“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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysffUcE0QyU Baba: Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur and AC Bhaktivedanta Swami… They are also in one place (MEANING: They have their rightful place in Gaudiya Vaishnavism) … Because there is school and there is college. Higher and higher. Therefore, harinama chanting and sankirtana is for everyone. Everyone needs this for heart-cleaning. And then higher is the college, … Continue reading Respect ALL Vaishnavas

VERSE 6: niravadhi saviśākhā śākhi yūtha prasūnaiḥ srajam iha racayantī vaijayantīṁ vanānte aghavijayi varoraḥ preyasī śreyasī sā snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, Who is the beloved at Kṛṣṇa's excellent chest, Who is the source of all auspiciousness for Kṛṣṇa, and Who picks flowers from the trees of the forest … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 6

VERSE 5: vraja kula mahilānāṁ prāṇa bhūtākhilānāṁ paśupapati gṛhiṇyāḥ kṛṣṇavat prema-pātram sulalita lalitāntaḥ sneha phullāntarātmā snapayati nija dāsye rādhikā māṁ kadā nu When will Śrī Rādhikā, who is the very life of all the Vraja-gopīs, who is loved by the cowherd queen (Yaśodā) as much as Kṛṣṇa is, and whose heart blossoms of the very … Continue reading Śrī Śrī Rādhikāṣṭakam (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) – Verse 5