Shri Radha-ramana Deva, unlike other Deities, has very intricate features, including fingernails and even teeth. On the back side of His body parts of the original Shalagram shila from which He manifested Himself can be seen.
The following quotes are from His Divine Grace Shrila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on Lord Rama’s Appearance day. There is also a lecture (below this) by Shrila Prabhupada given in Hawaii, March 27, 1969 on Lord Ramachandra’s appearance. 710407LE.BOM Lectures So this process should be adopted, how to become sukrtina. Sukrti means yajna-dana-tapa-kriya. One must perform sacrifices as prescribed…
The next in the parampara, after and is an associate of Bhaktivinoda Thakura – a great paramahamsa babaji by the name of Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja. Technically he was the disciple of Bhagavat dasa Babaji Maharaja, who was a disciple of Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja. In 1897 Gaura Kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja came to Mayapur Navadwipa Dhama from…
Originally I wrote Bhagavad-gītā As It Is in the form in which it is presented now. When this book was first published, the original manuscript was, unfortunately, cut short to less than 400 pages, without illustrations and without explanations for most of the original verses of the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā. In all of my other books—Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Śrī Īśopaniṣad, etc.—the system is…
Yes, it’s God’s will that the variety of people and animals exist. Does the sun only give light to the followers of one religion? No. The sun gives light to all plants, animals, oceans, and all humansDo the plants only give fruit and vegetables to people of one religion? No. They provide for all living beings everywhereDoes it only rain…
Arjuna inquired:O Kṛṣṇa, what is the situation of those who do not follow the principles of scripture but worship according to their own imagination? Are they in goodness, in passion or in ignorance? (BG 17.1) In the Fourth Chapter, thirty-ninth verse, it is said that a person faithful to a particular type of worship gradually becomes elevated to the stage…
oṁ vṛndayai tulasī-devyaipriyāyai keśavasya cakṛṣṇa-bhakti-prade devīsatyavatai namo namaḥ "I offer my repeated obeisances unto Vṛndā, Śrīmatī Tulasī Devi, who is very dear to Lord Keśava. O goddess, you bestow devotional…
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