ATAEVA GOPÉ-BHÄVA I

“ataeva gopé-bhäva kori aìgékär,

rätri-dine cinte rädhä-kåñëera vihära,
siddha-dehe cinti’ kori tähäìïi sevana
sakhé-bhäve päye rädhä-kåñëera caraëa”
(Çré Caitanya Caritämåta Madhya Lélä 8.228-229)

“Ataeva gopé-bhäva kori aìgékär” - This is the essence of essence of everything.

“Ataeva”- for this reason, “gopé-bhäva kori aìgékär”- adopt the mood of the
vraja gopés. After adopting the mood of the vraja gopés, what to do then? Day
and night meditate on,“rätri-dine” meditate, on conjugal pastimes of Rädhä-
Kåñëa. Be in Gopé Bhäva, Maïjaré Bhäva, meditate on the conjugal pastimes of
Rädhä-Kåñëa. How to meditate?

In other rasas, we can only think of ourselves as sakhés or sakhäs at the

practicing stage of devotion, devotional service. We are not really sure, of what
we will be at the stage of perfection. But, the difference in Mahäprabhu’s
Lineage, in Maïjaré Bhäva Sädhanä is, that we get to know our siddha svarüpa,
our eternal maïjaré svarüpa, even before attaining siddhi, from our Gurudeva.
That is why it is said that, “siddha-dehe cinti’ kori tähäìïi sevana.” From our
siddha deha - spiritual body, which we get from Gurudeva, we should do
cintana and sevä of Rädhä-Kåñëa. If one does that, then the result is “sakhé-
bhäve päye rädhä-kåñëera caraëa”, as a result, our maïjaré bhäva will be
nourished, and when it will be fully nourished we will attain the Lotus Feet of
Yugala.

“yugala caraëa sevi, nirantara ei bhävi

anurägé thäkibo sadäya,
sädhane bhävibo yähä, siddha-dehe päbo tähä
räga pathera ei se upäya”
(Çré Çré Prema Bhakti Candrikä 55)

Narottama Däsa Öhäkura says, “What we perform during the stage of practice,
we attain that in siddhi, perfection.” So it is very important to understand these
principles. Amongst us, is there anyone who does not want to get any
revelations, sphuraëa of Rädhä-Kåñëa in your heart? Is there anyone who
doesn’t want that? Everyone wants Rädhä-Kåñëa to reside in our heart, to have
sphuraëa, practical revelations of Rädhä-Kåñëa. Everyone wants this? Ya ! But
the question is, “How will it happen?” Rädhä-Kåñëa Darçana you want, Säkñät
Darçana. Question is, “How will it happen?”

Yes, what is your name? Sachin! Ok. Can Sachin ever attain Rädhä-Kåñëa’s
Darçana? No! Never! Never! Never! Never in trikäla, never in…, Sachin could
never attain Darçana in past, nor in present, nor in future. And, Rädhä-Kåñëa’s
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Nikuïja Lélä Darçana? Impossible! Even Nanda and Yaçodä cannot attain
Nikuïja Lélä Darçana of Çyämä Çyäma. Then, how can Sachin attain this? Yes
Amit, can you attain? Can Amit attain Darçana of Rädhä-Kåñëa? No! Amit or
Sachin or Johnny or anyone cannot attain Darçana of Rädhä-Kåñëa, because all
of them are residents of material world. And who can attain Rädhä-Kåñëa’s
Darçana? Only Vrajaväsés! No German, no French, no Russian can! Only
Vrajaväsés can! The residents of Vraja only have Rädhä-Kåñëa’s Darçana. So in
Vrajaväsés’ mood if we meditate, then only we can attain Rädhä-Kåñëa’s
Darçana. Pay attention to this- we all desire to get Darçana, but who really can?
Only the Vrajaväsés and only the aspirants of maïjaré bhäva, the practicing
devotees, only the worshippers of madhura bhäva can attain Darçana of The
Nikuïja Lélä of Rädhä-Kåñëa, no other practicing devotee can. Only the
madhura bhäva bhaktas. If we think that I can attain, that will not happen,
never happen! Rädhä-Kåñëa’s Darçana through Maïjaré Bhäva, the mood…Gopé
Bhäva, Maïjaré Bhäva, the Maïjaré’s eyes, the Maïjaré’s Sevä Niñöhä - This is all
is required to attain Darçana of Rädhä-Kåñëa. There is a process, according to
that vidhi, if we do sädhanä, certainly will attain Rädhä-Kåñëa’s Darçana. Is this
clear? That, I cannot attain, but if I try to attain it, by being absorbed in maïjaré
bhäva, then it is possible. That is why it is said “Ataeva Gopé Bhäva”… You
really want to attain Darçana? Then “Gopé-bhäva kori aìgékär”, adopt the mood
of the vraja gopés, the Nitya Siddha Maïjarés. “siddha-dehe cinti’ kori tähäìïi
sevana”, and meditate from your siddha deha.

