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Divya Sandesh
New Year Edition
January 2012


The Essence of all Scriptures
Translation of a short speech given by Jagadguru
Swami Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj
r|; av - |+e, a(|+-. ;( ,
-(+ |+-v(n +-v +e( . ,,

This couplet is the essence of all the scriptures and the
Vedas. An aspirant of devotion must assimilate and
remember it all the times, since there is no knowledge
beyond it. Shri Kripalu Ji challenges that if someone
claims there is any knowledge beyond this, he should
come and see me.

There are an incredible number of Indian scriptures. If you
had a life of thousands of years, and you wished to read
through all of them you would not be able to do so. That is
how vast the ocean of Indian scriptures is!
I am summarizing all those scriptures in my discourses under the title Mein Kaun Mera Kaun being aired on
TV. In this series, I am presenting thousands of quotations from various scriptures quoting their numbers as
well. But the gist of all of them is contained in this one couplet.

Hari Guru Bhaju Nit, Govind Radhe
Bhaav Nishkaam Ananya Bana De.

There are four important points in this couplet. The first one is Hari Guru Bhaju. Our scriptures say that just
by worshipping God, one cannot realize God. One must perform devotion to the Guru in exactly the same way
as God.

God and Guru are the same. Neither one is superior to the other. However, God gives more importance to the
Guru
n(; n+ +-.....;(n v; .(o(,

Lord Krishna says
n.-=+(-v|v( ,
The worship of my devotee is greater than My worship. My devotees devotee is dearer to Me than My
devotee. One attains the result of My worship by worshipping My devotee. Worshipping Me alone is fruitless.

Shri Krishna said to Uddhav:
|+;+s n|+ v(-e ..........

I follow my devotees. Why? To protect them? No, I follow them so that their foot dust may fall on Me and I
become pure. God gives so much importance to His devotees!

In This Issue
The Essence of all
Scriptures
1, 2,
3
Prem Mandir
Inauguration
Significance
3, 4
+n n|.;

4, 5
Mystery of Divine
Descension
Conclusion

5, 6,
7
Sunahu Sadhak
Pyare Part 8

7
Festivals - Jan to
Mar 2012

7
Kids Section
Beggar donates a
penny
8
Past Events 8, 9
Word Search 9
Upcoming Events 10
Didi Ji on Youtube 10


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But, the fact remains that no one is Higher than God. At the time of
God realization; God gives all His knowledge and bliss to the
devotee. Thus the devotee becomes equivalent to God. See, the
touch stone turns iron into gold not into touch-stone. However,
God is so benevolent that He turns His devotee into a touch-stone,
just like Himself.

As Narad Ji wrote in aphorism 41 of Narad Bhakti Sutra
e|tnte++ -.(-(+(e ,,

There is no difference between God and Saint.

Thats why the couplet starts with Hari Guru Bhaju. You know
the meaning of Bhaju. Bhaju means attachment of mind. The
senses will also be used, but mind is primary. This is called love in
worldly terms. For example there is a difference when the mother
cooks for her son versus when the chef cooks for the family. The
difference is not in the quality or taste of the food. The difference
is in the feeling with which the food was cooked. The mother cooks
the food lovingly as per her childs liking and taste while the chef
cooks delicious food out of fear to save his job.

So, God does not pay any attention to the devotion, which is
performed by our senses alone. Chanting Radhey Radhey while
the mind is wandering in the area of husband, wife, children and
grand children is futile. It is merely a physical exercise. It is not
devotion (Bhakti). It is similar to giving marching orders to
someone, whose legs are tied with an iron shackle. Thus Bhaj
means attachment or love of mind.

So, the first important point is to worship God and Guru with the
same intensity and feeling. Second, the worship should be (|+e) nit
or Continuous. Attachment of mind to God should not be limited
to a few hours or 23 hours. It should be incessant. Shri Krishna said
in the Geeta, Arjun if you keep your mind focused on Me alone all
the time, while fighting and killing the enemies, you will get the
result of My worship.



Remembering God continuously comes with practice. It does not
happen in one day. The area of our attachment is limited to 10-12
people only i.e. parents, husband, wife and children. Thats all. Our
mind is entangled only in this small area. And we have been
repeating the same mistake in each life. We have spent countless
lives. God is not senior to us. This human form is very rare. But we
have kept ourselves attached to the same 8-10 relatives and
pretended devotion to God. We went to various temples and to
various saints. We did lots of jap (rotation of rosary beads),
recitation of verses and physical worship, while our mind remained
attached to our kith and kin.

