My Darshan of Vrindavan 2007-2011

 

During my visit to Vrindavan From the Year 2007-2011 I had the opportunity to interact with various disciples of Srila Prabhupada; I had Darshan of Srila Prabhupada Samadhi Mandir I used to chant there. i participated in harinam sankirtan led by Aindra prabhu and his group, I used to take the darshan of Krishna Balaram mandir; I visited many temples in Vrindavan and the surroundings of Vrindavan. Partially I have done braja mandal parikrama; I used to have Darshan of Govardhan Hill. So like that many, many places, I had darshan,and also I did seva at many small and very important temples. We had a very close connection with Radhashyamsundar temple Goswami, We had a connection with Radhagopinath temple Goswamis, and we had connections with other Temple Goswamis, Radha Damodar temple Goswamis, and Radharaman temple. I regularly visited all these seven temples; I used to have Darshan of Radha Gopinath, Radha Damodar Radharaman, Radha Madhava, Radha Govinda, and Yamuna Darshan. So many temples are there in Vrindavan I had Darshan. 

I visited Delhi ISKCON for some time one or two times. I met Srila Prabhupada disciples in Vrindavan and also I met many foreign devotees and Russian devotees. The Russian devotees were doing pujari services at Srila Prabhupada bhajan kutir in Radha Damodar temple. So I used to go and chant there.  Prabhupada bhajan kutir priest used to give us some prasadam I used to share it with Krishna Kishore Prabhu Srila prabhupada disciple in Vrindavan, Loi Bazaar. 

 

 

Krishna Kishore Prabhu was formally serving as Pujari for Prabhupada Bhajan Kutir So there was some litigation of the temple, it has gone up to Allahabad High Court and there was some settlement. So we have to pay for everything like Prabhupada bhajan kutir maintenance, we have installed prabhupada murti Jiva Goswami Murthi, Rupa Goswami Murthi so many Samadhis are there in Radhadamodar Temple ISKCON has given many murtis, and Jiva Goswami Sadgosvami murtis are there at Radha Damodar temple. So, Present Servitors/Goswamis of the temple  had some misunderstanding With ISKCON Vrindavan Temple Management, so there was some dispute it had gone up to Allahabad High Court, The Court verdict was in favour of Radhadamodar temple management. So, I used to sit and chant at Prabhupada Bhajan Kutir and at his room for resting. 

From Prabhupada's kitchen, you can directly see Rupa Goswami Samadhi. performing four parikramas of Radhadamodar temple is equivalent to performing a Govardhan parikrama. Radhamodar temple is full of gosvamis Samadhis So It is Very interesting and surprising, In South India, we don't see such things. Wheras in North India we can see Samadhi within temple premises itself. Similarly in ISKCON Krishna Balaram temple you can Have darshan of Srila Prabhupada Samadhi mandir. at the left side of the Main entrance. Krishna Balaram deity is Very beautiful here, Also we can have Darshan Sri Radhashyama Sundar deity, Nitai Gouranga deity in the Temple it is very nicely maintained. It is called Angrezi Mandir Foreign Temple because here lot of foreigners are there. So it is called angrezi mandir. Rose flowers are very nice in Vrindavan, there is a fragrance in Vrindvan's rose flower in comparison to other rose flowers in other places. So life in Vrindavan is full of joyfulness. So 1000s of temples atmosphere is so nice, wonderful. 

So varieties of prasadam is available here, there is no shortage of prasadam in Vrindavan Radharani ki jay maharani ki jay Barsane wali ki jay jay jay This is what you will hear. everywhere in Vrindavan  Radhe Radhe Radhe Radhe This is what you will likely hear in the entire of Vrindavan Radharani ki jay maharani ki jay Barsane wali ki jay jay jay So 1000s of temples are there in Vrindavan it is said around 5000 Temples are there You can do Circumambulation/parikrama of the entire Vrindavan, it's around 10 kilometres. You can walk around the entire Vrindavan. Very nice experience. We can walk around 10 kilometres. So many temples, you will see Prabhodhananda Sarasvathi Samadhi Kaliya daha, Yamuna river you will see Imlitala temple. you will see Krishna, Balaram tree, and then Sweta Varaha temple. ISKCON Temple goshala, you will see the Place where Lord Krishna killed the kaliya serpent that lake you can see. 

