Some tracks to help inspire devotion to Krishna

Spiritual Spoken Word

Insurmountable Power - Charu Das

These are some of a kirtans done at the Holy Name Retreat that took place at the end of May, 2016 in New Raman Reti Dham Alachua, Florida.

Alachua Holy Name Retreat 2017

Nadiya Mani at Alachua Holy Name Retreat May, 2016

RADHASTAMI Youth Holy Name Festival
ISKCON Ljubljana, Slovenia
5th - 8th September 2019

Nimai Gadhvi 6th Sept 2019 Radhastami Evening Kirtan, ISKCON Ljubljana

Vidyapati is looking for Nila Madhava on top of a blue mountain... will he find Him?

Instrumental by Madhava Gallagher vocals by Vrinda Kishori, Lali and Jaani.

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Blue Mountain Hunt Song

Ratha Yatra Song - 21 06 2020, 15.55

Festivals

Deity Installation--Why Krishna Comes to This World-London 1973-08-21

HH Radhanath Swami Maharaja's address to Devotees of ISKCON NVCC Pune and Connected Centers

An Important Lesson For Relationships

Compassionate Leadership

What We Are All Looking For?

In this way, Krishna transformed what was apparently a catastrophe into the sweetest festival of love, personally appeared as Govardhan to give shelter. Similarly, ‘kali kale nama rupe krishna avatar’, Krishna has manifested with his full potency in his holy names. Just as Krishna gave shelter as Goverdhan to those who are in the storms of the rain of Indra, kali kale nama rupe krishna avatar, kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet, In this age of Kali, there's constant rains of problems. Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya taught us ‘param vijaya te Sri Krishna sankirtanam, all glories to the Holy Names of Krishna, because it is in this age giving us shelter. All the vrajavasis they wholeheartedly with total faith, they took shelter of Krishna under Govardhan. Similarly, Krishna’s holy names give us shelter to the degree we seek shelter with faith. When we chant with concentration, with a very sincere intent to please Krishna and take shelter of Krishna then Krishna’s name gives us shelter. Draupadi when she cried “He, Krishna, he Govinda” She did it with all her heart, “Krishna, you're my only shelter, I'm yours.” And Gajendra was all of his efforts like Draupadi failed, he cried out for Krishna in a prayerful mood and he was given shelter. Maya is like a crocodile that is keeping us all in such a state. We can't get out of this crocodile of Maya. But if we seek shelter of Krishna, his past times, his devotees, then we will find shelter in his holy names. Little Prahlad was only five years old, Hiranyakashipu was the most powerful man in the universe and he had massive armies and they were all trying to destroy Prahlad. Little Prahlad, in a natural and innocent childlike way, he simply took shelter of Krishna.

Lessons From The Govardhan Puja Pastime

Radhanath Swami is a Vaishnava sanyassi (a monk in a Krishna-bhakti lineage) and teacher of the devotional path of Bhakti-yoga. He is author of The Journey Home, a memoir of his search for spiritual truth. His teachings draw from the sacred texts of India such as The Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, and Ramayana, and aim to reveal the practical application of the sacred traditions, while focusing on the shared essence which unites apparently disparate religious or spiritual paths.
Born Richard Slavin, on December 7, 1950, in his teens he came to confront a deep sense of alienation from suburban Chicago life and the civil injustices of mid-century America. At the age of nineteen, while on a summer trip to Europe, his internal struggles culminated in a commitment to search for God wherever it might lead him. Meditating on the Isle of Crete, he felt a supernatural calling and the next morning set off alone to find spiritual India. The Journey Home documents his odyssey as a penniless hitch-hiker though Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and finally India. There he lived as a wandering ascetic, first amongst the forest dwelling Himalayan yogis and later amongst a wide variety of gurus and spiritual practitioners throughout India and Nepal. Ultimately, he was led to the holy town of Vrindavan, where he found his path amongst the Bhakti-yogis.
In Vrindavan he found the teacher he was searching for in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977) the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and representative of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, (the Krishna-bhakti tradition stemming from the 16th century mystic avatar Sri Chaitanya). In choosing Bhaktivedanta Swami, as his guru, Radhanath Swami felt compelled to shear his matted locks and reenter Western society with a mission to share the sacred wisdom he had received. This return exemplifies the form of devotional yoga which is at the heart of Radhanath Swami’s teachings, a spiritual practice expressed as tangible action meant to bring about personal fulfillment and benefit the world.
At the the age of 31 he took the monastic vows of a Vaishnava sanyassin and became known as Radhanath Swami.
Today Radhanath Swami travels regularly throughout India, Europe and North America, sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga. He resides much of the year at the Radha Gopinath Ashram in Chowpatty, Mumbai. For the past twenty-five years he has guided the community’s development and has directed a number of acclaimed social action projects including Midday Meals, which daily serves more than 260,000 plates of sanctified vegetarian food to the children of the slums of Mumbai. He has also worked to establish missionary hospitals and eye camps, eco-friendly farms, schools and ashrams, an orphanage, and a number of emergency relief programs throughout India.