So you have to remember God and Guru continuously. Like when
you go out on the road, you are very conscious about the traffic
coming from all directions, while still being focused on your
destination. A little negligence may cause a big accident. So the
second most important thing is continuity. This has been repeated
by Lord Krishna many times in the Gita.

The third important point is selflessness or Nishkaamta. Generally
people who perform Bhakti are not Nishkaam i.e. their devotion is
not devoid of material desires. People pray to God for attainment
of material objects-fame, wealth, son, good job etc. In many
famous temples, people make big donations. Why? To get their
wish or mannat fulfilled. Why should there be a mannat? We are
supposed to abandon love of material possessions to love God
whole-heartedly. Instead we pray to God to get more material
pleasures! Isnt this sheer insanity? Who would ask for shoes
standing in a sweet shop? If he does, wouldnt he be considered
insane.

God is the ocean of bliss. And you are asking Him for material
gratifications, which will give you nothing other than misery. You
are asking for misery standing at the doorsteps of personified bliss.



So Nishkaam Bhakti is essential. No material desire should exist in
your heart. That is love. Love means giving without any trace of
desire of getting something in turn. We have never learnt this
ideology of love. The cause of dispute between parents, husband,
wife and children in our day to day life is the desire of attaining
self- happiness. We all wish to attain our own happiness only. And
that is because we have a firm belief in our mind that there is
happiness in this world. Consequently we accuse our family
members, saying that my wife is bad, my husband is bad, my son is
bad. Nobody is bad. They are all trying to get their own happiness,
just like you. So the third condition is Nishkaamta.

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The fourth important point is Ananyata. What is Ananyata? We
have 2 things. One is the ocean of bliss and the other one is the
source of unlimited miseries. One is the area of God and the other
one is the area of Maya. What do we want? Happiness? That is the
area of God. We must keep our minds engaged in the area of God
only. It should not be attached anywhere in the world.

But the reality is that we claim to love God but at the same time
we love our parents, wife, husband and children the worldly
relatives. We try to befool both. Worldly people can be easily
befooled because they are not Omniscient. We cannot play the
same trick with God. He is sitting inside our heart and notices
everything. Due to disbelief we try to play tricks with Him as well.
We say at the temple, you alone are my mother. What about the
physical mother who is sitting in your home? We love her too. Yet
we hide it from God. It gets revealed when we cry upon their
death. This trick doesnt work in the area of God. God expects us to
love Him or His devotees alone. Attachment with any other
celestial God Goddesses, human being or demon is prohibited in
Bhakti. We can attain divine grace only after completely
surrendering to God.
The essence of all scriptures is contained in these four important
points. So remember these 4 important points: Perform devotion
to God and Guru, Continuously, Selflessly and Exclusively, and
apply them practically in your life too. As a baby you had to
practice to roll on one side, to sit, to stand and to walk etc. You
have forgotten all about your efforts as a baby, but everything
happened only by practice. In the same way we have to practice to
remember God with the help of these four fundamental points.

Prem Mandir Inauguration Significance


Vrindavan Dham, situated at the banks of holy river Yamuna, has
always been the exclusive place of Shri Krishna Bhakti. Even the
birds, animals and trees in Vrindavan, seem to chant the name of
Shri Radha constantly. Great saints, sages, seers and scholars dwell
secretly in the form of trees and creepers to get immersed in the
pious dust of Vrindavan. It is in these serene surroundings that the
greatest Rasik saint of modern times, Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji
Maharaj has established Prem Mandir, thereby exemplifying the
beauty and prestige of Braj Dham even further.

Even though, Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj hails from the region of Avadh
in Northern India, He has composed 1008 devotional songs in His
book Prem Ras Madira in Braj dialect. These hymns are
outstanding from the viewpoint of magnificence of language and
depth of sentiments.

When such an esteemed Rasik saint resolves to establish a Radha
Krishna temple in Vrindavan Dham and decides to call it Prem
Mandir, who can describe the spiritual significance of such a great
temple!

