One night in his room, Amogha presented Srila Prabhupada with an exquisite framed photo of Sri Sri Radha-Vallabha in Melbourne. Krsna was dressed in loose-fitting gold and lavender pants with matching turban, His forehead and arms nicely decorated with colored patterns made from kumkum. Radha and Krsna appeared like a king and a queen. Srila Prabhupada voiced his appreciation of the picture: "Whoever dressed them was directly inspired by Krsna," he said.
The next morning, Srila Prabhupada spoke in a Srimad-Bhagavatam class about living in Vrndavana. "Everywhere is Vrndavana. Wherever there is Krsna's temple, Krsna's sankirtana, that is Vrndavana. Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that: 'My mind is always Vrndavana'. Because He's always thinking of Krsna, Krsna is there. He's Krsna Himself. Just to teach us. So similarly, anywhere you live, if you are actually a follower of the instructions of Krsna, as Krsna says: 'man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru', then that is Vrndavana. Wherever you live. Do not think that 'because in Melbourne we have got a temple, the Melbourne Deities are there, so that is not Vrndavana'. That is also Vrndavana. If you worship the Deity very rigidly, follow the rules and regulations, so wherever you do that, that is Vrndavana."
- From "The Great Transcendental Adventure" by HG Kurma Prabhu
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