An introduction to Mañjarī-bhāva yasya sphūrti-lavāṅkureṇa laghunāpy antar munīnāṁ manaḥ spṛṣṭaṁ mokṣa-sukhād virajyati jhaṭity āsvādyamānād api premṇas tasya mukunda sāhasitayā śaknotu kaḥ prārthane bhūyāj janmani janmani pracayinī kintu spṛhāpy atra me O Mukunda, giver of liberation! Who in the world is there with the courage to pray for the gift of sacred love, of which … Continue reading Nectar from my Param Gurudeva – Sri Srimat Kunjabihari das Babaji

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das Second Shower of Nectar tatra bhaktyadhikāriṇaḥ prathamaṁ śraddhā. sā ca tat tacchāstrārthe dṛḍha pratyayamayī. prakramyamāṇa yatnaika nidāna rūpa tad viṣayakatvaika nirvāha rūpa sādara spṛhā ca. sā ca sā ca svābhāvikī kenāpi balād utpāditā ca. … Continue reading Mādhurya Kādambinī , second shower, part 3 – SRADDHA

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das Second Shower of Nectar tatrāvidyāsmitārāga dveṣābhiniveśāḥ pañca kleśāḥ. prārabdhāprārabdha rūḍha bīja pāpādayas tanmayā eva. śubhāni durviṣaya vaitṛṣṇya bhagavad viṣaya satṛṣṇyānukūlya kṛpā kṣamā satya sāralya sāmya dhairya gāmbhīrya mānadatvāmānitva sarva subhagatvādayo guṇāś ca 'sarvair guṇais … Continue reading Mādhurya Kādambinī , second shower, part 2

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das Second Shower of Nectar athātra mādhurya kādambinyāṁ dvaitādvaitavāda vivādayor nāvakāśaḥ labhante iti kaiścid apekṣaṇīyāś ced aiśvarya kādambinyāṁ dṛśyatāṁ nāma. TRANSLATION: In this book Mādhurya Kādambinī there is no discussion on dvaitādvaita-vāda. If, however, someone … Continue reading Mādhurya Kādambinī , second shower, part 1

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das kiṁ ca svecchāvatāra caritaiḥ iti 'svecchāmayasya' ityādi pramāṇa śatair avagatena svācchandyenāvatarato'pi tasya bhūbhāra haraṇādeḥ sthūla dṛṣṭyā hetutve iva niṣkāma karmādeḥ kvāpi dvārattve'pi na kṣatiḥ. kiṁ ca— yan na yogena sāṁkhyena dāna vrata tapo'dhvaraiḥ vyākhyā … Continue reading Mādhurya Kādambinī , first shower, part 3

Mādhurya Kādambinī – Sri Visvanatha Cakravartipada Commentaries by Śrī Rādhākuṇḍa’s Mahānta Paṇḍita Śrī Ananta Dās Bābājī Mahārāja Translation by Advaita das VERSE 2: bhaktiḥ pūrvaiḥ śrītā tāntu rasam paśyed yad-ātta-dhiḥ taṁ naumī satataṁ rūpa-nāma-priya-janaṁ hareḥ     TRANSLATION: Though previous mahājanas had taken shelter of Bhakti-devī, now by the mercy of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, fortunate persons … Continue reading Mādhurya Kādambinī , first shower, part 2

Excerpt from "Manjari Svarupa Nirupana" by Sri Srimat Kunja Bihari das Babaji Kṛṣṇa and his devotees are the props of devotional rapture as the object and shelter of the love respectively. In his commentary to the Bhakti- rasāmṛta-sindhu, Jīva Gosvāmin says that the person who possesses love for God, i.e., the receptacle of that love, … Continue reading Rāgānugā-bhakti in the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu

This is a wonderful lecture by Lectures of His Holiness Sri Shachinandan das Maharaj about being "FOCUSED" on our Ishta-deva, our worshipful deity. As followers of Sriman Mahaprabhu, Srimati Radhika is our Istha-devi. Lecture Srila Narottama das Thakur about "one-pointedness"in his Prema Bhakti Chandrika: āpana āpana patha, tāte hobo anurata, iṣṭadeva sthāne līlā gāna naiṣṭhika bhajana … Continue reading Ishta nistha – where our deep faith belongs