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Krishna Nectar Lilas part sixteen

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Gopal Eats Clay Laddus One day Krsna ate some clay in order to expand the glories of His beloved land of Vrndavana and to purify the universe. Upon seeing that, Balarama, who possesses keen powers of discrimination,…
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Krishna Nectar Lilas part fifteen

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Krishna Plays in Dirt One day Vrajaraja Nanda and Yasoda spoke about their son Krishna. "When Krsna is out playing He likes to wander off alone leaving the powerful Balarama behind. We should hire someone to supervise…
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Krishna Nectar Lilas part fourteen

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Gopis Complain Once the Vraja gopis talked amongst themselves, "Krsna brings good fortune wherever He goes, and His presence make everyone's life glorious. Who in this world is not enchanted by the frivolous and amusing…
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Krishna Nectar Lilas  part thirteen

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Churning Kheer & Other Fun Krishna: “Mother please tell Me about that churning of the milk ocean by the Devas and Daityas? How many milk cows made that ocean?” Yashoda: “Darling, the milk ocean was not…
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Beautiful Truths of Bhagavata 013 “How Krishna Fulfils Devotees Desires”

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Srimad Bhagavatam is called the “king of all spiritual books” (Grantha Raja) for good reason. Within this triguna-free, transcendental treatise, the amala-purana, which showcases the absolutely selfless, divine…
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The History of Ratha Yatra

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das The Skanda Purana states that Ratha-yatra began a few billion years ago in Satya-yuga during the reign of Svarocisa Manu, the second of the fourteen Manus. Every year Lord Jagannatha enacts the Ratha-yatra…
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The Esoteric Meaning of Ratha Yatra

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das In a purport of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada gives a wonderful illumination about the esoteric meaning of Lord Jagannatha’s Ratha-yātrā. After giving up the…
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The Extraordinary Form of Lord Jagannatha

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Pilgrims in Puri often ask the question, “Why does the Deity of Jagannatha Deva have such an unusual form?” The answer is simple—God wants to appear like this, in this most unusual form, to establish…
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Japa Walk Thru: Lila Meditations Intro

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das This audio series presents narrations of the occassional and eternal pastimes of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Radha and Krishna. In Japa Walk Thru Lila Meditations, we mix japa chanting with meditation on Krishna’s…
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Seeing Siddha Deha: A Gradual Process (part two)

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Please read previous part one before. On the path of Radha-Krishna bhakti bhajana, one must pass through nine steps or stages to reach the final goal, Krishna prema. 1) Beginning with faith in Sri Krishna (Shraddha);…
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Seeing Siddha Deha: A Gradual Process (part one)

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das One can experience, perceive and literally see transcendental phenomena i.e. the spiritual form of Bhagavan Sri Krishna or one’s own siddha svarupa according to the purity of one’s consciousness. Brahmaji says…
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Japa Mini Lila Meditations 002 “Radha’s Manjaris 150 Sevas!”

Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Srimati Radharani’s personal maidservants (aka manjaris, kinkaris or dasis) have divine, transcendental bodies that are sweetly saturated with gopi seva/bhava from head to toe. Radhika’s beautiful, playful and…

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