Śrīla Siddha Kṛṣṇa dāsa Bābājī, who lived in Govardhana, prayed as follows: hā hā prāṇeśvari! tuyā viccheda anale; niravadhi prāṇa mora dhiki dhiki jvale e duḥkha sāgara hoite uddhāra koriyā; śrī caraṇe rākho more kiṅkarī koriyā heno dina ki hobe tava śrī mukhera vāṇī; karṇete śunibo āra nūpurera dhvani tomāra lāvaṇyāmṛta nayana caṣake; kobe vā … Continue reading A most beautiful prayer

The great teachers of devotion say: "What is natural for the perfected souls is the target of the practicing devotees". The example given by the great devotional teachers of yore is the compass for the practicing rasika devotees of Vṛndāvana. When this example is to be invigorated one must awaken one's svarūpāveśa. It is the … Continue reading The compass for the practicing rasika devotees

The kiṅkarīs don't want Kṛṣṇa alone. Their love for Śrīmatī is so pure that even in their dreams they don't desire Kṛṣṇa's intimate company. One of the 108 names that our Dāsa Gosvāmī gives to Śrī Rādhikā is svagaṇādvaita jīvātu svīyāhaṅkāra vardhinī - "She is the only life-support of Her maidservants, and this increases their … Continue reading The kiṅkarīs don’t want Kṛṣṇa alone

The light that emanates from Śrī Rādhā's toenails will illuminate the heart of any devotee who develops such an indescribable devotion. Kṛṣṇa will come to anyone who meditates on Śrī Rādhikā's lotus feet and who hears and chants about Her, without even being called! śrī rādhe śrī rādhe vāṇī yei dike yāra mukhe śuni, sei … Continue reading Śrī Rādhā’s toenails

Rādhā's devotional service is even more desirable than Kṛṣṇa's devotional service. rāgānugā bhakti depends on spiritual greed and this greed arises in the soul, not in the dull material mind. The natural longing for this awakens a strong desire in the sādhaka to attain the beloved deity, and this absorption makes the practising devotee forget … Continue reading Longing for Radha dasyam

Transcendental greed is the very life-force of rāga-bhakti. When a devotee becomes greedy after the pure loving mood of the eternally perfect associates of Kṛṣṇa in Vraja, he enters into the field of rāgānugā bhakti. When a materialistic person becomes greedy he becomes like mad and he forgets his body and everything related to it … Continue reading

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kṛṣṇake āhlāde - tāte nāma hlādinī; sei śakti dvāre sukha āsvāde āpani "The potency which makes Kṛṣṇa happy is named hlādinī. Through this energy He (Kṛṣṇa) Himself relishes happiness" (Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 8, 157) Śrīmatī Rādhā serves all the innumerable forms of God with śṛṅgāra rasa through Her own particles and expansions (aṁśa-kalā) who appear … Continue reading Rādhā is everything to Govinda

Kṛṣṇa arises from His ecstatic swoon and, not seeing His Priyājī anywhere, anxiously starts looking around for Her. Through a window in the cave Rūpa Mañjarī and Tulasī relish the sweet sight of Sundara's (beautiful Kṛṣṇa's) wonderful emotions when He cannot see their Svāminī. For the maidservants Kṛṣṇa is most beautiful when He is anxious … Continue reading A Blessed Position!

The heart is the most appropriate place or receptacle for the manifestation of bhakti. Śabdasāra says, yato-nirjyāti viṣayo yasminścaiva pralīyate hṛdayaṁ tad-vijānīyāt-manasa sthitikāraṇam: "The heart is the place where all desires appear and all desires merge. The heart is the cause of the mind's disposition.” Another name of the heart is citta. Though it is … Continue reading The heart is what counts