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Caitanya Mahaprabhu proclaims that the Holy Names will be glorified in every town and village. In our village within a town, the local Topanga Canyon media resonated Lord Jagannath’s mercy. Even though He could not appear on the beach amongst ten thousand or so happy festival-goers, He found his way into every home in our small community nestled in the mountains of Los Angeles county. I take no credit for His appearance here. I just opened the bi-weekly paper to find a darshan of His smile. We m

By Puskar das

In 1956, I moved from one area of Brooklyn (near the temple) to the Benson Hurst area, where I entered fifth grade. Peter Viggiani (a.k.a. Kusakratha) was in my class for the next two years. He also attended the same junior high as I, and we shared some of the same classes. For approximately 5 years we were good friends. He was always quite eccentric and didn’t appear to have many other friends.
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Those who knew "Kusa” found him to be a bit of an avadhuta, and he was no less so i

Remembering Kusakratha Prabhu, a transcendental genius, and avadhuta.

Vishoka Dasa: Kusakratha Prabhu’s life is an inspiration to the devotees of Lord Krishna. I first saw him in the San Francisco temple, where he was staying for a short time, just coming from the NY temple.

He was sensitive to the cold weather, and so he wore pants or jeans under his dhoti. He chanted japa very, very slowly, carefully pronouncing each syllable of the maha-mantra, taking several hours to chant his rounds. This

I am writing to contend with a sleepless night,

A pain more bothersome than a deep, sharp bite.

And I know there are supposed to be remedies out there,

Been tried again and again I may silently declare.

Everyone will want to be a doctor right now,

Sound advice tends to benefit little and not endow.

To count sheep, or chant mantras, is the likely technique,

I think prayers from others would be really unique.

I was driven today to Cherry Beach for a swim,

To relax nerves and bring some calm within

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Radhashtami has been regarded as the holiday for Hindu. It remembers the Radhika’s birth anniversary. She has been regarded as the Goddess Mahalakshmi in certain scriptures of India. She has been regarded as the hladini shakti of Sri Krishna. She has been respected as a shakti by the scriptures of Vaishnav community. On a particular day, she had risen from lotus flower in the form of lover-consort of Sri Krishna.

There is a celebration by the Krishna devotees. She is celebrated significantly at h

So in your country, the situation is different. You see? The boys and girls are freely mixing, and from school, college, they are freely mixing, free sex without any restriction. So we cannot enforce, at least, at the present moment. If some boy and some girl agree, then I bless him. That’s all. Now another thing, that girls should not be taken as inferior. You see? Sometimes… Of course, sometimes scripture we say that “Woman is the cause of bondage.” So that should not be, I mean to say, aggrav

Where in the world is love to be found? That love which has been glorified throughout the millennium – in songs, in poetry, in words, in exchanges between partners – that love, where is it to be found in this world? Where is that love in comparison to the degree of love that is found in the residents of Vrndavana? And where is that love found amongst the residents of Vrndavana? That love that completely and entirely takes over all existence, that love which rules the Supreme, where is that love

As Radhastami is approaching, we are beginning to think about Srimati Radharani whose pure devotion is unrivaled. No one can display as much love for Krsna as Radharani does and no can serve Krsna in the way She can. Therefore, we aspire to be dasanudasanudasa – we aspire to be the servant of the servant of the servant of the gopis who are the servants of Srimati Radharani, and in this way, we approach this upcoming Radhastami in the mood of devotional service.

Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur write

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श्री गुरु गौरांग जयतः

ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय

नारायणम नमस्कृत्यम नरं चैव नरोत्तमम

देवी सरस्वती व्यासं ततो जयम उदिरयेत

शिवजी द्वारा स्तुति

श्रीमद भागवतम पंचम स्कन्ध अध्याय सत्रह

16 इलावृत्त वर्ष में भगवान शंकर सदैव दुर्गा की सौ अरब दासियों से घिरे रहते है जो उनकी सेवा करती हैं। परमात्मा का चतुर्गुण विस्तार वासुदेव, प्रद्युम्न, अनिरुद्ध तथा संकर्षण में हुआ है। इनमें चतुर्थ विस्तार संकर्षण है जो निश्र्चित रूप से दिव्य है, किन्तु भौतिक जगत में उनका संहार-कार्य तमोगुणमय है, अतः वे ताम

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We have gathered on this most auspicious occasion, the sacred day of Sri Radhastami. The Vedic literatures describe that Krishna is the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Lord, and the origin of all that be:

isvarah paramah krsnah
   sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah
anadir adir govindah
   sarva-karana-karanam

 “Krsna, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all, although He Himself has no origin. And He is the prime cause of all causes.” (

Knowledge about Srimati Radharani, Her relationship with Krishna, Her relationships with Her sakhis and gopi manjaris is expanded throughout the confidential literatures of Gaudiya Vaisnavism. In recent years these books are becoming more accessible to English speaking readers. We are becoming more aware, at least theoretically, that devotion to Srimati Radharani is the topmost expression of Krishna consciousness. Bhaktivinoda Thakura says in one of his songs, “Srimati Radhika is the teacher of

By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

[August 30, 1968, Montreal, Canada]

Now today is our Radhastami ceremony. So, so far Radharani, Radharani, today is the birthday of Srimati Radharani. Radharani is the pleasure potency of Krsna. Krsna is the Supreme Brahman. Just try to understand. Krsna is the Supreme Brahman. Param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan. So when param brahma wants to enjoy… that enjoying spirit is there in the param brahma. Otherwise we cannot have t

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its been thirteen years i never participated in  HARINAM SANKIRTAN  and have been hankering for it as my parents dont participate because they are busy in some or the other work .

HARI has made watch HARINAM SANKIRTAN and he stole the heart the heart of a thirteen year old(material age) . its been a lot of time i am hankering f

How to encourage the devotees to think about Krishna. From the story of Rukmini’s sending a letter to Krishna through a brahmana. What was this brahmana thinking when he entered Dwarka?

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