Yesterday was the appearance of Sri Radha Kunda. Srila Rupa Gosvami has given us NOI and we are called Rupanugas because we are the followers of Rupa Gosvami and he was the one who gave us these scriptures. We should follow NOI. He says Bharatvarsha is very glorious, out of that Vrindavan, out of that Govardhan parikrama - if you have never done Govardhan parikrama please plan to do it as it is the sweetest place to do parikrama. It is just permeating with the mood of Krsna and on Govardhan the most powerful place is Sri Radha Kunda. Why is it so glorious? Rupa Gosvami explains because it the kunda of Srimati Radharani. She used to bathe in this kunda and it was her favorite place. As it was so pleasing to Radharani it is the most favorite place of Krsna. Why? Because she saw this place as the most confidential place to perform her past times with Krsna. This was here that Radharani was able to perform her most confidential past times with Krsna. Krsna, Radharani and all the gopis performed so many pasttimes here. Whoever takes bath in this kunda I will award that person love for Krsna. The waters of Radha Kunda are the liquid form of mercy. There are so many glories of Radha Kunda in scriptures. Hence, it's the meditation place for Radha and Krsna. Hence, lots of pure devotees performed bhajan here and there are lots of bhajan kutirs at this place. Jhanava devi, Raghunathadas Gosvami and many others. SP also met his Guru Maharaj at Radha Kunda and at this bank he got his instruction that if you ever get money, print books.
He instructed to SP, this communal feeling of envy and non-cooperation between each other will disturb the family of vaishnavas. His Gurudeva said you should be very careful of this fire of communal unrest. He said there is fire in the mutt and if it were upto mean I would sell the marble of the temple and print books. SP took this instruction on his head and he started the BBT which is the largest publications today. This seed of the movement of book distribution all over the world was actually planted at the banks of Radha kunda. This mercy manifested in the form of books at the banks of Radha kunda. Preaching is nothing but the mercy of Radharani, distributing books is nothing but the mercy of Radharani. So when we go there, we pray to Srimati Radharani that we become instrumental in the hands of our Gurudeva. We must understand the proper mood of Radhakunda and that is to beg for devotional service. How did this Radhakunda come about?
This area is also called Aritagram. Demon in the form of a bull. Krsna killed this Aritasura, Radharani and the gopis came to Krsna and said by killing the bull you have committed a sin. Killing of bull and cow is considered a big sin. They are dharma and mother personified. Now you need to purify yourself. How do I do it? Radharani said you have to go to all the holy places and bathe there. Krsna called for all the personalities personified and Krsna by his heel dug a hole and this hole became a large hole by the power of his heel and then asked all the holy rivers to fill this kunda. Krsna jumped into the kunda and he took bathe and he said I have now got purified. But as you sided with the bull who was a demon you have also performed a sin and now you need to purify yourself. So with their bangles they became to dig a hole. They dug a hole and millions of gopis formed a line and they were trying to get the water from manasa ganga. Krsna went to Radha and said my dear Radharani please allow me to serve you and he asked all the rivers to come and then they filled the kunda by Radha's permission. Radharani took bath in this Radhakunda and also Krsna took bath and he declared this is the dearest place for me in this whole wide earth.
These kundas were lost actually in kali yuga, when Sri Mahaprabhu was visiting Vrindavan which was also covered he was singing where are all the holy places and was meditating on Shyam kunda and Radhakunda. He found two paddy fields and he declared these are Radhakunda and Shyamkunda. He gave Radhakunda to Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and he built the existing Radhakunda. This is how we are so merciful to get mercy of Radhakunda. Actually everyday millions of Vrajavasis go to Radhakunda to offer lamps and to pray to get pure love for Krsna.
All these pasttimes in month of Kartik are to meditate upon Krsna and to beg for his mercy. Next week is Dipavali *23rd Oct. Same day when he performed Damodar lila. Our hearts have been eternally in darkness, but by remembering these pasttimes and lighting the diyas during this month of Kartik we should absorb ourselves in the past times of Krsna so we can get rid of all the anarthas and the darkness from our hearts. Damodar lila is etched in the hearts of the devotees. He charmed the hearts of the devotees and esp. Yashodamaya. It was the day of Dipavali and baby Krsna who was a few years old he was sleeping and in the early morning hours she was churning butter for the pleasure of Kana. It is explained that Yashodamaya was churning the butter. Acaryas have said it was being made by the the best milk on the planet. While they were churning butter, the gopis used to think about Krsna's past time from last day and while thinking about these past times they would compose beautiful bhajans and hence we should learn the bhajans of the Vaishanav acharyas along with the translation/meaning and with this we will be always KC. As Yashodamata was churning the butter her bangles were rubbing against each other and they were sounding like kartalas. More details in this section about this lila - http://radhekrishnaprema.blogspot.com/2012/11/karthik-damodar-leela-damodara-rope.html One good point Prabhuji shared - Mother Yashoda while serving Krsna she went to save the milk because she knew that even the milk will be used in the service of Krsna. That's how expert devotees are - they know when lots of services come at the same time which one should they do. Similarly we need to understand how we can do service to Krsna all the time.
