Goloka

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I'm gonna mani- i- and, and no, and the most special of all is when he comes as himself, as Krishna, brings Goloka Vrindavan with him into this world-

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... and manifests the pastimes that we've been reading about, his Raas Leela, his, his lifting of Govardhan Hill, et cetera, et cetera.

They can enter only the Vrindavan and Dwaraka on Earth.

I guess the demons manifest there, but in Goloka, they're only mental conceptions.

But Sri Krishna is always in the mood of his abodes on Earth, which are ultimately identical with his abodes in the spiritual world.

Sri Narada later elaborated on this esoteric truth.

So later let Narada explain it.

I'm not really focused in on this, you know, completely.

One thought I had is there's several books that are written where somehow or other what's exhibited in Gokula with that mood of separation when Krishna leaves is actually the essence of Goloka also.

With a gesture, Uddhava indicated to the Lord those present before him in the assembly, Vasudeva and the other Yadus and the many kings and demigods and sages.

There's no end.

And so we're just trying to hang on, you know, to the connection we have with the Goloka, the beads, and touching Krishna's feet.

And Prabhupada has given us all this, you know, the Ratha Yatra and the whole society of devotee association.

And so many devotees in this movement are so advanced.

I want something from God." But now Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is teaching you can be the order supplier of God as mother, as a, as a mother of God, as a friend of God, or ultimately as a beloved of God.

So, uh, Prabhupada's greatest glory, as Srila Gurudeva is always telling us, is that he is a manifestation of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy and that he came from that realm of Goloka Vrindavan.

And that, as I mentioned earlier in the ISKCON temple, that Prabhupada is with Krishna and all of his associates traveling throughout all the universes in their roadshow and traveling with Sriman Mahaprabhu in his roadshow and at the same time engaged in all of Krishna's labors in Goloka Vrindavan.

Right from the very beginning, Prabhupada was offering this, but we just didn't get it.

He gave the treasure, but somehow the treasure was lost, and now Srila Gurudeva is unlocking the same treasure that Prabhupada introduced way back in the '60s.

That's, um, somewhat uncontroversial of a point.

But then if he says, "V- so vast is thy mercy, in each and every name thy power resides," how then can we from that say, "Okay, Krishna and Goloka must be the highest"? And even Vishnu in Vaikuntha Loka is slightly lower.

No, Krishna and Vishnu, those are two names.

And Ramanuja, a-also a hierarchist in one sense, he would say like the Nam Avatar is one concession from the transcendent in the immanent.

so much

so that she became just like a nurse in Goloka.

So when Krishna is so merciful, why should I approach anyone else for giving me shelter? So her body was very aromatic.

she attained liberation.

So by the touch of Krishna, he purified that body.

And so it appears that she has died.

And at once, he sent her to Goloka Vrindavan.

And there, she is there today.

Devaki janma bhava.

And he told the reason why he has descended from, uh, Goloka Vrindavan.

Why? Why he has descended, Krishna? Prem Ras Nirdosh.

For Gaura Lila.

He has taken birth that he will do pastimes of, oh, Rasamaya Lila.

Rasamaya pastime.

And those who will hear these pastimes, they will be liberated and they will go to Goloka Vrindavan.

In same rasa they will serve me.

They become inspired and they walk away with a 40-pound box of books.

So it's no doubt that it's not coming from... from down here on this planet, but it's coming from Goloka Vrindavan, that the Sankirtan movement is a manifestation of that love that's there in Goloka Vrindavan.

And we're being used as instruments to spread it all around the world by Lord Chaitanya's mercy and by his desire.

One practical tip I could share that has been really effective recently is in getting Bhagavatam Sets sponsored is going down one's contact list and calling everybody.

Um, and, uh, yeah, let's just bring this into perspective on Gop Kumar's journey.

Goloka Mahatmyam that's the theme he's looking for the place that is the greatest where he hopes to find the what's in his heart personified I mentioned before, when one looks for a deity, they first see what's in their heart and then look externally to find what's in their heart.

So Gop Kumar is on that journey.

And there's recurring themes.