Hare Krsna. That Sri Prabhodananda Sarasvati has firmly established Sri Vrindaban Dham as his shelter is evident in his uncompromising words from Sri Vrindavana-Mahimamrta: “What nonsense! What nonsense! What misfortune! Even though he is a ‘great man’ he still does not like blissful Vrndavana! “If even the ‘greatest’ person refuses to take shelter of blissful […]
Four fortunate souls associating with the Yamuna River. Had we pure spiritual vision, what would we see? Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura describes the bank of the River Yamuna as an intimate Lila-kirtan. 1. ami jamuna-puline, kadamba-kanane,ki herinu sakhi! aj! syama bamsidhari, mani-mancopari, kore’ lila rasaraj Oh, Sakhi! My dear girlfriend! What have I seen today? In […]
Below are two statements by great souls on faith. Prabhupada: I have faith in you. Now, I give sometimes this example. Just like you go to a barbershop, and you put your neck like this, and he is with the razor. So unless you have faith, “No, he is a good man. He will not […]
Hare Krsna. Krsna explains in Bhagavad-gita 9.30:”For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.” Seeing Krsna everywhere is certainly easier in Vraja dhama. It is said that the flowers from the mustard plant are close in color to the golden complexion […]
Hare Krsna. The land of Vrindaban still remains famous for its cows and calves, for Vraja to this day is agriculturally based. Of course, Braja’s most famous cowherd boy is Krsna, who loved his calves and cows dearly. With His tender lotus fingers, Krsna milked the cows himself, and the cows reciprocated with Krsna’s loving […]
Hare Krsna. Wheat is a food which has always abundantly grown in the rich soil of Vraja. Krsna Himself was fond of the preparations cooked from Braja wheat, especially because they were soaked in the devotional love unique to Vrindavana. Srimati Radharani would cook with wheat full-moon shaped rotis, laddhus, pies, and cakes and all […]
Hare Krsna. Although previously sent, this photo of Nandagram at sunset is a favorite. Srila Rupa Gosvami in Uddhava Sandesha sweetly describes Nandagram, the boyhood home of Krsna, to Uddhava, His dear friend and the best of the Yadavas: “O best of advisers, Uddhava! Please go to Nandagram, the capitol of Nanda Maharaja, which is […]
Hare Krsna. All glories to Srila Sanatana Gosvami, whose samadhi mandir shelters all who visit him near Madan Mohan mandir. Srila Krsna dasa Kaviraja Gosvami notes that the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu had awarded him two special shelters: “All glory, all glory to the merciful Lord Nityananda, by whose mercy I have attained shelter at […]
Hare Krsna. What deeds enacted in previous lives cause one to inhabit a butterfly body alighting upon a blossoming mustard plant in Vraja, near Govardhana Hill? Where will this soul go after his butterfly body returns to Vraja’s dust? I cannot say, but one purport and one lecture of Srila Prabhupada indicates two deep lessons […]
Hare Krsna. In 1976 in Vrindaban, a devotee asked this of Srila Prabhupada on a morning walk: “The devotees are asking one question. They’re wanting to know how it was that even though there is so much distance between, let’s say, Govardhana and Radha-Kunda and Vrndavana, Nanda-grama, Varsana, how it was that still Krsna and […]