Radha Krsna lila-the only remedy for lust!

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> > Different quotes are for different people, and there is no harm for a

> > devotee to be aware of those that don't apply to him at his present

> > stage.

>

> ...provided he/she honestly recognises his/her present stage. Hare

> Krishna!

 

The discussion was not about anyone's personal stage but was about the fact

that if a sincere & pure devotee discusses the lusty feelings between the

gopies & Krsna, he makes quick progress in spiritual life according to Srila

Prabhupada.

 

Here is the quote from Srila Prabhupada which makes everything clear:

 

"Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has commented in this connection that

the word adi means adi-rasa, the original lusty feeling, which is born from

the Supreme. However, spiritual lust and material lust are as completely

different as gold and iron. Only one who is very highly elevated in

spiritual realization can understand the lusty feelings exchanged between

Radha and Krsna, or between Krsna and the damsels of Vraja. Therefore,

unless one is very experienced and advanced in spiritual realization, he is

forbidden to discuss the lusty feelings of Krsna and the gopis. However, if

one is a sincere and pure devotee, the material lust in his heart is

completely vanquished as he discusses the lusty feelings between the gopis

and Krsna, and he makes quick progress in spiritual life." (SB 5.25.5 purp)

 

Ofcourse someone may say that I am not sincere and not pure so I don't want

to discuss Radha Krsna lila. If he is feeling really humble that is okay but

if he is doing it as a deliberate act to belittle (label them as sahijayas)

those who are genuinely attracted to Radha Krsna lila then it is like saying

that I am so sick that I cannot take the medicine. Then how do you expect to

get better.

 

What Bhakti Vikasa Swami is pointing out is that one cannot say that such

personalities who are immersed in Krsna's astha-kaliya-lila-smarana by

reading Krsna Bhajanamrta (or Govinda Lilamrta) for eg. are sahajiyas.

 

In the quote below from Krsna book Chp 46, Prabhupada speaks about how

exalted devotees can always remain in touch with Krsna by lila-smarana by

reading the most intimate & esoteric book, Krsna Bhavanamrta Mahakavya

written by Srila Viswanatha Chakravarti Thakura:

 

"Since Krsna had departed from Vrndavana and gone to Mathura, the

inhabitants of Vrndavana, especially mother Yasoda, Nanda Maharaja, Srimati

Radharani, the gopis and the cowherd boys, were simply thinking of Krsna at

every step. They were thinking, "Here Krsna was playing in this way. Here

Krsna was blowing His flute. Krsna was joking with us in this way, and Krsna

was embracing us like this." This is called lila-smarana, and it is the

process of association with Krsna most recommended by great devotees; even

Lord Caitanya, when He was at Puri, enjoyed lila-smarana association with

Krsna. Those in the most exalted position of devotional service and ecstasy

can live with Krsna always by remembering His pastimes. Srila Visvanatha

Cakravarti Thakura has given us a transcendental literary work entitled

Krsna-bhavanamrta, which is full with Krsna's pastimes. Exalted devotees can

remain absorbed in Krsna-thought by reading such books."

 

At the most one can say that I am not so exalted to do it but one should not

try to judge others especially those who are in Lord Caitanya's movement and

service his pure devotee Srila Prabhupada.

 

Your servant,

Nayana-rañjana d€sa