Even then, one has to say something about its glory!

Shri Krishna is the Supreme Lord. He is the Master of innumerable,
unintelligible and divine powers. Hladini Shakti is the supreme
amongst them. The essence of Hladini Shakti is the power of love.
The highest form of love is Mahabhav and the supreme form of
Mahabhav is Adhiroorh Mahabhav which at its peak converts into
Maadan Mahabhav. This state of love is addressed with the most
respected name of Shri Radha, the most intimate power of Shri
Krishna. Hence, the place, where Shri Radha Krishna both rejoice
in their highest form and where they abundantly distribute their
infinitely selfless love, is Prem Mandir. This is that favourite abode
of Shri Radha Krishna where they joyously dwell permanently and
shower the nectar of love day and night.

Prem Mandir is also blessed with the presence of Shri Kripalu Ji
Maharaj, who has been gracing the mankind by enlightening them
on the secrets behind becoming a deserving soul for Maharas,
which is attainable only by the grace of Shri Radha. Shri Maharaj Ji
has been providing practical training on devotion to acquire those
inner qualities that are essential to participate in Maharas.

The Inauguration of Prem Mandir will be held on February 15, 16 &
17, 2012. Who can wait for this celebration of Braj? All the divine
associates of Shri Radha Krishna, the Rasik saints, Brahma,
Shankar, Sanakadik Paramhansa and the celestial dancers present
in an invisible form, must be eagerly waiting to reveal their
excellent talents of fine arts. Their invisible presence, echo of the
recitation of Vedic hymns by the veritable Vedas, the huge crowd
of enthusiastic devotees from around the world and the
decoration of Vrindavan will create a spectacular view that will be
remembered for ages to come.

The fortune of those devotees, who will witness this divine
celebration, cannot be described, even if the Guru of the heavenly
gods, Brihaspati states them with several thousand mouths.

This is the limit of visualization of my insignificant material mind.
The divinity and grandeur of this event can only be described by a
Rasik saint. I wish to attain a drop of grace of my Gurudev Shri
Kripalu Ji Maharaj to get a real idea of this upcoming divine scene
and its vibrations, which will be enough to drown me in the ocean
of nectar of love-bliss.

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On behalf of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP), I invite all aspirants
who desire for the divine grace of Shri Radha Krishna to attend
this great event in Braj to celebrate the auspicious occasion of
inauguration of Prem Mandir, Vrindavan.

A particle of the foot dust of Shri Gurudev
Braj Banchary
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Mystery of Divine Descension Conclusion
The third and the most important reason of descension of
Supreme Brahma Shri Krishna is His nature of grace. Lord Krishna
said in the Geeta
+ n +((|te v(vn |(s (vs |v=+ ,
+(++(-en+(-ev +n )+ = vn|c ,,

I do not have to obtain or earn anything. Hence the ONLY reason
for every action of God is to bestow grace on others. Ling Puran
says:

(n+v(+(-(+ +;|+ar )+ |r ,, |a +.

n-v etv |r v(vvn ,,
+(ae(n+v(;(v ,
+ar(v -e(+( n(+s .rn(|te ,
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+ar(v -e(+( n(+s .rn(|te ,
-e e(.v. v.s( v( v(+( e+;( -+e ,, -(a.c.--.-

Because He does not have any desire for Himself, He does
everything only for the benefit of others.



How did He benefit us, the ordinary beings?

In fact, all the pastimes in Ramavatar and Krishnavatar were so
confusing for common people that they did not even believe that
He was God. For example, when Sita Ji was abducted by Ravan,
Shri Ram was so deluded that He started asking the trees,
mountains, animals and birds the whereabouts of Sita Ji.

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r( o.e( v+ +.e( nn v.vae( v( -+(-v+.-e( ,, +(.;(n(.

If a family member is kidnapped, even an ordinary person would
not ask the inert trees and mountains the whereabouts of the
missing person. Ram is God, Almighty, Omnipresent and
Omniscient! He should have known the abductor and the location
of Sita Ji.

Although, it was just a pastime of almighty Shri Ram and this fact
was revealed when He recognized Parvati Ji immediately when She
appeared in the guise of Sita Ji. Yet it creates a doubt in our mind
about His divinity and these doubts result in hellish sufferings.

