Gaura-lila

What is the operating principle in spiritual practice? Why whould I restrain myself? Three types of faith Beauty is the ultimate controlling principle. Creation is less important Live stream of Divine Reality How does Kṛṣṇa conception break the mundane erotic enslavement? Rādhārāṇī steals Kṛṣṇa's mind Why Kṛṣṇa took His original Divine World with Him into this plane? Expansion and contraction of time and space: how was it possible for gopis to tolerate one hundred years of separation from Kṛṣṇa? Gaura-līlā gives an entrance to Kṛṣṇa-līlā Why separation is better than union? How is that possible that Kṛṣṇa never leaves Vṛndāvan Who is more beautiful than Kṛṣṇa? Parallel between Nabadwīp and Vṛndāvan Kurukṣetra: zenith of separation. Service according to the intensity of its necessity draws remuneration

 Appearance of Gadadhar Pandit.  Personification of Gaura-prem to the highest degree. Svarup — spiritual body, expression of dedicating tendency. Madhura—the sweetest rasa, the source of all other rasas. Harmony includes many different elements.  In rasa-lila every gopi is unique, but one stands out.  To know what it is like to be Radharani, Krishna steals Her heart and the remainder is Gadadhar Pandit.  Radharani is the supreme cook. Krishna consciousness is the tasteful religion.  Nimai Pandit and Gadadhar Pandit’s pastimes. Chandravali—Rukmini—Gadadhar Pandit. Radharani—Satyabhama: bhama-bhav, nature of opposition which makes the pastimes sweeter. Krishna knows your heart: Gadadhar Pandit and Vallabha Bhattacharya. Krishna’s apparent cruelty makes heart sweeter and deeper. Before Mahaprabhu descends, Radharani envelops Krishna with Her halo for protection. How “Bhagavad-arca-marici-mala” was composed by Bhaktivinod Thakur.  Shloka in praise of Vyasadev and Gadadhar-pranam by Sridhar Maharaj. Mahapabhu experiences separation from Krishna, not the joys of union. Intensity of Mahaprabhu’s love sickness. Gadadhar Pandit assuages Mahaprabhu with Bhagavatam shlokas. Gaur-Gadadhar — acharya-lila of Radha and Krishna, not madhurya-rasa pastimes.  Culture of separation: the only reasonable approach.  To live in the eternal plane of faith.

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