How can one attain Darçana? Only by meditating? Just by meditating on Rädhä-
Kåñëa?? NO…!!! No one will, if even one meditates for zillions of years, no one
will have such Darçana. It will not happen by meditating on Rädhä-Kåñëa.
Question is “Why?” Answer is mentioned in the very next line of this verse –
“siddha-dehe cinti’ kori tähäìïi sevana”, meditate on the conjugal pastimes and
simultaneously do the service also. What do you think? When Rädhä-Kåñëa’s
conjugal pastimes take place, then there are some people who sit like us in the
balcony seeing Them? Are there any spectators there? But we want to attain the
Darçana like that only, just as a spectator. It will not happen ever! In Rädhä-
Kåñëa Nikuïja Lélä, even devotees of vätsalya rasa cannot enter. And we want to
attain Darçana of Rädhä-Kåñëa’s conjugal pastimes in this çänta rasa? Are you
getting the point?

How can you attain Darçana? First adopt Gopé Bhäva, “Ataeva gopé-bhäva kori
aìgékär”, adopt the mood of the gopés. Then, in that mood serve the Yugala, if
you really want to have Darçana. Maïjarés attain Darçana, because of their
single pointed exclusiveness in service, Ekänta Sevä Niñöhä. Why Rädhäräné
beholds maïjarés as non-different from Herself, Abhinna Deha-Abhinna Präëa?
Because of their Ekänta Sevä Niñöhä. Then, in Siddha Deha, meditate and
simultaneously do serve. Some realisation will occur, then there would be some
experience. We want, we must get some experience. So, it is possible through
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siddha deha- the spiritual body, doing mänasa sevä. We should technically
understand Maïjaré Tattva, Sevä Tattva. And yes, as you said, it is also
dependent on the purity. The Darçana of The Lord depends on our inner
purity, the Grace of The Çré Guru and Çré Vaiñëavas.

“Prema Bhakti Candrikä”, Gurudeva tells us: “To the degree to which the
devotees have kåpä of Elevated souls, to that degree they attain Darçana of the
Pastimes.” So we need to have the grace of the Elevated souls to really have
Darçana. You can see any time, in any of the Scriptures, “Çré Çré Viläpa
Kusumäïjalé”, “Çré Çré Rädhä Rasa Sudhä Nidhi”, any Scripture you read, any
page you go through. When we are reading, what we are doing with Scriptures?
Service! We don’t have to do service, we have to do Su-Sevä! Su…Su-Sevä…Su-
Sevanaà, service in the right way. Reading is also service. That is, in the right
way in totality. We have read Scriptures for so many times, but would never
thought of doing mänasa sevä to Rädhä-Kåñëa, isn’t it? While meditating, now
you open any of the page, now when I have explained to you, open any page,
you will read these Scriptures, you will find them in a total different way, in
some different prospective all together. Open any page, Çripäda Prabodhänanda
Sarasvaté attains Darçana of Rädhä-Mädhava Nikuïja Lélä, how does He attain?
He attains the Darçana and simultaneously serves Them. Now read anytime-
besides relishing the Lélä, He also attains the experience of Sevä Sukha, the
contentment of Sevä Sukha.

