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...Sri Radha is the specific name of the distinguished cowherd girl who has rendered the most obliging services to Sri Krsna. On hearing these two statements by Ramananda, Lord Caitanya felt an ecstasy of His…
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Read moreIn the Gītā, three yogas are described viz. karma-yoga, jñāna-yoga and bhakti-yoga. The first step is karma-yoga. Not karma, but karma-yoga. There is a difference between them. Only those karmas which have been connected (yoga)…
Read moreSrimati Radharani is the most important of all the gopis, and Her specific loving service is the highest expression of madhurya-prema. Therefore, it is better that the neophyte practitioners in the devotional field not try…
Read more...Both pūrva-rāga (attachment prior to meeting one’s beloved) and pravāsa (separation by distance) are favourable to bhajana in the mood of separation. Rati (attachment) that is filled with eagerness and which exists prior to meeting…
Read more...There should be one altar with a dividing structure of any material. First sing to Gaura-Nitāi (Udilo aruṇa) and then to Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa (Maṅgala Śri Guru-Gaura). If you only have time to sing one song, then…
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Read more...The real disciple cannot tolerate seeing Śrī Guru working very hard in front of him. Sudarśana thought, “Why am I allowing this disturbance to my Prabhu? He may not invite me to Vraja but how…
Read moreIt is very difficult to understand the lila of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, but Lord Caitanya is the most liberal, magnanimous, merciful, and willing benedictor of all living beings in this age of Kali. He is…
Read more...When Śrī Rādhā sees that evening has come, in Her heart She becomes very eager and thinks, “Now Kṛṣṇa must have returned from cowherding!” In the kitchen, She wears a white dress, and together with…
Read more...Now you are somewhat realizing, “There is some defect in me, and that is why I have no taste in hearing from Vaiṣṇavas. It may be that I am offending a Vaiṣṇava.” Those in this…
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Read more...Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī says, “The name Mukunda comes from muktiṁ dadāti, which means ‘He who gives liberation from one’s hair plait or waist cloth’.” Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī’s purport of mukunda-padavī is tad-anurakti-bhajana, or bhajana imbued…
Read moreHaving already discussed the superexcellent qualities of the transcendental mellowness known as madhurya-prema and Sri Krsna's inability to repay the service of the spotlessly pure-hearted cowherd girls of Vraja, Ramananda then proceeded further in the…
Read more...While living in Vraja as a follower of the eternal residents of Vraja, who possess inherent spontaneous love for Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one should utilize all his time by sequentially engaging the tongue and the mind…
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Understanding His shortcoming, Kṛṣṇa took sannyāsa in His pastimes as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and He became one-pointed. He learned from Viśākhā-devī who came as Raya Ramānanda and intimately instructed Him in relishing the highest moods…
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Read moreBy the influence of His cit-śakti, Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa manifests a completely captivating form appropriate for His human-like pastimes. The unparalleled beauty of this form astonishes even Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself. Śrī Kṛṣṇa has unlimited pastimes…
Read moreAlthough the Personality of Godhead reciprocates accordingly with the dealings of His different devotees in different stages of loving service, He has declared His inability to reciprocate with the dealings of the gopis, the damsels…
Read more...If everyone prays, then Kṛṣṇa is bound to hear. Go on preaching in your university. Many Ph.D scholars will come from that program, and they will preach...
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