Hare Krishna Experience

  Whatever you desire to describe that is separate in vision from the Lord simply reacts, with different forms, names and results, to agitate the mind, as the wind agitates a boat which has no resting place. Purport Śrī Vyāsadeva is the editor of all descriptions of the Vedic literatures, and thus he has described transcendental realization in different ways, namely by fruitive activities, speculative knowledge, mystic power and devotional service. Besides that, in his various  Purāṇas  he has recommended the worship of so many demigods in different forms and names. The result is that people in general are puzzled how to fix their minds in the service of the Lord; they are always disturbed about finding the real path of self-realization. Śrīla Nāradadeva is stressing this particular defect in the Vedic literatures compiled by Vyāsadeva, and thus he is trying to emphasize describing everything in relation with the Supreme Lord, and no one else. In fact, there is nothing ex...

  It is a qualification of the great thinkers to pick up the best even from the worst. It is said that the intelligent man should pick up nectar from a stock of poison, should accept gold even from a filthy place, should accept a good and qualified wife even from an obscure family and should accept a good lesson even from a man or from a teacher who comes from the untouchables. These are some of the ethical instructions for everyone in every place without exception. But a saint is far above the level of an ordinary man. He is always absorbed in glorifying the Supreme Lord because by broadcasting the holy name and fame of the Supreme Lord, the polluted atmosphere of the world will change, and as a result of propagating the transcendental literatures like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, people will become sane in their transactions. While preparing this commentation on this particular stanza of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam we have a crisis before us. Our neighboring friend China has attacked the border of I...

  Radha’s Birthday Party part one By Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das #RadhasBirthdayParty #AppearanceOfRadharani #Radhashtami It’s a glorious, grand occasion, full of fun meetings, loving exchanges and the warmth of close family relationship. It is Radhastami in Varshana, a meeting of two families rejoicing in Radhaji’s lovely birthday festival. Read on, envisioning that you are there this year with all the wonderful, sweet, kind and loving devotees of Vraja! Two days before Radhastami, Vrshabhanu Maharaja, Priyaji’s father, sends Sridama, Radha’s elder brother, to Nandagrama to invite Nanda Baba and his clan to come to Varshana for celebrating Sri Radhika’s auspicious birthday. The day before Radhastami, Nanda Baba Krishnachandra and his entire family come to Varshana by walking, sitting on palanquins or riding in bullock-carts. Hearing the musical instruments joyously resounding, Vrshabhanu and his brothers come to greet their guests. Kirtida-devi, Radhaji’s mother, and her sisters-...

Visakha-sakhi is the second most important of the eight most exalted gopis of Sri Krsna. Her activities, attributes and resolve are much like those of her friend Lalita. Her garments are decorated with stars and her complexion is like lightning. “Although more exalted than the younger gopis who perform this service, Visakha-devi also carries messages between Radha and Krsna. She is the most intelligent and expert of all the gopis messengers. Visakha is skilled at joking with Lord Govinda and is the perfect counselor of the Divine Couple. Expert in all the aspects of amorous diplomacy, Visakha can conciliate an angry lover, bribe him and quarrel with him as required to facilitate the pleasure pastimes. (An excerpt from the boook Appreciating Sri Vrndavana Dhama by Mahanidhi Swami )

Thus the great sage Vyāsadeva, who is very kind to the ignorant masses, edited the Vedas so they might be assimilated by less intellectual men. Purport The   Veda   is one, and the reasons for its divisions in many parts are explained herewith. The seed of all knowledge, or the   Veda,   is not a subject matter which can easily be understood by any ordinary man. There is a stricture that no one should try to learn the   Vedas   who is not a qualified   brāhmaṇa.   This stricture has been wrongly interpreted in so many ways. A class of men, who claim brahminical qualification simply by their birthright in the family of a   brāhmaṇa,   claim that the study of the   Vedas   is a monopoly of the   brāhmaṇa   caste only. Another section of the people take this as an injustice to members of other castes, who do not happen to take birth in a   brāhmaṇa   family. But both of them are misguided. The   Vedas ...