Śrī Rādhikāṣṭottara Śata nāma stotram - Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī 108 NAMES OF ŚRĪ RĀDHIKĀ VERSE 3: RĀDHĀ GĀNDHARVIKĀ GOṢṬHA-YUVARĀJAIKA KĀMITĀ GĀNDHARVĀRĀDHIKĀ CANDRAKĀNTIR MĀDHAVA SAṄGINĪ 1) Rādhā 2) Gāndharvikā 3) Goṣṭha yuvarājaika kāmitā (the only girl desired by the prince of the pastures) 4) Gāndharvārādhikā (the girl who is worshipped by the Gāndharvā-angels) 5) Candrakānti 6) Mādhava … Continue reading 108 NAMES OF ŚRĪ RĀDHIKĀ – Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, verse 3

Śrī Rādhikāṣṭottara Śata nāma stotram - Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī 108 NAMES OF ŚRĪ RĀDHIKĀ VERSES 1-2: AVĪKṢYĀTMEŚVARĪṀ KĀCID VṚNDĀVANA MAHEŚVARĪM TAT PADĀMBHOJA MĀTRAIKA GATIR DĀSYATI KĀTARĀ PATITĀ TAT SARAS TĪRE RUDATY ĀRTA RAVĀKULAM TAC CHRĪ VAKTREKṢAṆĀVĀPTYAI NĀMĀNY ETĀNI SAṀJAGAU Not seeing her goddess, the Queen of Vṛndāvana, a certain maidservant, who considers Her lotus feet the … Continue reading 108 NAMES OF ŚRĪ RĀDHIKĀ – Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, verses 1 – 2

Śrī Śrī Prema-Bhakti-Candrikā, verse 5 শ্রীগুরু করুণাসিন্ধু, অধম জনার বন্ধু, লোকনাথ লোকের জীবন । হা হা! প্রভু! কর দয়া, দেহ মোরে পদছায়া, এবে যশঃ ঘুষুক ত্রিভুবন ॥ ৬ || śrī guru karuṇā sindhu, adhama janāra bandhu, lokanātha lokera jīvana hā hā prabho! koro doyā, deho more pada-chāyā, ebe yaśaḥ ghusuk tri-bhuvana (6)    “Śrī Guru, … Continue reading Śrī Guru-tattva, part 4

Śrī Śrī Prema-Bhakti-Candrikā, verse 5 cakṣu dāna dilo yei, janme janme prabhu sei, divya jñāna hṛde prokāśito prema bhakti yāhā hoite, avidyā vināśa yāte vede gāy yāhāra carito (5) "He who opened my eyes is my Lord, birth after birth. He revealed divine knowledge within my heart. From him ecstatic loving devotion emanates, he destroys … Continue reading Śrī Guru-tattva, part 3

Recently I meditated a lot about these two very wonderful verses: Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu || 1.2.294 ||  kṛṣṇaṁ smaran janaṁ cāsya preṣṭhaṁ nija-samīhitam | tat-tat-kathā-rataś cāsau kuryād vāsaṁ vraje sadā ||294|| Remembering the Vṛndāvana form of Kṛṣṇa and His dear associates who have inclinations for service similar to one’s own, absorbing oneself in hearing topics … Continue reading The power of a balanced external and internal spiritual life

Nowadays, it is very often said that we are not allowed to imagine our spiritual form BEFORE reaching the stage of ASAKTI. Krishna's form is spiritual. Our siddha deha is spiritual. So, are we also forbidden to imagine or meditate on the forms of Sriman Mahaprabhu? Radha? Krishna? At one point we have to start … Continue reading A glimpse of divine reality

Question: Dear Tarun, in your diksha-parampara, the first acarya after Sriman Nityananda´s wife Jahnava Ma is Sri Dhananjaya Pandit. Now, in Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika (127) we can read: vasudama sakha yash ca panditah shri-dhanañjayah- "Krishna’s friend Vasudama became Dhanañjaya Pandit in Gaura-lila." I know that your Gurudeva, Srila Ananta das Babaji practices and teaches manjari-bhava-sadhana. But how can … Continue reading Another sweet aspect of Sriman Mahāprabhu´s mercy

Srila Rupa Goswami writes in his Bhakti-Rasamrita-Sindhu: || 1.2.295 || sevā sādhaka-rūpeṇa siddha-rūpeṇa cātra hi | tad-bhāva-lipsunā kāryā vraja-lokānusārataḥ ||295|| Following after the inhabitants of Vraja, one should perform service in one’s physical body and in one’s siddha body, with a desire for a particular bhāva. Ever since I met the devotees in 1989, I … Continue reading Follow those who love the most – the glories of the gopis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGwprPs_aJU THERE IS HOPE.