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Calculated for central european time - Slovenia (Ljubljana)                          Visnu Masa, Gaurabda 524                    Vcal 4.01            Ljubljana, Slovenia (014E31 46N05, Time zone = +1.00) DATE            TITHI                         PAKSA YOGA      NAKSATRA     FAST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------  1 Mar 2010 Mo  Pratipat

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Nirjala Ekadasi:During the hottest season (northern hemisphere), if one can perform upavasa without water one is performing a great feat. One may take only caranamrta and acamana water. Bhima requested one vrata day by which he could obtain the fruits of all the other days of vrata that he was incapable of observing. Vyasadeva advised him to follow this difficult vrata. One should worship the

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SRI GANGAMATA GOSWAMINISriyuta Naresh Narayana was the king of Puntiya, which was located in the district of Rajshahi, part of the present country of Bangladesh. His only daughter was named Saci, and she was devoted to God from her very chidhood.In a very short time she became quite proficient in her studies, especially in grammar and poetry. As she grew up everyone became

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Baladeva VidyabhusanaThe Gaudiya VedantistBTG, Jan/Feb, 1991 Their voices rose with the sun. It was early morning in an Indian village school. The boys sat in neat rows behind palm-leaf manuscripts, committing their lessons to memory. As they chanted their grammar rules, their rhetoric lessons, and their logic aphorisms, each boy chanted loud enough to hear himself over his neighbour, resulting

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Vrndavana dasa Thakura was the son of the brahmana Vaikuntha dasa and his wife Narayani. Sri Narayani devi was the niece of Srivasa Pandita. Srivasa had three brothers who all came from Srihatta to live in Navadvipa. Srivasa's only son died at a very early age.Vrndavana dasa lost his father before he was born. When poverty struck Narayani devi she had no other alternative but to accept work in

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AparA EkAdasii: from the BrahmANDa PurANaSri Yudhishthira MahArAj said, “Oh JanArdana, what is the name of the EkAdasii that occurs during the dark fortnight (krishna paksha) of the month of Jyeshtha (May-June) ? I wish to hear from You the glories of this sacred day of Hari. Please narrate everything to me”Lord Sri Krishna said, “Oh king, your inquiry is wonderful because the answer will

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Sri Chaitanya Saraswat MathSRI RAI RAMANANDAby Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura» INTRODUCTION »» Chapter 1» Chapter 2» Chapter 3» Chapter 4» Chapter 5FOREWORDThis brochure is not to be considered as a hagiological attempt [narration of the lives and legends of the saints] but an endeavor for inculcating the procedure of following the life of a transcendental devotee who had a thoroughly

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Ekadasi Morning Meditation on the Lord:Lotus Feet: Om Damodaraya NamahThighs: Om Madhavaya NamahPrivate Parts: Om Kamapataye NamahHips: Om Vamanaya NamahNavel: Om Padmanabhaya NamahStomach: Om Vishvamutaye NamahHeart: Om Jnanagamyaya NamahThroat: Om Srikanthaya NamahArms: Om Sahasrabahave NamahLotus Eyes: Om Paramayogine NamahForehead: Om Urugayai NamahNose: Om Narakeshvaraya NamahHair: Om

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SUKLYE VA YADI VA KRSNE TAD VRATAM VAISNAVAM MAHAT(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 12/5 from MATSYA PURANA and BHAVISYA PURANA)Anybody who fasts on both Ekadasis on both the light and dark fortnights of the month and eats on the next day (Dvadasi), Lord Sri Krsna becomes very pleased with him.EKA DASYAM NA BHUNJITA VRATAM ETAD DHIH VAISNAVAM(HARI BHAKTI VILASA 12/6 from AGNI PURANA)Full eating is condemned on

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(This article was originally written in 1956 by Sri Navincandra Cakravarti, a disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura and in 1979 translated into English by Vyenkata dasa brahmacari.)Many devotees are very inquisitive about the appearance of Sri Ekadasi and about her special characteristics. Therefore I am presenting this description from the fourteenth chapter of the Padma Purana,

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