https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218948209999192&set=a.3707173840886 Forever By Your Side Even after the disappearance of Sri Guru, if the disciple follows the instructions of his spiritual master and continues to chant the holy name, he can continue to associate with his divine master. In Vāmana-kalpa [ quoted in Bhakti-sandarbha 237.8 ] Lord Brahma says: “One’s mantra is identical with […]
Bowing At Your Feet – Paris, August 1973 My dear spiritual master, here my head touches the dust of your divine lotus feet, a rare and most cherished blessing. Though I can never repay my debt to you I promise to dedicate myself, now and forever, to sharing my good fortune with others. “Remembering the […]
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218890404354087&set=a.3707173840886 “O Goddess! In great distress I prostrate myself before You, falling on the ground, praying piteously unto You with faltering voice. O Gandharvike! After You bestowed Your mercy on this fool, count him (her) amongst Your own people!” [ Sri Rupa Goswami In Stavamala ] ha devi kaku-bhara-gadgadayadya vaca yace nipatya bhuvi dandavad udbhatartih […]
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10218879215594375&set=a.3707173840886 The essence of all … “O Radhe, O Govinda-Vallabha, beloved of Govinda! I pray that Govinda understands me to be a maidservant who belongs solely to You.” govinda-vallabhe rādhe prārthaye tvām ahaṁ sadā tvadīyām iti jānātu govindo māṁ tvayā saha [ Attributed to Hari-bhakti-vilasa ]
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10218854816584415&set=a.3707173840886 «Слыша слог «ра», я, волнуясь, дарую воспевающему изначальное бхакти , и слыша слог «дха», лично следую за ним, чтобы услышать [ повторение имени “Радха” ]». [ Кришна говорит в “Брахма-вайварта-пуране”, Кришна-джанма-кханда, 15.70] ****** “On hearing the syllable ‘rā’, I become anxious and bestow the most pristine bhakti upon the chanter, and on hearing the […]
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10218832980958538&set=a.3707173840886 Дорогой Шрила Прабхупада, я благодарен за то, что живу неподалеку от Вриндавана. Я благодарен, что читаю лекции о славе дхамы. Но на самом деле я не имею права ни на что. У меня нет любви к Кришне, я не пролил ни слезинки с тех пор, как нахожусь здесь. Надо сказать правду; мне бы […]
“Ты же, когда молишься, войди в комнату твою и, затворив дверь твою, помолись Отцу твоему, Который втайне; и Отец твой, видящий тайное, воздаст тебе явно”. [ Библия, Матфея 6:6] A Christmas Meditation “Whenever you pray, go to your room, close the door and pray to your Father who is in a secret place. Your Father, […]
“Mumbling and prattling the many names of the Lord … while onlookers say, “They’re crazy!” entering or not entering cities standing still or swaying before a laughing world they dance, they leap undone by feeling And the gods bow down before them.” [ A Poetic Translation of a song by Sri Namalwar – one of […]
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10218734531817371&set=a.3707173840886 Царевна жертвоприношений, царевна праведных деяний, царевна девов, Царевна знаний из трех Вед, царевна доказательств и всего познанья, Царица главной из богинь удачи *, царица Кшамы **, царевна леса счастья Вриндавана, Царевна Враджа, повелительница Враджа, Шри Радхика, – склоняюсь пред Тобой. [ «Шри Шри Радха-крипа-катакша-става-раджа», стих 12 ] https://traveling-monk.appspot.com/radha-kripa-kataksha-stava-raja/ ______________ * Лакшми ** Бху, всепрощенье […]
Srutakirti das: “I felt very fortunate because I got to see Prabhupada when he wasn’t with his disciples, when he wasn’t busy training them in management in so many different ways or chastising them for the mistakes they had made and being involved in seeing that the books were being produced and all of these […]