Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Yesterday, we celebrated (in a modified way) the wedding of Lord Krsna with  His eternal consort, Srimati

Tulsi Devi. Although in Hindu society these things can go on for a week or  more, sometimes boring, even the bride and groom, we pulled it off in a   few short hours.(American style).

The story about Tulsi devi, along with Sudama  the cowherd friend of  Krsnas,and how they came to this material world due to the curse of  Radhika, , both who received this same curse, is a wonderful one and one that is  certainly worth reading. It shows  how the spiritual world is anything but  dull as there are no people hanging around there just playing harps,in  white robes, like some “religious” commentators like to speculate. This  pastime or lila of the Lord and His associates shows us how intricate and  complex is the Internal Pleasure giving Energy of Lord Krsna and how His  associates are not in any way ordinary “devotees”.

Google the “story of Tulsi” and see what you find.

We began the program with Gaur Nitai arotik, Anubhavananda prabhu led a  fine kirtan which sounded almost like a tape recording of Vishnujana Swami, and  then we read a bit from the Salagram Sila book by Padmanabha Gowsami of Radha  Raman temple Vrndavana about how Tulsi and Sudama (Sankacuda) came to this world  due to the curse of Radha.

Next we began  the wedding with two different bhaktas reading  some of the glories of both Vishnu as Salagram sila and Tulsi Devi. Then we  began the actual ritual of wedding Them both.

And last but not least, another wonderful feast ensued for the pleasure of  Hari and His bride Tulsi Devi and all their local devotees present.

Hare Krsna

Damaghosa das