Prema Beyond Self-interest: Śikṣāṣṭaka 8, the Veṇu-gīta and Rādhā’s Abhisāra • Worldly Love Turns Violent: There is love in every baddha jīva, but where self-interest is hurt, that love turns into violence, abuse and hatred. True prema does not look to its own happiness; Rādhā even says She would fall at the feet of the one Kṛṣṇa desires so that He is not unhappy (Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya 20.52–53). • Śikṣāṣṭaka 8: Let Him embrace Me or trample Me, give darśana or break My heart, let Him be a...
Shikshashtaka 8
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Prema Beyond Self-interest: Śikṣāṣṭaka 8, the Veṇu-gīta and Rādhā’s Abhisāra • Worldly Love Turns Violent: There is love in every baddha jīva, but where self-interest is hurt, that love turns into violence, abuse and hatred. True prema does not look to its own happiness; Rādhā even says She would fall at the feet of the one Kṛṣṇa desires so that He is not unhappy (Caitanya-caritāmṛta Antya 20.52–53). • Śikṣāṣṭaka 8: Let Him embrace Me or trample Me, give darśana or break My heart, let...