The Pursuit of Bliss

Wherever Lord Krishna is there Lord Shiva also dwells and wherever Mahadev Shambhu is there Shree Hari also dwells. In this self composed kirtan Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj explains a beautiful Leela of Lord Shiva coming to Gokul to get a glimpse of baby Krishna. Mother Yashoda is petrified by His looks and thus, refuses to grant Him the audience. Disappointed, Lord Shiva returns, but Shree Krishna is not happy with it. What does He do to fulfill His devotee's wish?!? When Lord Krishna appeared in Gokula, Lord Shiva could not content himself. Dressed as a jogi , He went to Gokula and stood at the door of Nanda Baba's house asking to see the new-born. जोगी शिव अरु मातु यशोमति, रहे दोउ बतराय l Mother Yasoda eyed the wild looking jogi suspiciously and felt that his appearance would frighten the little baby. She refused to let Him see the boy. Meanwhile Shiva sings outside ..“ O Mother! I want to see the face of your little child. In your cradle lies the supreme ...

The Daily Prayer or Dainik Prathana is done daily by devotees at all our Ashrams, satsang centres  and homes. Composed and written by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj for the benefit of all aspiring devotees to use in their daily sadhana bakthi . ÅI gurve nm:         ÅI gurve nm:         ÅI gurve nm: s=ri[ gurave namah> s=ri[ gurave namah> s=ri[ gurave namah> I bow at my Gurudev’s lotus feet again and again. AacayR³ ma³ ivjanIyaNnavmNyet kihRict\ | n mTyRbu¥\ya ¤ sUyet svRdevmyo guá: || a[ca[ryam ma[m vija[ni[ya[n na[vamanyeta karhicit na martya buddhya[ su[yeta sarvadeva mayo guruh> “Know the Guru to be Myself (God).  Never think unfavorably about Him.  Do not use your material mind to comprehend the Guru’s divine actions, for all forms of God dwell within Him.” he prm ip/ytm pUÂRtm puáqoÐm ÅIkÀQÂ ! tum se ivmuû hon...

"Vedvaani Alaukik"  "Vedvaani Alaukik" - by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj 6.11.12 - The first lecture given by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj at Bhakti Bhawan, Bhakti Dham, Mangarh

Shri Radha Tatva - Lecture by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj at Prem Mandir Vrindavan on 24th September 2012

Shri Radha appears in our world - by Jagadguru Shri Kripaluji Maharaj Pad Leela [Eng Subtitles]

Shri Jaganath Puri Dham Speech by Jagadgru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj Ji (with english subtitles) Part 1 Part 2

उद्धव गोपी संवाद - Conversation of Uddhao with Gopis Lecture by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj Ji with English Subtitles Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

HOLI POORNIMA AND HOLI CELEBRATION. Holi Poornima (Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jayanti) Holi Poornima is the full moon night before the Holi celebration day and is of extreme importance to mankind. On this auspicious full moon night, our supreme Divine Beloved Shri Radha -Krishna descended on this earth as the supreme embodiment of Love and Devotion in the form of Shri Chaitanyadev Gaurang Mahaprabhu.  In Shri Mahaprabhu Chaitanya is to be found, the culmination and fulfilment of the philosophy and religion of Love (Bhakti).  The essence of devotion is contained in his “Ashtapadi” (eight verses), like the ocean concentrated in a little pot. Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the descension of Shri Radha Rani. He propounded the message of devotion to lord Krishna, by practicing devotion himself.  His lovelorn condition reached a climax in the last six years of his life, which were spent in intensive bhava (ecstatic feelings) of Shri Radha Rani. In those days, all the e...

I'm unsure about how to choose a particular denomination in Hinduism. How would someone new to Hinduism pick a particular tradition, Guru, aspect of God, etc.? What influenced you to decide to worship Radha Krishn and to follow Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj?  The term we use in Hinduism for denomination is ' sampradaya ', which means a lineage or tradition within Hinduism which was established by the followers of a particular Saint after he left the earth planet. The truth is that the original Master doesn't start the sampradaya . All Saints essentially teach the same thing: to surrender to God to receive His Grace and through His Grace attain Divine Bliss. This is the essence of Hinduism and the essence of the teachings of all true Saints in history. Internally all Saints are one; and essentially, their teachings are the same. However, the details of their explanations of the Hindu scriptures may appear to differ, but only on the surface. It is diffi...

(Synopsis of a lecture given by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj in Shyama Shyam Dham, Bhubhaneshwar, India. This lecture was given 2 or 3 years ago, but the topic is as relevant now as it was then.) Today is the last day of this year. Tomorrow, the world will joyfully celebrate the new year. But this is wrong. Because this is actually not a joyful situation. Rather it is an occasion for remorse. Imagine you saved 100,000 rupees. If you spent 50,000 of this, you don’t celebrate. Instead you think, “Oh, now only 50,000 are left!” Eventually only 2,000 are left. Now only 1,000 are left. Similarly, this human body was given to us by God to attain our ultimate aim. How much closer have we come to that aim? How much devotion or upasana did we do? Upasana (devotion) means to go ‘pas‘, close. The meaning of upasana is to go close to God. How much closer to God have we gone? For example, someone is feeling cold. Before him there is fire. The closer he goes to the fire, the more his feeling of...