Actually, Srila Rupa Gosvami was right and Srila Jiva Gosvami was also right. A disciple should not tolerate anything against his Gurudeva. Thus, both the guru and disciple were right. Srila Rupa Gosvami wanted to respect Sri Vallabhacarya, and he did…
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You should learn all these slokas. You cannot enter the realm of bhakti by bypassing these slokas. You must always remember these slokas. I think kanistha-Vaisnavas want to gallop past these slokas. But you should not try to avoid these slokas, you must follow them…
If you see a beautiful lady, think, “My sister is so beautiful; she is the beloved of Krsna.” When you come across any beautiful lady or object, think, “Oh, how beautiful this person is! This person must be engaged in the service of Krsna. Oh how beautiful this object is also! It must be used in the service of Krsna.” Always think of ladies as your mother, sister, or daughter…
You should know what constitutes real initiation. Is reciting the mantras into the ear, real initiation? A person who is externally initiated, but is not heartily adopting the principles, activities, teachings, and behavior of his guru, is not really a disciple. Who was the guru of Sri Haridasa Thakura? Who has he taken initiation from? But Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu made him Namacharya…
If there is no parakiya-bhava there, then it will not be present in this material world, which is a shadow of the spiritual world. If a cow is grazing, then the shadow of the cow will be like the cow and not like that of a man. So this material world is a perverted reflection of that world. So, all of Krsna’s pastimes in prakata-lila (manifest pastimes) are there in their root form in Goloka Vrndavana. If these pastimes were not there, then how could the shadow come in this material world…?
You should see by the instance of the creeper. The creeper is lying down on the earth. If there is a tree, or a bamboo or anything to support the creeper, then the creeper will go up, otherwise not. So if the conditioned souls take the help of the lotus feet of Krsna, and the devotees like Lalita, Visakha…
There are those who say, “You are not qualified to listen to these discussions.” Then for whom are these discussions written? Those who propagate this notion of ineligibility are misguiding other devotees. By listening to these pastimes, a greed will manifest in you to serve like the associates of Sri Radha and Krsna. But how will greed arise in you if you choose to not listen to these pastimes? How will you learn to serve? When you are young, you go to school to learn, but if you rather say…
All of you are most fortunate to come in this line. Don’t give up. Be energetic and try to develop your bhakti with the aid of enthusiastic endeavors. You should earn because you are grhastas (householders), you should. But don’t be completely engaged and immersed in only those efforts. Money is needed only to maintain our lives, but it is not the object of our lives…