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It’s lila that counts What’s in the books is the meditation on nama, rupa, guna, and lila. It’s the lila that puts you into the Spiritual Goloka conciousness, for the lilas include nama, rupa and guna. … Read More

Remember Their lotus feet At first I tried to in vision Krishna’s feet by mentally looking at the Dieties lotus feet, but the thoughts couldn’t endure. The mind would easily drift off and I’d find myself … Read More

Record your japa A nice idea to keep quality control with your Japa is to record them. Change the breathing pattern. Remember, you are doing this to please Radha Govinda. You can imagine They are listening … Read More

Not only just 16 rounds After Tulasi Puja, a nice set of 16 rounds or more of quality Japa. This means articulate pronunciation of the holy names for the pleasure of the Divine Couple. Quality Japa … Read More

Think he doesn’t know So in this same way, we can say that Krishna is in our heart and He knows what we’ve done, but this does not support our need to develop our relationship. Therefore, … Read More

Tell the truth, the whole truth… One important requirement to gaining the Lord’s mercy is to reveal to Them all the dirty and bad things that you have done in your life. An example may be … Read More

Know what you are saying Another significant adage to your developing bhajana, is to know what these Mantras mean. Here it is said “this servant”. Even though we are not at the level of pure devotional … Read More

Keep a diary One thing that is very important is to keep an inventory of your advancement in remembering Kisora Kisori. How much of the day is tangible, true awareness of remembering Radha Giridhari? Take a … Read More

Reading, most important Also in the Nectar of Devotion, I found it to be said 58 times to associate with pure devotees, or advanced devotees. So where are they at? They are in the books. Srila … Read More

Krishna-ize everything That’s why the great Acaryas and the sweet Lord Himself says to live in the Dhama, especially Sri Vrindavana Dhama and Sri Navadwip Dhama. Every where in Vraja you will hear “Radhe Radhe!, Radhe … Read More

Clean room atmosphere First thing, is to seek out good, high class association. Finding someone who can tell you about that Divine Couple. Living in Sri Vrindavan Dhama, really helps a lot. I found the impetus … Read More

Open secret Krishna is the Doer! And He is expert in making the impossible possible! So let Him do it. Our position is simply to please Him with the instructions He has given us in Bhagavad-Gita: … Read More

No more window shopping These are the revelations that come when there is no more window shopping. When there are no excuses to avoid going full thrust all way to Goloka–nikunja. When the decision is made … Read More

Being on Purpose When I think that I’m veering from the strict no-nonsense, single pointed endeavor to be exclusively fixed upon the highest spiritual goal, namely becoming a manjari of Smt. Vrinda devi, I become very … Read More

How to grow your Bhakti Lata It was Srila Prabhupada’s Centenial year (1896-1996) and many of the God-family had arrived. Many of those I did service with back in days of the Hare Krishna Movement (with … Read More