The sādhanā of identity and the two husbands dilemma
So, by the magic of modern transportation, I have been teleported from Gauda Dham to Braja Dham. And according to the acharyas of our parampara, we can have either or both. But how to be ekāgra in sādhanā, and yet ekāgra in more than one thing? More than one identity? I can see that there is much seva to be done at my guru's bhajana sthali, the birthplace of Bhaktivinoda Thakur. When the Thakur was considering living in Radha Kund after his visit there in 1884, he happened to be in Tarakeshwar and Shivaji visited him in a dream to convey the message: "What's all this about going to Braj? Is there nothing for you to do in Gaura Dham?" There is no doubt that the conception of Nabadwip as a Dham and a Tirth Sthan along the lines of Vrindavan was very much _the_ contribution of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur. There are some who debate the authenticity of the Chaitanya birthplace in Mayapur, but there is little likelihood that ANY of the consciousness of Mahaprabhu's D...