Post by niscala on Nov 25, 2013 21:29:14 GMT -5
I came across this on facebook conversation about the need for diksa- not just harinama diksa but diksa into the gopala and kamagayatri mantras and others. . It seems that the gopala and gayatri mantra is absolutely critical for raganuga/siddha deha. . Are the references true, untrue, contortions?
But, Sanatana Goswami mentions in Brihad-Bhagavatamritam's dig-darsini-tika and also Raghunath Das Goswami in his Manah Siksa and Srila Gopalaguru and Dhyanacandra Goswamis in their Gaura-govindarcana-smarana-paddhati along with VCT in his 'mantrartha-dipika' that without undergoing the actual acquirement of 18 syllabled gopala mantra and the 24 1/2 syllabled kama-gayatri mantras accompanied by other mantras - one cannot truly enter the path of raganuga bhakti. Hare Krishna Mahamantra needs support of Gopala mantra and kama-gayatri mantra in order to establish the sadhaka onto the raganuga bhakti's platform. By mere chanting of mahamantra, one only remains on vaidhi-bhakti platform and cannot invoke his transcendental siddha-deha eventually. For that Kama-gayatri and gopala-mantra are must. Otherwise, if not so, VCT would not have mentioned in his Mantrartha Dipika that because I (VCT refers to himself) could not realize the true identity and meaning (svarupa) of the 24 1/2 syllabled kama-gayatri-mantra, I thought that I would never actually attain the entrance into vraja-lila of Radha Krsna through siddha-deha and thus, I made up my mind to do suicide in the waters of Radha-Kunda (this story is mentioned by VCT in his books Mantrartha-dipika) - till Radharani Herself appeared and explained the true identity of kama-gayatri mantra to VCT. So, all this proves that Hare Krsna mantra without the accompaniment of gopala mantra and kama gayatri mantra - can only reward vaidhi bhakti and not raganuga bhakti.
But, Sanatana Goswami mentions in Brihad-Bhagavatamritam's dig-darsini-tika and also Raghunath Das Goswami in his Manah Siksa and Srila Gopalaguru and Dhyanacandra Goswamis in their Gaura-govindarcana-smarana-paddhati along with VCT in his 'mantrartha-dipika' that without undergoing the actual acquirement of 18 syllabled gopala mantra and the 24 1/2 syllabled kama-gayatri mantras accompanied by other mantras - one cannot truly enter the path of raganuga bhakti. Hare Krishna Mahamantra needs support of Gopala mantra and kama-gayatri mantra in order to establish the sadhaka onto the raganuga bhakti's platform. By mere chanting of mahamantra, one only remains on vaidhi-bhakti platform and cannot invoke his transcendental siddha-deha eventually. For that Kama-gayatri and gopala-mantra are must. Otherwise, if not so, VCT would not have mentioned in his Mantrartha Dipika that because I (VCT refers to himself) could not realize the true identity and meaning (svarupa) of the 24 1/2 syllabled kama-gayatri-mantra, I thought that I would never actually attain the entrance into vraja-lila of Radha Krsna through siddha-deha and thus, I made up my mind to do suicide in the waters of Radha-Kunda (this story is mentioned by VCT in his books Mantrartha-dipika) - till Radharani Herself appeared and explained the true identity of kama-gayatri mantra to VCT. So, all this proves that Hare Krsna mantra without the accompaniment of gopala mantra and kama gayatri mantra - can only reward vaidhi bhakti and not raganuga bhakti.