namāmīśvaraṁ saccidānanda-rūpaṁ

lasat-kuṇḍalaṁ gokule bhrāja-mānam

yaśodā-bhiyolūkhalād-dhāvamānaṁ

parāmṛṣṭam atyaṁ tato drutya gopya

I offer obeisances unto Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the possessor of all potencies, whose beautiful form is the entirety of concentrated existence, knowledge and bliss. On His cheeks, makara-shaped earrings are swinging playfully. His infinite brilliance shines forth from His most splendid residence, the transcendental abode, Śrī Gokula. He was afraid of Mother Yaśodā (because He smashed the earthen pot of yoghurt). When He saw her coming He leapt down from the grinding mortar and ran away. Nevertheless, Mother Yaśodā ultimately caught hold of Him from behind, for she ran more swiftly than He did.

Citta Hari das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the glories of Sri Radha.

Questions:

1min

The Bhagavad-Gita says that acts done without sraddha will not bear fruit. How can this statement be understood in relation to the concept of ajnata sukrti?

8min

If bhakti can be engaged in without faith, what does it mean that faith is the beginning of bhakti?

13min

It is said that Sri Krishna is so beautiful that his devotees feel ashamed of their glorifications once they meet him for the first time because the glorifications did not do justice. However, when Krishna appears on earth, some people don’t like him even when they see him. How is that possible?

18min

I heard that the Banke Bihari deity in Vrindavan is a combined form of Radha and Krishna. Do you have any thoughts on this you would like to share?

25min

Is it Yogamaya that takes Mahaprabhu into Krishna-lila and back out in Gaura-lila?

28min

It is said that when we go to the spiritual world, we will have no memories of the material world. How is it then that Gopa Kumara could go back to the material world after attaining perfection and remember his life story?

34min

It is said that the monkeys that Sri Krishna fed butter in his Damodara-lila were associates of Lord Ramacandra. It is also said that Krishna would feed crows in the same pastime. Do you know who those crows might be?

36min

Does Sri Narasimhadeva have the face of a lion in Vaikuntha?

41min

Sometimes it’s said that among the guna-avataras only Lord Vishnu is suddha-sattva, and in other places, Lord Shiva is also considered suddha-sattva. Can you explain this?

44min

Have you had the darsana of Guruvayurappan?

46min

Do you have a suggested order of reading your books?

49min

In the story of Puranjana in the Srimad Bhagavatam, there is a narration of Sri Krishna asking the jiva if the jiva remembers him and why it left him. This is used to support the idea that we used to be with Krishna. Can you comment on this?

Kanuram das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on Govardhana's mellows.

Bhrighupada das, Sanskrit translator and professor of religious studies, will speak on vraja mandala parikrama.

Swami B. A. Ashram, author of 'O My Friend, O My Friend' about Srila Prabhupada's inner life, will speak on the beauty and mystery of Krishna's Rasa-lila.

Madana-mohana das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the psychology of Vraja.

It was actually Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s maidservant, His yogamāyā potency, who had understood His mind and accomplished the task of binding Him. This made Mother Yaśodā feel that all those astonishing activities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa were an illusion. When that rope was finally tied tightly around Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s waist, Mother Yaśodā knotted it to another long rope, which she then tied around the middle of the grinding mortar.

She had taught her son Kṛṣṇa a lesson by tying Him up and thus showed Him how unmoved she could be by His stubbornness. To protect Him, she seated the other little boys around Him and, happily went inside with the giggling gopīs to complete her household chores.

Citta Hari das, bhakti yoga scholar, will speak on the glories of Sri Radha.

Questions:

0min

What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom?

3min

One of the names of Srimati Radharani listed in Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami’s Sri Sri Radhika astottara sata nama stotra is Bhaskaropasika, meaning “she who worships the sun”. Is the sun that she worshipped in the bhauma-lila the same sun that we see now in the sky? Can you share something about Srimati Radharani worshipping the sun?

14min

Sridhama Navadvipa and Sridhama Vrindavana are said to be one and the same. Are the siddha devotees serving in both the audarya-lila and the madhurya-lila at the same time? How does that work?

30min

Have you composed a written explanation of the na paraye ham-verse from the Srimad Bhagavatam?

36min

What does it mean when Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says in his Srimad Bhagavatam commentaries that a word in a text is supposed to be another word?

41min

Is there an objective truth as to what Srila Prabhupada‘s rasa is?