My First Trip to Vrindavana, India

8 Mar 20168 Mar 2016

Exiting the plane at Indira Gandhi International in New Delhi, the first thing I saw on the airport walls was a huge modernistic bas-relief of Viṣṇu lying in the ocean…

Vrindavana Mahimamrita (Of Prabhodānanda Sārasvatī) 1.1

1 May 2015

śrī-rādhā-muralī-manohara-padāmbhojaṁ sadābhāvayan Always enrapt in thoughts of Śrī Rādhā Muralī-manohara's lotus-feet... śrī-caitanya-mahāprabhoḥ pada-rajaḥ svātmānaṁ evārpayan Completely giving my very self to the dust of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's feet... śrīmad-bhāgavatottamān guṇa-nidhīṇ aty-ādarād ānaman With…

The Three Most Beautiful Poems You’ll Ever Read

20 Nov 201320 Nov 2013

Cc Adi 1.15 जयतां सुरतौपंगोर्मममन्दमतेर्गति। मत्सर्वस्वपदाम्भोजौ राधामदनमोहनौ।। jayataṁ suratau-paṁgor mama-manda-mater gati mat-sarvasva-padāmbhojau rādhā-madanamohanau I am crippled, and my mind has become slow, But they are my best friends, and their…

RE: “Q&A with Srila Acharyadeva on Raganuga Bhakti”

24 Sep 201324 Sep 2013

First, I would like to honor His Holiness Hrdayananda Dasa Goswami for his jolly disposition and his determination to assist his glorious master to his very best ability - which…

Why Didn’t Krishna Marry Radha?

9 Sep 20137 Sep 2015

In this post, Vraja Kishor das will answer these very common questions about Krishna and Radha - Why didn't they marry? What is their family relationship? Why is Krishna blue?…

Everything you wanted to know about Raganuga, but couldn’t ask.

22 Jul 201122 Jul 2011

What is Raganuga? It is not a perfected stage of devotional realization - it is a type of practice (sadhana). There are two types of practice of devotion, one is…

Tending The Garden of Divine Love

10 Jul 201110 Jul 2011

After explaining to Sri Rupa the rarity of Krsna-bhakti. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu now explains how to cultivate it. A very rare soul wandering through the universe gets the mercy of…

Rules or Passion?

6 May 20116 May 2011

There are two types of devotion - one type is pushed by the need to follow rules, the other is pushed by the need to love Krsna. The first is…

Kirtan 1: The Melody of the Moon

25 Jan 2011

The First Kirtan from Ter Kadamba Kirtan 1 - The Moon's Melody Recorded in the middle of the Frozen Season (Shishira), this is our first attempt to record Kirtan. We…