Our heart is flooded with so many anarthas - desires, lust etc - but Krsna has come to flood our hearts with the ecstacy of his past times. In this way, Krsna is performing these past times during Kartik. Hence, we need to be always very humble and always pray for the mercy of Krsna so he can pick us up.
He instructed to SP, this communal feeling of envy and non-cooperation between each other will disturb the family of vaishnavas. His Gurudeva said you should be very careful of this fire of communal unrest. He said there is fire in the mutt and if it were upto mean I would sell the marble of the temple and print books. SP took this instruction on his head and he started the BBT which is the largest publications today. This seed of the movement of book distribution all over the world was actually planted at the banks of Radha kunda. This mercy manifested in the form of books at the banks of Radha kunda. Preaching is nothing but the mercy of Radharani, distributing books is nothing but the mercy of Radharani. So when we go there, we pray to Srimati Radharani that we become instrumental in the hands of our Gurudeva. We must understand the proper mood of Radhakunda and that is to beg for devotional service. How did this Radhakunda come about?
This area is also called Aritagram. Demon in the form of a bull. Krsna killed this Aritasura, Radharani and the gopis came to Krsna and said by killing the bull you have committed a sin. Killing of bull and cow is considered a big sin. They are dharma and mother personified. Now you need to purify yourself. How do I do it? Radharani said you have to go to all the holy places and bathe there. Krsna called for all the personalities personified and Krsna by his heel dug a hole and this hole became a large hole by the power of his heel and then asked all the holy rivers to fill this kunda. Krsna jumped into the kunda and he took bathe and he said I have now got purified. But as you sided with the bull who was a demon you have also performed a sin and now you need to purify yourself. So with their bangles they became to dig a hole. They dug a hole and millions of gopis formed a line and they were trying to get the water from manasa ganga. Krsna went to Radha and said my dear Radharani please allow me to serve you and he asked all the rivers to come and then they filled the kunda by Radha's permission. Radharani took bath in this Radhakunda and also Krsna took bath and he declared this is the dearest place for me in this whole wide earth.
These kundas were lost actually in kali yuga, when Sri Mahaprabhu was visiting Vrindavan which was also covered he was singing where are all the holy places and was meditating on Shyam kunda and Radhakunda. He found two paddy fields and he declared these are Radhakunda and Shyamkunda. He gave Radhakunda to Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and he built the existing Radhakunda. This is how we are so merciful to get mercy of Radhakunda. Actually everyday millions of Vrajavasis go to Radhakunda to offer lamps and to pray to get pure love for Krsna.
All these pasttimes in month of Kartik are to meditate upon Krsna and to beg for his mercy. Next week is Dipavali *23rd Oct. Same day when he performed Damodar lila. Our hearts have been eternally in darkness, but by remembering these pasttimes and lighting the diyas during this month of Kartik we should absorb ourselves in the past times of Krsna so we can get rid of all the anarthas and the darkness from our hearts. Damodar lila is etched in the hearts of the devotees. He charmed the hearts of the devotees and esp. Yashodamaya. It was the day of Dipavali and baby Krsna who was a few years old he was sleeping and in the early morning hours she was churning butter for the pleasure of Kana. It is explained that Yashodamaya was churning the butter. Acaryas have said it was being made by the the best milk on the planet. While they were churning butter, the gopis used to think about Krsna's past time from last day and while thinking about these past times they would compose beautiful bhajans and hence we should learn the bhajans of the Vaishanav acharyas along with the translation/meaning and with this we will be always KC. As Yashodamata was churning the butter her bangles were rubbing against each other and they were sounding like kartalas. More details in this section about this lila - http://radhekrishnaprema.blogspot.com/2012/11/karthik-damodar-leela-damodara-rope.html One good point Prabhuji shared - Mother Yashoda while serving Krsna she went to save the milk because she knew that even the milk will be used in the service of Krsna. That's how expert devotees are - they know when lots of services come at the same time which one should they do. Similarly we need to understand how we can do service to Krsna all the time.
Our heart is flooded with so many anarthas - desires, lust etc - but Krsna has come to flood our hearts with the ecstacy of his past times. In this way, Krsna is performing these past times during Kartik. Hence, we need to be always very humble and always pray for the mercy of Krsna so he can pick us up.
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