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Prayag Raja is the chief amongst all holy places in India although Sri Vrindavana Dhama is beyond the concept of holy places and qualifies as the home or body of the divine couple Sri Sri Radha Krishna. In Prayag Raj the three Continue reading “Triveni”

Our Gaudiya Parampara is the way to the Supreme. In modern terms it is the most straightforward path that leads one to God or Krishna. Continue reading “Devotion to God-realization”

Plato said “Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”. Beauty personified is Sri Krishna alone. So then when will one see Krishna in Continue reading “World View God View”

Sadhana is the spine of devotional life. In the field of devotional spiritualism we find many people propagating the Holy Name or those who are in the mode of advice. The people seeking advice and the people plating Continue reading “No Messiah”

The Gaudiya Saints are the highest representatives of Servitude in the land of Braja and Nabadweepa. These are the torch-bearers of the Parampara line of Sriman Mahaprabhu. The Bhajananandis continue to do their Bhajana although they have attained all perfection. Many of them are nitya-siddhas Continue reading “Engagement in Servitude”

Bhakti rests on the tripod of Guru, Bhagawan and Sadhana.  One is introduced into Sadhana and Bhajana as the means to attain Bhagawan by the Guru. Unless one is sincere in one’s intentions, one cannot get Guru and unless one is sincere in Sadhana and Bhajana one cannot attain Bhagawan. This is the simple philosophy of Bhakti. Continue reading “Subjective Intelligence”

Jagannatha Puri is famous for the Ratha festival of their Lordships Jagannatha, Balabhadra and Subhadra. What one in Bhakti is to look at Raganuga Bhakti in the context of the Jagannatha Puri festival is to witness the most elevated mood of our Lord Sriman Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Continue reading “Bhava at Puri”

In our Parampara, spiritual body of a sadhaka can only manifest after complete surrender of the sadhaka at the feet of Bhagawan. By surrender , it means that nothing should be as important to the sadhaka Continue reading “Spiritual Body Manifestation”

Especially in Raganuga Bhakti there are two aspects. They are Shastra and Sadhana. Shastra in this context are Rasa Shastras. These Shastras represent elevated writings of the  Mahajanas in the Parampara that describe the Spiritual world and the characters in that world. It also describes transcendental exchange of mellows amongst the various characters from mood of Separation to spiritual humour. Continue reading “Shastra and Sadhana”

A Parikara is the most advanced topic in the field of Bhakti to understand. This cannot be understood by any living entity unless the Supreme Lord qualifies the living entity based on the grit and “tapasya” of the living entity Continue reading “Parikara”