JKP Radha Madhav Dham

O Lord! My feet are tired from roaming around in vain for such a long time.

I have been born again and again receiving all kinds of miseries and not getting a moment's rest because of my ongoing search for happiness.

I continued to receive insults from countless spouses over countless lives, but refuse to get detached even now.

Even though I have read, heard, know and even accept the teachings of the scriptures and the Saints, this crooked mind of mine remains obstinately attached to the world.

“Even though I recite Your glories and pastimes and chant Your names, nevertheless,”

Says Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj, “without Your grace, O Merciful Lord, the desire of the senses for sense-objects will not go away!"

Live recorded kirtan in June 2025 from Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple of JKP at Radha Madhav Dham, Austin, TX.

Song Credits:

Song - नाथ! अब भटकत थकि गये पाम। nātha! aba bhatakata thaki gaye pāma

Singer - Sushree Rameshwari Devi Ji

Composer - Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj Lyrics

Composer - Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

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My Radhey (the love and life of my soul) is very simple and kind-hearted.

She deliberately graces all the humble souls and gives them the gift of Divine love.

Even once if someone surrenders to Her, She obliterates the bindings of do's and don'ts of the Vedic dharmas, and ...

taking that soul into Her service among Her personal associates, She gives the soul the Divine bliss of maharas.

The Vedas etc., who anxiously keep looking for Her favor, say that She is so great that She is beyond their reach.

But, my beloved Radhey, is naively so simple that She bypasses all the Vedic rules (and gives Divine love to all the souls who come close to Her).

Live recorded kirtan in June 2025 from Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple of JKP Radha Madhav Dham, Austin, TX.

Song Credits:

Song: Hamári Radhey, ați bhori sarkår हमारी राधे, अति भोरी सरकार ।

Singer: Swami Maheshvaranand Ji

Composer: Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

Lyrics Composer: Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

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Live recorded kirtan in June 2025 from Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple of JKP Radha Madhav Dham, Austin, TX.

Song Credits:

Song: aho Hari! ohū dina kaba aihaiṁ अहो हरि ! ओहू दिन कब ऐहैं ।

Singer: Swami Maheshvaranand Ji

Composer: Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

Lyrics Composer: Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

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A devotee’s question: Because we talk about spirituality in general…spirituality is one way where we think that being thankful for what we have, does it actually help us to make our stress go down? Is that part of spirituality? I mean, having the ability, because as humans, we all have desires, so being thankful for what we have in life, does it actually make us more or less stressed?

Swami Nikhilanan Ji’s answer: I would say that's part of having a positive outlook. Being thankful for what we have is part of several things that we could keep in mind to maintain a positive outlook. But, what we want to do is go even beyond that. We want to create a real connection with God that goes even deeper than just being thankful for the material things we have, but where we actually start feeling Divine God's presence with us. So that's a much deeper goal.

A devotee’s question: When I close my eyes and so sometimes I feel okay, “I am a soul. I'm not a body,” but the problem starts when I interact with the world. When I go to the job, when I meet my friends, meet my enemies, and meet my wife even. So, how can the practice help me to remember in that situation that I'm a soul and not the body and so what kind of practice can I do to detach from that world?

Swami Nikhilanand Ji’s answer: The path to God includes the practice of meditation which we do here, By practicing meditation every day, what ends up happening is that that spiritual consciousness which you referred to where you have some awareness of your Divinity, that spiritual consciousness has to be integrated into our material active life and initially the two don't integrate but the more we practice the more that spiritual awareness becomes almost like our baseline. It becomes our regular waking consciousness. But that takes time. It takes practice, and it actually happens naturally.

So the more we call the meditation we do here is a very specific meditation called roop dhyan where we meditate on God Himself. So, by doing this, we create and deepen a connection with God. So while you're doing the meditation, eventually you start experiencing something in a very deep way. And in the beginning, again, you get the disconnect. As soon as you stop your meditation, the world just takes over. But eventually, over the weeks or months or years, if you keep practicing, that actually spills over into your (life) like a rising tide. It starts spilling over into your material activities or your material consciousness, you can say. But, it's a process. It takes time. There's no easy way. There's no shortcut or trick. You just have to keep practicing until that enters your daily waking consciousness.

A devotee’s question: I wonder if you can tell us how to stop getting happiness from the wrong things, be it eating, sleeping, laziness, drinking, what have you?

