Transcendental Bliss at Srivas Angan

On Saturday 15 February I went with a number of my disciples to the temple at Srivas Angan, here in Mayapur, West Bengal, India. This is the place where the nama sankirtana movement, the movement of the congregational chanting of the holy names of God, began 500 years ago. It was here in the home of Srivas Pandita, which formerly stood at this spot, where Lord Caitanya and His associates would gather every night to engage in nama sankirtana. This place is also known at Khol Banga Danga (Broken Mridanga Ridge) because this is where the Muslim district governor, Chand Kazi, angrily stopped the kirtan and broke the devotees' mridanga drum with the threat that if the devotees did not stop performing sankirtana, he would force them all to become Mohammedans. Lord Caitanya defied his order and organized 100,000 chanting devotees to march to the house of the Kazi and then induced the Kazi to join the sankirtana movement.

We had a blissful kirtan which started while we were sitting. As the ecstasy of the kirtan increased we sprung to our feet singing and dancing in ecstasy.

Deities of Lord Caitanya and His Associates at Srivasa Angan

 Deities of Lord Caitanya and His Associates at Srivasa Angan

Super Ecstatic Kirtan at Srivasa Angan--15 February 2014

 Sankarshan Das Adhikari Super Ecstatic Kirtan at Srivasa Angan 1

Sankarshan Das Adhikari Super Ecstatic Kirtan at Srivasa Angan 2

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Eyes Get Filled with Tears

If eyes get filled with tears when we are in front of Krishna, is it that our soul remembers our relationship with Supreme Lord and longs to go back to Him? 

Your humble servant,

Meenaskhi

Answer: Crying of the Soul

In a letter to his disciple Arundhati devi das Srila Prabhupada describes crying during kirtana:

"Regarding crying, when someone cries during kirtana, this crying is crying of the soul. But if anyone tries to imitate such crying to get some adoration, that is a bodily function."

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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