Bhakti Cards
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The Nectar of Vraja-lila 108 meditation cards · 6 movements · japa
Madhurya-lila, the sweet pastimes of Radha and Krishna: six movements, from the captivating sweetness of childhood to the hidden service of the manjaris.
108 meditation cards · 6 movements · japa  —  108 of 108 ready
I
The Charm that Captures
18/18
Sweetness that captivates: Krishna's childhood and his pranks.
01I cannot check myselftender★★★ready ▸ 02I was looking for my calfplayful★★ready ▸ 03The God who did not know he was Godreverent★★ready ▸ 04So mother would not be angrytender★★ready ▸ 05The butter-hiding contestplayful★★ready ▸ 06Gopala obeys her glancetender★★ready ▸ 07The doe comes without fearreverent★★ready ▸ 08The mathematics of lovetender★★ready ▸ 09Mother won't let gotender★★ready ▸ 10A tall tale of the godsplayful★★ready ▸ 11Narada hides in the bushesreverent★★ready ▸ 12Yashoda struggles with the ropesreverent★★ready ▸ 13What's that scent on you?playful★★ready ▸ 14From pearls into turmerictender★★ready ▸ 15The Yamuna heard her nametender★★ready ▸ 16How to pin the Undefeatableplayful★★ready ▸ 17The dust fightplayful★★ready ▸ 18The Pulindi girls smear the kumkumreverent★★ready ▸
II
Love Awakens
18/18
One glance — and the love of Radha and Krishna wakes.
19Only one glancereverent★★★ready ▸ 20The letter with no namereverent★★★ready ▸ 21The matchmaker beeplayful★★ready ▸ 22Afraid even to looktender★★ready ▸ 23Every moment — as if for the first timetender★★ready ▸ 24A tamal tree or lightning?reverent★★ready ▸ 25This is called purva-ragareverent★★ready ▸ 26Drive the bee off — no, taste the flowerplayful★★ready ▸ 27Krishna's footprints in Vraja's dustreverent★★ready ▸ 28The flute falls from his handstender★★ready ▸ 29Nipped buds — a clueplayful★★ready ▸ 30A crooked glance from under the browstender★★ready ▸ 31Does he know he is beautiful?tender★★ready ▸ 32Bees after a fragrance that is gonereverent★★ready ▸ 33Incompatible horoscopesreverent★★ready ▸ 34Kajal on only one eyetender★★ready ▸ 35The rival is you yourselftender★★ready ▸ 36The voice choked — so the flute sangreverent★★ready ▸
III
The Play of Love
15/15
Games, disguises and the teasing of the lovers.
37Just a piece of bambootender★★ready ▸ 38Two Krishnasplayful★★ready ▸ 39Devise a game that needs brainsplayful★★★ready ▸ 40The reflection in the Kaustubhareverent★★★ready ▸ 41Captured in the Holi battleplayful★★★ready ▸ 42Hide-and-seek where the beloved is everywhereplayful★★ready ▸ 43The flute is her rivalreverent★★ready ▸ 44A stolen kiss under the veiltender★★ready ▸ 45The boat-word punplayful★★ready ▸ 46Chasing the thief-fluteplayful★★ready ▸ 47The gopis put Krishna on trialreverent★★ready ▸ 48Radhika's vina against his flutetender★★ready ▸ 49The garden that grew thornsplayful★★ready ▸ 50The boys took the gopis' dance for a dareplayful★★ready ▸ 51The invincible war elephantplayful★★ready ▸
IV
The Daring of Union
17/17
Daring stratagems for a meeting by the Yamuna.
52The parrots give away the secretplayful★★★ready ▸ 53The clothes-thief in the treeplayful★★★ready ▸ 54Krishna demands a tollplayful★★★ready ▸ 55He caught her garment — and all gaspedreverent★★ready ▸ 56Krishna-Abhimanyu outwits the mother-in-lawplayful★★★ready ▸ 57Secret escape on a moonlit nighttender★★ready ▸ 58A play about himselfreverent★★ready ▸ 59"Don't touch me" means "yes"tender★★ready ▸ 60Krishna hides from grandmother Mukharaplayful★★ready ▸ 61The disguised astrologer turns out to be Krishnaplayful★★ready ▸ 62The bangles gave her awaytender★★ready ▸ 63She pretends to be sleepingtender★★ready ▸ 64She saw to it in advanceplayful★★ready ▸ 65The manjaris already wait on the banktender★★ready ▸ 66The Weeping Demigoddessplayful★★★ready ▸ 67Cupid in a brahmin's disguiseplayful★★ready ▸ 68Is there any world beyond the grove?reverent★★ready ▸
V
Quarrel & Reconciliation
18/18
A lovers' quarrel and the sweetness of making up.
69The manjari-advocate cast outplayful★★★ready ▸ 70The garland in the rival's hairreverent★★ready ▸ 71Honey and gheetender★★ready ▸ 72The war of words — Radhika defeats Krishnaplayful★★ready ▸ 73"You're so crooked!" — instead of "hello"playful★★ready ▸ 74The breeze carries the fragrance of her angerreverent★★ready ▸ 75Radhika leaves on purposetender★★ready ▸ 76Mantras with a double meaningtender★★ready ▸ 77The bee cross-examined — arrows into Uddhavaplayful★★ready ▸ 78Late — and praise from head to toeplayful★★ready ▸ 79Krishna searches kunja to kunjareverent★★ready ▸ 80Radhika's revengeplayful★★ready ▸ 81The leaders stay polite, the maids wage warplayful★★ready ▸ 82A messenger from the rival's campplayful★★ready ▸ 83Go and comb that gopi's hairtender★★ready ▸ 84Don't be like Chandravalireverent★★ready ▸ 85His humility proves his guiltplayful★★ready ▸ 86"Why did you disappoint me?"playful, strung tight★★ready ▸
VI
The Manjaris' Service
22/22
The hidden service of the manjaris — the heart of sadhana.
87Closer than the sakhisreverent★★★ready ▸ 88Painting in kasturi — the artist's trembling handtender★★★ready ▸ 89Radhika cancels the morningplayful★★★ready ▸ 90Fire without words — the flute's call to the Rasa dancereverent★★★ready ▸ 91Sweets cooked with lovetender★★ready ▸ 92Mangala-arati: wiping away the nighttender★★ready ▸ 93The tears of the accused thiefreverent★★ready ▸ 94Unruly curlsplayful★★ready ▸ 95The supreme court of the sakhisplayful★★ready ▸ 96A glance through the latticereverent★★ready ▸ 97The manjaris fear oversleepingtender★★ready ▸ 98Don't lie, Lalita!playful★★ready ▸ 99The only one who can passreverent★★ready ▸ 100I will go and weave you a crowntender★★ready ▸ 101I won''t pluck it — I''ll lift youtender★★ready ▸ 102Even the clothing is onetender★★ready ▸ 103The night vanished like flowers in the skytender★★ready ▸ 104A forest fire beside a fireflytender★★ready ▸ 105The empress's chamarareverent★★ready ▸ 106How do you decorate sweetness itself?tender★★ready ▸ 107The Lord massages her weary feettender★★ready ▸ 108Even Krishna takes the remnanttender★★ready ▸