And then you can also see Chirghat A place where Lord Krishna stole the clothes of the gopis that you can see and Radha Madan Mohan temple, Sanatana Goswami Samadhi, Jagannatha, Baladeva subhadramayi temple, you will see Caitanya Mahaprabhu Baitak, the place where he used to sit down like that if you see, there are so many important places at Vrindavan parikrama marga. It is around 10 kilometres and may take around two hours. Radha Govinda Temple was built by Rupa Goswami and desecrated by Aurangazeb of Agra. In Mathura you can take Darshan of Lakshmi Narayana at Birla temple, Lord Krishna’s birthplace or the jail where Krishna’s parents were imprisoned. I and Krishna Kishore prabhu We went to Dwarkadish temple we paid some donation and we had prasadam. We also distributed Srila Prabhupada books around Mathura court . 

Sri Narasimha Devaya namah Jay vrindavan dham ki jay

பிரம்ம ஞானம் மற்றும் தந்திர ஞானம்

பகவத் கீதை 18.72-73, Tamil Bhagavad Gita 18.72-73

பகவத் கீதை 18.67-71, Tamil Bhagavad Gita 18.67-71

Worship only the all-blissful forms of Lord Viṣṇu

 

Surprised to See Sri Radhashyamsundar Temple LOI BAZAR, VRINDAVAN. is Having KRISHNA KALEE VESHA. 12.11.2023. SRI RADHASHYAMSUNDAR TEMPLE, LOI BAZAR, VRINDAVAN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K128Lu6J_v8

Let's Read from Śrimad Bhagavatham 1.2.26 Understand About This

मुमुक्षवो घोररूपान् हित्वा भूतपतीनथ ।

नारायणकला: शान्ता भजन्ति ह्यनसूयव: ॥ २६ ॥

mumukṣavo ghora-rūpān

hitvā bhūta-patīn atha

nārāyaṇa-kalāḥ śāntā

bhajanti hy anasūyavaḥ

 

Translation and Purport by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhakthivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 

Translation

Those who are serious about liberation are certainly nonenvious, and they respect all. Yet they reject the horrible and ghastly forms of the demigods and worship only the all-blissful forms of Lord Viṣṇu and His plenary portions.

 

Purport

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is the original person of the Viṣṇu categories, expands Himself in two different categories, namely integrated plenary portions and separated parts and parcels. The separated parts and parcels are the servitors, and the integrated plenary portions of viṣṇu-tattvas are the worshipful objects of service.

All demigods who are empowered by the Supreme Lord are also separated parts and parcels. They do not belong to the categories of viṣṇu-tattva. The viṣṇu-tattvas are living beings equally as powerful as the original form of the Personality of Godhead, and They display different categories of power in consideration of different times and circumstances. The separated parts and parcels are powerful by limitation. They do not have unlimited power like the viṣṇu-tattvas. Therefore, one should never classify the viṣṇu-tattvas, or the plenary portions of Nārāyaṇa, the Personality of Godhead, in the same categories with the parts and parcels. If anyone does so he becomes at once an offender by the name pāṣaṇḍī. In the Age of Kali many foolish persons commit such unlawful offenses and equalize the two categories.

The separated parts and parcels have different positions in the estimation of material powers, and some of them are like Kāla-bhairava, Śmaśāna-bhairava, Śani, Mahākālī and Caṇḍikā. These demigods are worshiped mostly by those who are in the lowest categories of the mode of darkness or ignorance. Other demigods, like Brahmā, Śiva, Sūrya, Gaṇeśa and many similar deities, are worshiped by men in the mode of passion, urged on by the desire for material enjoyment. But those who are actually situated in the mode of goodness (sattva-guṇa) of material nature worship only viṣṇu-tattvas. Viṣṇu-tattvas are represented by various names and forms, such as Nārāyaṇa, Dāmodara, Vāmana, Govinda and Adhokṣaja.

The qualified brāhmaṇas worship the viṣṇu-tattvas represented by the śālagrāma-śilā, and some of the higher castes like the kṣatriyas and vaiśyas also generally worship the viṣṇu-tattvas.

Highly qualified brāhmaṇas situated in the mode of goodness have no grudges against the mode of worship of others. They have all respect for other demigods, even though they may look ghastly, like Kāla-bhairava or Mahākālī. They know very well that these horrible features of the Supreme Lord are all different servitors of the Lord under different conditions, yet they reject the worship of both horrible and attractive features of the demigods, and they concentrate only on the forms of Viṣṇu because they are serious about liberation from the material conditions. The demigods, even to the stage of Brahmā, the supreme of all the demigods, cannot offer liberation to anyone. Hiraṇyakaśipu underwent a severe type of penance to become eternal in life, but his worshipful deity, Brahmā, could not satisfy him with such blessings. Therefore Viṣṇu, and none else, is called mukti-pāda, or the Personality of Godhead who can bestow upon us mukti, liberation. The demigods, being like other living entities in the material world, are all liquidated at the time of the annihilation of the material structure. They are themselves unable to get liberation, and what to speak of giving liberation to their devotees. The demigods can award the worshipers some temporary benefit only, and not the ultimate one.

