potencies of jiva and sakti

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> My beloved Guru Maharaja,

>

> Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace.

> All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

>

> Thank you for your kind reply to my question. Could you please clarify the

> following point. You wrote

>

> > Some of the

> > liberated jiva tattvas are rendering personal assistance to the

> > associates of Radharani. Whatever devotional service they get whether

> > as a manjari or other assisting position they are fully satisfied in

> > that.

>

> If the jivas get liberated while still being situated in the material body

> does the above statement refer also to them? I mean, can liberated jives,

> who are still situated in the material body render personal assistance to

> the associates of Radharani or they achieve this position after quitting

> their body?

>

> Thank you very much for everything you are doing for me.

>

> Your disciple

> Vakresvari dd

 

 

Response by HH JPS: I just remember some of the pastimes of great devotees

like Srinivas Acharya. Nearby here near Katwa, there is a place called

Jhajigram and there, there is a small temple built on the place where

Srinivas Acharya had gone by mediation to help find some missing jewelry of

Radharani. He was in samadhi for three days and transported himself to

Vrndavan looking for the lost jewelry piece. When he found it and gave it

back then he came back to his body. So here is an example of how a liberated

jiva could perform a personal service to Srimati Radharani and Her

associates. There are similar situations for Syamananda Pandit, Narattoma

Das Thakur and Ramachandra Kaviraj. But we also find that these liberated

jivas they were also rendering the service of preaching Krsna consciousness.

Just like Srinivas Acharya was also the raja guru of the king of Visnupur.

He established Radha Krishna temples and he preached to the whole people of

that kingdom. He also preached at other Vaisnava festivals in other places.

So such great liberated spiritual masters sometimes had this opportunity to

do personal service while they were here in this world but otherwise they

were engaged in preaching Krsna Consciousness. So at least we can engage in

preaching Krishna consciousness and if anyone is so fortunate to get that

blessing to be able to render a personal service for Radharani, well,

Haribol. All glories to your service.

 

Your well wisher always,

 

 

 

Jayapataka Swami

 

 

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