Japa with Sripad Aindra Prabhu

Playing Mridanga: Kishor Gopal Das
Bhajan Name: Krsna Nama Dhare Koto Bal
Link: https://kksongs.org/songs/k/krsnanamadhare.html
Lyrics:
(1)
kṛṣṇa-nāma dhare koto bal
viṣaya-vāsanānale,  mora citta sadā jwale,
ravi-tapta maru-bhūmi-sam
karna-randhra-patha diyā,  hṛdi mājhe praveśiyā,
variṣoya sudhā anupam
(2)
hṛdoya hoite bole,  jihvāra agrete cale,
śabda-rūpe nāce anukṣan
kanṭhe mora bhańge swara,  ańga kāńpe thara thara,
sthira hoite nā pāre caraṇ
(3)
cakṣe dhārā, dehe gharma,  pulakita saba carma,
vivarna hoilo kalevara
mūrchita hoilo man,  pralayera āgaman,
bhāve sarva-deha jara jara
(4)
kori’ eto upadrava,  citte varṣe sudhā-drava,
more ḍāre premera sāgare
kichu nā bujhite dilo,  more to’ bātula koilo,
mora citta-vitta saba hare
(5)
loinu āśroya jā’r,  heno vyavahāra tā’r,
varnite nā pāri e sakal
kṛṣṇa-nāma icchā-moy,  jāhe jāhe sukhī hoy,
sei mora sukhera sambal
(6)
premera kalikā nām,  adbhuta rasera dhām,
heno bala karaye prakāś
īṣat vikaśi’ punaḥ,  dekhāy nija-rūpa-guna,
citta hari’ loya kṛṣṇa-pāś
(7)
pūrna vikaśita hoiyā,  braje more jāya loiyā,
dekhāy more swarūpa-vilās
more siddha-deha diyā,  kṛṣṇa-pāśe rākhe giyā,
e dehera kore sarva-nāś
(8)
kṛṣṇa-nāma-cintāmaṇi,  akhila rasera khani,
nitya-mukta śuddha-rasa-moy
nāmera bālāi jata,  saba lo’ye hoi hata,
tabe mora sukhera udoy

Translation:
1)
How much power does the name of Krsna possess? My heart constantly burns in the fire of worldly desires, like a desert scorched by the sun. The holy name, entering within my heart through the holes of my ears, showers unparalleled nectar upon my soul.
2)
The holy name speaks from within my heart, moves on the tip of my tongue, and constantly dances on it in the form of transcendental sound. My throat becomes choked up, my body violently trembles, and my feet move uncontrollably.
3) 
Rivers of tears flow from my eyes. Perspiration pours from my body. My body thrills with rapture, causing my hair to stand on end and my skin to turn pale and discolored. My mind grows faint, and I begin to experience devastation. My entire body is shattered in a flood of ecstasies.
4)
While causing such an ecstatic disturbance, the holy name showers liquid nectar on my heart and drowns me in the ocean of divine love of Godhead. He does not allow me to understand anything; For He has made me truly mad and has stolen away my heart and all my wealth.
5) 
Such is the behavior of Him who is now my only shelter. I am not capable of describing all this. The holy name of Krsna is independent and thus acts at His own sweet will. In whatever way He becomes happy, that is also my way of happiness.
6)
The holy name is the bud of the flower of divine love, the abode of devotion’s wonderful mellows. Such is the power that He manifests, that although He displays His power only slightly, He reveals His own divine form and qualities, steals my heart and takes it to Krsna.
7)
Being fully manifest, the holy name of takes me to Vraja and reveals to me His own love dalliance. He gives to me my own divine, eternal body, keeps me near Krsna and completely destroys this mortal frame of mine.
8)
The name of Krsna is touchstone, a mine of all devotional mellows, eternally liberated, and the embodiment of pure rasa. When all impediments to the pure chanting of the holy name are taken away and destroyed, then my happiness will know its true awakening.

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GOPINATH
by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura 

1) O Gopinatha, Lord of the gopis, please hear my request. I am a wicked 
materialist, always addicted to worldly desires, and no good qualities do I 
possess.

2) 0 Gopinatha, You are my only hope, and therefore I have taken shelter at 
Your lotus feet. I am now Your eternal servant.

3) 0 Gopinatha, how will You purify me? I do not know what devotion is, and my 
materialistic mind is absorbed in fruitive work. I have fallen into this dark 
and perilous worldly existence.

4) 0 Gopinatha, everything here is Your illusory energy. I have no strength or 
transcendental knowledge, and this body of mine is not independent and free 
from the control of material nature.

5) 0 Gopinatha, this sinner, who is weeping and weeping, begs for an eternal 
place at Your divine feet. Please give him Your mercy.

6) 0 Gopinatha, You are able to do anything, and therefore You have the power 
to deliver all sinners. Who is there that is more of a sinner than myself?

7) 0 Gopinatha, You are the ocean of mercy. Having come into this phenomenal 
world, You expand Your divine pastimes for the sake of the fallen souls.

8) 0 Gopinatha, I am so sinful that although all the demons attained Your lotus 
feet, Bhaktivinoda has remained in worldly existence.

Hey Gopinath ~ Chakrini Devi Dasi:

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Jaya Radha-Madhava

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.


Wisdom From The Bhakti Tradition By HH Radhanath Swami on 14th May 2019 at The Bhakti Centre

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