Real Pilgrimage

hitva tirtha-sahasrani sarvan api siloccayan
tulasi kanane nityam kalau tisthati kesavah

(Hari Bhakti Vilasa 9/116 from Skanda Purana)

In Kali-yuga, Lord Sri Kesava, after giving up thousands of places of pilgrimage and holy days, He resides in the forest of Tulasi-devi.

Simply By

In the Skanda Purāṇa there is statement about tulasī, as follows: “Tulasī is auspicious in all respects.

1. Simply by seeing,
2. simply by touching,
3. simply by remembering,
4. simply by praying to,
5. simply by bowing before,
6. simply by hearing about or
7. simply by sowing this tree,

there is always auspiciousness. Anyone who comes in touch with the tulasī tree in the above-mentioned ways lives eternally in the Vaikuṇṭha world.”

Vrinda-devi Manifests Divine Voice For Cornation of Radha

http://sixgoswamis.blogspot.com/2011/09/radha-crowned-queen-by-all-rivers-and.html

Vrindadevi Starts Subala-Milana Lila

http://gopiradhakrishna.blogspot.com/2011/09/subala-milana.html

Vrinda-devi and Parrots / Nishanta Lila

All the gopi messengers are filled with great love for Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, but among them, Vrinda-devi is the best. She has a beautiful complexion, like molten gold, wears blue garments, and is decorated with pearls and flowers. Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami has explained in VRAJA VILASA STAVA that "Vrinda-devi is the transcendental orchestrator of Radha-Krishna's pastimes. She decorates the pastime groves and creates a festive atmosphere to enhance the divine couple's pleasure." She is expert at arranging the meeting of Radha and Krishna, and She knows the best places for the Divine Couples rendez-vous. Flowers, creepers, vines and trees are under Her supervision, and all the birds and animals in Vrindavana carry out Her orders. Her chief disciple, the yellow parrot Daksa, resides upon Her left hand. From there he sends the other one hundred thousand parrot disciples flying all over Vraja to deliver Vrinda-devi's messages or warnings of unforeseen events.
http://www.gaudiyadiscussions.com/topic_4070.html

Vrindadevi in Kamyavana / Photos

http://www.vrindavan.org/CentersJPG/Pict1/Vrindadevi.html
http://vrindavana.dasya.com/index.php/Vrinda_devi_at_Kamyavana

Bhakti Gopi Connecting 4 Vedas Gopis with Radha Krishna

Vrunda's Bad Dream - Two Tiger & Monkey Faced

As per Gods wish, Vrunda had a dream. In this dream she saw her husband Jalandhar in strange circumstances.

1. She saw him naked and covered in oil, and riding a bull buffalo.
2. He was wearing garlands made from black flowers and was surrounded by meat eating creatures and was travelling in a southerly direction.
   
3. She also saw that her city was submerged in the ocean and that the sun appeared to have one hundred holes in it's body and was rising without any light.
   

With such a frightening nightmare, she became very worried and thought that something very bad was about to happen. She was very frightened and began to cry. Vrunda became very restless and began to roam here and there, completely confused.

She left her home, and with her two friends went into the garden and out into the forest. She was crying very loudly and calling for help.

Then she saw two Rakshas (Demons) with faces of ferocious tigers and was extremely frightened, thinking that she would be eaten alive. She ran very fast and then saw a man meditating who was very calm and appeared to be full of compassion. Vrunda fell to his feet and asked to be saved from the demons. Bhagwan, who had taken up the form of this sanyasi, loudly grunted at the demons who disappeared into the forest.

Having been saved, Vrunda folded her hands together and offered her thanks to her saviour. She also prayed to him and asked if he could tell her if her husband Jalandhar who had gone to fight Lord Shiva, was dead or alive. She begged him to tell the truth.

At that moment, two monkeys appeared, one carried Jalandhar's head, the other his body. When Vrunda saw that her husband had been killed, she fainted. At that moment, Bhagwan kindly sprinkled some water and she came around. Having regained her senses, she began to lament and prayed to Bhagwan to make her husband alive. She cried that she would be an orphan without her husband and that her life would not be worth living. She stated that she was a loyal wife and that she could not remain alive without her husband. "O Lord, you know all the desires that are in my heart, so please fulfil my wish and give me back my husband. My husband was more dear to me than my own soul, so please make him alive again". Bhagwan in the form of the Sanyasi laughed and said "Lord Shiva has killed your husband, however I will bring him back to life to express my kindness to you." As Bhagwan looked at the parts of Jalandhar's body, it appeared to stand up, upon which Bhagwan entered the dead body. Seeing Jalandhar alive, Vrunda became very happy and embraced him, thinking it was truly her dear husband. By this embracing to another person other than her husband, Vrunda Pativratta Dharma and been broken.

Bhagwan then assumed his real form with four hands and having a charka, mace, conch and a padma in his hands.

Sri Tulsi Shaligram Vivah Rathyatra

Koti Tulasi Archana Udupi / Simhachalam

Haridasa Thakura and Tulsi

Haridasa Thakura a great devotee of Caitanya Mahaprabhu purified a prostitue who had come with the intention of seducing him with instructions to chant the holy name and worship Tulasi. She became so elevated by this service that even great Vaishnavas would come to get her mercy.
http://krishna.org/the-story-of-haridasa-thakur-and-ramachandra-khan/

Ten Million Relatives / How is it Possible

Ved Vyas to Jaimini Rishi - Whoever places at the root of Tulasi a lamp in the evening, he shall go, accompanied by ten million relatives to the palace of Vishnu.

My Uncle Asked

1. How Ten Million Relatives Possibe
2. How can One Person Deliver Ten Million
   

My Reply

1. Relatives - Everyone comes From Same Origin hence we are Related Directly or Indirectly
   
2. Like a Small Match Stick Can Burn the Whole Forest Similarly Single Person's Worship of of Tulasi ensures him going , accompanied by ten million relatives to Spiritual World.

Benfit of Tulsi Garden

19th century one Englishman, the Chief Electrical Engineer of Calcutta, planted only tulsi plants all around his bungalow. When asked the reason he explained that tulsi plant's electrical strength cannot be compared with any plant of the world and a tulsi plant purifies the air of an area of two hundred metres all around. It destroys Malaria, Plague, Thysis. And if one ties a piece of wood of tulsi plant in any part of the body then the germs of communicable diseases never enter the body. And finally this practice enhances longevity.

Different Names

In Sanskrit, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi it is known as Tulsi. Moreover, in Sanskrit Tulsi is also known as Maiyarika and in Bengali it is also known as Babultulsi. Marathi and Orivan often refer it as Tulasa and in Punjabi it is called Babri. In Telangana they call it Bhutulsi, however sometimes in Andhra it is known as Tirunapatchi. Tulsi is also called as Sabza in Maharashtra.