Guest guest Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 > Dear Prabhus, > > Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. > > I thought read recently, that is one is not completely pure in > devotional service, one will go to Vaikuntha, now I can't find it? > (Maybe I am mistaken, and read something close?) > > > > Anyone heard of this? atha Adyo, yathA pancarAtre - mAhatmya-jnAna-yuktas tu suDRdhah sarvato'dhikah sneho bhaktir iti proktas tayA sArSTyadi nAnyathA The prema-bhakti aroused out of knowledge of majesty of the Lord as explained in the Pancaratra: "the affection which is very strong and exceeds everything else in all respects and which is connected to the knowledge of greatness of the Lord (mahatmya-jnana-prema) is called bhakti and by such love a devotee attains one of the four kinds of liberation in Vaikuntha. There is no other means to attain such liberation." -Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu 1.4.12- **************************************************************************** Since prema is the highest perfectional stage of love for Godhead and since it is said in the quoted verse that no one can attain Vaikuntha without mahatmya-jnana-prema there is no question of any impurities remaining in the living entity when he actually comes to Vaikuntha. But from the point of view of devotees in Goloka Vrindavana or some raganuga practitioners such knowledge of the Lord's majesty is in itself a contamination because it is considered to be antagonistic to their absorbtion in the Lord's madhurya aspect. The devotional radicalism as it is found in Goloka is hardly applicable or too relevant to the beginners in devotional service such as most of us are. Your servant Visista dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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