Fw: Gaura-Purnima Part 1

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Ratna Radhika (dasi) BCS (ISKCON Ujjain - IN)

04-Mar-07 14:52 (09:52 -0500)

BCS Istagosthi [2843]

Gaura-Purnima Part 1

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The morning lecture lasted nearly two hours. Guru Maharaja focused his topic

on one essential point: Lord Caitanya has given us access into Goloka

Vrndavana. Only by worshipping Caitanya Mahaprabhu can we enter into

Krishna's confidential abode of Vraja. Guru Maharaja continually went over

the point saying that if you can understand this one point, you will have

understood everything.

 

One has to perform devotional service through vaidhi-bhakti, rules and

regulations. If one does not follow the rules and regulations of the

scriptures, he simply creates a disturbance. The destination of one who

performs vaidhi-bhakti is Vaikuntha. In Vaikuntha only two relationships are

available with the Lord: santa (neutrality) and dasya (servitorship). It is

only in Goloka Vrndavana that the other three relationships are available

with the Lord-friendship, parental, and conjugal. Unless Krishna wants it,

no one can have these relationships with Him.

 

Krishna Himself descends to the earth planet once in a day of Brahma. After

performing His transcendental pastimes, He wonders how living entities will

get the opportunity to enter into these confidential pastimes. How will the

living entities get the chance to enter Goloka Vrndavana? Then He considers

that if He descends as His own devotee and if people worship Him in that

form through vaidhi-bhakti, they will be able to enter Goloka Vrndavana.

 

And how does one worship Caitanya Mahaprabhu? krsna-varnam tvisakrsna,

sangopangastra-parsadam, yajnaih sankirtana-prayair, yajanti hi su-medhasah

One worships Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu through the sankirtana yajna.

(Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.5.32). By performing this simple process, one is able

to enter into the topmost region of the spiritual sky.

 

Another consideration is that to enter into Vrindavana one has perform

raganuga bhakti, or follow in the footsteps of a ragatmika bhakta in

Vrindavana. Although Vrindavana is full of desire-fulfilling trees and

Cintamani touchstones, still the devotees there do not desire anything else

but pleasing Lord Krishna. That is why there are known as ragatmika

devotees. One has to follow in Their footsteps. Laksmi devi was not able to

enter into Vrindavana because she was unwilling to give up her opulence and

follow the residents of Vrindavan. When we worship Caitanya Mahaprabhu,

however, we are worshipping the topmost devotee of Vrindavana, Srimati

Radharani. As followers of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, we are performing

raganuga bhakti and vaidhi bhakti simultaneously.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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