Krishna as the Centre

The conclusion is that Vrindavana has one essential quality that makes it Vrindavana: Krishna is at the centre. We once encountered a young girl in Vrindavana who would wake up in the morning and immediately close her eyes. She would get up from bed, find the wall, and slowly feel herself to the door, still with her eyes closed. She would then proceed downstairs in the pre-dawn hours, search for the door handle to the temple room, then come in front of the household altar. She would open the curtains, and then open her eyes for the first time in the day – and see Krishna! She maintained that practice for her entire life. What we talk about in pages of books and discuss in hours of lectures, is often revealed in the simple and sublime lifestyle of the Vrindavana residents, who place Krishna so naturally in the centre of their lives.