Re: Lord Gauranga - being a Devotee or posing as devotee

Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! The answer is simple. If you read my (1), (3) and (4) points carefully, you will note that those are specifically for the circumstances in the material world. In the spiritual world, those are not required. That is why Lord Gaura enjoys as a Grihastha in the eternal Navadvipa Dhaama in Goloka and does not accept Sannyaasa and leave His home there. As Shrila Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura states that sometimes the pastimes of the Lord in this material turn out to be even more merciful than His pastimes in Goloka since He desires to deliver the fallen conditioned souls.

And to relish the point (2), Lord Krishna does accept the vesha of a Sannyaasi now and then in Vraja also to beg for the love of Shrimati Radha.

The Navadvipa Pastimes of Lords Gauraanga are also very conducive to relish Raadhaa Bhaava because the majority of all His Associates are present in Navadvipa Dhaama. And there cannot be any pastimes without His Associates.

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.

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