And the bhakti which we are trying to do, what it is? It is Upäsanä - worship of
Rädhä-Kåñëa. What does Upäsanä mean? “Up” means “close” and “Äsana”,
means “to stay”. Service means being near to someone, to stay close. So,
Upäsanä means to stay close, nearby in siddha deha with Rädhä-Kåñëa, and to
serve Them, worshipping near Them, by being near Them, this is our primary,
initial stage.

So, what should we do in the beginning, should we deepen our maïjaré

svarüpa, should we meditate on maïjaré svarüpa or on Rädhä-Kåñëa or
Rädhäräné’s Svarüpa? This question will come in our heart. Those who have
attained their Siddha Praëälé, they can meditate, they should meditate on their
siddha svarüpas. That, I am a 12 year old, very beautiful, very beautiful maïjaré,
and more beautiful than anyone can ever think of, I am Rädhäräné’s and
Rädhäräné is mine. With this Sambandha Jïäna, Knowledge of one’s
relationship with The God, when one performs bhajana with attachment, one
will attain the desired result- that is The Darçana of The Yugala. Only by
chanting Hare Kåñëa, can’t get the result. The knowledge of one’s relationship
with God- “Who am I, Who are They, What is my relationship with Them?” “I
am a maïjaré and She is my Sväminé, She is my Éçvaré, my Goddess and there is
a very close relationship between us . She calls me: “Oh, my Cärukale ! Oh,
Rüpa Maïjaré ! In this way… She has a very deep, loving relationship with me.
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Not just with me, even with the creepers of Vraja, the leaves, the creepers, the
trees. She says, Rädhäräné says: “They are Mine, this is My tree, it loves Me a
lot.” Tree also feels the same, that Rädhäräné loves him a lot.

Once, Rädhäräné was picking flowers and Rädhäräné’s dress got stuck in a tree.
Sakhés joked and said: “Don’t pick flowers from this tree, it is of Kåñëa’s side”.
She said: “No! No! This is not the thing.., this is.., just.., My dress got stuck,
because this tree cannot bear separation from Me. That is why it stuck My cloth
in between.” This much love Rädhäräné has with even the creepers of vraja. Just
imagine how much love Rädhäräné has for Her Abhinna Deha-Abhinna Präëa
maïjarés. “my Worshipable Deity loves me and I love my “Abhéñöa”- my
Worshipable Deity. This is not only one thing, that I love Them. They love me
more than I love Them.” She is “Däsé Suvatsalä”- She has intense love, Parental
affection for Her maïjarés.

With this knowledge of one’s relationship with Rädhäräné..., with God, we have
to start our bhajana. Don’t just hold on to the beads and start chanting. Please,
first meditate on yourself nicely, meditate on service and believe that you are
very close to your Éñöa Deva. Not only just close, you have to meditate that
without your help, Rädhäräné cannot do anything, any service. She needs you
absolutely. Without your contribution, how can pastimes take place? This
much closeness you should feel. The prayer we can do to Rädhäräné is that –
“Rädhäräné, just think, think Yourself! There’s going to be Milana with Kåñëa
and You will be scared, You will be nervous…, and You will.., Whom will you
go to then? You must be requiring someone’s help to take You to the right path,
because You will be stumbling in ecstasy! Just think for once, You will be
requiring me or not? For this reason, please engage me in Your service!” And
chant Hare Kåñëa. You are saying Hare Kåñëa Mantra and internally this prayer
is going on - “Rädhäräné, You will need me! Please engage me in Your service!
Whom will You go with?” This is Upäsanä- staying close. You will perform
exotic pastimes, then You will be tired. Who will massage Your feet? I will
always be Yours truly… Rädhäräné! I will always be Yours faithfully! Please
engage me in Your service!” This is Hare Kåñëa Mahämantra, this is true Japa.