Shri Krishnas pastimes of stealing butter, cheer haran (hiding the
clothes of Gopis) and Maharas etc. create the same kind of doubts
in our mind. This is the only reason that we could not benefit from
His divine presence in both descension.

The third and the most authentic reason of the descension of God
is His nature of mercy on us. He graces those who got deluded
upon seeing the divine pastimes of God during His descension
period. Hence the Bhagavat says:

vv= neen( (v vv= +x +; ae ,
e(+-. oune |+vvv-e|;e( + ,, -(. -..

It is easy to deliver the most intelligent ones or the most innocent
ones, but the average people suffer without any remedy. Because
the brilliant ones can easily assimilate the philosophy, yet they are
rare like Shankaracharya, Vallabhacharya etc. On the other hand
the most ignorant people can admit their incompetence. They
easily trust others and tend to follow the advice of others.
Therefore they too can be easily delivered. For example, there was
a boy, who was very naive and poor. Once he asked a priest of a
temple, I see you serving these idols every day. Why do you do all
this? The priest replied, He is God, Thats why I serve Him
everyday. Why? said the little boy.

The priest replied If He gets pleased by my service, He will give me
everything and I will become happy forever.

The boy asked again with great astonishment, Really? Can He
make me happy too?

The priest said, Of course, if you also worship Him like me.
The innocent boy insisted that the priest give him an idol. The
priest knew the boy cannot afford to buy an idol of God. So, just to
get rid of him, the priest gave him an old toy idol of Shri Krishna
and said to him, He is your friend. If you please Him, He will
provide you everything.
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The boy asked, What should I do to please my friend?

The priest, considering his ability, said, Just burn one incense
everyday in front of Him; He will be pleased very soon. The poor
boy brought the idol home and managed to buy a packet of
incense. He faithfully burnt one incense everyday but he did not
find any difference in his poor condition. After ten days the boy
warned God, I made you my friend based on the advice from the
priest, since he assured me that you would help me as a good
friend. But, it seems you are not a good friend at all. I will watch for
couple of more days. Then I will bring another friend.

But again the situation was same. Being disappointed he managed
to bring another idol of Shri Krishna and replaced the new one with
the old one and put the older one aside as if it was now rejected.
But when he burned the incense the fumes continued to go
towards the older one. He changed the direction of incense and
also the direction of the older idol several times, saying, No, You
cant enjoy the fragrance anymore. I burned it for my new friend
only. Yet the fumes still went towards the older idol. Then He
thought, he is very stubborn and selfish. He would not listen to me.
He brought some cotton and inserted it in the nose of the older
idol. Still the fume continued to go in the same direction. Being
extremely displeased he brought more cotton and kept inserting it
in the nose of older one. Eventually, Shri Krishna was pleased with
the boys innocence and the firm faith that the idol was God
himself and He appeared from the idol. He held the boys hand and
said What are you doing yaar! Do you want to kill your friend?

Thus his innocence and faith made him realize God.

But most of us, who neither accept our ignorance due to ego, nor
are competent to comprehend the abstruse philosophy of the
Vedas get stranded. It is for such people that God descends on
earth. We do not get any benefit at the time of His descension but
when He leaves this mortal world, He leaves behind His names,
forms, pastimes, attributes, abodes and also His devotees. These
devotees educate us of His divine relationship with us, the need to
know Him, the path and methods to get to know Him to attain
unlimited bliss. Then we, with the help of all what belongs to Him,
remember God, practice devotion and become free from Maya.
Most of His devotees such as Soor, Meera, Tulasi, Kabir, Nanak,
Tukaram etc, realized God only by remembering His pastimes and
names etc. Thus His descension makes it easy for ordinary beings
to worship Him.

First, if God were to not take a form and descend, we would have
to worship formless God, which is very difficult. The path of
knowledge teaches to worship formless God. The prerequisite to
tread on this path is to be completely detached from the world. In
other words, even the sudden loss of family, wealth, and job at the
same time, must not perturb the devotee on the path of
knowledge. He should be completely neutral. It is very difficult for
any material human being to be so.



Second, formless God has no name, form, attributes or pastimes.
How can a person focus on Him? Lord Krishna said in Geeta:
+s(.|ve;tes(nv=(o== eo(n ,
v=( |r a|e.u . r+|v;+(-ve ,, a.e( -.z

The human beings are endowed with a form. They have a natural
habit of loving things with form only. Therefore it is almost
impossible for them to love formless entity.

