Saprema Pranaam!

[Guest guest]

Namaste all and thank you dear blessed

silent_soul for inviting me to this beautiful club.<br>I am

not only familiar with your current 'Club Picture'

but also many messages of the respected members of

this club.<br><br>Sincerely looking forward to learn

and share more Divine Love with all!<br><br>Thoughts

for today:<br><br>Srimad Bhagavatam (11.12.9) states:

<br><br>"yaM na yogena sAMkhyena dAna-vrata tapo 'dhvaraiH

<br>vyAkhya-svAdhyAya-saMnyAsaiH prapnuyAd yatnavAn api" <br><br>“Even though

one

engages with great endeavor in the mystic yoga system,

philosophical speculation, charity, vows, penances, ritualistic

sacrifices, teaching Vedic mantras, or the renounced order of

life, still one cannot achieve Me.” <br><br>Hari’s

mercy is above all rules and prescriptions. <br><br>It

is said that: <br>“One may invite Hari for his

party. But there is no guarantee that He will come.”

<br><br>Lord Krishna instructs more to the Jnani-Saint

Uddhavaji about Divine Love -<br> <br>"...vigADha bhAvena

na me viyoga tIvrAdhayo 'nyaM dadRzuH sukhAya"

<br><br>(Bhagavatam 11.12.10) <br><br>"When I was taken with Balarama

to Mathura by Akrura, the GOPIS with their MINDS

DEEPLY ABSORBED in Me through INTENSE LOVE, were sorely

afflicted at My BEREAVEMENT and considered NOTHING ELSE but

ME as of INTEREST to THEM." <br><br>"Those very

nights, my friend, which with their Beloved in Their

MIDST at Vrindavana, they had PASSED like MOMENTS,

became in My ABSENCE like AGES to THEM." <br><br>"With

Their MINDS FIXED on Me through ATTACHMENT, they knew

NEITHER their kinsmen, NOR their bodies, NOR things far

or near - (as Their ONE THOUGHT was Krishna) as

SAGES in the <br>SUPERCONSCIOUS STATE know NOT name and

form - like unto RIVERS MERGING in the waters of the

OCEAN. <br><br>(Bhagavatam 11.12.11,12) <br><br>"na

sAdhayati mAM yogo... " <br><br>"bhaktyAhamekayA

grAhyaH..." <br><br>(Bhagavatam 11. 14. 20, 21) <br><br>"O My

dear Uddhava, neither Yoga, nor Subtle Knowledge, nor

Piety, nor Austerity, nor Renunciation CAPTIVATES ME SO

MUCH AS the SPONTANEOUS LOVING DEVOTION (Prema Bhakti)

TO ME." <br><br>"I, the SUPREME SOUL OF ALL DEAR

SOULS, am ATTAINABLE BY PREMA BHAKTI ALONE, which is the

outcome of unalloyed faith and attachment. The

SPONTANEOUS LOVE FOR ME purges even the most <br>fallen

outcasts of their inherent impurities." <br><br>"te

nAdhItazrutigaNA..." <br><br>"kevalena hi bhAvena gopyo gAvo nagA

mRgAH.." <br><br>(Bhagavatam 11. 12. 7, 8) <br><br>"They

had not studied the Vedas, NOT SERVED even GREAT

SAINTS, nor observed ANY VOWS, nor PERFORMED any

AUSTERITIES, YET THROUGH THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH ME, THEY

ATTAINED ME." <br><br>"The Gopis, and EVEN the cows,

trees, beasts, serpents and others that WERE DULL OF

UNDERSTANDING WERE PERFECTED, and <br>EASILY ATTAINED ME

THROUGH SPONTANEOUS LOVE, Prema Bhakti ALONE."

<br><br>Jaya Sri Radhey!