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Ananda is rasa. This bliss potency is Srimati Radhika and without Her shelter then there is no rasa in samvit and sandhini. Samvit is the consciousness potency and sandhini is the existence potency which gives…
Read moreWhen the pot of milk is boiling over, despite the fact that Krishna is clinging on to Yasoda with all His might, she is able to put Him down with one hand and order Him,…
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Read moreParamārādhyatama Śrīla Gurudeva was profoundly grave and sometimes harder than a thunderbolt, but he was also softer than a flower. He was highly expert in tasting spiritual mellows (rasika) and always deeply immersed in ecstatic…
Read moreThose who are confidential servants of Srimati Radhika, and who have more affection for Her than for Krsna, never desire Her separation from Krsna. In fact, Vrajavasis like Lalita and Visakha, and palya-dasis like Rupa…
Read moreThe importance of guru has always been stated first. After taking dīkṣā and śikṣā from a sad-guru, one must render intimate service to guru. Offer whatever you have gained to guru, because he will offer…
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What does the Lord do? Lord Govinda takes the dust of Srimati Radhika and the gopis and worships that dust. They also have this Holi festival. At the time of the Holi festival, before Holi…
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we should hear from a mahānta who has that svabhāva and then we should practice that mood being in the association of mahat-saṅga. So, this means, first it comes like a shadow, and then gradually…
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The gopīs asked Kṛṣṇa a question after He appeared: “O beloved, we want to ask You a question which You should duly answer. You should properly answer our questions. There are so many persons loving…
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Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains in the purport of this verse in his Sarartha Darsini commentary. He says this was the process for preparing for rasa. Krsna has manifested the place of rasa-lila in Vraja…
Read moreSometimes it is very hard to follow, but try to overcome all the senses. Try to keep your heart and mind empty so that it may be filled by Guru and Kṛṣṇa. There should be…
Read more"The world stands in no need of any reformer. The world has a very competent person for guiding its minutest happenings. The person who determines that there is scope for reform of the world, himself…
Read moreNowadays, people are constantly concocting new objections to the lineage being presented by the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava sampradāya as their authentic guru-paramparā. Some believe that since Śrī Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa was initiated into the Madhva sampradāya, he…
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When 99.9% of people come to Guru what do they bring? They bring their faults and complaints and all their bad things. They think about others and want to show Guru that 'I am so…
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One should be very careful to not pray like this. These things will come of their own accord based on the impressions of your past lives, so don’t be worried for these desires. These desires…
Read moreWho lifted Girirāja Govardhana: Kṛṣṇa or His śakti? Externally, it seems that Kṛṣṇa lifted Girirāja, but Kṛṣṇa did not lift him. He lifted Girirāja by the little finger of His left hand. His śakti is…
Read more...So similarly, when we become free from the designation of this material body and we come to the pure stage of original, spiritual senses, that senses when applied to the service of the supreme master…
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