It is for this reason only that candidates for liberation deliberately reject the worship of the demigods, although they have no disrespect for any one of them.

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In my@Rama Raj humble Opinion Lord Krishna does not have any material form Under Sattva, Rajas, Tamas this is a complete deviation from the conclusions of Vaishnava Sampradaya They also say there are 5 Vaishnava sampradaya not four

Nivar Cyclone In my Village 2020

Hare Krishna today it's very heavy, continuously raining here in my village due to Cyclone, nivara cyclone, there is continuous rain, heavy rain, constant rain. This life is unsteady. Sometimes there is happiness sometimes there is distress this material world is full of distress, dukhalayam asasvatam, lord Krishna himself has said in Bhagavad Gita, dukhalayam asasvatam, whereas Krishna’s planet is full of happiness, unending happiness, eternality, full of knowledge.

The material world is Lord Krishna’s creation, this is his lower creation Krishna’s higher creation is in the spiritual world. Krishna’s lower energy is this material energy, we are called lord Krishna’s marginal energy. There are living entities who are eternally liberated there are living entities who are eternally conditioned. There are living entities who get liberated by sadhana or bhakti. Kripa Siddha, by the mercy of Lord Krishna many people become liberated by sadhana Austerity some people become liberated. So sadhana Siddha Krupa siddha. So, there are various ways of perfection, attaining perfection, is through austerities. Another is through mercy, just like you have an exam you will study well, write the exam, get the distinction, get high marks, and pass out. That's one way. Another way is somehow grace marks are being allotted to you, just pushing on you such that we vacate the place its like that, the grace marks mercy Like That Lord Krishna. Showing mercy in kali yuga lord Krishna is showing mercy in kali yuga he has taken the form of a devotee, a woman, that is the mood of a woman mood of Radharani he has become caitanya Mahaprabhu.

He has a male form, but the mood of a woman mood of a devotee mood of Radharani. So he is very much submissive, and loving he is distributing the love of God to all irrespective of qualification. Namo Mahavadanyaya Krishna prema pradayate Krishnaya, Krishna caitanya namne gouratvise namah.

This is a mantra by the gosvamis. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is considered to be the magnanimous incarnation of all incarnations. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the most munificent incarnation, the most charitable incarnation of all the incarnations of Lord Krishna. Hare Krishna that's why he is called Maha vadanyaya avatara. So he's Krishna himself. And he's giving Krishna prema to all of us. Only one who has the love of God can give us the love of God. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is giving us the love of God. He has taken the mood of Radharani Radha Krishna Nahe Anya Radha and Krishna, there is no difference.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu's most merciful incarnation appeared in Kaliyuga, 500 years back, he has inaugurated the sankirtana movement. That same sankirtana movement is spreading throughout the world. It's because of the efforts of the many Acharyas sad Goswami, and Jiva Goswami. so many Acharyas Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Bakthisiddanta Saraswathi Thakur, Bhakti Vedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, and many of his disciples, prominent disciples. So they are doing great services to Lord Krishna to Srila Prabhupada. So many disciples of Srila Prabhupad have established many temples, having Got training under Srila Prabhupad. They have established many centers, many ISKCON centers, and temples, that are flourishing nicely all over the world.

So we must take advantage of this harinam sankirtan movement. So we have to chant the Hare Krishna mantra, Read and distribute Srila prabhupada books. Take Krishna prasadam Thank you

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

So we are so much proud of our technological advancement. But in front of God, nothing can stand. Just see this thunderstorm and heavy rain Cyclone. All our mobile towers are stopped working or it's not working on my mobile. I'm not getting Tower now. There is heavy rain, continuous rain. There's a cyclone. There's a heavy wind. absolute darkness here. Power has gone. Power is not there here, absolute darkness. Continuously raining. Heavy wind absolute darkness everywhere. Because of no power, the mobile tower is not working. such a situation now which I'm staying now.

