Radhasthami and the day after
I took Philippe, my friend from work, to the Montreal temple yesterday to introduce him to Radharani. There is an irresistible force leading all followers of Lord Chaitanya to Radha. They can't avoid it. Even so, Vishwambhar, who has been a devotee since 1968, began his lecture by reading a statement from Srila Prabhupada warning against Prakrita Sahajiyaism. But then he went on to explain Radha-tattva from the Chaitanya-caritāmṛta and tell some stories from Camatkāra-candrik ā and so on. He more or less made it through alright and it was nice to listen to, even though he hadn't gotten to the yugala-milana when time started running out. He said, "Well, looks like time is almost up. I don't think I'll have time to finish." I couldn't help bursting out, "Get to the yugala-milana , man. You can’t stop now." But it was completed in haste. The kirtan was a noisy rail-gari affair ("Rail Gari" is a nickname I once got in India for my ...