Sound Bhakti

Maraṇam Before Smaraṇam | HG Vaiśeṣika Dāsa | Kartik Immersion Retreat | Oct 2024


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Maraṇam before smaraṇam. In other words, before one is able to comprehend or think of the pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa at Rādhā-kuṇḍa, one must begin with the simplest of processes. For instance, what is the instruction of the śāstra: 'ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ.'
Yoga doesn't begin with coming to Rādhā-kuṇḍa and trying to remember Kṛṣṇa and staying here, but it begins with 'jihvādau', ādau means beginning, and jihvā means the tongue. One has to start with the tongue. What about our Gaudiya teachers? That's from the Padma Purana. How do they apply this?
We came to the last three verses about Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kuṇḍa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the loving affair she has with Kṛṣṇa here. But where did we start when we recite the Upadeśāmṛta ? The first two words 'vaco vegam' means 'mind your speech'. It's the gateway sense, says the Srimad Bhāgavatam, that you can understand that if you're able to control your tongue then all the other senses are controlled. But if you cannot control your tongue, then you can understand that none of your senses are controlled. Therefore, Rūpa Goswami emphasized 'pṛthivīṁ sa śiṣyāt' if you're able to control your tongue and control your other urges, the urges of the other senses, then you become free from the real masters in this world.Who are the masters of this world ?
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