# Bhakti Collective > LLM-friendly index of this website. ## Main links - [Home](https://bhakticollective.com/): Website home page - [Sitemap](https://bhakticollective.com/sitemap.xml): XML sitemap - [RSS](https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/feed/): Latest updates feed ## Posts - [A Little Roadside Temple – and the Lamp of Devotion](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/a-little-roadside-temple-and-the-lamp-of-devotion.md): Updated 2011-10-04. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2011/10/04/a-little-roadside-temple-and-the-lamp-of-devotion/ We have arrived in India and are on our way to Haridwar to enter the merciful waters of Mother Ganga. We will stay in the guesthouse of the Dev Sanskriti… - [Franny and Zooey and Kirtan](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/franny-and-zooey-and-kirtan.md): Updated 2011-04-26. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2011/04/26/franny-and-zooey-and-kirtan/ Something I read today from J.D. Salinger’s novel “Franny and Zooey”. Zooey is trying to convince his sister Franny that she is taking shelter of the Jesus prayer with the… - [Yoga Made Easy By Music: How Kirtan Works](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/yoga-made-easy-by-music-how-kirtan-works.md): Updated 2010-10-24. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2010/10/24/yoga-made-easy-by-music-how-kirtan-works/ ESSAY: YOGA MADE EASY BY MUSIC: HOW KIRTAN WORKS An Essay by Dhanurdhara Swami. - [Radhanath Swami Celebrates the Life of Aindra Das With Tears of Gratitude.](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/radhanth-swami-celebrates-the-life-of-aindra-das-with-tears-of-gratitude.md): Updated 2010-07-22. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2010/07/22/radhanth-swami-celebrates-the-life-of-aindra-das-with-tears-of-gratitude/ I believe every stone, brick and pillar of Krishna Balaram Temple and every tree and particle of sacred dust in Raman Reti is permeated with the sound vibration of Aindra Prabhu’s devotion. If we open our hearts we will hear. - [Kirtan Insights from Aindra Das](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/kirtan-insights-from-aindra-das.md): Updated 2010-07-21. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2010/07/21/kirtan-insights-from-aindra-das/ INTERVIEW: Shortly before passing away, the legend of kirtan shares both practical knowledge and deep insights. Interview by Dhanurdhara Swami. - [In Loving Memory of Aindra Das](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/in-loving-memory-of-aindra-das-2.md): Updated 2010-07-17. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2010/07/17/in-loving-memory-of-aindra-das-2/ In Loving Memory of Aindra Das: "His song was the cry of a dying man.A desolate voice accompanied only by a frail harmonium scale, slow and slightly off beat - crawling, barely dragging along. A man in the desert, drying up and desperate, crying for some water - just a small cup - just a drop. It was almost pitiful, but hauntingly beautiful - like nothing I’d heard before. It sounded so remorseful, so humble and completely sincere. It was the first time I heard a man desperately crying out to Go - [Oddisi Dance: Questions for Vrindarani Dasi](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/oddisi-dance-questions-for-vrindarani-dasi.md): Updated 2010-03-29. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2010/03/29/oddisi-dance-questions-for-vrindarani-dasi/ Oddisi Dance: Questions for Vrindarani Dasi Interview by Kaustubha das Vrindarani Dasi (originally from St. Petersburg) is a 17 year old student at the Venunad Kala Kendra school of Odissi Dance in Vrindavan, India. Recently I had the pleasure of spending some time with her and her family in their beautiful home in Vrindavan. After an evening of kirtan in their small roof-top temple to Radha Govinda, Vrindarani kindly answered some questions about the classical form of Indian dance called Odissi - [Photos of Kumbha Mela](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/photos-of-kumbh-mela.md): Updated 2010-03-13. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2010/03/13/photos-of-kumbh-mela/ Here's a link to some nice photos of the current Kumbh Mela posted by Vinod Bangarshettar on Smashing Pics. Kaustubha das - [Focus on the Essential and Escape the “Tyranny” of 1000 Urgent Things](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/focus-on-the-essential-and-escape-the-tyranny-of-the-one-thousand-urgent-things.md): Updated 2010-01-09. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2010/01/09/focus-on-the-essential-and-escape-the-tyranny-of-the-one-thousand-urgent-things/ “There is no stronger obstruction to one’s self-interest than thinking other subject matters to be more pleasing than one’s own self-realization.” Srimad Bhagavatam 4.22.32 - [Remembering Her Grace Rasajna Devi Dasi](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/remembering-her-grace-rasajna-devi-dasi.md): Updated 2010-01-01. