Jagat

In VMA 2.34 ( The fortunate, the more fortunate, and the most fortunate of all ), Prabodhananda Saraswatipada gave a hierarchy of spiritual attainments in view of the object of worship. In the current set of verses, he has been giving a hierarchy on the basis of their levels of  sādhana . After saying  in the previous verse  that one who has renounced everything to take shelter of Vrindavan is the most fortunate, he now shows the fruits of this good fortune by describing a devotee who is on the stage of  bhāva  and  prema , the two aspects of   sādhya-bhakti,  the goal of  sādhana. 

Chandan Goswami asked on Facebook, after hearing yet another person accuse almost everyone in the Vaishnava world of being a Sahajiya, "Have you found or met accidentally any such person in Gaudiya Sampradaya who you think is a Sahajiya?" In other words, have you met someone who fits your own description and still calls himself a Sahajiya? If there is any such thing as a "Sahajiya," it should be a person who calls himself by that name. If I call you a "Green Duck" that is me calling you something, not you yourself. If I then say "Green Ducks are like this or that" then it is clearly propaganda. Like people calling each other "Communists" or "Nazis" in political discussions. No one has asked the Green Ducks for their opinion. There are no doubt real Communists and Nazis, but before trying to define what one is, it may do well to find one and talk with that person to find out what they do and what they believe. Then your cr...