Vrindavan, 2017.07.01 (VT): Smt. Ramaa Bandhopadhyay was a female saint of the Gaudiya Sampraday. She was a direct disciple of Shri Ramdas Babaji Maharaj. A learned scholar and professor, she travelled throughout India giving discourses on bhakti-yoga. She also wrote a number of books including a … [Read more...]
Banamali Raibahadur and the Hookah-Smoking Radhavinod
Vrindavan, 2017.06.30 (VT): Rajarshi Banamali Raibahadur’s deities of Sri Radhavinod (better known as “Jamai Vinod”) reside in Tarash Mandir near Ramkrishna Mission hospital in Vrindavan. Appearance of Radhavinod Radhavinod ju was found in the river Padma in modern-day Bangladesh by a man … [Read more...]
Vraja Vilasa: I lovingly serve the vines of Vrindavan
I lovingly serve the vines of Vrindavan, whose blossoms are picked Shri Radha and Krishna and their sweetly smiling girlfriends, and who smile through their flowers when they see the sweet loving quarrels of the Divine Couple. VERSE 70: gāndharvā muravairiṇaḥ praṇayiṇaḥ puṣpāṇi saṁcinvato svairaṁ … [Read more...]
Sanatan Goswami’s Love for the Brajwasis
Vrindavan, 2017.06.20 (VT): The upcoming festival of Mudiya Puno celebrates the life of Shri Sanatan Goswami, a saint of the Gaudiya Sampradaya who lived in Braj almost 500 years ago. Last week we published a story about Mudiya Puno and Sanatan Goswami's love for Madanmohan. The following … [Read more...]
Vraja Vilasa: May the trees of Vrindavan protect me
VERSE 69: yeṣāṁ cāru taleṣu śīta niviḍa cchāyeṣu rātrindivaṁ puṣpāṇāṁ vigalat parāga vilasat talpeṣu klṛptāśrayam prītyā snigdha madhu-vratair madhukaṇaiḥ saṁsevitaṁ tannavaṁ yūnor yugmataraṁ mudā viharate te pāntu māṁ bhūruhāḥ May the trees of Braj protect me, in whose deep, cool shade the … [Read more...]
Sanatan Goswami’s love for Madan Mohan, and a special announcement for “Mudiya Puno”
This year, it's going to be special "Mudiya Puno" at Madan Mohan Temple in Vrindavan. A deity of Sanatan Goswami will be installed at his samadhi mandir (tomb). The present Acharya of Madan Mohan Temple, Shri Sanatan Kishor Goswami (Panchu Ji) says that the new deity of Sanatan Goswami will be … [Read more...]
Vraja Vilasa: I Long to Sweep the Kunjas of Vrindavan
In the fragrant arbours (kunjas) of Braj, decorated with blossoming flowers kissed by sweetly humming bees, Shri Radha-Krishna enjoy their romance, dancing on the waves of love. I wish to open my hair and use it as a broom, to sweep the precious earth of those bowers. VERSE 68: guñjad bhṛṅga … [Read more...]
Banke Bihari and the Poor Brahmin
Vrindavan, 2017.05.23 (Shri Radha Baba): Once there was a Brahmin whose entire family died within a year, and he was left alone. He went into debt in order to perform their funeral ceremonies (shraadh) and raised money to pay by mortgaging his house. Later, he got a job for eight to ten rupees … [Read more...]
Vraja Vilasa : The deer are attracted to the Divine Couple’s music
When they hear Sri Radhika playing her Kacchapī vīṇā and Sri Krishna playing his beautiful Muralikā flute, the deer become ecstatic and the bunches of grass fall half from their mouths before they remain stunned. May these charming best of deer, who then surround Śrī-Sri Radha and Mādhava in a mood … [Read more...]
Radharani’s Guests: A Story from Radha Baba
Radha Baba (1913-1992) was a devotee of Mahaprabhu and Radha-Krishna who lived in Gorakhpur. Born in a Vaishnav Brahmin family in Gaya, he became an Advaitin sannyasi, but later took the path of Braj devotion. Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, the founder of Gita Press, was his inseparable spiritual … [Read more...]
Binode Baba on Vairagya and Pratikul Kripa
Vrindavan, 2017.05.14 (Shri Binod Bihari Das Babaji Maharaj): There are two ways in front of the jeevatma (soul): one towards samsaar and another towards God. This is why the jeev is called tatastha-shakti, meaning the power situated in between two ways – on the shoreline. On one side there is … [Read more...]
Vraja-vilasa : The rivers and lakes in the hot season
I always worship all the rivers and lakes of Vraja, in whose waters Krishna plays with his charming friends in the summertime, eager to defeat these friends, that also all desire victory, and with whom he was blissfully herding the cows, by lovingly splashing them with water. VERSE … [Read more...]
The Difference Between Mathura and Vrindavan
Vrindavan, 2017.05.07 (VT): With the impending merger of Mathura and Vrindavan into a single entity called "Mathura-Vrindavan", I have been thinking a lot about how misunderstood Vrindavan has become. Vrindavan has always had a very separate identity from Mathura. Not just in the sense of having a … [Read more...]
Vraja Vilasa: I worship the best of mountains
I worship the best of mountains, the mountains of Braj like Govardhan. Their colorful mineral pigments adorn Shri Krishna and his affectionate friends. By the sides of those mountains Krishna herds the cows, and play hide-and-seek with his friends, and in their secret caves he plays with … [Read more...]
The Meaning of Life
This is the continuing serialization of 252 Vaishnavan ki varta, the lives of the saints following Vitthalnath, son of Vallabhacharya. It has been translated from the original Braj Bhasha by Krishnaa Kinkari Devi. This is the sixteenth varta. See previous. Varta 16 The story of Madhusudan Das, a … [Read more...]
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