This is how this world is there. We are proud of our advancement We are proud of our technological advancement whatever may be advancement. We have placed our satellites ISRO, and NASA so many satellites we are placed but no use for us now. There is no power There is no mobile tower. The network is not coming there is no power here absolute darkness. no communication. So what will you do? we are too much dependent on this communication system. Mobile, internet, android phone whatever it may be, internet, but we are proud of all this thing advancement. But in front of nature, in front of demigods' power, God's power nothing can stand.

No power here. if you see the mobile tower I'm not getting the network. I'm not able to connect to the network. Sit is saying not registered on the network. I'm not getting the network here. Due to this rain, and wind here, there is no power, here there is absolute darkness only. Constantly raining, everywhere water, everywhere moisture heavy wind, cold, absolute darkness what a Hellish situation is this if you want to say this is a hellish situation. we are experiencing hell sometimes on this earth also.

So there is creation there is Maintenance, and destruction will always be happening. So destruction may be because of excessive rain or because of no rain. Maybe floods. Maybe volcanoes maybe cyclones maybe earthquakes. Whether it may be exercise activity ativrsti and anavristi excessive rain or no rain, excessive wind, excessive coldness, or excessive heat.

rainy season, summer, winter everywhere it is still happening. we are always troubled by threefold miseries of body, mind, miseries through Body, Mind, and miseries through other living entities, whether through natural calamities like cyclones. We are always struggling With these threefold miseries in this world, these threefold miseries, this is Cyclone is adhidevika. So very powerful. You cannot do anything with divine power, demigods power. You cannot do anything with this. Certain things we can try to rectify remedy, but with this divine power, gods power we cannot do anything. This is constantly happening.

Cyclone During Lord Krishna’s Time

"My dear friend, I think you remember our activities during the days when we were living as students. You may remember that once we went to collect fuel from the forest on the order of the guru's wife. While we were collecting the dried wood, we by chance entered the dense forest and became lost. There was an unexpected dust storm and then clouds and lightning in the sky and the explosive sound of thunder. Then sunset came, and we were lost in the dark jungle. After this, there was severe rainfall; the whole ground was overflooded with water, and we could not trace the way to return to our guru's āśrama. You may remember that the heavy rainfall--it was not rainfall but a sort of devastation. On account of the dust storm and the heavy rain, we began to feel greatly pained, and in whichever direction we turned we were bewildered. In that distressed condition, we took each other's hand and tried to find our way out. We passed the whole night in that way, and early in the morning when our absence became known to our Gurudeva, he sent his other disciples to search us out. He also came with them, and when they reached us in the jungle they found us to be very distressed.

"With great compassion, our Gurudeva said, 'My dear boys, it is very wonderful that you have suffered so much trouble for me. Everyone likes to take care of his body as the first consideration, but you are so good and faithful to your guru that without caring for bodily comforts you have taken so much trouble for me. I am also glad to see that bona fide students like you will undergo any kind of trouble for the satisfaction of the spiritual master. That is the way for a bona fide disciple to become free from his debt to the spiritual master. The disciple must dedicate his life to the service of the spiritual master. My dear best of the twice-born, I am greatly pleased by your action, and I bless you: May all your desires and ambitions be fulfilled. May the understanding of the Vedas which you have learned from me always continue to remain within your memory so that at every moment you can remember the teachings of the Vedas and quote their instructions without difficulty. Thus you will never be disappointed in this life or the next.'"

Courtesy Bhaktivedanta book trust: "The Meeting of Lord Kṛṣṇa with Sudāmā Brāhmaṇa." by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhakthivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Experiencing Nivar cyclone

The weather here in my village is quite heavy today, as we are experiencing continuous rainfall due to the Nivar cyclone. The rain is constant and heavy, and it seems like it won't let up anytime soon. This unpredictability reminds me that life itself can be unsteady, with moments of happiness and distress. It's important to remember that, as Lord Krishna said in the Bhagavad Gita dhukhalyam asasvatam, this material world is full of suffering and temporary. However, his planet is filled with eternal happiness and knowledge, offering us a glimpse of what true joy and contentment can look like. 

As much as we pride ourselves on our technological advancements, the sheer power of nature never fails to humble us. As I sit here amid a thunderstorm and heavy rain cyclone, I find myself without any mobile service. The conditions outside are treacherous, with the relentless rain and strong winds causing the power to go out, plunging everything into complete darkness. It's a truly humbling experience to witness the sheer force of nature at work, and it serves as a reminder that there are still some things that we cannot control. 

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