Meditations on Transcendence

 प्रश्नानां विरामः – When Asking Why About God Stops There are infinite whys and infinite answers about the infinite. The intellect keeps spinning in circles, searching for reason and explanation. Yet this chain somewhere stops when one starts drinking bhagavdiya sewa rasa . In that nectar of service, there are no more questions and answers—only direct experience of the divine. The Bhagavatam proclaims: “pibantam bhagavata-rasam ālayam” (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.3) — The wise relish the eternal stream of bhagavata-rasa. Here begins the domain of rasa, the entry into jnana sunya bhakti , devotion free from the burden of speculation. In this state, devotion itself becomes the resolution of all doubts. Sewa rasa melts the endless “why” into the sweetness of loving service. When one truly drinks this nectar, questions fade, intellect bows, and the heart rests in rasa, where bhakti itself is the only answer. Please contact me for satsang in your house to bring mangalam, srimad (ram...

  त्रिविध-प्रार्थना: सर्वत्र संरक्षणाय Threefold Prayers for Universal Protection Protection from the Agni Element (Fire): arjuna uvāca kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-bāho bhaktānām abhayaṅkara tvam eko dahyamānānām apavargo 'si saṁsṛteḥ Translation: Arjuna said: "O Krishna, Krishna, mighty-armed one, you are the source of fearlessness for your devotees. You alone are the deliverer of those who suffer in this material existence, the liberator from the cycle of samsara." Protection from Kleśas (Miseries and Afflictions): kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya haraye paramātmane praṇata-kleśa-nāśāya govindāya namo namaḥ Translation: "Obeisances unto Krishna, son of Vasudeva, the Supreme Soul and Lord, who removes the sufferings of the surrendered souls. I bow again and again to Govinda." Protection from Vāyu (Wind) and Āpa (Water): kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-bhāga tvan-nāthaṁ gokulaṁ prabho trātum arhasi devān naḥ kupitād bhakta-vatsala Translation: "O Krishna, Krishna, most exalted one, O Lord of Goku...