Srila Prabhupada is asked to speak on rasa-lila

[Guest guest]

Madhudvisa: Prabhupada, could you tell us something about Krsna's rasa-lila?

 

Prabhupada: (pause) Krsna's rasa-lila should not be discussed in public

meeting. It is most confidential. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu never discussed.

He discussed Krsna's pastimes, lila with gopis, with His confidential, very

confidential circle. Or those who are... Lord Caitanya had many thousands of

followers, and... He was not discussing even within these five persons,

sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi,

Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivasa, and Himself, these five persons. So

when He was at Navadvipa, He was not discussing even with them, what to

speak of others. He set up this example so that in future people may be very

cautious. Because unless one understands what is Krsna, how he can

understand Krsna's pastime? So this discussion of rasa-lila is the summit of

Krsna consciousness. It is not ordinary thing. They're purely spiritual.

There is nothing material. But because we are not completely free from

material concept of life, we may think that Krsna's lila is something like

this material. So that is offense. But that is the ultimate goal, to

understand Krsna's rasa-lila. But you have to wait for relishing that

Krsna's rasa-lila, to become more perfect in Krsna consciousness.

 

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