Śrīmatī is  - (2) - the only ocean of anurāga. ānurāga means mahā-bhāva. ānurāga is ever-fresh and ever-astonishing. Śrīmatī thinks Kṛṣṇa's sweetness is ever fresh and She always has more taste for His sweetness, so She always relishes it. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī writes in His 'Ujjvala Nilamaṇi' (Sthāyibhāva 104): ko'yam kṛṣṇa iti vyudasyati dhṛtim yas … Continue reading ŚRĪ RĀDHĀ EMBODIES THE SEVEN OCEANS – part 2 (THE OCEAN OF MILK)

A siddha-pranali consists of the guru-pranali, a channel of gurus, in their siddha-forms (manjari-svarupas). One's own guru, his guru, and the subsequent gurus traced back to the associates of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu form the guru-pranali. In due course of time, a guru in a Gaudiya Vaishnava sampradaya reveals the details of his own siddha-form, of … Continue reading The concept of siddha pranali in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition

When will Śrī Rādhā, Who is an ocean of cleverness, an ocean of anurāga rasa, an ocean of motherly affection, an ocean of very deep compassion, an ocean of elegance, a nectar-ocean of glistening transcendental forms and an ocean of play, be manifest in my heart? (Radha Rasa Sudhanidhi , verse 18) Tika: Śrīla Jīva … Continue reading ŚRĪ RĀDHĀ EMBODIES THE SEVEN OCEANS – part 1 (THE SWEET-WATER OCEAN)

Śrī-Śrī Rādhā Rasa Sudhānidhi UJJĀGARAṀ RASIKA NĀGARA SAṄGA RAṄGAIḤ KUÑJODARE KṚTAVATĪ NU MUDĀ RAJANYĀM SUSNĀPITĀ HI MADHUNAIVA SUBHOJITĀ TVAṀ RĀDHE KADĀ SVAPIṢI MAT KARA LĀLITĀṄGHRIḤ (17) O Rādhe! After You blissfully spent the night enjoying pastimes with Your rasika lover in a kuñja, I bathe You and serve You some honey-sweet eatables. When will You … Continue reading Wonderful Radha-dasyam

The ultimate cause: krsna-tad-bhakta-karunya-matra-labhaika-hetuka \ pusti-margataya kaiscid iyam raganugocyate || BRS 1.2.309 || "The mercy of Krsna and His devotees is the only cause of attaining raganuga-bhakti. Some call this type of devotion pusti-marga." The path of rāga mārga is very rarely attained and hard to understand, and it is very difficult to enter into … Continue reading Rāgānugā-bhakti: From interest to perfection

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