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2010/01/01/remembering-her-grace-rasajna-devi-dasi/ This morning I got the news that my dear god-sister, Her Grace Rasajna devi dasi, passed away from this world. I will miss her dearly. I can't remember where I heard the saying, but it goes something like, "One will be remembered more for how one made others feel than for what one has accomplished." I think of Rasa in this way. It's not that she didn't have significant accomplishments, but whatever she accomplished is over-shadowed by the simple fact that there was just nothing bad in her heart. - [NAMARUPA Issuse 10 Vol.05](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/namarupa-issuse-10-vol05.md): Updated 2009-12-29. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/12/29/namarupa-issuse-10-vol05/ For those still unfamiliar, NAMRUPA is a Internet magazine (with the option for print on demand) featuring well written articles and beautiful photography related to all varieties of Indian thought… - [Sita Sings the Blues](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/sita-sings-the-blues.md): Updated 2009-11-22. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/11/22/sita-sings-the-blues/ FILM SCREENING/REVIEW: A screening and review of Nina Paley's Animated feature film Sita Sings the Blues. - [Seven Ways In Which Hearing Sacred Texts Purifies the Mind](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/seven-ways-in-which-hearing-sacred-texts-purifies-the-mind.md): Updated 2009-11-11. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/11/11/seven-ways-in-which-hearing-sacred-texts-purifies-the-mind/ Dhanudhara Swami on Bhakti's First Limb: Sravanam (Hearing) - [Sri Ramanuja on Karmayoga](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/sri-ramanuja-on-karmayoga.md): Updated 2009-09-06. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/09/06/sri-ramanuja-on-karmayoga/ Sri Ramanuja is one of the great teachers of karmayoga, the discipline which unites action and contemplation. In his commentary on the Bhagavad-gita, Ramanuja argues that karmayoga is essential for… - [Constructing the Exotic /A Review of the Art of Michael Bühler-Rose](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/constructing-the-exotic-a-review-of-the-art-of-michael-buhler-rose.md): Updated 2009-09-04. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/09/04/constructing-the-exotic-a-review-of-the-art-of-michael-buhler-rose/ [In a article for Whitewall Magazine, Meenakshi Thirukode reviews Construction of the Exotic, a recent photo series, by BhaktiCollective.com contributing writer Michael Bühler-Rose. Enjoy the article below. The entire series… - [An Appeal for the Merciful Sidelong Glance of Sri Radha](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/a-prayer-for-the-merciful-sidelong-glance-of-sri-radha.md): Updated 2009-08-27. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/08/27/a-prayer-for-the-merciful-sidelong-glance-of-sri-radha/ Sometimes called the national anthem of Vrindavan, here is Sri Sri Radha-kripa-kataksha-stava-raja (The King of Prayers which Petitions the Merciful Sidelong Glance of Srimati Radharani) from the Urdhvamnaya-tantra. Spoken by Lord Shiva and composed in a lovely meter, this exceptional prayer is daily sung in a charming melody by many Brijabasis (Vrindavan residents). - [A Review of Stephen Phillips’ Yoga, Karma and Rebirth](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/review-of-stephen-phillips-yoga-karma-and-rebirth.md): Updated 2009-08-24. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/08/24/review-of-stephen-phillips-yoga-karma-and-rebirth/ Phillips rightly criticizes the trenchant world-denying escapism of classical Yoga, illustrating that it is both philosophically and yogically problematic. He rather embraces what is best in tantric thought: the idea that yoga practice is not merely meant for escape, but at best, to positively transform the world (especially ourselves as parts of the world). - [Radhanath Swami on Sita’s Banishment](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/radhanath-swami-on-sitas-banishment.md): Updated 2009-08-18. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/08/18/radhanath-swami-on-sitas-banishment/ "This banishment of Sita, amongst people who have gone deep into the subject, is a very profound meditation on the loving exchange between her and Rama. This conclusion that I am speaking has been passed down for millennia. And how God and Goddess, male and female aspects, how they shared the ecstasy of love for each other is not limited by our ability to comprehend it." - [108 Names of Lord Krishna](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/108-names-of-lord-krishna.md): Updated 2009-08-13. