Baba Sripadji and George Harrison

 

      This was in Jai Singh Gera, Vrindavan 1974, the morning after
 the walk at the Jamunaji, after an early music session of Raga
Bharavi by Pt. Ravi Shankarji on Sitar. Then we all set on the grass
here having refreshments. Babaji told us about George's new song,
'My Sweet Lord", and he had this same smile on his face as he spoke, 
I remember! George was telling me about his song 'I am missing you!'
... Oh, Krsna! Where are you?

¸. *ღ☆¸.•°*♥  हरी ॐ !․☆¨´`'*°☆.¸.☆¨´`'*°☆ ․☆¨´`'*°☆.¸.☆¨´`'*°☆
                                                           இڿڰۣڿڰღ

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Swami Mukund Hariji Maharaj and Sri Asim Krishna Dasji

      Swami Mukund Hari Maharajji is one of the first Saints I met with Baba
Sripadji when I came to Vrindavan, in 1971 and I stayed in his Ashrama,
Sri Hari Nikunj. Totally Delightful and full of Loving kindness was he.
Radha Dasi, Asim Krsna Das and I would often have tea with him in the
afternoon and he would make us laugh with his stories and questions!!
Once on a Christmas Eve he asked us to sing Christmas Carols for him and
we did to his joy, and specially, ours! He was always full of bliss and blessings
whenever I met him!!
     It was a little later that I was to attend his amazing Kirtanas in Delhi and
Chandigarh where hundreds joined, and I came to then understand why he
was known in India by the title of 'Sankirtan Samrat'.
     Years later Asim K Das told me how he first met Swamiji. He said coming
to India then was a traveling adventure for him only and  when he came across
the border into Bhatinda, for some reason further traveling was restricted and
he had to spend some unexpected time there. So he asked the crowd of people
around him, "What is there to do here in your city?" They said there is nothing
entertaining and special to do here and all shook their heads. Then one man
spoke up and said,  "We do have something special here, we have a saint!"
And Asim said, "Oh, that's amazing! The only saints we have in the West are
dead saints!!  Please take me to see him just now!"
      At the end of that first meeting of Asim with Swamiji, after the evening
kirtana, and when all was ended in the wonderful nights at the Bhatinda
Ashrama; Swamiji gave Asim a note and said, " Now, when you go around
seeing India, see also this wonderful person in a place called Vrindavan."
There was written an address and Asim, from New York City, did go there
to meet Sri Krsna and ended spending most the rest of his life at the beloved
feet of the Lord. "Hare Bol!"

              Asim Krishna Das with Baba Sripadji at Vraj Acadamy in Vrindavan

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'HOLI', Estatic Spring Fest of India! L☼√Ξ ~*~ the Color of Oneness!

Holi, as played by the Divine Sri Radha Krsna is the sudden drenching
of the Heart in the Color of the Most Beloved !
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(¸.•´♥ (¸.•´ .•´ ¸¸.•¨¯`•.♥¸.•´

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Rangili Holi~ Sri Barsana Dham~ *♥ღ ~ Ł o ۷ℓ~ღ ♥*♥ღ

     Ah ho!Rangili Holi! In this Maha Puran amazing Mahotsava at
Sri Barsana Dham the full Grace begins at the invitation to Nandagaon
by Brishbhanu Lali, Sri Radha,  to come here and play Holi, that brings
Nandanandan, Sri Krishna, and his friends to the door of  Sri Brishbhanu,
 Ah ho!
    In Holi Rang Mahotsava, come from your houses, Sakhis, be dyed
in the play of colors, the songs, the notes of pure joy, the drums!
come! dance in the Spring of colors!! They have come to play Holi!!
....to be continued in Vraj !! 

            *♥ღ ~ Ł o ۷ℓ~ღ ♥*♥ღ

        Holi Khelo Re! Play and be 

          dyed in the color of Love!

