O Deva, Your lotus-like face, encircled by soft, blackish-blue curly locks of hair that have a reddish glow, is repeatedly kissed by the gopī Śrī Yaśodā. May Your supremely charming lotus face, with lips like red bimba-fruit, always remain manifest in my heart. I do not care about millions of other attainments…
In the present age it is noticed that many scholars whose intelligence has been spoiled by Kali have a spiteful outlook towards the propagation of the Sanskrit language. Nevertheless, we have still published this Sanskrit work, Śrī Dāmodarāṣṭakam, desiring to benefit the entire country. Literary scholars of the Bengali language must always keep in mind that if we are to promote the Bengali language, Sanskrit is our only support…
Once, during the month of Kārtika, Śrīla Gurudeva read śrī dāmabhandana-līlā from Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmīpāda’s Gopāla-campūḥ to his spiritual master, Śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja. Upon hearing the pastime narrated by Śrīla Gurudeva…
We’re very happy to have Sripada Bhaktivedanta Vaikhanas Maharaja with us for Kartik again, in Sri Radhe Kunj! He’s giving lectures on dharma, from the first canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. This morning was the first class. Here’s a nice excerpt, where he speaks about the mood in Radhe Kunj…
When Srimati Radhika’s svapaksa gopis saw those footprints, they immediately recognized them, as they were accustomed to serving Her lotus feet and knew the symbols on them. Therefore, seeing Her footprints next to Krsna’s overwhelmed those gopis with joy…
In this month Saradiya-rasa took place, but it did not last for only one month. Even Krsna Himself could not conceive how long it lasted, nor could the Gopis. Only Yogamaya knew. The moon stopped in one place, not moving at all, and the sun stayed on the opposite side of the rasa. If the sun had made its presence there would not have been rasa, so the sun also stopped in one place…
The soul, not the body and the mind, perceives everything in relation to God. It is only by submitting to the dictates of the soul what we can aspire to attain the world-peace. The world-peace has not hither to been possible only because the politicians have not either cared for, or only shown lip-deep loyalty to the dictates of the soul that remain recorded in our scriptures. A politician must be God-loving first. God-less politics is sure to sow seeds of unrest everywhere.
In my childhood, Śrī Gaurāṅga Mahāprabhu visited the village of Rāmakeli and gave my two uncles shelter at His lotus feet. Since that time, when my tear-filled eyes first beheld the form of Śrī Gaura, this same form has appeared constantly within my heart…
We can understand from the example of the salagram-sila. There are so many salagram-silas, but this does not mean that Narayana is different in each sila. He is not like the jivas. In the same way, Tulasi is one. All the Tulasi plants are the same Tulasi; they are not separate…