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

Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) "Indication of my desires" Translation: Advaita das VERSE 4 MAN MĀNASONMĪLAD ANEKA SAṄGAMA PRAYĀSA KUÑJODARA SAṄGA LABDHAYOḤ NIVEDYA SAKHY ARPAYA MĀṀ SVA SEVANE VĪṬĪ PRADĀNĀVASARE VRAJEŚAYOḤ O sakhi! The King and Queen of Vraja, who are manifest in my mind, have met in the kuñja after great effort. Please engage … Continue reading Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī), verses 4 -10

guru-mukha-padma-bākya, hṛdi kari mahāśakya, āra nā kariha mane āśā | Prema Bhakti Chandrika The words from Śrī Guru’s lotus mouth have great power. Take them into your heart and rely upon nothing else. After beautiful girls have bathed, dressed and anointed themselves, they decorate themselves with tilaka, jewels and pearls. Śrī Rādhikā's mahā bhāva-body is … Continue reading Gurudevas´s drops of nectar

It is nightfall and Śrīpāda Prabhodhananda Sarasvati Thakur, in the form of a maidservant, is engaged in Śrīmatī's service while She stays at Her in-laws' place, Yāvat. In a distant forest Śyāmasundara plays His flute. This sweet flute-song is like a mantra which attracts everyone's minds. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī says: rādhā dhairya dharādharendra damane dambholir … Continue reading The best doctors to cure Śrīmatī Rādhikā

One summer-evening Śrī Raghunātha dāsa sits on the bank of Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa, anxiously weeping and desiring Śrīmatī's devotional service. Then he suddenly sees Śrī Rādhikā with Her sakhīs on the bank of the kuṇḍa with the Lord of their life, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. How charming Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa's beauty is! All around there are many blooming lotus … Continue reading Beautiful Radhakunda

Abhīṣṭa Sūcanam (by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī) "Indication of my desires" Translation: Advaita das verse 3 NIBHṚTA VIPINA LĪLĀḤ KṚṢṆA VAKTRAṀ SADĀKṢṆĀḤ PRAPIBATHA MṚGA KANYĀ YŪYAM EVĀTI DHANYĀḤ KṢAṆAM API NA VILOKE SĀRAMEYĪ VRAJASTHĀPY UDARA BHARAṆA VṚTTYĀ VAṀBHRAMANTĪ HATĀHAM O Daughters of the deer! You are extremely blessed, because while you wander in this forest your eyes … Continue reading A feast for the eyes

Sri Sri Radha Rasa Sudhanidhi VERSE 18: VAIDAGDHYA SINDHUR ANURĀGA RASAIKA SINDHUR VĀTSALYA SINDHUR ATI SĀNDRA KṚPAIKA SINDHUḤ LĀVAṆYA SINDHUR AMṚTA CCHABI RŪPA SINDHUḤ ŚRĪ RĀDHIKĀ SPHURATU ME HṚDI KELI SINDHUḤ When will Śrī Rādhā, Who is an ocean of cleverness, an ocean of anurāga rasa, an ocean of motherly affection, an ocean of very … Continue reading ŚRĪ RĀDHĀ EMBODIES THE SEVEN OCEANS