Guest guest Posted January 8, 2002 Report Share Posted January 8, 2002 could you kindly not snip my texts like that? i wrote something quite different than what you have preesnted here. communication is difficult enough without you editing my texts. thank you. > > there's certainly no harm in praying for entrance to vaikuntha > > A word of caution for aspirants of entrance to Vaikuntha: > > > salokya-sarsti-samipya- > sarupyaikatvam apy uta > diyamanam na grhnanti > vina mat-sevanam janah > > "A pure devotee does not accept any kind of liberation — salokya, sarsti, > samipya, sarupya or ekatva — even though they are offered by the Supreme > Personality of Godhead." > > Srimad Bhagavatam 3.29.13 > > Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura elaborates on this verse in his > Bhakti-tattva-viveka, quoting the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.55-57): > > - - - - - > > atra tyajyatayaivokta muktih panca-vidhapi cet > salokyadis tathapy atra bhaktya nati virudhyate > sukhaisvaryottara seyam prema-sevottarety api > salokyadir-dvidha tatra nady. sevajusam mata > kintu premaika-madhurya-jusa ekantino harau > naivangi kurvate jatu muktim panca-vidham api > > Although the aforementioned five types of mukti are worthy of rejection by > devotees, the four types of salokya, samipya, sarupya and sarsti are not > completely adverse to bhakti. > > According to the difference in a particular devotee's eligibility to > receive them, these four types of mukti assume two forms: > sva-sukha-aisvarya pradanakari (that which bestows transcendental > happiness and opulence) and prema-seva-pradanakari (that which bestows > loving transcendental service unto Bhagavan). > > Those who reach the Vaikuntha planets through these four types of > liberation obtain the fruit of transcendental happiness and opulence. > Servitors or devotees of the Lord never accept such liberation under any > circumstances, and the prema bhaktas or loving devotees never accept any > one of the five varieties of mukti. > > Therefore, within pure unalloyed devotees the desire for liberation does > not exist. Thus to remain free from the desire for mukti is > anyabhilasita-sunya, being devoid of any desire other than that to please > Sri Krishna. > > - - - - - > > And we are taught by Lord Caitanya, prema pum-artho mahan, prema is the > ultimate value of human life, and the only thing to be aspired for. Not > entrance to Vaikuntha -- and indeed, not even to Vrindavan -- but > prema-bhakti only. And any desire should be seen in this context, and in > this context only. Entrance to Vaikuntha should be aspired only with a > motive for the prema-seva of Narayan, and entrance to Vraja is for > prema-seva of Radha-Syama only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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