Understand Radha-Krishna from the Gosvamis
Srila Prabhupada writes as follows in this purport to Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi Lila, Chapter 4. Text 35:
"A class of so-called devotees known as sahajiyās try to imitate the Lord’s pastimes, although they have no understanding of the amorous love in His expansions of pleasure potency. Their superficial imitation can create havoc on the path for the advancement of one’s spiritual relationship with the Lord. Material sexual indulgence can never be equated with spiritual love, which is in unadulterated goodness. The activities of the sahajiyās simply lower one deeper into the material contamination of the senses and mind. Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pastimes display eternal servitorship to Adhokṣaja, the Supreme Lord, who is beyond all conception through material senses. Materialistic conditioned souls do not understand the transcendental exchanges of love, but they like to indulge in sense gratification in the name of devotional service. The activities of the Supreme Lord can never be understood by irresponsible persons who think the pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa to be ordinary affairs. The rāsa dance is arranged by Kṛṣṇa’s internal potency yogamāyā, and it is beyond the grasp of the materially affected person. Trying to throw mud into transcendence with their perversity, the sahajiyās misinterpret the sayings tat-paratvena nirmalam [Cc. Madhya 19.170] and tat-paro bhavet. By misinterpreting tādṛśīḥ krīḍāḥ, they want to indulge in sex while pretending to imitate Lord Kṛṣṇa. But one must actually understand the imports of the words through the intelligence of the authorized gosvāmīs. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, in his prayers to the Gosvāmīs, has explained his inability to understand such spiritual affairs:
rūpa-raghunātha-pade ha-ibe ākuti
kabe hāma bujhaba se yugala-pirīti
''When I shall be eager to understand the literature given by the Gosvāmīs, then I shall be able to understand the transcendental loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. In other words, unless one is trained under the disciplic succession of the Gosvāmīs, one cannot understand Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. The conditioned souls are naturally averse to understanding the spiritual existence of the Lord, and if they try to know the transcendental nature of the Lord’s pastimes while remaining absorbed in materialism, they are sure to blunder like the sahajiyās."
From these six Gosvamis we can get the proper understanding of the pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Lee Abrahams
Please accept my blessings.
Material love is lust and is self-centered. Spiritual love is love of God and is God-centered. When you water the root of the tree you water the entire tree. Similarly when you give your love to God, Who is the root of the creation your pure selfless love goes automatically to all living beings. Material love leaves one feeling frustrated and unfulfilled. Spiritual love gives one a feeling of unlimited satisfaction and it goes on increasing and increasing for all of eternity. I teach the art of spiritual love here in my free e-course.
I hope this meets you in the best of health.
"A class of so-called devotees known as sahajiyās try to imitate the Lord’s pastimes, although they have no understanding of the amorous love in His expansions of pleasure potency. Their superficial imitation can create havoc on the path for the advancement of one’s spiritual relationship with the Lord. Material sexual indulgence can never be equated with spiritual love, which is in unadulterated goodness. The activities of the sahajiyās simply lower one deeper into the material contamination of the senses and mind. Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pastimes display eternal servitorship to Adhokṣaja, the Supreme Lord, who is beyond all conception through material senses. Materialistic conditioned souls do not understand the transcendental exchanges of love, but they like to indulge in sense gratification in the name of devotional service. The activities of the Supreme Lord can never be understood by irresponsible persons who think the pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa to be ordinary affairs. The rāsa dance is arranged by Kṛṣṇa’s internal potency yogamāyā, and it is beyond the grasp of the materially affected person. Trying to throw mud into transcendence with their perversity, the sahajiyās misinterpret the sayings tat-paratvena nirmalam [Cc. Madhya 19.170] and tat-paro bhavet. By misinterpreting tādṛśīḥ krīḍāḥ, they want to indulge in sex while pretending to imitate Lord Kṛṣṇa. But one must actually understand the imports of the words through the intelligence of the authorized gosvāmīs. Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, in his prayers to the Gosvāmīs, has explained his inability to understand such spiritual affairs:
rūpa-raghunātha-pade ha-ibe ākuti
kabe hāma bujhaba se yugala-pirīti
''When I shall be eager to understand the literature given by the Gosvāmīs, then I shall be able to understand the transcendental loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. In other words, unless one is trained under the disciplic succession of the Gosvāmīs, one cannot understand Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. The conditioned souls are naturally averse to understanding the spiritual existence of the Lord, and if they try to know the transcendental nature of the Lord’s pastimes while remaining absorbed in materialism, they are sure to blunder like the sahajiyās."
From these six Gosvamis we can get the proper understanding of the pastimes of Sri Sri Radha and Krishna.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
The Six Gosvamis of Vrindavan
Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom
Question: Material and Spiritual Love?
What is the difference between material and spiritual love?Lee Abrahams
Answer: Self-Centered and God-Centered
My Dear Lee,Please accept my blessings.
Material love is lust and is self-centered. Spiritual love is love of God and is God-centered. When you water the root of the tree you water the entire tree. Similarly when you give your love to God, Who is the root of the creation your pure selfless love goes automatically to all living beings. Material love leaves one feeling frustrated and unfulfilled. Spiritual love gives one a feeling of unlimited satisfaction and it goes on increasing and increasing for all of eternity. I teach the art of spiritual love here in my free e-course.
I hope this meets you in the best of health.
Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
ISKCON Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, ordered his disciples to become gurus and deliver the world. Sankarshan Das Adhikari has taken this order very seriously and is thus accepting disciples all over the world and has dedicated himself fully to the mission of making the entire world Krishna conscious as soon as possible. He requests your help in this most urgent world deliverance mission to save the suffering humanity from gliding down to the animal kingdom in their next births.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari email: sd@worldleader.com
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
The Most Urgent World Deliverance Mission
ISKCON Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, ordered his disciples to become gurus and deliver the world. Sankarshan Das Adhikari has taken this order very seriously and is thus accepting disciples all over the world and has dedicated himself fully to the mission of making the entire world Krishna conscious as soon as possible. He requests your help in this most urgent world deliverance mission to save the suffering humanity from gliding down to the animal kingdom in their next births.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari email: sd@worldleader.com
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