So, Hanuman’s service to Rama was incomparable, but he cannot go to Vrindavana. He cannot go. Why? If he sees Mother Yasoda disciplining her son, Krishna, Hanuman will think, “My Lord is being disciplined?” Thinking so, he will be upset. With his club, he might do something wrong. If he will see that in the groves of Vrindavana, Srimati Radhika and the gopis order Krishna and tell Him, “Come on! Come on…!”
We know that Ajamila was a bad person. At first, he was a good person. He was the son of a Brahmin, and of good character. He diligently served his parents, his wife was very chaste and good. His children were educated. But despite having a good family, he fell in the trap of a prostitute and he could not change his mind. He started living with the prostitute, and bore many sons from her…
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…
The disguised Krishna said, “Krishna is a very bad person. He killed a lady, a cow, an innocent calf and a snake.”
Srimati Radhika replied, “No, it is not like that. Aristasura was not a bull, Bakasura was not a crane, Vatsasura was not an innocent calf and the snake Aghasura was Sin personified…
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given instructions on ten types of tattva to the faithful jivas. This is the Dasa-mula Tattva as written by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in Jaiva-dharma. Note down these principals in your heart and when needed, you can boldly say, “This is our philosophy.”
We should try to mix our hearts with the heart of Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami. Without avesa we cannot taste all these mellows. When we hear and read these verses, we should identify ourselves as followers of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and try to make our hearts one with his…
1. Chastisement by guru and vaisnavas is highly beneficial for me.
2. I am willing to be humiliated and beaten by maya thousands of times, but I cannot accept the affectionate discipline of guru and vaisnavas. In this way I commit spiritual suicide…
Certain forms of jnana and karma are integral parts of bhakti. Pure jnana is present within bhakti as the search for one’s worshipful deity and as knowledge of the reality of God, bhagavat-tattva-jnana. Pure karma is present within bhakti as serving the Supreme Lord by cleaning His temple, cooking for Him and so on. These activities are included among the nine limbs of bhakti…
1. Hearing harikatha is also seva.
2. Sadhus travel only for the welfare of others, to distribute harikatha.
3. Simply by hearing with faith, harikatha enters the heart.