Author: HH Bhakti Vikas Swami

Lord Caitanya recommended the feeling of the gopis as the highest mode of worship that can be rendered to the Lord. The conclusion is that the regular practice of bhakti-yoga will lead the devotee to the plane of intense love for the Lord, and that is the single qualification by which the conditioned soul is […]

For iron to be attracted by a magnet is natural. Similarly, for all living entities to be attracted toward Krsna is natural, and therefore the Lord’s real name is Krsna, meaning He who attracts everyone and everything. The typical examples of such attraction are found in Vrndavana, where everything and everyone is attracted by Krsna. […]

The attitude of the gopis is like a mirror upon which the reflection of Krsna’s beauty develops at every moment. Both Krsna and the gopis increase their transcendental beauty at every moment, and there is always transcendental competition between them. No one can appreciate the beauty of Krsna by properly discharging his occupational duty or […]

When our eyes are anointed with love of God, we can see Him everywhere. That is the injunction of the sastras. We have to develop our seeing power by developing love of Godhead. Premanjana-cchurita bhakti-vilocanena [Bs 5.38]. When one is sufficiently developed in Krsna consciousness, he can see the Lord every moment within his heart […]

Five plus five is equal to ten. Two plus two is equal to four. So Krishna plus everything is Vrndavana. Do not forget Krishna, and you shall always be in Vrndavana. From Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Ekendra — Los Angeles 24 January, 1970

Vrndavana is full of Mayavadis. Do you accept it? And I am afraid our men may not be influenced. The whole Vrndavana is full of Mayavadis. We have to be very, very cautious and careful. Srila Prabhupada, Talk on Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.16 – November 16, 1974, Bombay

Krsna is playing just like an ordinary child, and Mother Yasoda is treating Him as her son. All Krsna’s friends complained to Mother Yasoda, “Mother Yasoda, your Krsna was eating dirt.” “Eh? I gave You sandesa, and You are eating dirt?” [laughter] “No, Mother, I did not eat. They are telling all lies. This morning […]

Vrindaban is meant for retirement, elderly persons in Krishna Consciousness can devote all their time to devotional service. Such men are wanted to live in Vrindaban, not women and children. That is a fact, the holy dhamas are meant for the sannyasis and brahmacaris especially. If necessary, the management must be done by sannyasis and […]

SB 3.2.29When the Lord displayed His activities just suitable for childhood, He was visible only to the residents of Vrndavana. Sometimes He would cry and sometimes laugh, just like a child, and while so doing He would appear like a lion cub. PURPORTIf anyone wants to enjoy the childhood pastimes of the Lord, then he […]

If we take to Krsna consciousness, shelter of the lotus feet of Krsna — sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh [SB 9.4.18] — if we fix up our mind always at the lotus feet of Krsna, then everything will follow very perfectly. That is promised by Krsna. Tesam satata-yuktanam bhajatam priti-purvakam [Bg. 10.10]. If one is engaged […]

In a spiritual body one can dance with Krsna in the rasa dance like the gopis and the cowherd boys. This is not an ordinary dance, but the dance of eternity, in the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Only those who have become purified in their love for Krsna can participate in it. […]

One should not take this process of Krsna consciousness as something cheap, but as a matchless gift bestowed upon suffering humanity by the Lord Himself. Simply by engaging in this process, all the anxieties and fears of one’s life, which in actuality revolve about the fear of death, are allayed. From: Krsna Consciousness, the Matchless […]