-We did not go to Gatoligaon-Mahaprabhu’s instruction not to stay longer in Vrindavana and not to climb on Giriraja to see Gopal-The meaning of atriptata (insatiability of Krishna’s darshana)-Many lilas are included into rasa-lila-Because of Muslim’s attacks the deity of Gopal has been sheltered in Gatoligaon and manifested by Madhavendra Puri-Chiksouli is the village of Chitra-sakhi-Other places we visited are Mangarh, Dangarh, Vilasgarg, Morkuti.-Mangarh is a place of Srimati Radhika where...
rasa dance: rasa-lila
18 Nov 2021 evening – Summary of Varshana parikrama (Hindi) – Govardhan, India
-We did not go to Gatoligaon-Mahaprabhu’s instruction not to stay longer in Vrindavana and not to climb on Giriraja to see Gopal-The meaning of atriptata (insatiability of Krishna’s darshana)-Many lilas are included into rasa-lila-Because of Muslim’s attacks the deity of Gopal has been sheltered in Gatoligaon and manifested by Madhavendra Puri-Chiksouli is the village of Chitra-sakhi-Other places we visited are Mangarh, Dangarh, Vilasgarg, Morkuti.-Mangarh is a place of Srimati Radhika where...
15 Nov 2021 evening – Damodarashtaka 8 (Hindi) – Govardhan, India
Part 1 -Satyavrata Muni explains the speciality of shringara-rasa-To attain Bhagavan we should pray His associates-Srimati Radhika is the best among all devotees-Every limb of Srimati Radhika is for the pleasure of Krishna-Rasa-lila contains many different lilas-Separation dances on the head of the meeting-Love comes in 3 ways-’Li’ means to embrace and ‘la’ means to accept embraces-There should not be only separation, there must be also a meeting-Everything you do, you should focus your mind on...
15 Nov 2021 evening – Damodarashtaka 8 (English translation) – Govardhan, India
-Satyavrata Muni explains the speciality of shringara-rasa-To attain Bhagavan we should pray His associates-Srimati Radhika is the best among all devotees-Every limb of Srimati Radhika is for the pleasure of Krishna-Rasa-lila contains many different lilas-Separation dances on the head of the meeting-Love comes in 3 ways-’Li’ means to embrace and ‘la’ means to accept embraces-There should not be only separation, there must be also a meeting-Everything you do, you should focus your mind on it-The...
03 Nov 2021 morning – Rasa sthali. Punchari ka lautha (English translation) – India
Part 1 -Before rasa-lila Krishna did 2 amazing pastimes which are not impossible for human beings: He lifted Giriraja Govardhana and danced on the hoods of Kaliya-We went to Dana-ghati, Dananivartana-kunda, Sankarshana-kunda-We will go to Surya-kunda-Gurudeva jokingly invites people to Sakhi-sthali )-Briefly about Sankarshana-kunda-Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and a Vrajavasi who was in the place of Chandravali, Sakhi-sthali-Chandravali does not have manjaris-Madhavendra Puripada used to come here...
01 Nov 2021 morning – Chandra-sarovara (Hindi) – Chandra-sarovara, India
-Having the darshan of Krishna even the moon stopped moving-The pond here is as round as a moon-The main listener of Srimad-Bhagavatam is Parikshit Maharaj-The Udba-rasa grantha by Srila Vishvanatha Cakravarti describes rasa-lila-If you do not have parakiya-bhava and anuraga to Krishna Yogamaya will not allow you to enter rasa dance-Gopis control Krishna-How did the moon see rasa-lila if the other demigods could not see?-Srimati Radhika is Padmini. 4 types of women-Please read Gita-govinda, the...
01 Nov 2021 morning – Chandra-sarovara (English translation) – Chandra-sarovara, India
-Having the darshan of Krishna even the moon stopped moving-The pond here is as round as a moon-The main listener of Srimad-Bhagavatam is Parikshit Maharaj-The Udba-rasa grantha by Srila Vishvanatha Cakravarti describes rasa-lila-If you do not have parakiya-bhava and anuraga to Krishna Yogamaya will not allow you to enter rasa dance-Gopis control Krishna-How did the moon see rasa-lila if the other demigods could not see?-Srimati Radhika is Padmini. 4 types of women-Please read Gita-govinda, the...
28 Oct 2021 morning – Rama-ghata (English) – Rama-ghata, India
-Baladeva Prabhu performed here many pastimes including rasa-lila-Uddhava stayed in Vraja for 10 months-Transcendental madness of Srimati Radhika-When the lover and beloved are separated their love can be measured-Rasa-lila is not something inferior or sexual, it’s very sublime and divine-Indra is the father of Arjuna-Arjuna resisted apsara Urvashi and had been cursed by her to become Brihanala-Lila of Baladeva Prabhu dragging Yamuna river by His plough