Articles

by Shyamdas
From www.Beliefnet.com

Shyamdas, an American devotee of Neem Karoli Baba, has been living in India for many years and is a kirtan expert. This article is adapted from the liner notes of the CD Kirtan: Maha Mantra in the Himalayas – Volume One of the India Odyssey Series, due to be released in March 2004 by Karuna Music. Used with permission.

Fulfillment through joyful service to Shri Nathji,
the youthful Lord Krishna.

Printed in Hinduism Today, November 1997

From the 12th to 16th century in India, a Bhakti Renaissance occurred in which five great schools of Vaishnavism arose. Each school was founded by one of five saints, Ramanuja, Madhva, Nimbarka, Vallabha and Chaitanya.

Interview with Shyamdas, Hinduism Today, May 1986

Hinduism Today. Please tell us how you became involved so deeply in the Vallabhacharya Sampradaya.

(taken from Inner Goddess, by Shyamdas)

Shri Krishna revealed His Lordship when He stole the Gopis’ clothes and returned them infused with His Essence. The Glorious Lord revealed His Potency when He accepted food from the Brahmins’ wives. In the following play Shri Krishna turned His people towards His Blessed Self and thereby displayed His Fame. He transformed the minds and hearts of the cowherders, so that they became totally focused on Divinity. He removed the adoration they felt for anything that was less than perfect.

(taken from Ashta Chhap: Lord Krishna’s Eight Poet Friends, by Shyamdas)