Kṛṣṇa became Gaura to taste the Love that Rādhikā feels for Him, and after He had experienced that He also wanted to taste the nectar of the kiṅkarīs' service. While He relished the mood of the mañjarīs the Lord's body became formed like a turtle, or sometimes His limbs would loosen and stretch out. Śrī … Continue reading Śriman Mahāprabhu tastes mañjarī-bhāva

The Kaustubha-gem and the Syamantaka-jewel are friends, like two devotees whose friendship is centered around Śrī-Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. The kiṅkarīs' friendship is also based on their service to Śrī Radhika. How wonderful is the friendship of Rūpa and Raghunātha! The friendship of Kaustubha and Syamantaka is just like that, accomplished through the līlās! This cannot be … Continue reading Try to be always awake!

When the devotee becomes advanced in smaraṇa he no longer thinks: "I'm doing smaraṇa". He feels as if he is directly experiencing the līlās in transcendental revelations. When the practising devotees have a little such experience within their minds they think: "I've gotten a response!", but that is not so. [It is not the real … Continue reading Revelations will come

When the greed of a rāgānugā aspirant leads him down the road of rāga, keeping his beloved object in the centre, then it awakens a special taste for the forms and pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His associates. At first the greed of an aspirant will be scattered over many different subject matters and cannot … Continue reading More about sacred greed