So, in Gopé Bhäva, Maïjaré Bhäva, we should remember something, which

occurs daily. Like for example, in the morning between 6-6:30, Rädhäräné
wakes up, and just after She gets up, Kåñëa Kaöhä begins. There is no other
thing to do, only Kåñëa Kaöhä…, Kåñëa Kaöhä and Kåñëa Kaöhä with sakhés and
maïjarés. She gets up, Çyämalä Sakhé comes in. Then, Rädhäräné, out of
extreme happiness, gets up and embraces her. She says - “Sakhé, please sit!”
And, when They sit together, They are settled, everyone knows what will
happen next. Another stream of nectar in the form of Kåñëa Kaöhä will flow…,
nectar stream. There is nothing else besides rasa, nectar in the Spiritual world.
Another rasa udgära will start, flow of nectar will start. So…., and ména means
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our life airs, maïjaré’s life airs.. they are like fish, and they swim in the Ocean of
Kaöhä. So what happened? The Kaöhä starts. Ok! Then what happened? Like for
example, Rädhäräné says to Çyämalä Sakhé: “Hey Sakhé, yesterday night I met
Çyäma, got drenched in Çyäma Rasa, but it seems as if it was just a dream. If one
feels thirsty in dream and in dreams only, one’s thirst is quenched, then is the
thirst actually quenched?” Like, you listen to your friends in college when you
go, someone says that someone has gone with someone, so…, we will listen-
“Ok ! Acchä ! Then, what happened? Acchä?” Like this, in Vraja, the most
famous girl is Rädhäräné, and the most beautiful, the most qualified, the most of
everything, super rich, and we are always with Her. So, it will happen always
like this. And the other person, Her friend – “Çångära Rasaräja Kåñëa”, we are
always talking about Him. He is the most beautiful, most attractive personality
of Vraja. “Ok, ok! Then, what happened?” Çyämalä Sakhé says: “Alright, You
are saying like this as if it was a dream, yesterday night when You met Kåñëa.
But, this is not the truth! I know the truth! By merely smelling Kåñëa’s
fragrance, the vraja gopés get intoxicated from a distance, with His body’s
fragrance. And, You have relished, drunk the nectar of Çångära Rasaräja Kåñëa,
that is why You are talking meaninglessly. If someone takes more intake of
liquor, he also talks meaninglessly. So, this is happened with You.” Like this,
one should read. And, we also say: “Yes! Yes! As maïjaré, we say: “Yes, yes !
She is right! You have taken lot of liquor, Kåñëa liquor! So, You are so very
intoxicated! So, there is no wonder to this. Anyone, who will take so much of
liquor, his result will be the same.” Like this only, the jokes take place non-
stop.

This gets started in the morning itself, just after getting up, Kåñëa Kaöhä like
this, then Çyämalä Sakhé jokingly some, sometimes she leaves and then after
Rädhäräné gets ready for bathing, at around 6:24, maïjarés.., our services are
not like that we are standing, joining our hands…, folding our hands, saying –
“Hey…. Rädhäräné…. what can I do?” It’s not like that. She calls by the name –
“Hey Taraëé Maïjaré ! Hey Cärukale ! Please bathe me in Kåñëamåta.” Then
what is meant by Kåñëamåta? She wants to take bath in Yamunä water today,
not here. “So I want to take bath in Yamunä water!” So, it is not that maïjarés
don’t know sanskrit and they have not understood the meaning, they have
understood the meaning very well, that Yamunä is Her intention to bathe….
but how does the maïjaré take this? They say “You have to wait for sometime..
at night, You will be going to take bath in Kåñëamåta…, Yamunä
automatically!” So, She is in a way joking and also cutting Her line.

She is däsé - a maid servant, but a pätra of säkhya-rasa. It is all full of jokes, they
are not bereft of any jokes or anything, like Lakñmé jé is bereft. She is not..,
there are no jokes with Lord Näräyaëa. So, all jokes and there is no inhibition,
everything takes place in abundance. They are friends, just like college friends.
Çréla Raghunätha Däsa Gosvämé says – “I want däsya, service of maidservant,
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service as a maïjaré unto Your Lotusfeet.” What does that means? He says – “I
don’t desire anything besides this däsya”, it is an intense prayer. So, like Däsa
Gosvämé, our prayer should be like this – “I don’t desire anything other than
Your däsya, not even säkhya, nothing else, what to talk of desiring anything of
this world?” And He says, “I offer my obeisances to the idea of becoming Your
friend from a great distance.” So what is the first prayer, “I want only Your
däsya. Besides Your friendship, I want nothing. I pay obeisances to Lalitä,
Viçäkhä etc., because they are not däsya, they have säkhya in totality, so this
kind of säkhya I don’t desire.”

