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Sometimes they’re together as one—Mahāprabhu,
then apart—Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, together as Mahāprabhu.
Gaura-līlā and Kṛṣṇa-līlā are running in parallel eternally.
Which is first?
Guru Mahārāj says, “The gift or the giver?
[The Giver and the Gift]
Mahāprabhu is the giver.
Which comes first, the gift or the giver?
He’s gifting Kṛṣṇa-līlā;
yathā yathā gaura-padāravinde vindeta bhaktiṁ kṛta-puṇya-rāśiḥ
tathā tathotsarpati hṛdy akasmāt rādhā-padāmbhoja-sudhāṁśu-rāśiḥ (Śrī Chaitanya-chandramrta: 88)
Guru Mahārāj will say,
“Vṛndāvan is for the highest section of liberated souls,
that’s why Chaitanya Sāraswat Maṭh was established
in Nabadwīp Dhām, in Gupta Govardhan.
Vṛndāvan is for the highest section of liberated souls;
kṛṣṇa-līlāmṛta-sāra, tāra śata śata dhāra, daśa-*** vahe yāhā haite (Cc: 2.25.271).
What is the difference between Kṛṣṇa-līlā and Gaura-līlā?
Kṛṣṇa-līlā … if it’s only meant for
the highest section of liberated souls,
that means how many are excluded?
What is Gaura-līlā?
The magnanimous distribution of Kṛṣṇa-līlā.
Kṛṣṇa-līlā—madhurya. Gaura-līlā—audārya.
Distributing that daśa-*** —means ten directions,
North, South, East, West, up, down, etc.—
So, what is generally reserved for
the highest section of liberated souls
is being extended to the non-liberated section.
That’s another way of putting it.
So what does Prabodhānanda say?
Aṣṭa-sakhī Tuṅga-vidyā should know;
he says, “Give your full attention to Gaura-pād,
the lotus feet of Mahāprabhu.”
Nityānanda says, “Bhājā-gaurāṅga.”
They’re trying to tell us
how to get entrance into that plane.
Give your full attention to the lotus feet of Mahāprabhu.
Vindeta bhaktiṁ kṛta-puṇya-rāśiḥ
means, those who are sukṛtivān, su-medhasā,
refined theistic intellect,
they’ll see the entrance to Vṛndāvan is in Nabadwīp,
the entrance into Kṛṣṇa-līlā is Gaura-līlā.
And what will happen?
It says, If you do that … Because who is Mahāprabhu?
Śrī Chaitanya Rādhā Kṛṣṇa nahi anya (Guru-paramparā: 6);
Rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitam (Cc: 1.1.5);
Kṛṣṇa enveloped in the heart and halo of Rādhārāṇī,
then, tathā tathotsarpati hṛdy akasmāt,
automatically, subconsciously, deep within the core of your heart,
what will appear? Rādhā-rasa-sudhā-nidhi,
the nectarean ocean of service to the lotus feet of Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī,
that flow will come to your heart
and you’ll find yourself awakening in the soil of Vṛndāvan.
And Guru Mahārāj gave one comparison,
“If you get on the flight in New York,
and you get off in India.”
That’s one example he gave.
Another example he said is like a machine;
you put the coin in here,
and the ticket comes out on the other side.
You put your coin, your serving capital,
in the lotus feet of Mahāprabhu,
and collect your ticket for Vṛndāvan.