Re: Jaya Radha Madhava

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!

Dear Guruji, Jagannatha Gauranga dasa and devotees please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! All glories to Sri Sri Radha Madhava.

When I listen to the above sung I feel indescribable loving feelings towards Lord Sri Krishna and my hairs stand on end when I see the supremely beautiful Lord walking along the banks of the Yamuna River. Maybe the messenger is not pure, but the message delivered is absolutely pure. The song, coming from the lips of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura, is full of the Names and the intimate Pastimes of the Lord and exists only on the transcendental plane. It can only be relished on the transcendental plane and gives intense joy to the devotees of the Lord. The beauty is in the heart of the relisher. When a king delivers a message to another king through a subordinate messenger who has no clue about the message itself, the message is still conveyed. The devotional words on this forum are still conveyed despite being transmitted by a highly for profit internet system.

But when a non-devotee tries to convey the pure transcendental message of Lord Gauranga Krishna to another non-devotee: that is like a blind man leading blind people. Although the message is absolutely pure it is not relished as such. Therefore it is so important that non-devotees come in contact with the pure devotee of the Lord so their hearts may be awakened responding to the pure the transcendental message.

There is also tremendous benefit for the non-devotee messengers. When they take the holy Names of the Supreme Lord on their lips they are immensely purified. Because the Lord is Absolute it is a natural characteristic of His transcendental Name. When the great sinner Amajila was calling out �Narayana� (with feeling because it was the name of his favorite son) he was delivered. Moreover when a non-devotee chants the holy Names and Pastimes of the Lord for the wrong reasons, but somehow pleases a pure devotee of the Lord by doing so, his blessings are immeasurable.

I am sure it is because I am so deeply fallen that I get exited when I hear the Lords Name regardless of who the messenger is. I can�t really distinguish who is a devotee and who is not because to me anybody who chants the pure holy Name of Lord Gauranga Krishna is a devotee. I cannot but see a devotee in that person even though he or she is misleading me. I am convinced that over time that person will become a pure devotee of the Lord because he or she has been in contact with the pure holy Name of the Lord. Maybe it will take another million of lives when that person becomes a pure devotee but that is just a measurement of relative time. In reality, in eternal time, that person is a pure devotee of the Lord and who am I to consider him or her anything less than that?

I fall at the feet of all Vaisnavas and ask for your forgiveness and beg you to overlook my simple and primitive understanding of such high topics.

Your aspiring servant,

Hadai Nityananda dasa

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!

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