"Oh Almighty Lord, Creator of the billions of universes! We praise Your Divine Power! You create, maintain and annihilate Your creation. By Your power everything is moving. Everything rests upon You like pearls resting on a thread. Nobody can understand Your Divine energies. In awe and reference we sing your glories. There is nobody who … Continue reading Radha and Krishna in Vrindavana? Only attainable by raganuga-bhakti.

(based on a lecture given by Srila Sadhu Maharaja in the USA, 2011) Many people think that actually in religion we only have to love God and THEN everything else will follow. It even sometimes goes so far as that many people neglect the life in the here- and- now and concentrate on the “after-life”. … Continue reading First we have to love our own Self…and all there is to it

bhaktes tu 'vikriditam vrajavadhubhih' ityadau— bhaktim param bhagavati pratilabhya kamam hrid rogam asvapahinotyacirena dhirah (bhag. 10.33.39) ityatra 'ktva' pratyayena hrid rogavatyevadhikarini paramaya api tasyah prathamam eva pravesas tatas tayaiva parama svatantraya kamadinam apagamas ca. tesham kadacit sattve'pi 'api cet suduracaro bhajate mam' iti 'badhyamano'pi mad bhakta' ityadibhis ca tadvatam na kvapi sastreshu ninda leso'pi. ajamilasya … Continue reading GLORIOUS BHAKTI

When we wish to be blessed with the benefit of devotional practice and we desire to take shelter of Sri Gurudev it is absolutely necessary that we commit ourselves at the feet of asadguru alone.When the Gurudev-potency awakens within a saint he becomes a sadguru. This Gurudev-potency awakens within a saint in the following way. He should … Continue reading The Characteristics of a sad-guru

"In recent weeks the flag's been raised about how dangerous it is to live at Radha Kunda in a neophyte stage, and how hazardous it can be associating with babajis." Where in all the scriptures is it written that it is dangerous for "neophytes" to live at Sri Radhakund? Read Srila Rupa Goswami´s "Sri Upadesamrita"...the … Continue reading Radhakunda is for every devotee of Radha and Krishna

Recently a discussion developed between members of the Gaudiya Math/ISKCON and the traditional parivars (lineages). The topic was about the spiritual body, also known as "siddha-deha". Now, there is a fundamental difference in both approaches. "Each and every living entity has an individual spiritual body (siddha-deha). As such we also have our own individual spiritual body, … Continue reading Planting the seed

  1.   The situation Everyone is looking for love. Everyone is looking for peace. Everyone is looking for happiness. But we only get glimpses of these basic human necessities. Why? Because this world is not our real home. We are actually spiritual beings, living in a material world. We are like a fish thrown out … Continue reading The journey of the soul