Third, the final result after perfection of formless devotion is
liberation, in which the devotee merges into the Supreme Being
and thus becomes one with God. Then despite remaining in the
ocean of bliss forever, he cannot enjoy the ever increasing divine
bliss, because he becomes bliss himself. Then who will enjoy the
bliss? He gets rid of miseries of the world forever, yet he has no
possibility of enjoying the bliss. Thus the path of knowledge, which
teaches to worship formless God, fulfills only half the goal of life.
The more significant goal of enjoying ever increasing bliss remains
unfulfilled.

So, God descends to bestow ever increasing divine love bliss, which
is the highest goal of human life. Otherwise how could we know
about personal forms of God and then how could we, who cannot
be fully detached before commencement of practice of God-
realization, cross the ocean of Maya?

In other words, God realization was quite impossible for an
ordinary man. This is His mercy that He descends as a human
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being, acts like us to uplift us, gives us knowledge that He is
formless but He can reveal Himself in countless forms. All His forms
are divine with ever new and ever increasing bliss. He also tells us
that constant remembrance of His divine names or pastimes or
forms etc. may enable one to traverse the ocean of Maya.

The path of devotion needs no other knowledge, rituals or material
aids. Just love God exclusively by heart and realize Him. He brings
forth many other parts of philosophy through his pastimes or
lifestyle to establish peace in life.
Sunahu Sadhak Pyare Part 8



All our relationships are with God alone and with no-one else. God
has made this concession, to help us concentrate our mind on Him
and not get distracted. If this was not the case, we would need a
relative for each festival that we celebrate for e.g. one would need
a brother to celebrate Bhai Dooj and one would need a husband
to celebrate Karwa Chauth. If either of these relationships did
not exist, one would feel bad and try to find these relationships in
the world by making someone a Dharma Bhai or going to the
court and signing a paper to make someone your son. This happens
all too often in this world. Human beings naturally desire to have
all kinds of relatives.

God says, do not worry anymore. You will have all relatives all the
time. I will be your mother, father, brother, sister, husband
everything. You can change your relationships with Me as many
times as you want in a day. I will become that for you. It is a great
mercy of the Lord that He has made it so convenient. Now we do
not need to desire to have too many physical relatives. We just
need to understand our eternal relation with God with the help of
a real Spiritual Master.

In the world, it is not possible to attain the knowledge of even the
alphabet A, without a teacher. One can start learning only by
following the instructions of the teacher and pronouncing the
letters and words as directed by him. And one day, one will achieve
perfection and become a scholar. Similarly one must accept the
advice of the doctor and take medications as prescribed to get
better soon. Precisely, in the same manner one has to follow the
instructions given by the Guru to achieve the aim of life and be
Happy forever. The Guru MUST be a God realized soul.

A non God realized Guru may mislead you and cause your
downfall. Imagine if a false Guru gives you the instruction - Think
constantly that I am God and one day you will become God. Isnt
that ridiculous! God is Almighty. He can create the world only by a
smile or He can destroy the world only in a blink. How can you
think that Im God!! Yet it has become most prevalent to say the
Ved-Mantra in the ear Tat Tvam Asi, Aham Brahmasmi etc.
These are the Maha Vakya of the Vedas. One should understand
the true meaning and the authentic way of practicing these
Mantras to obtain the correct results. If you hold the hand of an
ignorant teacher i.e. accept a non-God-realized-saint as your
teacher the down fall of both the teacher and disciple is certain.
The real Guru, a God realized saint will teach two things 1. Shri
Krishna is your only relative 2. You can know Him by Surrendering
completely unto Him alone.

Having absolute, unflinching determination on these 2 statements
is Faith.
Continued
Festivals - Jan to Mar 2012
New Year Celebrations 01-Jan-12
Jagadguru Divas 14-Jan-12
Makar Sankranti 15-Jan-12
Basant Panchmi 28-Jan-12
Shivaratri 20-Feb-12
Rang Ekadashi 04-Mar-12
Mahaprabhu Jayanti 07-Mar-12
Holi 08-Mar-12

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Kids Section

Beggar donates a penny

Once there was a beggar. He used to beg all day on the streets
near the kings palace. Still, he did not manage to get enough to
feed his family.

