Becoming Attracted to Lord Gopinath

26 December 2011--Now we have departed from Govinda Valley and have arrived here in North Sydney for a brief two night stop before we head on to Melbourne for my week long lecture series there. Only the stone-hearted will fail to be enchanted by the sublime beauty of Lord Gopinath, the predominating deity of Sydney. He manifests inconceivable beauty for attracting all the fallen souls of the universe back to his unlimitedly sweet transcendental abode, Goloka Vrindavan, the topmost planet in the Spiritual Sky. Once we develop a feeling of attraction for Lord Gopinath or any one of the Supreme Lord's multifarious manifestations we will no longer be impressed by the razzle-dazzle glitter of this material world.

Lord Gopinath Can Attract the Entire Universe

Lord Gopinath Can Attract the Entire Universe

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: What Happens in the Spiritual World?

My beloved master, Hare Krishna!

My question today is: Does the Lord enact the same pastimes in the other Vaikuntha planets as He does in Goloka Vrindavan, where the devotees are not aware of His Lordship?

Yours Devotedly,
Avinash G.

Answer: Krishnaloka Pastimes Are Different

In the spiritual world, which is known as Vaikuntha (a place with no anxiety), there are innumerable planets. On each planet the Supreme Lord is present in one of His unlimited forms. On all these planets the Supreme Lord is worshipped with great awe and reverence as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However on the topmost of all these planets, known as Goloka Vrindavan or Krishnaloka, the Supreme Lord for His own transcendental pleasure plays the role of an ordinary village boy and hides His identity as the Supreme Lord. Thus on this planet His activities are completely different from those displayed on the other planets of the Vaikuntha world.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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