Prahlad maharaja offered his wonderful prayers, after hearing transcendental knowledge from Narada Muni, he told Narasimha Dev, that “who else can I serve my beloved Guru Maharaj and through his Guru Maharaj, he was serving all living beings.” Lord Narasimha Dev, he offered Prahlad any benediction. Prahlad Maharaj, he said, “If I ask anything from you, then I'm not your devotee. then I'm just doing business with you. I only want that there be no material desires, no egoism or selfishness to the very core of my heart, because then, pure love, pure devotion can shine through me.” When a devotee asks for no material desires, it's because he wants nothing to obstruct his humble selfless love from shining. Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, in his beautiful sikshashtakam, he revealed the heart of Prahlad and all the great mahajans and the aspiration of every true devotee.

The Mood and Prayers of Prahlad Maharaj

KKS Bhajans - Vibhavari Sesa - 2015 - 06 - 15 UK

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Spiritual Spoken Word

Insurmountable Power - Charu Das

Agnideva - Montreal 2017

Sometimes, when you can't see where life is taking you, all you can do is Leave it in the hands of God.

Hands of God

Braja Jana Mana Sukhakari by Yashodhari Devi Dasi
Harmonium: Krsna Krpa Dasa
Mrdanga: Ramananda Das
Kartalas: Abhay Caran Das
and London devotees singing

A kirtan from a collection of songs under the guidance of Srila Bhaktivedanta Vana Maharaja in London - December of 2019

Braja Jana Mana (fired up) - Yashodhari - 06.12.2019 - Hall Program - London

This is a Beautiful prayer written by Srila Narottam Das Thakura.
for the lyrics check http://kksongs.org/songs/h/haribolboarmadana.html

A kirtan from a collection of songs under the guidance of Srila Bhaktivedanta Vana Maharaja in London - December of 2019

Hari Bolbo Ar Madan Mohan - Sita Thakurani Dasi - Ajay and Satya`s House 05.12.2019

Online Kartik Yatra 2020 - Katha By HH Radhanath Swami on 2 Nov 20

Following in the footsteps does not mean imitating, if we pretend to be gopas or gopis, it will never go beyond our mental imagination. But the spirit of selfless service, the spirit of truly humbly, tasting the sweetness of Krishna's name, the spirit of living without ego or selfishness and the spirit of tasting the sweetness of Krishna's pastimes, naturally, as our true genuine love awakens, then by the mercy of Guru and vaihnava, by Srila Prabhupada's divine grace, then we will be connected to the residents of Vrindavan. Because Srila Prabhupada and our achryas are eternal residents of Vrindavan, we are all just trying to connect through following their instructions, through receiving their grace and through pleasing them. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna in the spirit of the love of Shri Radha, feeling that love and distributing that love and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu made the most profound difficult thing so simple. We can enter into the realm of Vrindavan by developing this true mood of servant of the servant, by hearing these wonderful past times and by cultivating a genuine taste for chanting the holy name.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna , Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Ram Hare Ram, Ram Ram Hare Hare

The Significance of Damodar Bandhan Pastime

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

Therefore, one must have a very strict sadhana. One should moderate once life by having a very specific time every day to chant for two hours, to hear the Srimad Bhagvatam, ‘naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā’ it is essential to hear the Bhagvatam every day. It is essential to chant according to the vow we have made to our spiritual master every day, it is essential to invite sadhus to our home to serve them and humble ourselves before them. These are the principals of Grihastha ashram given in the scriptures and exemplified by all the great devotees of the Lord throughout history in that ashram. It is the duty of a Grihastha to regularly associate with devotees, it is the duty of a Grihastha to install the deity in his house and worship that deity and offer all food to that deity and make one’s house the holy place. So, we have these minimal devotional principals - to chant two hours every day, to hear the Bhagvatam every day, to offer all one’s food and worship the deity of the Lord within the house and to serve the sadhus and associate with devotees; these are four minimal principals that must be adhere to. And if you neglect those, then your mentality will become like a karmi. You may wear tilak on the outside but inside you will not have the proper spiritual principles to live by.

Whether Grihastas Should Spend More Time On Profession Or On Spiritual Activities?

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.


Lessons From The Govardhan Puja Pastime

Radhanath Swami

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