Swami Nikhilanand Ji’s answer: Recognizing that those are temporary pleasures is part of it, but the real effect comes when we start… Remember, I was saying we have to get some experience of God and it starts small and grows. So, the more experience we get by following the path to God and the bigger that experience becomes, the more space in our heart it takes up and the less interest our mind has in those types of pleasures that you were describing.

It's not wrong for the mind to want happiness or pleasure. It's our nature, because God Himself is happiness and we're a part of Him. So we naturally desire happiness and pleasure, but the thing is we're seeking it from the world instead of seeking the Divine happiness from God. So, until the mind starts experiencing that happiness, it's never going to let go of the material pleasures.

So don't worry too much. I mean, have the knowledge about the limited nature of the material pleasures, but don't worry about forcefully making the mind leave those things. Think more about how can I attach my mind to God and start experiencing devotional happiness, devotional pleasure, and that will create a natural transition where your mind will naturally start becoming more interested in God than in the world.

A devotee’s question: As you said, being intellectual… Stress can be managed or stress can be reduced. What about emotional intelligence? Like when you are in stress, your emotions can go up and down and that it's really difficult to control emotions. It can be visible to your face and it's a different situation while working, while at home, anywhere in the world. So how are we to control the emotions? Like the two theories you suggested, like being intellectual, but emotional intelligence is a completely different thing. How do we combine with spirituality?

Swami Nikhilanand Ji’s answer: Well, there's two things. There's eliminating the root cause of that emotional volatility, which is the very same we're talking about. The root cause is the same - we're separated from God and we're unable to experience God. That's what creates that volatility in our emotions. So the solution is also the same. The more experience of God's closeness we have, the more level headed we'll be. So that's addressing the root cause, but since that's a gradual process that takes time. In the meantime, we also have to have some techniques for managing our emotions.

So those techniques are fairly simple. You know, many of you probably have your own techniques, but one way that Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj used to tell us is if you're having some reaction coming on and you want to try to control it. So, the first thing you can do is try to just think Krishna is watching me right now. So how would I behave in front of Krishna? Or maybe you're feeling angry at a person. So then not only feel like Krishna is watching me, see Krishna in the heart of that person. Then whatever that emotion was, it's going to calm down immediately if you can really do that. It's possible. Sometimes we are so angry. We don't even want it.

Who is it? Yeah. Krishna may be there, but, “I don't want to see Him! I want to be angry at this person!” Then nobody can help you. Right? But that's a technique that if you can actually implement it, you don't need any other technique. “Oh, I'm having this emotion. It's going to be a destructive emotion. I better manage it!” Okay. See Krishna in this person or Krishna is right here watching me. Then that takes care of the problem. Maharaj ji also taught us one breathing technique. He called it ‘Radhe breathing’.

So ‘shwās shwās Radhe Radhe ka jap karna’ says you inhale and you say, “Ra” without, not out loud, just in your mind, in your heart. You say “Ra-dhe”, “Ra-dhe.” So, in Braj where Radha Krishna took avatār, everybody says “Radhe Radhe” for everything - for hello, for goodbye, for getting somebody's attention, for everything, “Radhe Radhe.” So we can use “Radhe Radhe” to help us control our emotions also. Just breathe in and breathe out and just say, “Radhe.” So you're getting the effect of God's Divine name plus you're using the breath to command your emotions to settle down.

A devotee’s question: When the soul departs from the body, is it instantly transferred to a different body or goes to Godhead first?

Swami Nikhilanand Ji’s answer: Doesn't go to God, actually. It stays in the material realm. And depending on our karm… you know, someone could be immediately reborn in some other species or as a human somewhere else or even in your own family you could be reborn. Or you could go to swarg or narak, and then eventually be reborn here on Earth. So it's going to be different for every person.

But unless we attain God in this life, you don't go to God and then go somewhere else. And God is managing the whole situation, but you'll just go according to your karm. You don't go to God after dying.

A devotee’s question: So, in day-to-day life, whenever I get stressed, by the time I get pleasure also somehow, because I believe in the God, happiness is kind of eliminating my stress level, but I'm a little confused whether this is from God's side or is that the true happiness? Or, how do I take that kind of pleasure when I have too much stress in my life?

Swami Nikhilanand Ji’s answer: If you're getting pleasure by remembering God, this is a glimpse of the Divine pleasure. It's depending on how much connection we have with God, we experience pleasure while remembering Him. And that's the real pleasure. That's the real happiness. So now we have to know how to increase that so it stays all the time.

So let us finish with a couple minutes of kirtan, which is actually a time to meditate. So I'd like you all to think about Krishna. Think about that tattva gyān you got, which is that you belong to Him. You're the same. You're related to Him and He's always with you.