So, “what do you want?” if Rädhäräné asks. What I want is säkhya cum däsya,
däsya-rasa full of säkhya. Dasa Gosvämé is praying in Viläpa Kusumäïjalé, “I
want excellent service of Your Lotusfeet.” This is the highest rasa. This is the
Vara-däsya. In this däsya, there is lot of relishment. Everything is there in däsya
rasa, even that which Lalitä, Viçäkhä don’t have, this däsya – Var-däsya. Some
of these signs have been given like, when said to make Her bath in Kåñëamåta,
so what did they say? “Wait for a while! All time just think of bathing, nothing
else! At night, it will take place.” Like this.

Once They were playing dice, a game of dice, The Yugala, and Kåñëa gets
defeated. So maïjarés, on the indication of Çrémati, They say to Kåñëa – “Oh
Mädhava! By herding cows, what are You doing? You are playing päsä - this
dice game with Sväminé, is this the game for You to play? You cowherder!!
You…, You by herding cows…, have become cow brain. You have become like
them because of too much association. The games which requires physical
labour, You better do that, go play those games, and this intelligence game, You
just cannot do, don’t You even try do that, don’t even come to play this game
anymore, You are not qualified for this.. You are just qualified for herding
cows!” This is the way, Kåñëa is addressed by maïjarés. So sakhés, despite being
a servant, relish friendship to the fullest extent. It is said in this way, not that –
“Hey Kåñëa! Ohh Supreme Lord Kåñëa! Please tell me how can I serve?” This is
not so. So, while chanting we have to remember This Kåñëa and service to
Kåñëa this way, not as a Lordly way.., no one treats Kåñëa as Lord in Vraja.

So, according to one’s nature when we get Siddha Praëälé, we get acquainted
with our svarüpa, with our nature. Sometimes it is little soft, sometimes it is
little hot…, harsh, but they are all pleasing to The Lord. They all provide
different taste to the Çångära Lélä of The Lord. And when we do this daily, we
are with Rädhäräné, it never appears that the same thing happens again, looks
everything is just new all the time.

Once Michael Jackson came and Bal Thakre’s toilet was being used by Michael
Jackson, so this big personality said – “Such a Big Personality used my toilet!!”
So, he was feeling proud, and he didn’t shake hands, but when an important
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person does even small thing, you feel good. Still more to go further, give you
more petty examples, like if someone shook hand with Amitabh Bachchan.
Throughout his life, he will remember the touch of the hand. It was so soft, that
he shook so lovingly. Likewise, whatever happens with Rädhäräné, it seems as if
it is taking place for the first time and that too with such a Big Personality. So
much of astonishment is always there, that curiosity always remains at the
peak, when we are with Rädhäräné…, there is always, always newness. For
example, when one meets Amitabh Bachchan for the first time, such a big
person, just by thinking about it one feels so much happiness and on meeting
lovingly, if he asks you how are you? Ohh…! There is no limit to your
happiness. Similarly, each word Rädhäräné speaks... It is so full of love and
there is no question of any acting… She is Däsé-Suvatsalä, very much
..veryyyyyy much affectionate to Her maïjarés.

