https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeNS76_4YBA&feature=youtu.be   Here is Gurudeva answering my questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1B9pMZI-8

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Devotee (via email): "Hare Krishna! Can you please provide some references to the terms 'siddha deha' and 'siddha pranali'? I was not able to find concrete evidence in our Gaudiya Vaishnava literature. In our parivar, we don´t focus on these highly elevated subjects since hardly anyone is qualified for these matters and siddha pranali is … Continue reading The Forbidden Fruit

Rādhā awakens Rādhā, feeling slightly bewildered and fatigued from Her amorous pastimes, repeatedly tried to rise only to collapse again in slumber. She looked like a royal swan bobbing up and down in a wave- filled lake. Rati-mañjarī, seizing the opportunity for service, lovingly pressed Rādhikā’s lotus feet. The repeated coaxing of the sakhīs helped … Continue reading Daily Meditations (13)

Dawn and arrival of Mukharā The sounds of cowherds churning milk and brāhmaṇas chanting the Vedas echoed throughout the town. The loud chanting of the brāhmaṇas competed with the cows anxiously calling their calves. In competition, the clamor of the cows and brāhmaṇas rose to higher and higher pitches. The best of reciters broadcast waves … Continue reading Daily Meditations (12)

(6:00 a.m.—8:24 a.m.) Prātaḥ-līlā I worship Gauracandra, the golden moon, lying asleep in His bed at sunrise, His body injured from the previous night’s saṅkīrtana. Mother Śacī entered His sleeping chambers, observed Gaura’s injuries and cried, “O my son! How has Your body become wounded?” In great anxiety, mother Śacī repeatedly caressed Gaura’s body to … Continue reading Daily Meditations (11)

Rādhā’s lamentation and sleeping Rādhā sighed, “O Lalitā! You made Me believe that I would meet Kṛṣṇa and submerge in the nectar ocean of His loving embrace. Enticing Me, You took Me from My house and immediately brought Me back. O sakhī! What fault have I made that has denied Me the ocean of nectar? … Continue reading Daily Meditations (10)