Re: Jaya Radha Madhava

Dear prabhu,

     Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! What Swamiji said is only for worthless worms like us who are on the relativistic platform and not perfected souls like yourself who are on the absolute level and can see through all lack of qualifications. Your ears convert even material sounds into spiritually perfect vibrations. Actually the professional singers depend on you, you don't depend on them.

         There are so many songs composed by pure devotees in my part of the country which are only rendered by professional musicians and theirs' are the only recordings available. In that case what can we do, but look at the message itself rather than who delivered it. After all we cannot lose the vani of the pure devotees just because we can't get them under ideal circumstances. I have thousands of such songs myself, but out of respect for the devotees I just can't afford to lose all that nectar -- because it is not available anywhere else. The vani coming from professional singers may not be 100% pure, but when it goes through your ears and then comes out from your mouth, it will be 100% spritually refined and restored to full potency.

        It is like getting an old manuscript not in very good condition, but which is fully capable of being restored and then printed into 1st class books, devotees like yourself can then sing those songs and they will become infinitely pure by entering into your mouth regardless of what they were earlier.
Sometimes the music in the songs is very nice and devotees with good musical background can use their talent to purify the tunes as well and use their music in the Lord's service. Music is originally spiritual. I am talking from my point of view here as I have some little musical talent, but those with other talents should use their skills accordingly and not imitate others. It's best when we serve the Lord with whatever skills we have, but we must be careful not to forget the Lord and remember only skills.

           We beginners must never forget that the words are the main thing and that the tune is not of any importance except that it is serving the Lord with one's own personal talent. Those personal services are individual specific and shouldn't be imitated by others or else we'll forget the kirtan and only remember tunes and the purpose of kirtan is defeated. Ultimately kirtan is supremely beautiful if it is sung by even a devotee with the worst voice on the planet as it is absolute and it is sinful to even drag it down to relative levels.

      Thank you for appreciating the singing of that Bhajan troupe. Now I am sure that Lord Nityananda will show them great mercy very soon because they unknowingly gave great joy to a pure devotee like yourself. However we are animals in human bodies and we must always remember that your behaviour cannot be imitated. If at all we small time sadhakas are able to get the same vani from pure devotees, then we must go there straightaway. The present situation is only fine when no other options are available. So I'll listen to Swamiji or Prabhupada.

Daaso'smi,
Srinath

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