So the newness, the excitement always remains at peak, in each and every
activity in Vraja. There is not even a single sentence, which is not full of
excitement, not full of relishment. There is relishment throughout. What to
speak of relishment at every step..., even without a step, there is relishment.
One who gets habituated to relishing even a slight tinge of Lord’s service, for
him the entire world, the eating, drinking, all this burger, party, sex, fame…., it
become “thü” “thü”…., Just…., just don’t need that. Just slight relishment of
this Bhakti, just cintana of Rädhä-Kåñëa. This is being said in context of Bhakti
of any type. This Maïjaré Bhäva.. Maïjaré Bhäva is, where even the Lord renders
service, Lord renders Bhakti, service to maïjarés. Kåñëa asks, requests, begs
maïjarés – “Please let me meet my Sväminé Jé, Kiçoré Jé. Unite Me with your
Éçvaré, I will not do…. I will not go with any other gopé again.” In this, Bhakti,
actually Kåñëa renders Devotion. This relishment is the highest… By even slight
relishment from Lord’s service, the desire of, to go to heaven evaporates. So,
when we are chanting, we should pray to Rädhäräné, “Oh Rädhäräné! Besides
Your service, I should not have any other desire. Kindly burn all my desires
into ashes.” Chanting should not be blank, that there is no meaning to that,
empty capsules, empty bullets, NO! Total meaning, absorption in service, Japa,
should go on. While chanting, we should meditate on pastimes, along with that
render service from our siddha deha given by our Çré Gurudeva, in connection
with the Samañti Guru, who resides in the left side of The Lord Kåñëa in
Goloka.

In this Yuga, Kértana is the aìgédharma- the foremost dharma. Just like, only
Kåñëa is Lord and all other are simply Their lights.., expansions. Similarly the
most important is Kértana. Taking its shelter, we have to render all service…,
this is meditation. So, while meditating on Siddha Deha, render service. For
that, we have to study pastimes properly from the scriptures, and need to
remember that and this will take place only when we have mercy.
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Right now, we have not even completed one page, but this is not.., but still
everything is going on. But we also read…, but things don’t get revealed. Why
things are not revealed? Because of lack of Mercy! How do the Mercy flows? In
Çvetaçvara Upaniñad, it is said-

“yasya deve parä bhaktir, yathä deve tathä gurau,

tasyaite kathitä hy arthäù, prakäçante mahätmanaù”
(Çvetäçvara Upaniñad 6.23)

One who has paräbhakti, equal bhakti in Gurudeva and Kåñëa, pürëa bhakti to
them, all these Scriptures, the meaning, the internal meaning of the Scriptures,
are all revealed. Just ask yourself - is there any difference between Scriptures
and Kåñëa? Scriptures are the form of Kåñëa only, and can we understand Kåñëa
from material eyes or material senses? No, we cannot see! Why? The Scriptures
tell us-

“ataù çré-kåñëa-nämädi, na bhaved grähyam indriyaiù,

sevonmukhe hi jihvädau, svayam eva sphuraty adaù”
(Çré Caitanya Caritämåta Madhya Lélä 17.136)

Scriptures or Kåñëa, They are not attained by material senses, material

intelligence. When we get filled with sevä, “sevonmukhe hi”…., when we get
filled with sevä “svayam eva sphuraty adaù”, these get…, svayam eva sphuraty –
automatically, they get revealed. We can open, read Scriptures and understand,
but they will not reveal them to us until and unless we have Blessings of Guru.
And how can we have blessings of Guru ? When we have paräbhakti, equal
bhakti in Guru and Kåñëa. Mahäprabhu told Raghunätha Bhaööa Gosvämé…
“Read Bhägvatam…” He did not say, “Just take this Book Bhägvatam and start
reading.” He said…., Mahäprabhu told Raghunätha Bhaööa-

“bhägavata poòhilä vaiñëavere sthäne”

Raghunätha Bhaööa is one of the 8 chief Maïjarés. Still he was being told, if you
want to understand Bhägavatam.., you want Bhägavatam to be revealed to you,
you sit at Vaiñëava’s Feet and render service to Them and understand,
otherwise if you do it on your own, nothing will be revealed.