One day as he was sitting on the side of road to beg for alms, he
heard the kings procession will pass through the streets of the
town today. He was excited about seeing the king. He picked up his
mat and went to sit on one of the streets though which the kings
convoy was to pass. As the convoy passed in front of him, the king
dismounted from his horse and approached him and humbly
begged for alms from him.

The beggar was dismayed. He asked O King! Why do you seek alms
from a beggar like me? The king replied humbly, I had a dream
that unless I ask for alms from a beggar, some miseries are going to
befall on me. O beggar! Please give me something, whatever you
can and save me from the miseries that are coming my way. The
beggar had a few coins in his bag. He picked them them and was
about to give all of them to the, then he thought, if I give so much I
wont have enough to feed my family tonight. Thinking so he
dropped a couple of coins. As he was about to give those he again
thought, if I give this much then I wont be able to get even a loaf
of bread. Likewise he kept reducing the amount and finally took a
penny and gave it to the king. The King thanked him profusely and
left.

The beggar stayed there all day and left for home in the evening.
Upon reaching home his wife looked thru his bag. Lo and behold!
She found a gold coin in the bag. She was surprised and asked her
husband about it. The beggar now realized that he had given the
king a penny and he got a gold penny back. If he had given all the
pennies then he would have a fortune right now. But his
opportunity is lost!

Thus, God gave a lesson to all of us that wealth grows by sharing.
The reason of poverty is the tendency of not giving alms for the
good cause. The scriptures say

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+(++-(+(e +;v +v(|e , ++.|;.. ++;+ +(+. ,

The habit of not donating invites poverty. State of poverty compels
to perform unrighteous deeds to survive. The unrighteous deeds
result in sufferings of hell. Then he becomes a beggar again and
again.

Hence, Kids! Develop your habit of sharing to fulfill the needs of
others and to attain a peaceful life.
Past Events
This was an enjoyable time for all the devotees due to celebration
of several festivals and other devotional activities.
On the auspicious occasion of Sharad Poornima on 8
th
Oct 2012,
Didi Braj Banchary Ji gave a lecture on Radha Tattva in Radha
Madhav Dham, Austin.

The following day Sharad Poornima was celebrated in Shri Kripalu
Kunj Ashram, Houston. Devotees enjoyed a Shri Krishn Bal leela,
bhajans, a lecture on Significance of Sharad Poornima. It being
Shri Maharaj Jis 90
th
Birthday, there were even more festivities
with balloons, cake-cutting, loots etc.

In the month of October, a series of 3 lectures on Practicing
devotion was delivered in Hindu Mandir of Buffalo New York.

Didi Braj Banchary Ji celebrated Diwali in Sadhana Mandir in
Toronto, where she delivered a wonderful lecture on Spiritual
significance of Diwali.

Thanks giving day celebration was held in Shri Kripalu Kunj Ashram.
Didi Ji recited a poem that she had written herself.

Here are some Images from Rath Yatra in Radha Madhav Dham



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Sharad Poornima Quiz
Answers
Mahaaraas and birth Shri Maharajji, (a) Full Moon, Madanakhya
Mahabhav, Radha / Krishna, Selflessly, Bhukti and Mukti,
Vrindavan, 1 Kalp, Gopi, Shankar
Winners
Isha Sekhon (8 years) 9 correct. Anishka Peter (10 years) 8
correct, Arinjai Shirali-8 correct
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Upcoming Events
Radha Mahav Dham and Shri Kripalu Kunj Ashram cordially invite
you to Christmas Retreat in Radha Madhav Dham, Austin TX, from
Dec. Sat 24 Mon 26. Please visit http://www.shrikripalukunj.org/
or www.radhamadhavdham.org for details and registration.

New Year celebration in Shri Kripalu Kunj Ashram on Dec. 31, 2011
from 7.00 p.m. 12.30 a.m. Jan. 1, 2012
Didi Ji on YouTube
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Kripalu Kunj Ashrams youtube channel. You can access it directly
by clicking on the link below or search for key word braj
banchary on youtube. Please visit it for hours of devotional music,
or to strengthen your knowledge of the eternal Vedic Scriptures.
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