Our annual summer festival tour in Poland is just around the corner. So many wonderful preaching opportunities await us! My thoughts drift back to last year’s Ratha Yatra at Polish Woodstock where so many intoxicated kids chanted and danced with us in great bliss. For many, their spiritual lives began with prasadam and the holy [...]
Saints
In the Loving Association of Devoteestandera carana sevi bhakta-sane vasa janame janame haya, ei abhilasa “This is my desire: that birth after birth I may live with those devotees who serve the lotus feet of the six Goswamis.” [ Srila Narottam das Thakur ] |
Tomorrow Ukraine“I wander over this earth meditating on Her, who is a moon shining in the rasa dance arena, who is a host of bright lamps in Vrsabhanu’s palace, and who is the eternal jewel in the necklace of Goloka.” [ Narada Muni, Garga Samhita 1.8.12 ] Sanskrit: sri rasa rangasya vikasa candrika dipavalir ya vrsabhanu [...] |
Following in Your Footsteps“My heart is always hankering after that Vrindavan. Even though I am sitting in New York, a magnificent city, the world’s greatest city, I shall be very happy to return to my Vrindavan, that sacred place. Of course, if someone asks, ‘Then why are you here?’ I must say that it is my duty. I [...] |
The Personal Handwriting of Srila Bhaktivinode ThakurThe Bhaktivedanta Research Center in Kolkata recently acquired Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur’s handwritten calculations for the astrological chart of his son, Lalita Prasada, the younger brother of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati. To see the personal handwriting of Srila |
The Best of all Places“Don’t even glance at the external things of this world, whether they belong to you or to others, whether they are as splendid as millions of suns and moons, or whether they possess a great flood of good qualities. Renounce them! Give up all conventional peaceful composure and without caring for anything else, always remember [...] |
Krishna’s Holy Name“If the opulence or knowledge of many millions of universes were clustered together, they would hardly equal a small fragment of the glory of Krishna’s holy name. Krishna’s holy name is my life. It is the goal of my life. It is the means I will employ to attain the goal of my life.” [ [...] |
Fragrant Radha Kunda“May that very charming and especially fragrant Radha-kunda, where intoxicated with love the Divine Couple and the sakhis daily sport with great joy in the water so fragrant with exquisite lotus flowers, be the sole shelter of my life.” [ Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami, Sri Radha-kundastakam ] |
O my desire to stay in Vrindavan“O my desire, if you are determined to stay in Vrindavan, then do it. I shall remain here with no other concern. I do not care for happiness, distress, mental anguish, pious deeds, freedom from sin, or the splendor of pure devotional service to Lord Hari’s lotus feet.” [ Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvati, Sri Vrindavan Mahimamrta, [...] |
