Question: Hare Krishna! Dear Tarun Govinda das, in your nice blog I oftentimes read that your tradition (Nityananda parivar) recommends to meditate or contemplate on Sri Sri Radha Krishna´s lila during the chanting of the Maha-Mantra after having heard about these lilas or read about them in the books of our acaryas. In our tradition … Continue reading Chanting and remembering

bhajāmi rādhām aravinda-netrāṁ smarāmi rādhāṁ madhura smitāsyām bhajāmi rādhām aravinda-netrāṁ smarāmi rādhāṁ madhura smitāsyām vadāmi rādhāṁ karuṇā bharārdrāṁ tato mamānyāsti gatir na kāpi (Śrī Raghunātha Dāsa Gosvāmī , Viśākhānandada Stotram 131) "I worship lotus-eyed Rādhā, I remember the sweetly smiling face of Rādhā and I speak of Rādhā, who is filled with compassion. In this … Continue reading The All-In-All

The ultimate goal of all the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas' sādhanā is to attain the confidential nikuñja-sevā of Śrī-Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava. Although the ācāryas are eternal maidservants in the Vraja-nikuñjas, they have descended along with Śrīman Mahāprabhu to teach the world how to perform rāga-bhajana. By giving a perfect example they have made the practising devotees in this … Continue reading The ultimate goal of all the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas

Mañjarī bhāva sādhakas desire only Śrī Rādhā's service, and this service automatically includes the service of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Actually, there are no greater servants of Kṛṣṇa than the mañjarīs, for they serve Him with the ingredient of mādanākhya mahābhāva! Their greatest service paraphernalia in Govinda's service is their Śrī Rādhārāṇī, who is dearer to them … Continue reading The highest step a sādhaka can ascend to on the staircase of relish in the kingdom of bhāva sādhana

Unswerving faith in the words of the saints, the spiritual master and the scriptures is called śraddhā. This śraddhā qualifies the devotee to commence bhajana or devotional practice. A person who doubts the words of the saints, the spiritual master or the scriptures can’t experience anything tanglible as a result from his devotional practice, therefore … Continue reading Fixed determination

On Jaṭilā’s order Śrī Rādhārāṇī leaves Her village Yāvaṭa to go and worship the sungod with Her girlfriends, but instead She goes to Rādhākuṇḍa to meet Kṛṣṇa there. With Her left hand She holds the hand of Her friend Kundalatā and with Her right hand She twirls around Her play-lotus. In this way the Rādhā-Surataraṅginī … Continue reading Śrī Rādhā meets Her Beloved

Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the emperor of the fullest rasa and Śrī Rādhā is the empress of the fullest bhāva. When we study rasa and bhāva we find that bhāva is the worshipper and rasa is the worshipped. Within this worshipped/worshipper relationship Śrī Rādhā is the crown jewel of all Vraja’s mahābhāvavatī-madhura-kiśorīs , because She can … Continue reading The crown-jewel of all the sweet adolescent girls of Vraja

hā hā prāṇeśvari! tuyā viccheda anale; niravadhi prāṇa mora dhiki dhiki jvalee duḥkha sāgara hoite uddhāra koriyā; śrī caraṇe rākho more kiṅkarī koriyāheno dina ki hobe tava śrī mukhera vāṇī; karṇete śunibo āra nūpurera dhvanitomāra lāvaṇyāmṛta nayana caṣake; kobe vā koribo pāna parānanda sukheāghrāna koribo tava aṅga parimala; pulake pūrṇita hobe mora kalevarakobe tavocchiṣṭāmṛta dibe … Continue reading O Queen of my life…make me your maidservant

VERSE 26 KVA JANO'YAM ATĪVA PĀMARAḤ KVA DURĀPAṀ RATI BHĀGBHIR APY ADAḤ IYAM ULLALAYATY AJARJARĀ GURUR UTTARṢA-DHURĀ TATHĀPI MĀM Where is a low fool like me? Where is this loving devotional service, that is hard to attain even by the loving devotees? Still I feel a new strong desire for this and this makes me … Continue reading Utkalika Vallari, verse 26

"I could not get aquainted with She who is everything to me! I never even think of the maidservice of Śrī Rādhā, to whom my merciful Guru has introduced me! My bodily consciousness is so strong, everything is adverse to the mood I desire! What a waste our life is when we don't even get … Continue reading Krishna says: “Wherever I hear the words ‘Śrī Rādhe Śrī Rādhe’ from anyone’s mouth, in that direction My mind runs!”