16/05/24 morning – Questions and Answers (English) – Mirepoix, France | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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Reasons for Krsna going to Mathura.
What is taught at the gopis school.
Krsna’s maan is very rare. Radha is the one who stays in maan.
Two types of purva-raga.
Lila of the newly married young woman who longed to see Krsna for the first time.
Four types of separation: Purva-raga – anticipating, longing for the meeting; Pravasa – separated by physical distance; Maan – angry jealousy; Prema-vaicittya – transcendental madness.
The sensation in the presence of Krsna, time passes in a second; in separation the feeling is of thousands of years.
About parakiya-bhava.
True sign of the verse: guru mātā guru pitā guru hana pati guru vinā e samsāre nāhi āra gati, in the song Asraya Koriya Bando Sri Guru Carana.
Beautiful lila by Ramacandra Kaviraja looking for Sri Radha’s nose ring.
Three types of rati: sadarani-rati (ordinary love/Kubja); samanjasa-rati (divided love/queens of Dvaraka); samartha-rati (one-pointed love/gopis).
Details of how Radha married Ayangosh.
Funny lila of Krsna pretending to be a gopa’s wife.