– If you want to achieve prema, make friends with Krishna and treat Him as a family member (laukika-sad-bandhuvat-priti).
– The Vrajavasis witnessed Krishna’s opulence and His great lilas. Yet they do not consider Krishna to be Narayana. They believe that Krishna can only perform great activities when Narayana possesses His body.
– Brahmaji glorifies Vrajavasis, the friends of Krishna. Verse: aho bhāgyam aho bhāgyaṁ…(SB 10.14.32).
– Srila Gurudeva, Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, and the devotees from New Braj are as close to each other as Krishna and the Vrajavasis.
– The golden creepers (suvarna latika) in Vrindavana were planted by Sri Radha. They welcome Krishna with the words ‘Svagatam svagatam’.
– Verse: yat kiñcit tṛgulma-kīkaṭa-mukham…(Stavavali).
16 Jul 2025 evening – Laukiki-sad-bandhuvat Priti (English) | New Braj, California, USA


