Все хотят раса-лилы. Но не с раса-лилы начинается духовная жизнь.
We are told: all the devotees of Nabadwip are plunged into viraha-sagar, means – “an ocean of separation”. It was so painful – “piercing the heart”. But piercing the heart and thereby creating a channel for Krishna-prem.
And it’s mentioned – that crowd – it became millions. How is this possible? And then we come back to this concept of the contraction and expansion of time and space as demonstrated in lila – in Krishna-lila and Gaura-lila – because it’s beyond the parameters of time and space and the world of time and space. Even when it’s brought into this plane – can contradict that. So what appears to be a crowd of thousands or hundreds of thousands… Mysteriously, it’s saying – the word used is the word that indicates “but not observable” – depends on the quality of person. So, in other words, gods and goddesses – they are descending. In some instances, we are told, they’re donning human forms. So, the crowd is swelling. Everyone wants to have a glimpse of the beauty of Mahaprabhu.
Guru Maharaj says, “Necessity in the absence of fulfillment yields separation.”… That’s why separation is the key to Krishna consciousness.
Gaura-lila has the added advantage for us of being the magnanimous distribution of Krishna-lila. Krishna-lila being madhurya, Gaura-lila being audarya. Vrindavan in distribution mode – Nabadwip. Krishna-lila in distribution mode – Gaura-lila. And Guru Maharaj said, “The rasa-lila in distribution mode is Mahaprabhu’s nam-sankirtan.”
To be in circumstances where we will embrace the teachings of Mahaprabhu — that requires some courage. Actually, spiritual life is not escape in this sense — really, it is courageous. And if we can embrace these teachings then we’ll get release from all the negativity.
Does the Lord love everyone equally or He favors devotees more? — Krishna says that He loves everyone equally, but I’m not sure that He’s telling the truth… Because He cannot conceal His bias towards His devotees, but if we take it that everyone is, ultimately, a devotee — then it’s true…
In gopi-bhajan the cloister is the heart
Sridhar Maharaj said, “If you take the holy Name of the Lord — “Hare Krishna” — one day you’ll find yourself in His harem.”
If the ground is cinmoi then what to speak of the divine souls that traverse that plane.