Jagat

In Christianity, one cultivates the sense of being a sinner through constant, ever more subtle self-examination. The purpose of this is to see one's own utter incapacity of attaining salvation from the material conditioning and to thus take complete shelter of the Lord. Ammachi's bhaktas say she became blue like Krishna in Vrindavan. She came to Vineet Narain's place right next door to Jiva on this date 2016. Big event. Big crowd. She did not come alone. My crappy picture.

Vrindavan is so charming due to the large numbers of forest bowers where Radhika and the enchanting flute player have their dalliances. Inhabited by amazing creatures that are spiritual and full in their own bliss, it brings forth, like milk from a cow, an ocean of rasa. May that Vrindavan destroy all my sins, along with their seed. śrī-rādhikā-muralī-mohana-keli-kuñja- puñjena mañjulatarā rasa-sindhu-dogdhrī | svānanda-cinmaya-mahādbhuta-sattva-vṛnda- vṛndāṭavī mama sa-bījam aghaṁ nihantu || Commentary In Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu , Srila Rupa Goswami describes six characteristics of devotion. kleśaghnī śubhadā mokṣa-laghutā-kṛt sudurlabhā | sāndrānanda-viśeṣātmā śrī-kṛṣṇākarṣiṇī ca sā || [Bhakti] destroys miseries, brings auspiciousness, makes one think of liberation as inferior, is very hard to attain, is in itself a special manifestation of profound joy, and it attracts Krishna. ( Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.17) The destruction of kleśas means t...