Radhastami lecture

[Guest guest]

Hare Krsna!

Please accep my humble obeisances. Jay Srila Pabhupada!

 

Here is a part from Srila Pabhupada's lecture in Montreal, August 30, 1968

on appearance day of Srimati Radharani.

 

"So Radha-Krsna philosophy is a very great philosophy. It is to be

understood in the liberated stage. Radha-Krsna philosophy is not to be

understood in the conditioned stage. But when we worship Radha-Krsna in our

conditional stage, actually we worship Laksml-Narayana. You have seen that

picture, this viddhi-marga and raga-marga. Radha-Krsna worship is on the

platform of pure love, and Laksml-Narayana worship is on the regulative

principles. So long we do not develop our pure love, we have to worship on

the regulative principles. One has to become a brahmacari, one has to become

a sannydsi, one has to perform the worship in this way, in the morning he

has to rise, he has to offer. So many rules and regulations. There are at

least sixty-four rules and regulations. So we shall introduce them gradually

as you develop. So in the viddhi-marga, when you have no love for God or

Krsna, we have to follow the regulative principles and automatically...,

there is practice. When practicing. Just like you practice this mrdanga

playing. In the beginning it is not in order, but when you become well

versed in the practice, the sound will come so nice. Similarly, when we are

engaged by regulative principles in the worship of Radha-Krsna, that is

called viddhi-marga. And actually when you are on the love platform, then

that is called raga-marga. So without viddhi-marga, if anyone wants to learn

the raga-marga immediately, that is foolishness. That is foolishness. Nobody

can pass M.A. examination without going through the regulative principles of

primary schools and colleges. So therefore I do not, I mean to say, indulge

in the discussions of Radha and Krsna so easily. Rather go on with the

regulative principle at the present moment. Gradually, as you become

purified, as you become on the transcendental platform, you'll understand

what is Radha-Krsna. Don't try to understand Radha-Krsna very quickly. It is

a very big subject. If we want to understand Radha-Krsna very quickly, then

there will be so many prakrta-sahajiyas. In India there are

prakrta-sahajiyd. Just like Radha-Krsna dancing. Radha-Krsna has become a

plaything. The painting Radha-Krsna, Krsna is kissing Radha, Radha is

kissing. These are all nonsense. Radha-Krsna philosophy has to be understood

by the liberated person, not by the conditioned soul. So we shall await for

the fortunate moment when we are liberated, then we shall understand

rddhd-krsna-pranaya-vikrtir. Because Krsna and Radha, They are not on the

material field. Try to understand."

 

With best regard,

 

Your servant Acyutananda das