sri caitanya mano'bhīṣṭam (Mahaprabhu´s innermost heart's desire) => unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam (the highest aspect of madhura prema rasa) => tat-tad-bhava-icchatmika ( the desire or longing for relishing the sweetness of the sweet sentiments or bhavas of the Vraja gopis) => radha snehadika (a love with more inclination towards Radhika) => mañjarī-bhāva caitanya mano'bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhūtale … Continue reading mañjarī bhāva – The innermost desire of Sriman Mahaprabhu’s heart

The abode of pure devotion - the lotus feet of Śrī Guru śrī guru caraṇa padma, kevala bhakati sadma bandoṅ mui sābadhāna sane yāhāra prasāde bhāi, ei bhava tariyā jāy kṛṣṇa prāpti hoy yāhā hoite "Carefully I praise the lotus feet of my Śrī Guru, that are the only abodes of pure devotion. O brother (mind), … Continue reading Śrī Guru-tattva, part 1

Nowadays, many people consider the process of DIKSHA-initiation as an empty ritual which actually doesn't do anything as far as enlightening you in any way. They even go as far as to claim that DIKSHA is not required and therefore not really necessary. As evidence they produce Srila Jiva Goswamipada´s words in his Bhakti Sandarbha. In … Continue reading Diksha – an outdated and unnecessary ritual from ancient times?

Śrī-Śrī Prema Pūrābhidha stotram – “Praises like a stream of love” (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) VERSE 2: SMARA GṚHAM AVIŚANTI VĀMYATO DHĀMA GANTUṀ SARAṆIM ANUSARANTĪ TENA SAṀRUDDHYA TŪRṆAM BALA SABALITA KAKKVĀ LAMBHITĀNTAḤ SMITĀKṢĪ KṢAṆAM API MAMA RĀDHE NETRAM ĀNANDAYA TVAM O Rādhe! Being unsubmissive, You once refuse to enter into Cupid's abode and You turn … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Prema Pūrābhidha stotram (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī), verse 2

Someone posted a fairly mistranslated section of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana´s tika to Tattva Sandarbha, Anuccheda 32, to make the "glorious" point that we all fell down into the material world because we have become "envious" of Krishna. This respected person wrote: "Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana expresses the opinion in his commentary to this anuccheda (32) that first … Continue reading Envious of Krishna?

It is a fascinating thing. Once in a while, the old discussion comes up again. Did we fall from the spiritual world or not? Actually, Sri Krishna answers this question perfectly in His own powerful words: Bhagavad-gita 8.15 mām upetya punar janma / duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ / saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ The mahātmas, having attained … Continue reading The charm and superiority of dahi-vada over fall-vada

Śrī-Śrī Caitanyāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) VERSE 4: ANĀVEDYĀṀ PŪRVAIR API MUNI-GAṆAIR BHAKTI NIPUṆAIḤ ŚRUTER GŪḌHĀṀ PREMOJJVALA RASA-PHALAṀ BHAKTI LATIKĀM KṚPĀLUS TĀṀ GAUḌE PRABHUR ATI KṚPĀBHIḤ PRAKAṬAYAN ŚACĪ SŪNUḤ KIṀ ME NAYANA ŚARAṆĪṀ YĀSYATI PUNAḤ Will the son of mother Śacī, who very mercifully revealed in Bengal the vine of devotion, which bears the fruits … Continue reading Śrīman Mahāprabhu – mercy without any limit

Śrī-Śrī Prema Pūrābhidha stotram - "Praises like a stream of love" (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) VERSE 1: MADHU MADHURA NIŚĀYĀṀ JYOTIR UDBHĀSITĀYĀṀ SITA KUSUMA SUVĀSĀḤ KLṚPTA KARPŪRA BHŪṢĀ SUBALA SAKHAM UPETĀ DŪTIKĀ NYASTA HASTĀ KṢAṆAM API MAMA RĀDHE NETRAM ĀNANDAYA TVAM O Rādhe! When You go out to meet Kṛṣṇa in a sweet moonlit spring-night, … Continue reading Śrī-Śrī Prema Pūrābhidha stotram (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī), verse 1