The spiritual love epitomized in the meeting of Radha and Krishna resembles the attraction between a young man and a young woman, it is generally misunderstood by those who try to fathom it without reference to the Vedic sastra or revealed scriptures.
The material world appears like a cloud covering a small portion of the spiritual sky. The Vedic scriptures explain that although the material world undergoes perpetual creation and annihilation, the spiritual world is eternally manifest.
Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His elder brother, Balarama, sport in the forests of Vrndavana.
The Vedic literatures give information about what the living entity’s eternal relationship with Lord Krsna is, how the living entity can revive this relationship and act accordingly, and how he will live when he has returned home, back to Godhead—which is the ultimate goal of life.
Lord Chaitanya confirms that if you want to know Krishna, then devotional service is the only way. Devotional service is transcendental.
Seeing Krishna in the coils of the serpent Kaliya, Krishna’s friends the cowherd boys and the other residents of Vrndavana were stunned with fear. When they saw Him overpowered by the coils of the serpent Kaliya, they fell to the ground.
Instructions to Rupa Gosvami. On the bank of the Ganges at Prayaga, Lord Caitanya revealed the ocean of devotional service.
Krishna, the original person, is no less a person than we are. Most religions teach us to respect God as the almighty father. But we overlook His true greatness and power if we ignore He can relate to His devotees in loving relationships.
Krishna urged His father to concentrate on the activities of Vrndavana. Indra, He said, was simply bound to deliver water; he even pours rain on the ocean, where no one worships him.
Though the spiritual world is the abode of the highest pleasure, hardly anyone wants to go there. We say we’d like to go, and we may think we are going, but our actions speak differently.
The night was very dark, but as soon as Vasudeva took Krsna and went out, as a result of Krsna’s glaring effulgence he could see everything, just as in the sunlight.
We try to imitate Krishna’s enjoyment. Boys and girls mix with each other and dance together. The same activities are there in Krishna’s pastimes. Krishna is dancing with the gopis in the forest, and you are dancing with your girlfriend in the nightclub.
One pleasant spring night Krishna and Balarama entered the forest of Vrndavana to enjoy the company of the gopis, Their cowherd girlfriends. Suddenly, there appeared … The Intruder
While in Vrndavana, the Lord rediscovered many important places of Krsna’s pastimes. Among such places are Radha-kunda and Syama-kunda, two ponds that featured prominently in Krsna’s Vrndavana pastimes five thousand years ago.
Man looks to woman, and woman looks to man. The teachings of the boy devotee Prahlada Maharaja explain that we’re looking for love in the wrong place.
Eons ago a wonderful incarnation of God revealed the relation between divine anger and transcendental love. by Dvarakadhisa-devi dasi Ferocious beauty. Red eyes glare out from a fearsome visage that writhes with rage. The form is massive. The powerful arms thrash in all directions. The being appears to be half man and half lion, with […]
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare In Sanskrit, man means “mind” and tra means “freeing.” So a mantrais a combination of transcendental, spiritual sounds that frees our minds from the anxieties of life in the material world. Ancient India’s Vedic literatures single out one mantra […]
The Appearance of Lord Krsna Five thousand years ago Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared on earth to attract the people of the world back to Him. This year the annual celebration of Lord Krsna’s birthday, Janmastami, falls on August 27. Janmastami is perhaps the most widely celebrated of all the religious holidays […]
Braving jungle paths, mountain trails, and flooded fields, Bhakti Raghava Swami has revolutionized the spreading of Krsna consciousness in India. by Anakadundubhi Dasa It’s six o’clock in the morning. Scores of Bengali pilgrims, bearing their clothes and blankets in bundles across their backs, hair still wet from their early-morning bath in the sacred Ganges, walk […]
The Master and the Memorizer A student of cooking learns that a cook and a recipe tester are not the same thing. by Visakha-devi dasi Ten years ago when I was learning to cook, I would go into the kitchen each morning after breakfast armed with several recipes written by my teacher, Yamuna-devi dasi, take […]