Happy Janmastami! - Put your greeting card in here.....

HAPPY JANMASTAMI TO MY DEAREST GURUBHAIS AND GURUBHONS:

MADHAVANANDA DAS AND MALATILATA DASI
RADHAPADA DAS AND TUNGAVIDYA DASI
HARICARAN DAS (USA TRANSLATOR)
PHULLAKALIKA DASJI

THEN THE MISSING ONES:
HARI CHARAN DAS AND FAMILY (BRINDABAN,INDIA)
YUGAL KISHOR DAS (THE WATCHMAN FROM RADHAKUNDA AND FELLOW SCUBADIVER)


AND THEN:

SENIOR CITIZEN KANE NUMBER ONE: SIR JAGADANANDA DAS SADHUJI AND HIS FAMILY
SENIOR CITIZEN KANE NUMMERO DUE (STILL MISSING IN ACTION): NITAI DAS AND FAMILY
SENIOR CITIZEN NUMMERO TRE: BABHRU DASJI
AND OF COURSE SUBAL DAS

MEMBERS OF THE FORUMJI:

RASARAJA DAS AND HIS NICE FAMILY
HARISHARAN DAS AND REVATI (OUR BRAZILIAN COUPLE)
VAMSI DAS
NAVADVIP DAS
AND OTHERS I HAVE FORGOT.

MAY ALL OF YOU HAVE NICE JANMASTAMI WITH YOUR NICE FAMILIES IN A CIRCLE OF DEVOTEES AND IN FRONT OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL ISTHA DEVAS.
JAY SRI KRISHNA, JAY SRI RADHE...
WITH ALL THE BEST WISHES TO ALL OF YOU FOR SRI KRISHNAS BIRTHDAY,
YOURS
TAMAL BARAN DAS
RATI MANJARI DASI
KRISHNA CAITANYA DAS

PS. WE ARE GOING TO A LOCAL ISKCON BELFAST TEMPLE.WE WILL SEE DEITIES AND DEVOTEES THERE FIRST TIME AFTER A WHOLE YEAR.DEITIES THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL.

WISHING ALL A HAPPY

To all my vaishnava friends!

Even though You harass all the girls constantly, and irritate all the women in town with Your cleptomaniacal tendencies which arise whenever You are in the presence of dairy products, I suppose I still have to wish You a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KRISHNA!



divyaangaraagaparicharchita komalaanga
piitaambaraavritatano taruNaarka bhaasa
satyaancha naabha paridhaana supattu bandha
shrii veNkaTesha mama dehi karaavalambam!

O Shri Venkatesha, whose handsome body is smeared
with a heavenly (coloring) powder and who wears
a yellow garment, whose brightness is like that of the
morning sun, who have Brahma in your navel,
and whose waist is tied with a cloth, give me the
support of your hand!

dayaamrutha tarangiNyaas-tarangair iva seethalai:
apangais sinjathe visvam Venkatesaaya MangaLam!

GOVINDAAAA! GOOOVINDA!

speaking of kleptos, who is this girl playing krishna's flute?


Who can understand the mood of Satyabhama?

That's your Rani re gopidust... Radhika.

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taayige baayalli jagavannu torita
jagadhOdhaaraka namma uDupi shree krishna

Krishna nee begane baaro!...

Blessings and dandabats to all the raganuga vaishnavas here on this auspicious day. You strengthen and inspire me in my resolve to attain the service of the lotus feet of Sri Radha. I sorely miss the association of loving vaishnavas and give thanks that you allow me to associate with you here. Jai Radhe! Jai Krishna! Jai Vrindaban!

And don't forget the nectar-topics in Pastimes and Biographies!

Dandavats. All glories to the Vaisnavas.

I tried to upload a nice picture for Janmastami but the dial up connection in which I am using is not cooperating.

All glories to Sri Gopicandra who is the life and soul of our Svamini and the Gopis. All glories to those who serve the dear servants of Sri Radhika!

Aspiring to serve the Vaisnavas,
Rasaraja dasa

Here's a bit broader view of our little kunja from today.

Wow Madhava you have the best Dieties!
Satyabhamaji I can understand that new verse at least. It sort of sounds like something Radharani might say to Krishna. Except for the Lord Brahma bellybutton ring part. Or was that Her that said it?
I went to pastimes and biographies but didn't see anything nectarine about Srimati Radharani or her girlfriends so I left. Maybe that is why I haven't found a nice guru/parampara here. If there was a restructering with Radharani as a topic and her sakhis next then the gurus could be placed in there if they were sakhis or manjaris or whatever and then I would know where to search.

Happy Birthday to Krishna!

How many candles were on his birthday cake?

5,232 candles, according to my calculations.

Or else you can always put sixteen...

madhava prabhu,
i read the first click here where a gopi fights off Krishna and relished it. I have read it before here. but i felt unqualified to go any further. the next pastime seemed to be on a higher level than I could be on with a gopi pulling radharani to krishna and so on. The time will come when I have time to read these things but not now. Actually I am very specific about what type of exalted things I like to hear so I guess I will click on some more and see what I like. Thank you for taking the time to make all those clicks.