September 22, 2007
Queste domande mi furono poste da un gruppo di visitatori italiani a Vrindavana
Domanda: la cosa che mi è rimasta più impressa qui di Vrindavana è il fatto che tutti cantano. Qualche giorno non si riesce neanche a dormire. Hanno il vizio di tenere questi altoparlanti altissimi come se tutti fossero tenuti ad ascoltare loro. Anche camminando, si sente cantare ovunque.

Risposta: Vrindavana è particolare in questo senso. Anche in altri posti c’è questa importanza data al canto, ma bisogna ammettere che questo posto è speciale. Vrindavana è la città dei devoti. Tutti cantano perché il canto fa bene alla vita spirituale. E’ Krishna stesso, nella Bhagavad-gita a sostenere questo principio.
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September 22, 2007

Just behind Sanatana Gosvami’s samdahi, there is grantha-samadhi, which contains some of the original manuscripts of the Goswamis.
Some of the books compiled by Sanatan Goswami were Hari-bhakti-vilasa, Brihad-bhagavatamrita, Dasama-tippani and Dasama-carita.
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September 22, 2007
Sri Govinda was originally installed nearly 5,000 years ago by Lord Krishna’s great-grandson. Govinda is one of the four presiding Deities of Braja-mandala. But for long time the Deity was lost.
Rupa Goswami, feeling separation because of being unable to find Deity of Govinda, sat under a tree on the bank of Yamuna.
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September 22, 2007
Radha-Damodar Temple was founded by Srila Jiva Goswami, nephew of Rupa and Sanatana Goswami. He was son of Annupam.
Sadhana-dipika mentions that Sri Rupa Goswami had many skills. He could carve Deities, draw, he was expert astrologists and fluent in Sanskrit, Bengali, Persian and other languages.
In Karttik 1542 Sri Rupa, knowing Jiva’s desire for the Deity, personally carved, installed and offered a small Deity of Damodar to his foremost disciple. Eight inches high Lord Damodar came from a piece of black marble brought from Vindhya Parvat in central India.
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September 22, 2007

These are some of the stories related to the sacred Imli tree, who is found in Vrindavana.
Story told while sitting on the Yamuna banks on february 14, 2007, in Vrindavana (India).
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September 22, 2007

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This is a nice map of Vraja. It is not part of the material world; Vraja is directly the abode of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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September 22, 2007
Foto all’interno -
Il tempio di Radha Damodar fu fondato da Sri Jiva Gosvami nel ‘500. In seguito racconteremo di piu’.
Per ora vi offro questa bella immagine delle Murti presenti sull’altare.

Da sinistra:
La prima coppia e’ Radha Vrindavan Candra e sono le divinita’ di Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Gosvami.
La terza Murti e’ Lalita Sakhi ed era una Divinita’ personale di Sri Jiva Gosvami.
La coppia successiva e’ Sri Sri Radha Damodara. Queste Divinita’ furono scolpite personalmente da Rupa Gosvami e affidate al discepolo Jiva Gosvami.
Poi ammiriamo Sri Radha Madhava, che erano le divinita’ di Srila Jayadeva Gosvami.
Infine Sri Radha Chalacikan, che erano di Srila Bhugarbha Gosvami
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