So just see His beautiful form and feel His presence with you and we'll do a couple minutes of chanting while we all do our own meditation and try to feel close to God in this way.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.radhakrishnaprem.com

Watch video at: https://www.radhakrishnaprem.com/p/q-and-a-with-swami-nikhilanand-ji-1

A devotee’s question: Because we talk about spirituality in general…spirituality is one way where we think that being thankful for what we have, does it actually help us to make our stress go down? Is that part of spirituality? I mean, having the ability, because as humans, we all have desires, so being thankful for what we have in life, does it actually make us more or less stressed?

Swami Nikhilanan Ji’s answer: I would say that's part of having a positive outlook. Being thankful for what we have is part of several things that we could keep in mind to maintain a positive outlook. But, what we want to do is go even beyond that. We want to create a real connection with God that goes even deeper than just being thankful for the material things we have, but where we actually start feeling Divine God's presence with us. So that's a much deeper goal.

A devotee’s question: When I close my eyes and so sometimes I feel okay, “I am a soul. I'm not a body,” but the problem starts when I interact with the world. When I go to the job, when I meet my friends, meet my enemies, and meet my wife even. So, how can the practice help me to remember in that situation that I'm a soul and not the body and so what kind of practice can I do to detach from that world?

Swami Nikhilanand Ji’s answer: The path to God includes the practice of meditation which we do here, By practicing meditation every day, what ends up happening is that that spiritual consciousness which you referred to where you have some awareness of your Divinity, that spiritual consciousness has to be integrated into our material active life and initially the two don't integrate but the more we practice the more that spiritual awareness becomes almost like our baseline. It becomes our regular waking consciousness. But that takes time. It takes practice, and it actually happens naturally.

So the more we call the meditation we do here is a very specific meditation called roop dhyan where we meditate on God Himself. So, by doing this, we create and deepen a connection with God. So while you're doing the meditation, eventually you start experiencing something in a very deep way. And in the beginning, again, you get the disconnect. As soon as you stop your meditation, the world just takes over. But eventually, over the weeks or months or years, if you keep practicing, that actually spills over into your (life) like a rising tide. It starts spilling over into your material activities or your material consciousness, you can say. But, it's a process. It takes time. There's no easy way. There's no shortcut or trick. You just have to keep practicing until that enters your daily waking consciousness.

A devotee’s question: I wonder if you can tell us how to stop getting happiness from the wrong things, be it eating, sleeping, laziness, drinking, what have you?

Swami Nikhilanand Ji’s answer: Recognizing that those are temporary pleasures is part of it, but the real effect comes when we start… Remember, I was saying we have to get some experience of God and it starts small and grows. So, the more experience we get by following the path to God and the bigger that experience becomes, the more space in our heart it takes up and the less interest our mind has in those types of pleasures that you were describing.

It's not wrong for the mind to want happiness or pleasure. It's our nature, because God Himself is happiness and we're a part of Him. So we naturally desire happiness and pleasure, but the thing is we're seeking it from the world instead of seeking the Divine happiness from God. So, until the mind starts experiencing that happiness, it's never going to let go of the material pleasures.

So don't worry too much. I mean, have the knowledge about the limited nature of the material pleasures, but don't worry about forcefully making the mind leave those things. Think more about how can I attach my mind to God and start experiencing devotional happiness, devotional pleasure, and that will create a natural transition where your mind will naturally start becoming more interested in God than in the world.

A devotee’s question: As you said, being intellectual… Stress can be managed or stress can be reduced. What about emotional intelligence? Like when you are in stress, your emotions can go up and down and that it's really difficult to control emotions. It can be visible to your face and it's a different situation while working, while at home, anywhere in the world. So how are we to control the emotions? Like the two theories you suggested, like being intellectual, but emotional intelligence is a completely different thing. How do we combine with spirituality?

Swami Nikhilanand Ji’s answer: Well, there's two things. There's eliminating the root cause of that emotional volatility, which is the very same we're talking about. The root cause is the same - we're separated from God and we're unable to experience God. That's what creates that volatility in our emotions. So the solution is also the same. The more experience of God's closeness we have, the more level headed we'll be. So that's addressing the root cause, but since that's a gradual process that takes time. In the meantime, we also have to have some techniques for managing our emotions.

