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I am so far from Vrindavan yet so close

dear devotees
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
 Far Beyond this material universe,  and universes that are like tiny balls floating in a huge ocean ,is Vaikuntha and 
beyond is Goloka Vrindavan.Here I am a tiny soul, in one of these many universes .In one of the most tiny universes.On a
tiny planet called earth, this is the age of Kali on this planet..so many troubles lie ahead, or are here, or was past.
But Krsna and Radha send one of their empowered servants, Srila Prabhupada to help us , to go
back to Vrindavan.Actually Krsna has manifested even Bhauma Vrindavan, His pastimes on earth, and though it may seem so
good to be truth it is a fact.Of course even holy Vrindavan in India is becoming polluted by the inhabitants of Kali yuga.
Yamuna is being destroyed daily and Her Holy waters, that also came from Goloka Vrindavan to bless the Whole world is so
materilly polluted now , it has saddened this soul.Brahma Vaivarta Purana states as long as Govardhana and Yamuna is present
there is still some hope for inhabitants of Kali yuga.Yes Lord Caitanya has appeared as He only does once in the day of 
Lord Brahma , in this age of Kali.He has given us the holy name and recommended we daily chant 100.000 names or 64 rounds
of the Hare Krsna Maha mantra, but in this year of 2011 ,who will take this advise of Lord Gauranga and all the acaryas
like Srila Rupa Goswami?So Srila Prabhupada gave at least minimum 16 rounds and 4 regulative principles.
 The mind is supposed to constantly think of Radha Krsna, how much do we think about Them every day? It should make us
feel very ashamed, because Radha and Krsna are the Supreme Mothers and Fathers of all the Spiritual and material worlds
and of all souls.
All mothers and fathers are born in the image of God, Radha Krsna expands to become Laxmi Narayana, in the material world 
their partial expansion is Siva and Parvati.And all males and females in the material universes are ,not really 
males and females  but souls trapped in these temporary bodies and covered with the material body and the ahankara related
to these bodies.Lord Brahma has created all these various illusions like moha, Maha Moha, tamisra, etc this is all explained
in Srimad Bhagavatam.We do not  even have to live in Vrindavan to be in Vrindavan consciouness, because actually everywhere
is Vrindavan, if we learn to develop this vision from Lord Caitanya.However as Kali yuga is full of irreligious activities 
this perception is not easy for most.Almost impossible to develop, so Srila Prabhupada has recommended to at least retire
in old age to Vrindavan and Navadvipa and use the spiritual atmosphere to advance in KC.Those who are advanced and sincere
in KC will find that by entering these places on can easy chant Hare Krishna all day long.The same is of course true 
everywhere if we keep in mind that Krsna say in Bhagavad Gita, that those who think of Him are the topmost yogis and they
are never lost to Him,or He is lost to them.
So it may seem Vrindavan is so far away, but actually Vrindavan can be percived everywhere.It simply takes our attention
to  chanting Krsnas holy names, and reading His sweet pastimes from Srimad Bhagavatam and other Puranas, and remembering
them.If we remember Lord Caitanya and the Pancatattva and read and hear from the lips and "pens" of pure devotees, then
we can percive Vrindavan at every step.But one must be willing to take to this proscess of lila smarana and chanting 
the Hare Krsna Mantra constantly.
The question is where will we place our minds ..Krsna says in the 8th Chapter of Bhagavad Gita, that those who think of Him
goes to Him.So lets remember sweet Krsna at every step and His sweet Vrindavan.And His sweet Vrindavan lilas.(We should
also hear and chant about His pastimes in Dvaraka,from the perspective of the inhabitants of Vrindavan as we should follow their
footsteps in worship of Krsna ) 
In the Adi Varaha Purana, Lord Varaha adresses mother Earth personified:
"O Vasundhare !It is certain that in Patala Loka, in the world of humans or in the celestial realm, no other place is as dear to 
Me as Mathura"
The restless mind is eager to travel with its own speed all over the universe in hope of some "nectar of enjoyment" and knowledge
but the journey has to be made to Bhauma(Earthly) Vrindavan, or Navadvipa ( who is also a hidden Vrindavan),and when this journey
can not be made we have to search for this Vrindavan in our own hearts, and pray Radha Krsna be kind and manifest Their sweet
lilas there.Praying with utter helplessness and chanting the Hare Krishna Maha mantra and offer the many prayers done by our acaryas
following their holy footsteps, one such prayer is Vraja Vilasa stava by Srila Raghunath das Goswami and his Manah Siksa.That is part 
of his Stavavali.
The Srimad Bhagavatam is full of prayers such as the prayers of Lord Brahma in the 14th chapter of the 10th Canto.We see even Lord Brahma
was bewildered about Krsna's pastimes, because Krsnas Vrindavan lilas seem like Krsna is just one of us with "unlimeted powers"
but Krsna hides mostly these divine powers by His Yogamaya to the devotees and to the nondevotees by His Mahamaya.
Also Durvasa Muni was bewildered by Bala Gopal, as explained by Garga Muni in the Garga Samhita first Canto.But Krsna gave him
so much mercy as also can be seen very clearly from the Gopal Tapani Upanisad.
As we read the Krsna book and Srimad Bhagavatam 10 Canto we should pray to Lord Caitanya that these lilas may become fully manifest
in our hearts, as they are absolute like Krsna they carry unlimeted blessings.As is Krsnas holy name and everything related to Krsna.
 Vrindavan can be percieved when the heart is pure..the soap and brush is the Mahamantra.Ceto darpana marjanam....
If this article inspires one devotee to increase and enthuse one devotee to reform his and hers heart into remembering Krsna constantly
then we can also take the dust of this devotees feet and place it on our heads, and pray to get such sincere Krsna lila smarana.
Yes this world needs reform of pure KC, and so does our hearts because we are not on the stage of Bhava Bhakti, complacency is the biggest
enemy of the soul,and wasting time not engaged in remembering Krsna. And engaged fully 
in His service.
 
your servant
Payonidhi das

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