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Hari-katha 6 min read
WHY IS VISAKHA SO DEAR TO RADHARANI?
O fair-faced Viśākhe, My mistress will not leave your company for even a moment. Because You are both the same age, you are the realm of Her playful joking pastimes. Please save my life from…
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WHERE DO WE GIVE OUR LOVE AND AFFECTION?
If there is no love and affection, then one brahmacārī or devotee cannot remain following bhakti. He will be dry and suffering in māyā. If one devotee helps another, then devotion can grow in such…
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DON'T BE GREEDY FOR DOG FOOD!
Someone may see nice pooris, samosas, halava, and other preparations being cooked in a roadside shop, and think, “I will hide inside and eat to my full satisfaction all the delicious foodstuffs!” With such a…
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WHERE IS SRIMATI RADHARANI'S LILA-BHUMI?
We should vow to accept only what is favorable for the development of bhakti. We should go wherever there are sādhus; they are our good friends. There is no need for a big gathering; go…
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HOW DOES RADHARANI'S SVARUPA SHAKTI REJUVENATE EVERYONE?
All the peacocks are now singing out, one after the other. One leads, and the others repeat. Śrīmatī was hiding in a cave in Māna-gaṛh, scratching the ground with Her toe. Why was Rādhārānī in…
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WHAT IS THE ANURAGA OF KRSNA'S FLOWER GARLAND?
Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta 53 I am absorbed in contemplating my Lord. His chest shines with the sandalwood paste from the pitcherlike breasts of the ardent gopīs, who have been incited to amorous battle by Cupid’s flower arrows,…
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