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Rupa-siksa

Rupa-siksa

R-s 3a 🔬 Zooming IN

R-s 3a 🔬 Zooming IN

❧ Cc Madhya 19.139–141 ❧ This week, the verse that I think is most important to learn is also quite long and difficult. There’s so much in it and it’s been taking me quite some time to be able to understand it. So in order to not put

R-s 2 🐜 Zooming OUT

R-s 2 🐜 Zooming OUT

❧ Cc Madhya 19.138 ❧ This week we are memorizing two verses instead of one.* So to give you extra time to memorize the verses, and also in order to not conflict with devotees' Nṛsiṁha Caturdaśī celebrations, I am moving our verse recitation on Zoom a couple days later to

R-s 1 💧 One Drop from the Ocean of Bhakti-rasa

R-s 1 💧 One Drop from the Ocean of Bhakti-rasa

❧ Cc Madhya 19.137 ❧ Welcome to Week 1 of our Rūpa-śikṣā program. I am excited to be starting this with you today. :) If you’re short on time, that’s fine, you can skip around the sections below. Also, if you are here for the Zoom meeting links, you’ll

Commencing our Rūpa-śikṣā program

Commencing our Rūpa-śikṣā program

Eighty-two years ago today on Akṣaya-tṛtīyā, my Paramgurudeva, Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja, along with his god-brothers Śrī Abhayacaraṇa Bhaktivedānta Prabhu (Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda), Śrī Nṛsiṁhānanda Brahmacārī and Śrī Sajjana-sevaka Brahmacārī (Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Vāmana Gosvāmī Mahārāja), founded Śrī Gauḍīya Vedānta Samiti. Today is also the first day of

Svāgatam!

Svāgatam!

Hare Kṛṣṇa and welcome to Vine of Devotion! My name is Madhukar das. I’m a disciple of nitya-līlā-praviṣṭa Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja and a brahmacārī living in Śrī Keśavajī Gauḍīya Maṭha, Navadvīpa. Vine of Devotion is a place where we can learn ślokas together and study various