Devotion has two stages: (1) the stage of practice (sādhana-bhakti) and (2) the stage of perfection (prema-bhakti). Eternally perfect love of God is called prema-bhakti, and it is the living entity’s only eternal religion, or constitutional occupation. This pure love of God, although eternally perfect, remains in the covered state in those…
After Krsna lifted Giri Govardhana, Indra understood that his torrential rain would have no effect, and thus he began to repent his actions. He thought that Krsna would punish him, and that the only way to save himself would be to take shelter of Surabhi cow. Surabhi would be able to please Krsna. She would pray to Krsna on his behalf, “Please, excuse him.” No one else would be able to achieve this. Krsna considers Himself the servant of the cows and always supports them. It would therefore be easy for Surabhi to please Him. If Surabhi would not go, Krsna would not be pacified and would therefore punish him…
But what is the speciality of this Rādhā-kuṇḍa? Here Kṛṣṇa is always controlled by Śrīmatī Rādhikā, and here Śrīmatī Rādhikā is called svādhīna-bhartṛkā. But we don’t know anything about these things. Then how we can glorify? Then what to do? To be hopeless for this? Forever?
Don’t be hopeless. Anyone having all kinds of anarthas, every kind, but he has some interest to hear all these things—he is…
If a general plans to invade another country, he must first chalk out his strategy of attack in a broad way. When he goes to practically execute his plan, so many obstacles appear, and he has to solve them and march on. If one plans to travel, first he conceives of the whole plan in a nutshell: “From this foreign land, I will retum home by this route.” But to carry out the plan in practice, so many details are necessary. First it is chalked out in a rough plan, and then he must practically do so many things. First he must hire a taxi, then he has to go to the airport to purchase a ticket for the plane-in this way, so many details are required. So, from partial knowledge, we have to develop final knowledge. This detailed knowledge is known as siksa…
One night, by his mystic power, he appeared to the king – by entering his dream – and he told him, “You are an excellent king. You are very generous, a truthful speaker and you worship God. Because you are so pious I am confident that you will give me whatever I ask you for. I want something from you.”
If we have a task to perform but due to some obstacle we cannot complete it, we simply return home. But the gopis were searching for Krsna everywhere, asking the vines, trees, tulasi, and the deer if they had seen Him; still they could not find Him anywhere. But did they return to their homes?