Post by Vraja Vilasa dasa on May 29, 2015 4:08:26 GMT -5
Dear Devotees,
I came across this from a Radhastami lecture given by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura in 1925 and thought you may appreciate it:
"The way radha-katha was once preached by Acarya Nimbarkapada to Srinivasa Acarya and others was to keep the glories of Srimati simple. They were not much elaborated on. So many had no entry at all into Her noon pastimes, and only the nighttime pastimes of Sri Radha Govinda were glorified. Compared to the night pastimes on the banks of the river Yamuna that Sri Nimbarkapada described, Sri Gaurasundara described the sweet noon pastimes of Sri Radha Govinda to His dearmost Srila Rupapada and his followers. These pastimes are far more advanced and complete.
Some have only been aware of the pastimes in rasa-sthali, but none had the qualification to enter into the kind of sweet beauty of the kind of service the daughter of Vrsabhanu renders to Krsna at midday. being attracted by the sound of the flute, many of Krsna's maidservants, married and unmarried, attained the qualification to participate in the rasa dance, but no one from the Niyamananda sampradaya had that information apart form the Gaudiyas, who follow Gaura and serve in madhura rasa. No one has had the good fortune to enter the topmost pastimes indicated in a verse Rupa spoke: "They become eager to engage in sports like swinging, roaming in the forest, playing in the water, hiding Krsna's flute, lovemaking, drinking honey, and worshiping the sun god" (quoted in Govinda-lilamrta)
And another:
"The day when all of you will have no material feelings, when you spit at the thought of morality, penance, fruitive activity, mental speculation, and mystic yoga, and when even the rasa dance will not appear so great, on that day you will be able to understand these topics."
Ys,
Vraja Vilasa dasa
I came across this from a Radhastami lecture given by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura in 1925 and thought you may appreciate it:
"The way radha-katha was once preached by Acarya Nimbarkapada to Srinivasa Acarya and others was to keep the glories of Srimati simple. They were not much elaborated on. So many had no entry at all into Her noon pastimes, and only the nighttime pastimes of Sri Radha Govinda were glorified. Compared to the night pastimes on the banks of the river Yamuna that Sri Nimbarkapada described, Sri Gaurasundara described the sweet noon pastimes of Sri Radha Govinda to His dearmost Srila Rupapada and his followers. These pastimes are far more advanced and complete.
Some have only been aware of the pastimes in rasa-sthali, but none had the qualification to enter into the kind of sweet beauty of the kind of service the daughter of Vrsabhanu renders to Krsna at midday. being attracted by the sound of the flute, many of Krsna's maidservants, married and unmarried, attained the qualification to participate in the rasa dance, but no one from the Niyamananda sampradaya had that information apart form the Gaudiyas, who follow Gaura and serve in madhura rasa. No one has had the good fortune to enter the topmost pastimes indicated in a verse Rupa spoke: "They become eager to engage in sports like swinging, roaming in the forest, playing in the water, hiding Krsna's flute, lovemaking, drinking honey, and worshiping the sun god" (quoted in Govinda-lilamrta)
And another:
"The day when all of you will have no material feelings, when you spit at the thought of morality, penance, fruitive activity, mental speculation, and mystic yoga, and when even the rasa dance will not appear so great, on that day you will be able to understand these topics."
Ys,
Vraja Vilasa dasa
