Srila Dasa Gosvami says: asambhashya tad bhava gambhira cittan kutah syama-sindho rasa-syavagahah - "Without humbly and submissively conversing with those advanced rasika devotees whose hearts are 'deep with feelings for Sri Radharani, how can one enter into the sweet Syama-ocean?" As a result of attaining the association and the mercy of such great souls, knowledge … Continue reading Sadhu Sanga Nectar
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Sweetness
madhuri and madhurya are synonymous words. madhuryam asamordhvataya sarva manoharam svabhavika rupa guna liladi saushthavam (Sri Jiva Gosvami): "Sweetness means natural all-enchanting and lovely forms, qualities and pastimes that have no equal and no superior." Vrajendranandana Himself is the great ocean of enchanting forms, qualities and pastimes, but even He is enchanted by Sri Radha's … Continue reading Sweetness
Compassion
Compassion means that the heart melts, being unable to see others suffering. Compassion is a function of the heart, but here Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami brings the astonishing news to the world that Sri Radha's body even melts with compassion! God's mercy reaches its perfection by giving prema, or love of God, to the conditioned … Continue reading Compassion
Snippets Of Nectar
The supreme essence of prema is mahābhāva, and the embodiment of mahābhāva is Śrī Rādhā. Therefore Her form, attributes and pastimes are likewise. No one can compare to Her. Still She has placed Her own sārūpya, transcendental form, in Kṛṣṇa's priya narma sakhā Subala. Subala has the same appearance as Śrī Rādhārāṇī, and since there … Continue reading Snippets Of Nectar
Snippets Of Nectar
Śrīmatī's tenth name is Sūryopāsikā, which means that She's exclusively dedicated to worshipping the sun. How is it possible that She worships the Sun, since it is known from the Vaiṣṇava-scriptures that She has the greatest love for Kṛṣṇa, and that the devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa do not worship any other deities, since that may … Continue reading Snippets Of Nectar
Snippets Of Nectar
Happy New Year ❤️ Srimati's third name is goshtha yuvarajaika kamita, the only girl who is desired by the young prince of the pastures, Sri Krishna. This young prince of the pasturelands is the Self-satisfied, Self-delighted Supreme Lord Himself, and nothing else but the love of His devotees causes waves of transcendental desire to appear … Continue reading Snippets Of Nectar
Bhakti Infusion
Bhakti is the essence of Śrī Bhagavān’s svarūpa-śaktis[1] named hlādinī[2] and samvit.[3] This svarūpa-śakti exists within Śrī Bhagavān as three faculties, namely hlādinī, samvit and sandhinī,[4] but not within the jīva-śakti[5] or bahiraṅgā-māyā-śakti.[6] By God’s mercy, the hlādinī and samvit faculties of this svarūpa-śakti enter into the heart of the jīva, and when his sādhana … Continue reading Bhakti Infusion
Śrī-Rādhā-Rasa-Sudhā-Nidhiḥ, verse 3
Śrī-Rādhā-Rasa-Sudhā-Nidhiḥ, verse 2
Śrī-Rādhā-Rasa-Sudhā-Nidhiḥ, verse 1
Reading the commentary of my beloved Gurudeva, Śrī Ananta dās Bābājī Mahārāja https://youtu.be/u-3Z0Fa6LaE
