Raganuga bhakti is not for super humane beings with perfectly pure hearts. It is a sadhana, a practice which starts and leads to an end: svarupa siddhi, the realization and perfection of your bestowed spiritual form. vaidhi raganuga ceti sa dvidha sadhanabhidha (BRS 1.2.5)“Practice is of two kinds, namely vaidhi and raganuga.” The moment the … Continue reading Super humane beings?

We need to convert our material emotions into spiritual emotions. Like in the material world we admire and “follow” our role models for the chosen material bhava, in the spiritual world we have to follow our chosen role models there.We need to hear about those role models in the spiritual world and then we will … Continue reading Role Models

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya said to Śrīman Mahāprabhu:nija gūḍha-kārya tomāra prema āsvādana, ānuṣaṅge premamaya kaile tribhubana - “Your own secret purpose was to taste prema yourself, but incidentally you also caused the three worlds to be filled with it.” (CC. M. 8.280)kaichana rādhā-premā kaichana (mora) madhurimā, kaichana bhābe tiṅho bhora - “What is the nature of … Continue reading The sweetness of rādhā-prema

VAIDAGDHYA SINDHUR ANURĀGA RASAIKA SINDHUR VĀTSALYA SINDHUR ATI SĀNDRA KṚPAIKA SINDHUḤ LĀVAṆYA SINDHUR AMṚTA CCHABI RŪPA SINDHUḤ ŚRĪ RĀDHIKĀ SPHURATU ME HṚDI KELI SINDHUḤ When will Śrī Rādhā, Who is an ocean of cleverness, an ocean of anurāga rasa, an ocean of motherly affection, an ocean of very deep compassion, an ocean of elegance, a … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi, verse 18

UJJĀGARAṀ RASIKA NĀGARA SAṄGA RAṄGAIḤ KUÑJODARE KṚTAVATĪ NU MUDĀ RAJANYĀM SUSNĀPITĀ HI MADHUNAIVA SUBHOJITĀ TVAṀ RĀDHE KADĀ SVAPIṢI MAT KARA LĀLITĀṄGHRIḤ O Rādhe! After You blissfully spent the night enjoying pastimes with Your rasika lover in a kuñja, I then bathe You and serve You some honey-sweet eatables. When will You then fall asleep while … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi, verse 17

PĀDĀṄGULĪ NIHITA DṚṢṬIM APATRAPIṢṆUṀ DŪRĀD UDĪKṢYA RASIKENDRA MUKHENDU BIMBAM VĪKṢYE CALAT PADAGATIṀ CARITĀBHIRĀMĀṀ JHAṄKĀRA NŪPURAVATĪṀ BATA KARHI RĀDHĀM When can I see Rādhā with Her charming character shyly looking down at Her own toes when She sees the moon-like face of Kṛṣṇa, the king of relishers, from afar as She steps along with jingling anklebells? … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi, verse 16

KṚṢṆĀMṚTAṀ CALA VIGĀḌHUM ITĪRITĀHAṀ TĀVAT SAHASVA RAJANĪ SAKHI YĀVAD ETI ITTHAṀ VIHASYA VṚṢABHĀNU-SUTĀHA LAPSYE MĀNAṀ KADĀ RASADA KELI-KADAMBA JĀTA When I say: "Let's go to Kṛṣṇāmṛta (the dark, nectarean Yamunā) to take a bath!", the daughter of Vṛṣabhānu jokingly replies: "O sakhi! Just wait until the night falls!" When will I ever get so much … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi, verse 15

RĀDHĀ KARĀVACITA PALLAVA VALLARĪKE RĀDHĀ PADĀṄKA VILASAN MADHURA STHALĪKE RĀDHĀ YAŚO MUKHARA MATTA KHAGĀVALĪKE RĀDHĀ VIHĀRA VIPINE RAMATĀṀ MANO ME Let my mind find pleasure in the play forest of Rādhā, where the sprouts and vines are touched by Rādhā's hands, where the ground is sweetened by Rādhā's footprints and where the birds madly sing … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi, verse 14

From the first day of the bright lunar quarter of the month of Bhādra, a band is sitting down at the Lion Gate of Vṛṣabhānu Mahārāja's town, making it as beautiful as Nandīśvara (at the time of Kṛṣṇa's birthday).             [On the third day of the light lunar quarter of Bhādra is the birthday of … Continue reading Siddha Śrī Kṛṣṇa dāsa Bābā’s description of Śrī-Śrī Rādhāṣṭamī Līlā

The following links are translations of Gurudeva's Katha on  "Caitanyastakam" (of Srila Rupa Goswami from his "Stavamala") during Param Gurudeva's Tirobhava Mahotsava 2016 December 1st to December 10th DOWNLOAD lectures https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dec-1-2016.mp3 https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dec-2-2016.mp3 https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dec-3-2016.mp3 https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dec-4-2016.mp3 https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dec-5-2016.mp3 https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dec-6-2016.mp3 https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dec-7-2016.mp3 https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dec-8-2016.mp3 https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dec-9-2016.mp3 https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dec-10-2016-1.mp3 Thank you Sakhi Shiromani Didi