Reflections on the path of devotion.

If You Want To Preach

If you want to preach the Bhagavad-Dharma, first you must be a bhagavat. You may have great taste for speaking and singing, but are you speaking and singing of Hari, or of Maya? Unless you…

Verse Two, Damodarastakam

Mother Yaśodā watched as her naughty child cried bitterly and rubbed His eyes with both His hands. The black ointment from around His eyes mixed with His tears and spread everywhere. Seeing her son with…

Verse One, Damodarastakam

Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s form is so captivating that even He is astonished when He sees Himself. His beautiful form embodies the topmost limit of exceedingly good fortune and opulence. Indeed, ornaments usually beautify the person wearing…

06 Oct 2017 Hari-katha a.m. Param Gurudeva

Sri Damodarastakam

O Deva, Your lotus-like face, encircled by soft, blackish-blue curly locks of hair that have a reddish glow, is repeatedly kissed by the gopī Śrī Yaśodā. May Your supremely charming lotus face, with lips like…

A Few Words on Śrī Dāmodarāṣṭakam

In the present age it is noticed that many scholars whose intelligence has been spoiled by Kali have a spiteful outlook towards the propagation of the Sanskrit language. Nevertheless, we have still published this Sanskrit…

Forward to Damodarastakam

Once, during the month of Kārtika, Śrīla Gurudeva read śrī dāmabhandana-līlā from Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmīpāda’s Gopāla-campūḥ to his spiritual master, Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja. Upon hearing the pastime narrated by Śrīla Gurudeva...

03 Oct 2017 a.m. Srimad Bhagavatam Class

Sripada Premananda Prabhu speaks on the Srimad Bhagavatam, in the morning class, on October 3rd.

Open-hearted, Loving, and Inclusive

We're very happy to have Sripada Bhaktivedanta Vaikhanas Maharaja with us for Kartik again, in Sri Radhe Kunj! He's giving lectures on dharma, from the first canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. This morning was the…

Krsna was Thinking

When Srimati Radhika's svapaksa gopis saw those footprints, they immediately recognized them, as they were accustomed to serving Her lotus feet and knew the symbols on them. Therefore, seeing Her footprints next to Krsna's overwhelmed…

Saradiya-rasa-purnima

In this month Saradiya-rasa took place, but it did not last for only one month. Even Krsna Himself could not conceive how long it lasted, nor could the Gopis. Only Yogamaya knew. The moon stopped…

World Peace

The soul, not the body and the mind, perceives everything in relation to God. It is only by submitting to the dictates of the soul what we can aspire to attain the world-peace. The world-peace…

Did Jiva Gosvami Meet Mahaprabhu?

In my childhood, Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu visited the village of Rāmakeli and gave my two uncles shelter at His lotus feet. Since that time, when my tear-filled eyes first beheld the form of Śrī Gaura,…

We Need Not Imagine

We can understand from the example of the salagram-sila. There are so many salagram-silas, but this does not mean that Narayana is different in each sila. He is not like the jivas. In the same…

He is Certainly a Sakhi

He can also go there in the form you saw; I have belief in this. And if anything is hidden, he will reveal it when there is need. We have seen our Gurudeva; always serving,…

A Momentous Arrival: Radhe Kunj - 21 Sept 2017

There Should Be Devotion

1. Behind our talent and intelligence, there should be devotion. 2. How shall we take to the path of devotion if we are not sincere? 3. Miyate anaya iti maya - That which can be…

Srila Gurudeva

Devotees must take responsibility for service. My Gurudeva sent me to Mathura and I accepted all the responsibilities of the Matha – going house to house and preaching, doing kirtana, cooking, writing books, publishing Bhagavat…

Whatever Limbs of Bhakti

The form of your Gurudeva which you have seen and served will surely come to you, so you can pray to him that he will manifest in that truth in your heart. Then, when he…

How Sridham Prabhu Became a Devotee

“A year and a half ago, I was working in a steak house in Ohio. This really sweet lady I knew was carrying a jar of olives out of the storage room. I was right…

Book Review, Jaiva Dharma

1. The original Jaiva-Dharma, written in Bengali, is a priceless ornament for all Vaisnavas. 2. The author, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, is a confidential associate of Mahaprabhu, and is famous as the Seventh Gosvami. 3. By…

The Meaning of Vraja-lokanusaratah

It was only play. No associates – not even the grasses, creepers, parrots and birds, what to speak of any Vrajavasis like Nanda Baba or Yasoda Ma – ever believe that Krsna is the Supreme…

Premananda Prabhuji Kirtan and Hari-katha - Circa 1998

Aisvarya in Vraja?

Aisvarya was more powerful. Arjuna was overpowered by aisvarya and forgot that Krsna was his friend. Arjuna’s mood, as well as the mood of all other associates in Dvaraka-lila, is full of aisvarya. Sometimes there…