Make Your Mind Vrindavan
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Paramhamsa Vani
Dec 22, 2025, 12:13:37 AM (7 days ago) Dec 22
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Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!
In the mood of the gopis, saturated with gopi-bhava, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu pulled the chariot from the Jagannatha Temple (Kuruksetra) towards Gundicha (Vrindavan). During the chariot festival, Krishna, Baladeva and Subhadra make Their trip in three chariots.
The day before the festival, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told the devotees, "You see, Krishna will come to the Gundicha Temple tomorrow. You must come with Me and cleanse the temple." "Cleansing the temple" means that you must remove all the thorns and rubbish outside and trim the grass. You must clear the path of any stones and sweep away all the dust with a broom. But it also means that you are to engage your sense organs for the service of Krishna. If you do not engage your sense organs for Him, you will not get Him. For this reason, you have to clear your heart of all desires for the attainment of material benefits, both here and hereafter in heaven. If such desire is there, Krishna will not come. The desire for non-eternal benefits and emancipation, the desire to merge yourself in formless Brahman, the desire to merge yourself in Paramatma, these sorts of desires will deter you from going to Krishna. Krishna will not come to you. For this reason, you have to clear all of this away—these desires are like hard stones. “Outside, you clear them away with brooms, and all the devotees bring earthen pots full of water to wash everything.” After this, there should be no desire for name and fame and other such things. All of this should be totally removed. For this reason, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, with the help of His own uttari (the cloth that a sannyasi wears around his neck), scrubbed the inside of the temple. There should not be any kind of material desires within the heart, not even those hidden secretly. Then Krishna will come tomorrow.
Krishna is coming here from the Jagannatha Temple, and you have to clear these unwanted things away. This means that you have to clear your mind. There should be no other desire except desire for Krishna. Krishna is coming to Vrindavan. Krishna is the only Autocrat there. No other ideas, forces or persons should dominate your heart, except Krishna. So, you have to make your heart the same as Vrindavan, where Krishna is solely dominant. He is the Sole Proprietor. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu says, "I have made this mind Vrindavan, so that Krishna will be free, free to perform all His pastimes and sporting activities." You have to make your mind Vrindavan. No one else should be allowed to enter, and no other thoughts should be allowed.
--- Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
In the mood of the gopis, saturated with gopi-bhava, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu pulled the chariot from the Jagannatha Temple (Kuruksetra) towards Gundicha (Vrindavan). During the chariot festival, Krishna, Baladeva and Subhadra make Their trip in three chariots.
The day before the festival, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told the devotees, "You see, Krishna will come to the Gundicha Temple tomorrow. You must come with Me and cleanse the temple." "Cleansing the temple" means that you must remove all the thorns and rubbish outside and trim the grass. You must clear the path of any stones and sweep away all the dust with a broom. But it also means that you are to engage your sense organs for the service of Krishna. If you do not engage your sense organs for Him, you will not get Him. For this reason, you have to clear your heart of all desires for the attainment of material benefits, both here and hereafter in heaven. If such desire is there, Krishna will not come. The desire for non-eternal benefits and emancipation, the desire to merge yourself in formless Brahman, the desire to merge yourself in Paramatma, these sorts of desires will deter you from going to Krishna. Krishna will not come to you. For this reason, you have to clear all of this away—these desires are like hard stones. “Outside, you clear them away with brooms, and all the devotees bring earthen pots full of water to wash everything.” After this, there should be no desire for name and fame and other such things. All of this should be totally removed. For this reason, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, with the help of His own uttari (the cloth that a sannyasi wears around his neck), scrubbed the inside of the temple. There should not be any kind of material desires within the heart, not even those hidden secretly. Then Krishna will come tomorrow.
Krishna is coming here from the Jagannatha Temple, and you have to clear these unwanted things away. This means that you have to clear your mind. There should be no other desire except desire for Krishna. Krishna is coming to Vrindavan. Krishna is the only Autocrat there. No other ideas, forces or persons should dominate your heart, except Krishna. So, you have to make your heart the same as Vrindavan, where Krishna is solely dominant. He is the Sole Proprietor. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu says, "I have made this mind Vrindavan, so that Krishna will be free, free to perform all His pastimes and sporting activities." You have to make your mind Vrindavan. No one else should be allowed to enter, and no other thoughts should be allowed.
--- Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
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