Sri Swami Lalit Mohini Dev Ji is the eight acharya of Shri Haridasi sampradaya who headed Tatiya Sthaan, Vrindavan from the Year 1766 - 1801. His foremost disciple was Shri Bhagwat Rasik.
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The lakes of Śrī Vṛndāvana are beautiful, its forests are enchanting, and its secluded bowers are dense where Śrī Rādhā eternally resides with Her beloved Śrī Lāla Jī (Śrī Kṛṣṇa). These very bowers are the loving abode and resting place of Their divine Nitya-Vihāra. For this reason, Śrī Dhāma Vṛndāvana holds a place of supreme love and affection in the hearts of the rasikas.
Today, this sweet nectar of the assembly of companion-maids in the Raṅga Mahala naturally feels exceedingly dear to the heart, where the fair-complexioned, incredibly innocent and delicate young princess, Śrī Rādhā, rejoicing at the sight of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, has embraced Him.
Surging from all four directions, dark clouds drenched in the loving passion of Kāmadeva have gathered in the sky. Within those clouds, lightning filled with the nectar of beauty flashes, bathing the entire forest in an exquisitely lush and vibrant splendor.
The saints of our lineage, followers of Śrī Svāmī Haridās Jī, do not prefer to accept prasād from any deity except Śrī Priya-Priyatam, nor do they pay heed to special clothing or other outward formalities.
An auspicious celebration fills the divine land of Vrindavan today, where the ocean of bliss constantly rises in waves. The divine couple, Priyālāla, remain ever ecstatic in body and mind, while the cloud-like cupid roars with great thunder.
Today, the Beloved has decorated a yellow bed; everything around glows with golden-yellow brilliance. He has also adorned His body with yellow garments.
What a strange irony it is that the Rasika Gurus lead an extremely simple life—keeping only a broken earthen pot, adorning themselves with the sacred dust of Shri Dham Vrindavan, and remaining immersed in pure, selfless devotion. Meanwhile, the so-called disciples consider the dust of Vrindavan insignificant, indulge in colorful attire, and remain engrossed in external decoration and display.
Both the beloveds (Shri Radha and Shri Krishna), filled with divine love and desire, engage in such playful pastimes that their very hairs become entangled with one another. Their forms are deeply merged, and they are inseparably settled in each other’s hearts. On this blissful night, a flood of divine nectar overflows.
We neither leave nor go anywhere else from Sri Vrindavan. Here, Shri Hari continuously nurtures our loving sentiments, and in turn, we nourish His sentiments.
Pyariju (Sri Radha) is swinging joyfully on the swing of love (rasa-vilas) with her beloved, Krishna. Adorned in beautiful, colorful garments, she sways gently and joyfully.
When someone surrenders to Swami Shri Haridas, an incarnation of Lalita Sakhi, they attain a state of absolute fearlessness. Swamiji instantly accepts them as his own and grants them the eternal blessing of being close to the divine couple in their ‘Nitya Vihar’ (eternal love-play) nectar.
I have come to see that Shyamsundar, who is dark and handsome with large, blissful eyes, is completely pleased in every way because of Shri Kishoriji (Sri Radha).
According to our devotional path, Sri Shyama Shyam (the divine couple) is the object of worship, while righteousness is ‘Rasa Reeti’ (the path of exclusive devotion followed by Rasikas). In other spiritual paths, arguments destroyed everything, because Vedanta, according to Lalit Mohini Ji, is the end (anta) of Veda (knowledge).
The divine couple (Sri Radha Krishna) is playing the festival of Holi. The cymbals, mridangam, tambourine, flute, Veena, and ‘Morchang’ (Mouth Harp) are being played in a beautifully melodious rhythm.
Despite engaging in activities with the potential to drown me in this world, Śrī Hari unfailingly safeguards me. Whenever I am on the verge of falling into the well of this material world, His outstretched hand safely rescues me.
One should behold Śrī Gurudeva as the very form of Śrī Hari Himself, because through his darśana, the divine darśana of Śrī Hari becomes attainable. Śrī Hari and Śrī Gurudeva are one and the same, as all the revered Ācāryas have particularly proclaimed through their own sacred words.
The divine couple Sri Radha Krishn is so absorbed in the Nitya Vihar (eternal love-play) that they lose awareness of their physical and mental states. A profound joy envelops both, as they intimately embrace each other in this divine play of love.
Attachment to wealth, the tendency to accumulate, is the root cause of all spiritual harm and sins. When a person, overcome by greed, continues to hoard wealth, their deep and intimate bond with Śrī Hari naturally becomes broken.
Shri Krishn says to Shri Radha - O beloved, just as you dwell within my heart, so do I also reside within yours. Your form is settled permanently in my eyes. You are my life, Without You, there is nothing else that pleases me.
The Haridāsī saints constantly behold the uninterrupted Keli-plays of the divine Couple, Śrī Śyāma-Kuñjabihārī, within the Raṅga Mahala, while keeping with them the seven sacred articles: the Karuā (a clay pot made from the soil of Braj), Guḍarī (a neck cloth), Amṛtī (a glass-like vessel fashioned from Braj soil), Chīpī (a bowl made from the same sacred soil), Kathlā, a rosary, and the Bāṅkī (a small serpent-shaped staff fashioned from the vines of Vṛndāvana).
