VERSE 2: svīya preṣṭha sarovarāntika balat kuñjāntare saurabhot phullat puṣpa maranda lubdha madhupa śreṇī dhvani bhrājite mādyan manmatha rājya kāryam asakṛt sambhālayantīṁ smarā mātya śrī hariṇā samaṁ bhaja mano rādhām agādhāṁ rasaiḥ O mind! Worship this Rādhā, Who is endowed with deep flavors and Who repeatedly seeks for the duties to be performed in the … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Navāṣṭakam – O Mind! Worship this golden Rādhā, Who is endowed with deep flavors, verse 2 (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī)

  VERSE 1: gaurīṁ goṣṭha vaneśvarīṁ giridhara prāṇādhika preyasīṁ svīya prāṇa parārdha puṣpa paṭalī nirmañchya tad paddhatim premṇā prāṇa vayasyayā lalitayā saṁlālitāṁ narmabhiḥ siktāṁ suṣṭhu viśākhayā bhaja mano rādhām agādhāṁ rasaiḥ O Mind! Worship this golden Rādhā, who is endowed with deep flavors, who is the goddess of the forests and pasturing-fields of Vraja, who … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Navāṣṭakam – O Mind! Worship this golden Rādhā, Who is endowed with deep flavors, verse 1 (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī)

“The perfection of allegiance to the Vraja-people cannot be achieved by giving up external practices like hearing and chanting. As much as the external practices like hearing and chanting nourish the internal practice of smaraṇa, that much the internal practice also awakens taste for external practices. Since they nourish each other equally, efforts to fix … Continue reading My most cherished instructions from my beloved Gurudeva

paṭhati vimala cetā mṛṣṭa rādhāṣṭakaṁ yaḥ parihṛta nikhilāśā santatiḥ kātaraḥ san paśupapati kumāraḥ kāmam āmoditas taṁ nija jana gaṇa madhye rādhikāyās tanoti Anyone who eagerly reads this pure Rādhikāṣṭakam with a spotless heart, having given up all material desires, will delight Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the prince of cowherders, who will give that person a place among … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – BENEDICTION (PHALAŚRUTIḤ)

VERSE 8: amala kamala rāji sparśi bāta praśīte nija sarasi nidāghe sāyam ullāsinīyam parijana gaṇa yukta krīḍayantī bakārīṁ snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, who on summer evenings blissfully plays in Her own lake, which is filled with rows of spotless lotus flowers that cool the breezes, with Her own … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 8

Radhe Radhe I had and still have traces of a "fanatical" nature. When I joined ISKCON and during my stay there, I thought that THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE WAY. There is no other way. Everyone else is wrong. When I received diksha from Radhakund Mahanta 108 Sri Srimat Ananta das Babaji in 2004, I again … Continue reading Open statement

VERSE 7: prakaṭita nija vāsaṁ snigdha veṇu praṇādair drutagati harim ārāt prāpya kuñje smitākṣī śravaṇa kuhara kaṇḍūṁ tanvatī namra vaktrā snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, who quickly runs to the place where Śrī Hari indicates His whereabouts by playing His enchanting flute, Whose eyes smile when She finds Him … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 7

Recently, AGAIN, several Vaishnavas claimed that my Gurudeva, Radhakund Mahanta Sri Srimat 108 Ananta das Babaji Maharaja is giving siddha pranali right at the moment of DIKSHA. This is completely wrong and has no evidence at all. I know that some of my godbrothers reveived siddha pranali pretty shortly after diksha, some of them waited … Continue reading Another misconception