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Krishna marries the Yamuna–from Gopala Campu of Jiva Goswami

Krishna marries the Yamuna–from Gopala Campu of Jiva Goswami

After some days, Kṛṣṇa sent Balarāma and others to Dvārakā. Desiring to have fun in the forest with Arjuna, he was wandering on the bank of the Yamunā. When Agni (the mouth of the devatās) begged for food, Kṛṣṇa made the Khāṇḍava forest, inhabited by ferocious Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, snakes, tigers, lions, bears and deer, into Agni’s food. On another day he took away the daughter of the sun. At that time we met him for getting service. Kṛṣṇa went...

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Opposite results

Opposite results

Satrājit kept the jewel in his house because it gave wealth. Keeping the jewel in the house to avoid destruction brought all destruction. Listen! His brother was killed in the forest and he was killed in his house. One can clearly understand that all things not favorable to Kṛṣṇa are destroyed.” –Gopala campu

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Reality is a Dance, not Bureaucratic Law

Reality is a Dance, not Bureaucratic Law

“The blissful devotional service performed by the expert devotees is like a dance. The devotee begins to learn the lessons of that dance. Taken by the hands of the dance intructress, ruci, he learns all — experiencing an extraordinary, unprecedented, unimaginable, golden bliss which cannot be described. In what blissful realm will he come to exist, when in time, he is made to dance by the supreme masters of dance, bhava and...

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Rādhāṣṭamī

Rādhāṣṭamī

She stands by His side, sweet smile entreating Us to worship His feet, soft and pinkish. She massages them gently, offering tulasī. Oh, won’t you please come and see how beautiful they are? Rādhārāṇī, queen of worship, beauty supreme in female form, Please protect me, don’t let me slip from the path of bhakti. Soaring through transcendental treetops on a swing of flowers Downpour of nectar never stops where You are queen. Can You...

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