SB 3.25.25: In the association of pure devotees, discussion of the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very pleasing and satisfying to the ear and the heart. By cultivating such knowledge one gradually becomes advanced on the path of liberation, and thereafter he is freed, and his attraction becomes fixed. Then real devotion and devotional service begin.
Of the 6 goswamis - Raghunath bhat goswami- his service- was to recite SB for three hours and many devotees would come to hear from here- when he would recite the verses in atleast three different melodies and he sang so sweetly- the cuckoo birds would sit on the branch of the tree but their sweet singing would diminsh and they would just hear Raghunath Bhat Goswami's singing. SB was acore practice during the times of Lord Caitanya. CM would go to Tota Gopinath temple everyday in the last 24 years and hear SB from Gadadhar Pandit - who is an expansion of SMt Radharani- So here is Radharani is explainign SB to Krishna everyday for hours. This is teh same SB - but the sound vibration is very pleasing
Havent we even begun DS? What is it? This verse is speaking of DS that is unmixed bec bhakti is pure- defn of bhakti given by RG of bhakti is generous and liberal - even if we are not the stage of purity and we know the goal purity and we are following the sadhana towards purity- then by RG's defn that bhakti is uttama- above the modes of nature.
E.g Tulsi seed- amongst many otehr seeds of Tulsi- take one of those and germinate it and it grows shell softens and a shoot comes out-two leaves unfurl with smooth side on upper surface and roungh on the otehr side and gradually it becomes a mature tulsi plant and manjarais appear and more seeds manifest - which of those is legitimately called tulsi- All of the above- the seed, the shoot, - its tulsi at different stages- thuis sadhana, bhava, prema even in the immature stage and one is proerly guided - taught by sadhus uttama bhakti then it is pure bhakti
Now going back to what Kapila Dev is saying "Then real Devotional service begins" conversely CM and his followeers are giving the means to get there to uttama bhakti so it is within the realm of uttama bhakti. So if you know where to go then water the root under proper guidance and standards.
2 words :
tad josanat - by cultivation
something that you recieve you cultivate it - the seed you recieve is taste- you cultivate it with proper attentive eharing with proper feeling ,c are and attention. Sp uses the phrase ardent hearing- by that method that is cultivation.
First recieve and then cultivate(its active)
anusilana- RG's NOD - SP's says "Bhakti is a sort of cultivation" in NOD- We have teh material paradigm- we are going around the path of life saying that it is inherently flawed we seek a spiritual solution to the material prob. We receieve from the ehart of a sadhu- it touches your heart - now what? How to move forwrad- we have to cultivate- contionue to hear and applyits what separates the immature from the mature - one's devotion mature's as you apply and you apply in devotion - let me value the gift recieved from the sadhu let me carry it and live by with it and that way i will experience life differently than i have been - then as you experience it - you get some relaization - wow- then you hear some more- then you apply more carefully.
samvidah - completely know (SP's translation- by discussion of) , by discussion comes realization - by cultivation of such knowledge one gradually becomes advanced - apavarga- path of liberation
What happens with discussion? something that I did not discern earlier comes out? Krsna Katha SB is meant to be shared amongst liek minded devotees - something liek the earlier verse sukha mukha dalitam --- message of SB given by Vyasadeva to his son suka- his quality when he touches tit with his beak then it becomes sweeter- hearing from Sukadev Goswami made it even more relishable
Lord CM teaches if one can acheive that one thing love snd service to KRishna then he achieves everything
Krne Bhakti- is that one thing and the beginning of it is the taste for redenring service to the Lord makes one gradually perfect. Gift of sadhu sanga.
Of the 6 goswamis - Raghunath bhat goswami- his service- was to recite SB for three hours and many devotees would come to hear from here- when he would recite the verses in atleast three different melodies and he sang so sweetly- the cuckoo birds would sit on the branch of the tree but their sweet singing would diminsh and they would just hear Raghunath Bhat Goswami's singing. SB was acore practice during the times of Lord Caitanya. CM would go to Tota Gopinath temple everyday in the last 24 years and hear SB from Gadadhar Pandit - who is an expansion of SMt Radharani- So here is Radharani is explainign SB to Krishna everyday for hours. This is teh same SB - but the sound vibration is very pleasing
Havent we even begun DS? What is it? This verse is speaking of DS that is unmixed bec bhakti is pure- defn of bhakti given by RG of bhakti is generous and liberal - even if we are not the stage of purity and we know the goal purity and we are following the sadhana towards purity- then by RG's defn that bhakti is uttama- above the modes of nature.
E.g Tulsi seed- amongst many otehr seeds of Tulsi- take one of those and germinate it and it grows shell softens and a shoot comes out-two leaves unfurl with smooth side on upper surface and roungh on the otehr side and gradually it becomes a mature tulsi plant and manjarais appear and more seeds manifest - which of those is legitimately called tulsi- All of the above- the seed, the shoot, - its tulsi at different stages- thuis sadhana, bhava, prema even in the immature stage and one is proerly guided - taught by sadhus uttama bhakti then it is pure bhakti
Now going back to what Kapila Dev is saying "Then real Devotional service begins" conversely CM and his followeers are giving the means to get there to uttama bhakti so it is within the realm of uttama bhakti. So if you know where to go then water the root under proper guidance and standards.
2 words :
tad josanat - by cultivation
something that you recieve you cultivate it - the seed you recieve is taste- you cultivate it with proper attentive eharing with proper feeling ,c are and attention. Sp uses the phrase ardent hearing- by that method that is cultivation.
First recieve and then cultivate(its active)
anusilana- RG's NOD - SP's says "Bhakti is a sort of cultivation" in NOD- We have teh material paradigm- we are going around the path of life saying that it is inherently flawed we seek a spiritual solution to the material prob. We receieve from the ehart of a sadhu- it touches your heart - now what? How to move forwrad- we have to cultivate- contionue to hear and applyits what separates the immature from the mature - one's devotion mature's as you apply and you apply in devotion - let me value the gift recieved from the sadhu let me carry it and live by with it and that way i will experience life differently than i have been - then as you experience it - you get some relaization - wow- then you hear some more- then you apply more carefully.
samvidah - completely know (SP's translation- by discussion of) , by discussion comes realization - by cultivation of such knowledge one gradually becomes advanced - apavarga- path of liberation
What happens with discussion? something that I did not discern earlier comes out? Krsna Katha SB is meant to be shared amongst liek minded devotees - something liek the earlier verse sukha mukha dalitam --- message of SB given by Vyasadeva to his son suka- his quality when he touches tit with his beak then it becomes sweeter- hearing from Sukadev Goswami made it even more relishable
Lord CM teaches if one can acheive that one thing love snd service to KRishna then he achieves everything
Krne Bhakti- is that one thing and the beginning of it is the taste for redenring service to the Lord makes one gradually perfect. Gift of sadhu sanga.
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