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Swami Jnanananda Giriji ~ Beloved of the Beloved One,

 
  In the joy of your Self-Ecstasy is the deep experience of God communion.
He would then revel Himself to you in the form and in the formlessness of
your Inner Soul.
       He alone is ~ and the 'I' is melting away in the fires of devotion.  Egotism,
ignorance, and the darkness of sin and forgetfulness flee from the stage of
your world conception ~ thus revealing the pure soul of consciousness.
      Verily in the heart Thou  Art!  Self- illumined, self-contained,
at One with the Lord Supreme.
      Find him manifest in the bliss of your devotion, keeping His revealation
dear and secret to your heart ~ and infinite would be your Divine Realization!
      Your entire life would then become an awe-inspiring experience in the
joy of God!  An intensity of feeling ~ Bhavana ~ in love with God, draws you
inwards into spirit!
      Lord is ever with you.  Feel His presence within the most silent intimate
feelings of your heart.  Remember always ~ He is your very own and you are
His unto all eternity blessed.  Blessed indeed art Thou in the felicity of
self-ecstasy ~ par excellence!
     
    ~ a dictation from Swami Jnanananda Giriji, Himalayas ~ Oct.1971 ~      

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Maha Shivarathri¸¸.*.✽.*.¸.*★.¸¸.* ☆The Great Night of Shiva☆ ๑۩۞۩๑இڿڰۣ-ڰۣღ๑۩۞۩๑

Lord Shivaji Neelkant Gangadhar

 

 

This Maha Shivarathri is one of the four nights of the year that holds a Secret

 Blessing for those who would keep Awake until Dawn, an all night vigil.

 The other three nights being Krsna Janamashtami; Deevali; and Holi.

 Many also keep a days fast!

The day is spent in preparation for the long night of spiritual practices, 

perhaps at the temple kirtana, haven, or puja ; at a lone venue

 in a special inspiring atmosphere for immersion in yoga; 

or at ones Inner Shrine, simply meditating at home!

Wherever  one chooses to be on this night,

all night, maybe in a remote Ancient Temple deep in the Himalayas,

or before a glowing fire in ecstasy chanting Mantras and prayers, 

concentrate on the True Friend of the Soul,

the Eternal Majesty of the Almighty Benevolent One,

The All Compassionate and Merciful Dispeller of Darkness,

The Ever Blissful Light of Light! ~

~ Lord Shiva Mahadev ~

Shivarathri comes on the 14th night of the waning moon every month.

This Maha Shivarathi comes once every year during this month. 

Ancient knowledge of the scriptures of India marks this night 

as extremely special shown by a particular alignment of the Sun, 

Moon, and the Earth causing in this most silent of nights 

a most powerful flow of subtle energy that is available to us all 

to rise our conscious level, a pure gift of Lord Shiva, if you will.

It is not just a night of waking, but of Awaking!!       

And as your practice continues through the night the mind is absorbed,

the sleepiness it once felt at it's usual time has long passed by the power

of the heart's concentration on a finer purpose, Higher Desire, a Greater Love!

The fatigue of the body gets forgotten in the pursuit of the Blessed Night of 

Grace.

And there comes a point in time, in this night, that one reaches a place so 

focused

as to go beyond the limits of the body into a spaceless place of pure 

timelessness!

Here there is no description in words for this state, it is one to be 

Experienced!

To flow deep into the Inner Revelations of your Essential Being 

and to drink the Nectarine Grace of this night is all the Compassion 

of Ras Raseshwar Shiva!

Parmeshwaraya Sada Shivaya!  Yogeshwaraya Mahadevaya!

"Om Namah Shivaya*Om Namah Shivaya*Om Namah Shivaya"

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Maha Shivarathri ~ Feb.20, 2012 ๑۩۞۩๑இڿڰۣ-ڰۣღ๑۩۞۩๑

Jaya Shiva Shankara Bam Bam Hara Hara!

Om Namah Shivaya! Shivaya Namah Om!
๑۩۞۩๑இڿڰۣ-ڰۣღ๑۩۞۩๑இڿڰۣ-ڰۣღ

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