So those techniques are fairly simple. You know, many of you probably have your own techniques, but one way that Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj used to tell us is if you're having some reaction coming on and you want to try to control it. So, the first thing you can do is try to just think Krishna is watching me right now. So how would I behave in front of Krishna? Or maybe you're feeling angry at a person. So then not only feel like Krishna is watching me, see Krishna in the heart of that person. Then whatever that emotion was, it's going to calm down immediately if you can really do that. It's possible. Sometimes we are so angry. We don't even want it.

Who is it? Yeah. Krishna may be there, but, “I don't want to see Him! I want to be angry at this person!” Then nobody can help you. Right? But that's a technique that if you can actually implement it, you don't need any other technique. “Oh, I'm having this emotion. It's going to be a destructive emotion. I better manage it!” Okay. See Krishna in this person or Krishna is right here watching me. Then that takes care of the problem. Maharaj ji also taught us one breathing technique. He called it ‘Radhe breathing’.

So ‘shwās shwās Radhe Radhe ka jap karna’ says you inhale and you say, “Ra” without, not out loud, just in your mind, in your heart. You say “Ra-dhe”, “Ra-dhe.” So, in Braj where Radha Krishna took avatār, everybody says “Radhe Radhe” for everything - for hello, for goodbye, for getting somebody's attention, for everything, “Radhe Radhe.” So we can use “Radhe Radhe” to help us control our emotions also. Just breathe in and breathe out and just say, “Radhe.” So you're getting the effect of God's Divine name plus you're using the breath to command your emotions to settle down.

A devotee’s question: When the soul departs from the body, is it instantly transferred to a different body or goes to Godhead first?

Swami Nikhilanand Ji’s answer: Doesn't go to God, actually. It stays in the material realm. And depending on our karm… you know, someone could be immediately reborn in some other species or as a human somewhere else or even in your own family you could be reborn. Or you could go to swarg or narak, and then eventually be reborn here on Earth. So it's going to be different for every person.

But unless we attain God in this life, you don't go to God and then go somewhere else. And God is managing the whole situation, but you'll just go according to your karm. You don't go to God after dying.

A devotee’s question: So, in day-to-day life, whenever I get stressed, by the time I get pleasure also somehow, because I believe in the God, happiness is kind of eliminating my stress level, but I'm a little confused whether this is from God's side or is that the true happiness? Or, how do I take that kind of pleasure when I have too much stress in my life?

Swami Nikhilanand Ji’s answer: If you're getting pleasure by remembering God, this is a glimpse of the Divine pleasure. It's depending on how much connection we have with God, we experience pleasure while remembering Him. And that's the real pleasure. That's the real happiness. So now we have to know how to increase that so it stays all the time.

So let us finish with a couple minutes of kirtan, which is actually a time to meditate. So I'd like you all to think about Krishna. Think about that tattva gyān you got, which is that you belong to Him. You're the same. You're related to Him and He's always with you.

So just see His beautiful form and feel His presence with you and we'll do a couple minutes of chanting while we all do our own meditation and try to feel close to God in this way.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.radhakrishnaprem.com

Sushree Diwakari Devi is a sanyasi preacher who studied under the guidance of Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj (5th Original Jagadguru). After extensive study of the deepest aspects of the philosophy of Divine Love, Sanskrit scriptures, and devotional music of India, she received Vaishnav sanyas in the raganuga tradition of Vrindaban, India under the guidance of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj. Since then, she has lectured extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada. Her speech touches the heart and her chanting of the Divine name enters deep in the hearts of the listeners, inspiring them with devotional love for Radha Krishna.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.radhakrishnaprem.com

Sushree Diwakari Devi is a sanyasi preacher who studied under the guidance of Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj (5th Original Jagadguru). After extensive study of the deepest aspects of the philosophy of Divine Love, Sanskrit scriptures, and devotional music of India, she received Vaishnav sanyas in the raganuga tradition of Vrindaban, India under the guidance of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj. Since then, she has lectured extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada. Her speech touches the heart and her chanting of the Divine name enters deep in the hearts of the listeners, inspiring them with devotional love for Radha Krishna.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.radhakrishnaprem.com

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Glory to Radha Krishn.

O, my Beloved Radhey and Govind! Please have Your rasik Saints Grace me with Gopi love. Please give me the taste of a drop of the nectar of Your Divine love.

Please give me Your vision when You Both stand with Your arms around each other. Please make me a servant of one of Your servant's servants (a rasik Saint).

Please include me amongst Your Gopis of Divine Vrindaban. Please give some service in the palace of Radha Rani.

