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 In … Continue reading Diksha – an outdated and unnecessary ritual from ancient times?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

Some weeks ago, I read this statement from a senior devotee on Facebook. "In regard to the first point, although siddha pranali is bonafide, it is not the only method to receive one's ekadasa bhavas (details of one's eternal spiritual form). These can also be revealed directly by Krsna, usually in the form of a … Continue reading Siddha-pranali in a dream?

Premāmbhoja Marandākhya Stava-rāja (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) "Honey-sweet praises, oozing from the lotus-flower of love" with commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa's Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī https://flowingnectar.stream/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/honey-sweet-praises.pdf Śrīpāda Raghunātha has named this stava premambhoja marandākhya stavarāja, or the king of praises, that oozes like honey from the lotus flower of divine love. This is the … Continue reading Premāmbhoja Marandākhya Stava-rāja (Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī)

VERSE 11: CAITANYA CANDRA MAMA HṚT KUMUDAṀ VIKĀŚYA HṚDYAṀ VIDHEHI NIJA CINTANA BHṚṄGA RAṄGAIḤ KIṀ CĀPARĀDHA TIMIRAṀ NIVIḌAṀ VIDHŪYA PĀDĀMṚTAṀ SADAYA PĀYAYA DURGATAṀ MĀM Oh Moonlike Lord Caitanya! Please make my lily-like heart blossom and make it beautiful by making the playful bumble bees of meditation on You enter into it! Oh merciful Lord! I … Continue reading Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī), verses 11- end