee's home, upon her prayers He blew the flames away. (narasimhalila.com/ newpastimes. html)
This year coming up to the time of Nrsimha Caturdasi I have had no new stories. When I went to Mayapur
This Vaisnava festival commemorates the appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva who has an extraordinary form of half-lion and half-man. This form of Krishna is glorified, described and explained in the Vaisnava scripture Srimad-Bhagavatam.
The story is told how Hiranyakasipu, a powerful enemy of the Lord, sought and gained benedictions tantamount to achieving immortality. He was not to be killed by any man, any animal, or any weapon. He could not be killed indoors or outdoors, in the air or water, or
Mangalagiri means The Auspicious Hill. This place is one of the 8 important Mahakshetrams (sacred places) in India. The eight places where Lord Vishnu manifested himself are (1) Sri Rangam (2) Srimushnam (3) Naimisam (4) Pushkaram (5) Salagamadri (6) Thothadri (7) Narayanasramam (8) Venkatadri. Thotadri is the present Mangalagiri. Lakshmi Devi has done tapas on this hill. That's why it got this name (The auspicious hill). There are three Narasimha Swamy temples in Mangalagiri. One is Panakala N
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Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots
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Go to guru, to surrender. Surrender means that one will accept whatever the guru says. It is not that one thinks, "I do not care for my guru's order. Still I am a disciple." That is not actually accepting a guru. Just like Arjuna surrendered to Krishna. You must find out guru where you can surrender. Not that you keep guru your order supplier, "Give me some ashirvad and I may be benefited." He is not guru; he is your ord
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Dharmaraja and Yudhisthira
Dharmaraja: What is the most difficult thing in the world?
Yudhisthira: To know when to stop.
D: How can one gain wisdom?
Y: By serving elders.
D: What makes one learned?
Y: The study of the srutis makes one learned.
D: How is it possible for a man always to have a second companion?
Y: Steady intelligence serves man as helpful companion always.
D: This intelligence you speak of, how is it to be acquired
So in human society the central point is Krsna, central point is Krsna. If we forget Krsna, this intelligent class of men, this administrative class of men, these productive class of men, the worker class of men, they're all useless. They're all useless. If by your intelligence you cannot find out with whom you are intimately related, then what is the value of your intelligence? That kind of intelligence a dog has also got. "Where is something to eat? Where is something to mate?" The dog has tha
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Once a renounced spiritual master presented his neophyte disciple with a copy of the Bhagavad-gita, instructing him to study the book all the time. The disciple, eager to imitate the advanced status of his guru, entered a cave in the Vindhya hill and there he read the Gita day and night. Now, while the disciple took rest, a mouse who lived in the cave nibbled at the pages of the holy book, leaving the edges ragged. The d
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Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Mankind known holy person, belonging, both to the west and to the eastern religious traditions. However, the holy Jayananda - one of a kind. He was born in the West and was the first servant of God, received the status of a saint in the Eastern spiritual continuity, namely, in the ancient tradition of bhakti, or devotion to Lord Krishna.
Without exception, all the saints as a magical philosopher's stone graces affect people's hearts, even when they leave this world. Jayananda Das (Jim Short) one
Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Four Mahatmas by name Gnaneswar, Nivrithi Devar, Sobaana Devar and Muktha Bai, born in the same family, lived in a village near Pandaripuram. They were born to the couple Vithoba and Rukmini.
Their parents left them, even while the children were still young, to do tapas (practice of the path chosen
to attain liberation). As three of these children were boys, they desired to get 'upanayana' (thread ceremony conducted to a b