Please make me a speck of dust in Braj. (Everything of Braj is Divine and is the expansion of Radha Krishn's own personality. So desiring for a speck of dust is a kind of humbleness. It means to become Divine and experience Radha Krishn love.) Please make my heart fall in the love of Your lotus feet.

Please engross my mind in that love (of Your lotus feet). Please look to Your promise of lifting the fallen souls out of Your kindness and protect this fallen soul.

Please show me Your causelessly merciful nature. Please show me the raas leela which You do with Your beloved Gopis, Lalita etc.

Please show me Your maan and pranaya leelas. Please awaken my sleeping devotional luck.

Please teach me how to love You. Whatever bad things I have, please make them good. Please teach me that song which pleases you the most.

My Radhey! Show me the path that leads to Your Divine abode. Please make me understand that only You are mine,

Please restore my lost feelings of servitude for You. Please increase my thirst for Your vision and touch.

Please start the fire of sweet longing to meet You. Please make me 'never to forget You' even by mistake.

Please give me the experience of Your presence in Your name, Whatever bad things I have, please make them good.

Please give me the nectar of Your lotus feet. You are causelessly Gracious; why don't You shower Your causeless Grace upon me right now?

Live recorded kirtan during Maun Sadhana 2025 from Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple of JKP Radha Madhav Dham, Austin, TX.

Song Credits:

Song - निज रसिक जनों से गोपी प्रेम दिला दे । टुक प्रेम सुधा रस बिंदु पिला दे । Nij rasik janon se Gopi prem dila de. Tuk prem sudha ras bindu pila de.

Singer - Rishina Didi

Composer - Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

Lyrics Composer - Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

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I have been accepted as a maidservant of Priyatam Pyari !

I do not have the slightest attraction for the four goals of human existence - fulfillment of scripturally prescribed duties relating to the world (dharm), the pursuit of wealth (arth), the pursuit of sense gratification (kām) or liberation (mokşh).

I sacrifice myself on the Divine Couple, serving Them in Their palace with the greatest joy.

Whereas I relish each and every service in Their palace, it is the service of sweeping that I enjoy the most since it involves collecting the footdust of the Divine Couple and Their sakhis.

When Maanini Kishorī Jī does maan, I wish to be awarded the service of guarding the palace where I can witness the depth of Shyamsundar's love in separation from Pyarī Ju.

Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj revealing his own personally preferred sentiment says, “I have one single-minded desire and that is to be known as a sakhī of Barasanewari."

Live recorded kirtan in 2020 at Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple of JKP Radha Madhav Dham, Austin, TX.

Song Credits:

Song - हौं ह्वै गइ प्रीतम प्यारी की। Haum hvai gai prītama pyārī kī

Singer - Chirag bhaiya

Composer - Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

Lyrics Composer - Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

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Barsana Dham is such a place that can make an eternally Blissless soul full of Divine love.

Whoever comes to Barsana Dham (with an open mind and yearning heart), Radha Rani Graces them and drowns him in the Bliss of Divine love

Live in Barsana Dham. Radha Rani will Grace you with the nectar of Divine love one day

Barsana Dham is Divine. Radha Rani and Krishn always play in Barsana Dham and do all kinds of leelas.

Whoever comes to Barsana Dham (and surrenders to Radha), Barsanewari Radha Rani gives him Divine love.

Whoever comes to Barsana Dham, Radha Rani drowns him in the intoxication of Divine love.

Whoever comes to Barsana Dham, Radha Rani makes them a Gopi.

Whoever comes to Barsana Dham, Radha Rani makes him meet beloved Krishn.

Whoever is born has to die one day. The cycle of life and death is an eternal phenomenon.

Always sing the name and virtues of Radha Krishn. Along with singing, you should also do roopdhyan (remembering the names, form, leelas and the virtues of Radha Krishn) in your mind.

A devotee should never forget Radha Krishn even for a moment, but he must forget bhukti (worldly attainments) and mukti (liberation) forever.

Live recorded kirtan in 2020 at Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple of JKP Radha Madhav Dham, Austin, TX.

Song Credits:

Song - बरसाना धाम ऐसा गोविन्द राधे | नीरस जीव को भी रसिक बना दे ॥ Barsáná dham aisá Govind Radhey. Neeras jeev ko bhi rasik banå de

Singer - Chirag Bhaiya

Composer - Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

Lyrics Composer - Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj

JKP Radha Madhav Dham podcast is available on various podcast apps, allowing you to listen to kirtans and lectures on demand. Downloaded podcast episodes can be accessed offline without needing a data connection.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.radhakrishnaprem.com