Śrī Śrī Lilā Kiśora Yugala (the playful youthful Couple) are playing madhura vana vihāra (sweet forest pastimes), admiring the beauty of the springforest with Their girlfriends. Śrīpāda is there in his kiṅkarī form, engaged in Their service. The forest is filled with different kinds of blooming flowers surrounded by humming bees. The cuckoos create a … Continue reading Radha´s forest of playful pastimes

Recently I meditated a lot about our relationship to Sri Krishna and how we should develop and cultivate such a relationship. Krishna has a lot forms and names and we as sadhakas should focus on "our" Sri Krishna and our relationship towards Him… Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita: ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy … Continue reading Which Krishna? Radha´s Krishna.

vancha-kalpatarubhyash cha kripa-sindhubhya eva cha patitanam pavanebhyo vaishnavebhyo namo namaha "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Vaishnava devotees of the Lord. They are just like desire trees and can fulfill the desires of everyone, and they are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls." This might be my most personal blog ever. Vaishnavas … Continue reading The mercy of the Vaishnavas

VERSE 3: SADĀ RĀDHĀ KṚṢṆOCCHALAD ATULA KHELĀ STHALA YUJAṀ VRAJAṀ SAṀTYAJYAITAD YUGA VIRAHATO'PI TRUṬIM API PUNAR DVĀRĀVATYĀṀ YADUPATIM API PRAUḌHA VIBHAVAIḤ SPHURANTAṀ TAD VĀCĀPI HI NAHI CALĀMĪKṢITUM API     Even if the greatly opulent Lord of the Yadus (Kṛṣṇa) would personally invite me to come and see Him in Dvārakā, I will not leave the land … Continue reading Sva Niyama Daśakam (THE TEN VOWS OF ŚRĪLA RAGHUNATHA DĀSA GOSVĀMĪ), Verse 3

VERSE 2: NA CĀNYATRA KṢETRE HARITANU SANĀTHE'PI SUJANĀD RASĀSVĀDAṀ PREMNĀ DADHAD API VASĀMI KṢAṆAM API SAMAṀ TV ETAD GRĀMYĀVALIBHI TANVANN API KATHĀṀ VIDHĀSYE SAṀVĀSAṀ VRAJABHUVANA PRATIBHAVAM I will not live in any other holy place for even a moment, even if there is a deity of Lord Hari there and even if I can lovingly … Continue reading Sva Niyama Daśakam (THE TEN VOWS OF ŚRĪLA RAGHUNATHA DĀSA GOSVĀMĪ), Verse 2

Let me have the greatest love for my guru, my initiation-mantra, the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the greatest of all Lords, who has appeared from the womb of mother Śacī, Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, his devotees and his elder brother Sanātana Gosvāmī, the king of hills Govardhana, Gāndharvikā's lake Rādhākuṇḍa, … Continue reading Sva Niyama Daśakam (THE TEN VOWS OF ŚRĪLA RAGHUNATHA DĀSA GOSVĀMĪ), Verse 1 – part 3

Let me have the greatest love for my guru, my initiation-mantra, the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the greatest of all Lords, who has appeared from the womb of mother Śacī, Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, his devotees and his elder brother Sanātana Gosvāmī, the king of hills Govardhana, Gāndharvikā's lake Rādhākuṇḍa, … Continue reading Sva Niyama Daśakam (THE TEN VOWS OF ŚRĪLA RAGHUNATHA DĀSA GOSVĀMĪ), Verse 1 – part 2

Śrīmatī sitting in a trysting bower, agitated by feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa, Who is somewhat late for His appointment. Śrīmati embraces Her girlfriends and laments as follows: bandhura lāgiya seja vichāyaluṁ gāṅthiluṁ phulera mālā tāmbūla sājalum dīpa ujāraluṁ mandira hoilo ālā soi, pāche e sob hoibe ān! se heno nāgara, guṇera sāgara, kāhe na … Continue reading Srimati Radhika´s cooling lotus-feet