The One
yo māḿ paśyati sarvatrasarvaḿ ca mayi paśyatitasyāhaḿ na praṇaśyāmisa ca me na praṇaśyati For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.
Beauty for Love’s Sake
apāraṁ kasyāpi praṇayi-jana-vṛndasya kutukīrasa-stomaṁ hṛtvā madhuram upabhoktuṁkam api yaḥrucaṁ svām āvavre dyutim iha tadīyāṁ prakaṭayansa devaś caitanyākṛtir atitarāṁ naḥ kṛpayatu “Lord Kṛṣṇa desired to taste the limitless nectarean mellows of the love possessed by one of His multitude of loving damsels – Śrīmatī Rādhārānī – , and so He has assumed the form of Lord Chaitanya. […]
Keep it sweet
Don’t do it bigger than what is beautiful.
Bhaktastakham
“The holy Devotees of Krishna cleanse the mirror of the heart and forever extinguish the fire of material suffering, that great conflagration in the forest of birth and death. As the evening lotus blooms in the moon’s cooling rays, the heart begins to blossom in the nectar of their association. And at last the soul […]
Vipralamba Forever
vyaghra-tundayate kundam jivatu-rahitasya me Purport: “In the absence of my Gurudev, Govardhan Hill, the representation of Kṛṣṇa Himself, seems to me just like a big python coming to devour me. And Rādhā Kuṇḍa, the holiest place of divinity of the Gauḍīya sampradāya, seems like a tiger’s mouth coming to devour me. They are giving me […]
Descent of the Holy Name
suditasrita-janarti-rasayeramya-cid-ghana sukha-svarupinenama gokula-mahotsavaya tekrsna purna-vapuse namo nam O Hari-nama! O Krsna! You destroy the miseries of those who take Your shelter. For Your devotees You are very charming and delightful. Your divine form is the personification of revealed knowledge and bliss, and You are a festival for the residents of Gokula. I bow down again […]
The Tasting Machine
/ vidvadbhih sevitah sadbhirnityam advesa‑ragibhihhrdayenabhyanujnatoyo dharmas tam nibhodhata Purport: We can feel within our heart whether we are gainers or losers. That tasting machine is within us. As we progress in Krsna consciousness, our karma,our connection with this material world, will evaporate in no time, and spacious knowledge will come to satisfy us. At that […]
The Eye of Vishnu
If we want our shelter, it must come from overhead. Asraya or shelter is not under our feet – shelter should be over the head. The principal Vedic mantra says, tad visnoh paramam padam sada pasyanti surayah diviva caksur atatam The Holy Feet of Visnu who is pervading everywhere (yah idam vyapnotiti visnuh) – His […]
Stop the Mother Frackers
This body is like a spoiled brat that does not like to tolerate any inconvenience. The more comfort it gets, the more comfort it wants. But comfort is our enemy. There is no need for such comforts in our life. As elephants, we have eaten so many jungles, and our hunger was not satisfied. As […]
Tears would fall like flower offerings
nīlāmbhodhi-taṭe sadā sva-virahā-kṣepanvitaṁ bāndhavaṁśrīmad-bhāgavatī kathā madirayā sañjīvayan bhāti yaḥśrīmad-bhāgavataṁ sadā sva-nayanāśru-pāyanaiḥ pūjayangosvāmi-prabaro gadādhara-vibhūr-bhūyāt mad-ekā-gatiḥ “On the shore of the broad blue ocean, Gadādhar Paṇḍit used to read Śrīmad Bhāgavatam to Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu, who was suffering from the great internal pain of separation from Himself (Kṛṣṇa). Gadādhar Paṇḍit supplied the wine of Kṛṣṇa-līlā to intoxicate his afflicted friend […]