So now, when this sort of sweet talks maïjarés are doing, “Yes! Yes! wait for the
night…” So, hearing all this, Rädhäräné develops Ratyäkhya Bhäva. When it
comes, Ratyäkhya, it means- it is related to Kåñëa and in Her mind, different
bhävas appear simultaneously and they blow Rädhäräné’s heart up and down in
different streams, it is uncontrollable. When this happens, Rädhäräné tries to
hide Her Bhäva, but maïjarés are Abhinna-deha, non-different from Her. The
Bhäva becomes so much that slight smile get.., get revealed to them. So there
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are many flowers kept on the side. Rädhäräné asks “you are laughing on me….
Take it! Take it!” In this way, throws flowers one after the other “and you are
laughing.. Take it! Take it!” So, meditating on this pastime we pray, “When
will that day come, that You will throw flower on me… When You develop this
Ratyäkhya Bhäva and see me smiling that I have understood Your Bhäva.” And
while meditating on this pastime, try to visualise that Rädhäräné is throwing
flower on you…, in your maïjaré svarüpa. That we are relishing from our eyes
that beauty of Rädhäräné’s Face, the beauty of Rädhäräné’s Eyes, this prayer, this
way chanting we should do. It might appear to some “Oh! This is difficult !” It
is not difficult. It is just that, we have not yet ventured into it. Simple! When
you had not earned any money, it would have appeared to you very difficult.
But once you start earning, who finds earning money difficult? We don’t find it
difficult to go to China. Yes Beta! What is your name? Braja Gopikä ! She is so
young… may be 22 years old. She had been asked to earn money. Had she been
asked to earn money 5 years back, she would have said “how could I..?” But
now she is earning money. Once upon, she couldn’t, now she is doing
without.., without difficulty. So, presently…, yes Amit! You are earning 10 lacs
a month. If he is asked to earn 50 lacs a month, he would say “ok! We will get
new machines, technologies.” So it is not difficult, the multiplication is not
difficult. One just needs to enter into the field. Once one comes, it is just a
matter of multiplication. So, we just have to enter into the realm of Lélä Rasa,
just enter into our siddha deha and start rendering service. It is just that we
have just not ventured into it. That’s it!

So, how to start? We just have to know answer to 3 questions.

1. Where are Rädhä-Kåñëa now?
2. What are They doing?
3. How can I please Them, how can I serve Them, what is my service?

How will I know how to perform service? By knowing those who know about
these services, and who knows about how to perform these services. By
knowing Their service expertise while they perform service, we can know the
same. Who are they? They are the Rägätmikä Devotees! They are the Añöa
Maïjarés – Rüpa Maïjaré, Maïjuläli Maïjaré, Rasa Maïjaré, Rati Maïjaré, Guëa
Maïjaré, Viläsa Maïjaré, Lavaìga Maïjaré, Kastüri Maïjaré. How they perform
services, we have to understand their expertise, their Bhäva…, and then with
that bhäva, we have to perform service of Rädhä-Kåñëa. The most important
thing is Bhäva – Gopé Bhäva, Maïjaré Bhäva…. kori aìgékär..

We should…. When we chant, we should chant with a particular feeling for

our Éñöa Deva, our Worshipable Deity. Usually, we start chanting without any
feeling. No! First we should place our Éñöa Deva in the Temple of our heart.
Whose Name we are chanting…, and we should remember Rädhä-Kåñëa’s
Pastimes, day and night. It is not a big deal. Actually, it is only sadäcära.
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Etiquette means, those which are to be followed eternally. So, what are the
etiquettes of a maïjaré ? To remain in maïjaré bhäva.. So, remembering Rädhä-
Kåñëa 7days a week, 24 hours a day means – performing etiquettes and nothing
else. If we are doing anything else, then it is not etiquette. We have to follow
the etiquette performed by the great saints through their mind, their words, the
body.

So, we should mould our life in such a way so as to reflect the lifestyle of Rüpa
Maïjaré. We have to know the service expertise and very important, to get
absorbed in that. If someone asks, “How long it will take to achieve
perfection?” Answer is - to the degree our greed for this bhäva increases, to that
degree we will achieve perfection, in that speed we will achieve perfection. It all
depends on us. Now, we know that what we have to do, it’s on us, how quickly
we become greedy towards this bhäva. Bhäva is available, Rädhä-Kåñëa are
available, we just have to go there in our eternal svarüpa given by our Guru and
perform service There. Ok!

Hare Kåñëa!!