by Madhu | velj. 25, 2016 | Stories from Caitanya lila
Nityananda and Banka Raya Nityananda Prabhu’s father’s name was Sri Hadai Ojha, and His mother’s name was Padmavati. After Nityananda Prabhu, Padmavati gave birth to another son, whom they called Banka Raya. The two brothers, Nityananda and Banka Raya, took birth in...
by Madhu | velj. 1, 2016 | Stories about glories of holy name, Stories from Caitanya lila
One morning after bathing in the Ganges, Nimai Pandit (Lord Caitanya), sat down to teach Sanskrit to His students. Completely absorbed in Krishna, Nimai Pandit chanted the holy name of Krishna and nothing else. His students could not understand His mood. Nimai Pandit...
by Madhu | sij. 26, 2016 | Animal stories, Power of prasadam, Stories from Caitanya lila
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was living in Puri during His later days and every year there would be a big gathering in Puri with a large group of devotees from Bengal traveling there to take darshan of the Lord. Sivananda Sena, an exalted devotee living in Bengal usually...
by Madhu | sij. 26, 2016 | Srimati Radharani, Stories about Krishna in Vrindavan lila, Stories from Caitanya lila
In Vrindavan there are some special places with fascinating histories. Nidhivan is a very beautiful kunja of small trees. According to Vishwanath Chakravarty Thakur when Lord Krishna left Rasalila to find Srimati Radharani, this is the place where it had happened....
by Madhu | sij. 26, 2016 | Stories about sadhus and sages, Stories from Caitanya lila
How did the unique bakula tree in the courtyard become known as the Siddha-bakula tree? Every morning the Pujaris offer three twigs of a kumbhatua tree as toothbrushes (danta-kastham) to Jagannath Swami, Baladeva and Subhadra. One day before the offering, a twig was...
by Madhu | tra. 28, 2015 | Stories from Caitanya lila
The following pastime is found in the Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, but is more elaborately described in the Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda, Chapter 3 as follows: One saintly brahmana who was most virtuous was touring the places of pilgrimage in order to obtain Sri...
by Madhu | tra. 28, 2015 | Stories about glories of holy name, Stories from Caitanya lila
Srivas Angan is the place which is non-different from rasasthali of Vrindavan. In Srivas Angan Lord Caitanya performed Nama Sankirtana with His devotees and experienced the same loving exchanges as in the rasa lila of Vrindavan. The devotees’ happiness was simply Lord...
by Madhu | ožu. 5, 2015 | Stories about Narada Muni, Stories from Caitanya lila
Once Narada Muni could see that Kali yuga was going to come very soon. So he thought he will ask Krishna what was the solution for this so he went to Dwaraka. That time Krishna was staying at the house of Satyabhama and he had to inform Rukmini that He was going to...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories from Caitanya lila
Gangadevi was thinking that Yamuna Mai is doing such wonderful service. The gopas are bathing in her and Krsna and Balarama are bathing in her and they are bringing the cows and the calves and the bulls to drink her waters and they are having all sorts of water sports...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories from Caitanya lila
Lord Nityananda born in a Brahmana family in Ekachakra. His father’s name was Hadaya Pundit and his mother’s name was Padmavati. He was the one of the most wonderful child. He had such beautiful and charming features in every respect. In his childhood he knew no other...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories from Caitanya lila
In Navadvipa lived a brahmana’s son who had no peer among the thieves. He was a brahmana in name only. His heart was filled with evil. He was the commander of an army of thieves. There was no mercy in his body. He always happily stayed among thieves. Seeing Lord...
