Search

its material manifestation, is usually associated with places – a city like Paris in the springtime, or In Vṛndāvana there are many temples, and one of them, the Rādhā-Dāmodara temple, is forever associated

Bhakti involves three things: the lover, the beloved, and the loving relationship. The lover, the individual soul, is eternal; the beloved, the Supreme Soul, is eternal; and the loving

That requires a special kind of love, the love between the individual soul and the Supreme Soul, God. So the spiritual love between the individual soul and the Supreme Soul is the most important kind of love we experience is just a reflection of the original loving exchange between the individual soul and And the process for awakening that love is called bhakti-yoga, the art of eternal love.

an extremely advanced expert in bhakti-yoga named Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī wrote a handbook on its theory and Fortunately for us, a modern master of the knowledge and techniques of bhakti-yoga, His Divine Grace Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, translated the book into English and began training his students in its

Before he came to America in 1965, Śrīla Prabhupāda lived in a quiet room in the Rādhā-Dāmodara temple, and through his window he could see and draw inspiration from the samādhi of Rūpa Gosvāmī. And in the courtyard, near Rūpa Gosvāmī’s samādhi, he gave for his disciples a series of lectures on

Love is one of the words we use most and understand least. Some love lasts a few days, some lasts a lifetime, and some lasts forever.

Will the lovers not meet in the eternal spiritual world and there enjoy deathless love?

If we can learn to love God through bhakti-yoga, then we can learn to love everything and everyone else