Prabhupada on Sweet Radha Kunda

Forty years ago, in Mayapura, West Bengal, Srila Prabhupada wrote the following words in glorification of Sri Radha Kunda. Manifesting as his comments to Srila Rupa Goswamipada’s Upadeshamrta (Nectar of Instruction), these ambrosial words gushed out of... Read more

The Concise Path of Manjari-bhava Sadhana

In Prema Bhakti Candrika, Narottama dasa Thakura presents five essential practices of raga-bhakti and manjari-bhava sadhana to attain erotic love (Vraja srnghara-prema) in the mood of the Vraja damsels (gopi-bhava). His program incorporates four of the nine limbs of... Read more

Overcoming 70 Obstacles to Vraja Bhajana

The following list of obstacles to Vraja-bhajana comes from Bhaktivinoda Thakura's 'Caitanya Siksastakam'. The demons manifesting in Vraja Gokula on earth have symbolic significance. They are not found in the spiritual world. There they appear only as... Read more

Sri Sanaiscara-krta Sri Narasimha Stuti

SriSanaiscara-krtaSriNarasimhaStuti   Everyone is afraid of the malefic planet Sani because generally he is associated with extreme sorrow and suffering. However, Sanideva himself has devised a way of solving this problem by obtaining the blessings of Lord... Read more

The Nrsimhadevan Vrata May – 13 – 2014

The Nrsimhadevan Vrata May 13 2014 mahanidhi swami What is it?  It is one complete day (vaishakha sukla caturdasi) of austerity observed for the pleasure of the Bhagavan Sri Nrsimhadeva. For millions of years, all the leading demigods, sages, kings, and humans... Read more

My Life and Soul Is Radha Nama

“The ambrosial elixir of the name of RADHA is rarely attained by the demigods, the regular devotees, the liberated souls and Krishna’s closest associates. With tears streaming down His face, Sri Hari often describes or loudly sings the name RA DHA to... Read more