28/08/23 midday – The Relationship Between Krsna and the Gopis (English translation) – Vrindavana, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
- The priceless debt of the gopis’ love for Krishna.
- The service relationship does not involve financial exchange or other interests.
- The difference between the love of the material world and the love of the transcendental world.
- Krsna comes as Mahaprabhu in the service of the gopis.
- The story of Draupadi and the curse.
- Story of the exile of the Pandavas.
- Story of Narayana’s appearance to the gopis.
- The gopis are completely one-pointed.
- Prema occurs without cause.
- Some sakhis meet Krsna independently (sambhoga-icamaiy); but the manjaris do not meet Krsna independently (tattatbhava-icamaiy).
- Dadati-pratigrnati.
- Had Gauranga not come, Radha’s prema would not have been known in this world (madhanakya-maha-bhava).
- Srimati Radhika competes with Krsna.
- The three hundred and sixty types of heroines.
- The difference between the mood of Vraja and Mathura.
- Radha is purna-sakti (full potency) and Krsna is purna-saktiman (full possessor of potency).
- The origin of the gopis is Krsna, so there is no sin in their relationship.
- The mood of the devotee manifests as he progresses in his spiritual practice.
- The radiance of Srimati Radhika’s body.
- Explanation of the sequence the sadhaka goes through to reach Goloka Vrndavana ( Jewels of the Heart).
