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A gopi goes from one house to another carrying a pot of butter. She sings, “Govinda Damodara Madhaveti,” and doesn’t notice the pot slipping from her hands. The pot falls on the ground and breaks.…
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At last Krsna came and performed so many marvellous pastimes on Giriraja-Govardhana. The two eyes of Govardhana are Radha Kunda and Syama Kunda. His heart is where Sri Harideva is. The form of Govardhana resembles…
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There are six opulence’s. And they are fully embodied in Krishna. But what form of Krishna? Vrajendra-nandana Krishna, Radhakantha Krishna. Dvarakadisha Krishna is also not being referred to here. Fuller than Dvarakadisha is Mathuresh Krishna…
Read more...I don’t want to meditate on You, that Your lotus feet should come into My mind like how the four kumāras, Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī, Śaṅkara, and Brahma meditate. I don’t want to meditate on You.…
Read more...By chanting and remembering Krsna's names, all kinds of perfection — like vraja-prema and even radha-dasya (becoming a maid servant of Srimati Radhika) — can be attained. In the first stage, however, when a devotee…
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Read more...You should know all these facets of the realm of devotion; they are very helpful in enhancing your service to Krishna. There are many deep explanations behind them. If you have no prema to Krishna,…
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Sri Krsna and Gurudeva will judge when a person is qualified to have the true association of an uttama-bhagavata. Gurudeva is saksad-haritvena - he has connection with Krsna. By their mercy, Gurudeva and Krsna will…
Read more...If, by remembering a deer, Bharata Mahārāja became a deer, then why won’t we be like the gopas and gopīs if we are always thinking about them? Surely it will be. This remembering is called…
Read moreOn 3 November 1956, the day of sri govardhana-puja and annakuta, paramaradhya Srila Acaryadeva established his worshipful Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga and Radha-Vinoda-bihariji in Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha. In this way he gave his followers and…
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Read moreWhen external meeting with the beloved is not realized, then external vipralambha arises. Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami begins to weep as he uttered this prayer, remembering previous pastimes of his service to Srimati Radhika. This…
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...who is a strong reservoir of love for Kṛṣṇa. In the sea, an anchor holds a boat still, similarly, by the anchor of our devotion to Gurudeva, we will remain fixed in devotion. So, the…
Read more...So, vishrambhena guru seva means performing the appropriate services without being ordered to. The disciple will take all the orders of his guru on his head. And then, jnane prayasa udapasya namanta eva...
Read moreSvāmījī told me when we were sitting together in Mathurā in 1957, “When I was initiated by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda, a śloka came to my mind...
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Read moreYou should be bold. Don’t be weak. My one request is that: if you are married don’t divorce. If there is some problem, no harm. You should try to be together. Not new, new husbands…
Read more...In sadhana, maryada plays a pivotal role. When we will have realization of all these gradations of pure devotion, maryada will go and we will serve Krishna like a bosom friend. What is visrambhena seva…
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