DEEP DESIRE OF A DEVOTEE

(The deep desire of a devotee) O my Krishn! When will that day come that: while remembering Your name and virtues, my eyes will be constantly flooded with the tears of Your love; while meditating on Your sweet Divine form day and night, my whole being will become the embodiment of Your love; while impatiently looking to the path of Your arrival, a moment of delay will seem to extend to eons in Your separation; and, saying ‘Ha Krishn!’ ‘Ha Krishn!’ in love-stricken grief, and running and wandering here and there in Braj, I will lose my body consciousness. I fully believe that one day my Krishn will surely come to me and make me His own, forever.

O my beloved Krishn! When will that day come that I will be living in Braj forever? When will my eyes be overflowing with the tears of love while singing the glory of the name and virtues of Shyama Shyam? When will I be wandering on the paths of Gahvarban, crying, and singing, ‘Radhey, Radhey, Radhey’? When will that day come that, tipsied in Your love and thrilled with Your affection, I will be wandering in the various kunj of Vrindaban? Embracing the plants and the vines of Govardhan and drowned in the lovingness of Your love, believing that Krishn has played in these places, when will that day come that, swooning with the intense separation, I will say, “O! My Beloved! Please come soon.” And also, when will that day come that while rolling in the soils of Braj and closely experiencing Your presence I will become mad in Your love?

SOULS

Souls are unlimited in number, infinitesimal (anu) in size, initially Divine in quality but eternally blemished by maya, so they are eternally bound by their karmas which are unlimited in quantity. They are part of the Divine power called jeev shakti which is affiliated to chit shakti of God. These are the souls that are under the bondage of maya. All of the souls have a chance to realize God if they follow the guidelines of selfless devotion (bhakti) to God. There are also unlimited number of such souls that are beyond the bondage of maya. They all live in the Divine abodes of their worshipped form of God as described in our scriptures.

GREATNESS OF BHAKTI

Jagadguru Shree Kripalu Ji Maharaj explains the greatness of bhakti (devotion) :

“Whatever is difficult to receive, whatever is unattainable, and whatever is beyond the imagination of the human mind, is all obtained through bhakti. Apart from bhakti to Krishn you do not need to do anything else.”

According to Maharaj Kripalu, your soul eternally longs for such a ‘love’ that will infinately extend the peace and happiness of your mind and render your heart blissful, forever. Such a love is not a quality of this mayic world, neither a feature of your mind alone.

Devotion should not be an addition to the daily routine of your life, but rather, absorbed into all of the activities of life, large and small.

“The most important thing in devotion is that devotion should be done by the mind and not by physical senses alone.” – Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj

SHREE KRISHNA IS ONLY MY REFUGE

May He well be completely without beauty, or be the most beautiful, handsome and elegant of all; May He be completely devoid of noble qualities and virtues, or be the best amongst the virtuous with noblest qualities. He might as well despise and grudge me, or be the ocean of compassion and love for me. He, the blue-black hued, Shree Krishna is my only refuge, my only beloved.