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/08/13/108-names-of-lord-krishna/ Aug 13, 2009 marks the celebration of Sri Krishna Janmashtami (the Birth of Lord Krishna). On this day it is a common practice to chant 108 names of Krishna. Below you will find a particular collection of 108 names composed by Srila Rupa Goswami which is included in his most beautiful collection of prayers named Stava-Mala (A Garland of Devotional Prayers). He entitled it Premendu-sagarakhya Shri Krishna-namashtottara-shata (The Ocean of the Moon of Pure Love - 108 Names of Sri Krishna) and poet - [New Yoga Sutras Translation](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/new-yoga-sutras-translation.md): Updated 2009-08-05. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/08/05/new-yoga-sutras-translation/ Those who are familiar with Edwin Bryant know him to be both a scholar and a serious yoga practitioner. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (North Point Press 2009) is the product of both “sides” coming together in a wonderful way. - [The Journey Home](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/the-journey-home.md): Updated 2009-08-05. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/08/05/the-journey-home/ The Journey Home by Radhanath Swami - [The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/the-yoga-sutras-of-patanjali.md): Updated 2009-08-05. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/08/05/the-yoga-sutras-of-patanjali/ The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Edwin F. Bryant - [](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/893.md): Updated 2009-08-02. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/08/02/893/ ESSAY: Dhanurdhara Swami discusses in depth "Is there therapy in the Vedas?" and examines the effect of one’s nature, actions, environment and heartfelt devotion on the development of a healthy mind. - [Sri Krishnamacharya’s Anjali-mudra](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/sri-krishnamacharyas-anjali-mudra.md): Updated 2009-07-11. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/07/11/sri-krishnamacharyas-anjali-mudra/ Behind every ritual should be meditation. Below one can read a short excerpt from the article My Studies With Sri Krishnamacharya by Srivatsa Ramaswami which originally appeared in NAMARUPA magazine.… - [Book Review: The Journey Home – Autobiography of an American Swami](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/book-reviewthe-journey-home-autobiography-of-an-american-swami.md): Updated 2009-04-09. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/04/09/book-reviewthe-journey-home-autobiography-of-an-american-swami/ Every now and then a book is released which becomes a spiritual classic--a book that brings people in touch with a distant world, opens minds to new possibilities and becomes… - [The Holy Appearance of Sri Caitanya](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/the-holy-appearence-of-sri-caitanya.md): Updated 2009-03-10. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/03/10/the-holy-appearence-of-sri-caitanya/ To celebrate Gaura Purnima - the holy appearance of Sri Caitanya, I will share some verses of the book Sri Caitanya Candramrita by Sri Prabhodhananda Saraswati. Please forgive the lack… - [Slumdog Millionaire: An Oscar for Hope in the Face of Hopelessness](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/slumdog-millionaire-an-oscar-for-hope-in-the-face-of-hopelessness.md): Updated 2009-03-09. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/03/09/slumdog-millionaire-an-oscar-for-hope-in-the-face-of-hopelessness/ Even as the world celebrates the eight Oscars that "Slumdog Millionaire" took home tonight - including the coveted Best Picture and props to A.R. Rehman's infectious soundtrack - in its… - [Shivaratri in Vrindavan](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/shivaratri-in-vrindavan.md): Updated 2009-02-25. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/02/25/shivaratri-in-vrindavan/ On February, 23 the celebration of Maha Shivaratri was observed at the ancient Temple of Gopishwara Mahadeva in Vrindavan. Vaishnava’s honor the various Devas, seeing them as exemplar devotees of… - [FLOWER SHOWER](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/803.md): Updated 2009-02-13. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/02/13/803/ SLIDESHOW: Stunning Photos of the Pushya Abhisek/Flower Festival, at the Radha Gopinath Temple in Mumbai, by Stephan Crasneanscki. - [Flower Festival In Mumbai!/SLIDESHOW](https://bhakticollective.com/llm/post/flower-festival-in-mumbai.md): Updated 2009-02-12. Canonical URL: https://bhakticollective.com/index.php/2009/02/12/flower-festival-in-mumbai/ On January 31, I was fortunate to be present at the Radha Gopinath Temple in Mumbai for their annual Pushya Abhishek, a devotional festival in which the temple congregation comes…