Diary of a Traveling Monk Volume 15, Chapter 23 September 8, 2023 Dear Srila Prabhupada: Please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you! My dear spiritual master, as we find ourselves in the twilight of our lives, my godbrothers, godsisters and I are coming face-to-face with […]
śatroḥ prāṇānilāḥ pañcavayaṁ daśa jayo ’tra kaḥiti kopād ivātāmrāḥpāntu vo nṛharer nakhāḥ “May the fingernails of Narahari (Nrisimha), who are assuming a reddish color and are thinking, ‘The enemy has only five life-airs while we are ten in number, so how can the enemy win against us?” protect you all!’ ” — (Subhāṣita-ratna-bhāṇḍāgāram) Да защитят […]
Diary of a Traveling Monk Volume 15, Chapter 20 August 28, 2022 Our summer tour was coming to an end, and I noticed a mixture of joy and sorrow pervading our tour base. We had spent the best part of summer sharing our good fortune with others, so there was a great deal of joy. […]
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221933681394111&set=a.3707173840886 Dear Srila Prabhupada, Please accept my most humble obeisances in the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to you! In mid-August in the midst of our summer tour in Poland, I was surprised to see that many trees were already turning to their autumn colors. Generally, they don’t change color until mid-September. “They […]
This weekend we are celebrating our Sadhu Sanga Retreat after a two year break because of the pandemic. The festival is taking place in Spanish Fork, Utah on the gorgeous property of the Sri Sri Radha Krsna temple built by Charu Dās and Vaibhavi Dasi. Over 1,500 devotees are in attendance. These are photos from […]
“Regarding your request for your deliverance from the clutches of Maya, please rest assured of being delivered, because we have captured the strong chain of disciplic succession. This chain is coming down from the highest platform, Krishna. Just like a rope comes down the well so that anyone who may catch the rope from any […]
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221364216437843&set=a.3707173840886 I have arrived in Sridam Mayapur for a one-week visit. śrī-pada-kamala-sudhā-rasa-pāne śrī-vigraha-guṇa-gaṇa kari gāne śrī-mukha-vacana-śravaṇa-anuṣaṅgī anubhavi kata bhela prema-taraṅgī By drinking the nectarean honey of the lotus feet of Sri Gaura, by singing the glories of Sri Gaura’s deity, by listening to the instructions of Sri Gaura, and by associating with devotees who follow […]
Шрила Прабодхананда Сарасвати раскрывает тайну Навадвипа-дхамы в своей «Навадвипа шатаке» (стих 78): «Если поклоняешься девяти лесам (девяти островам Навадвипы), лес Враджа твой. Если не поклоняшься тем девяти лесам, лес Враджа остается в стороне… «Если поклоняешься сыну брахмана (то есть Гауранге), то знаток любви Враджа (Кришна) твой. Если не поклоняешься тому сыну брахмана, Кришна никогда […]
Темного цвета тамала с лозой в золотистом цветении, туча на горизонте в ярких проблесках молний иль каменистый утес с золотого цвета прожилкой, – таким были Шри Хари и прекраснейшая Радхарани. ~ Гарга Самхита 15.40 As a tamala tree with a vine of golden flowers,as a dark cloud with a lightning flash,and as […]
На днях провели парикраму по Гокуле, во Вриндаване. Среди многих новых интересных мест, которые посетили, были священные самадхи Рас Хана и Тадж Биви. Рас Хан был уважаемым мусульманином, и стал известным и весьма уважаемым Вайшнавом. Его стихи о Вриндаване, Радхе и Кришне растапливают сердце. Тадж Биви была царицей у Великих Моголов – в точности как […]