Shri Krishna is the form of supreme bliss and is able to confer joy to all of the Gopis – these plays are forever free from the sorrows and pains of worldly lust. – Shiksha Patra – 2:14 – (Forty-one Letters of Spiritual Counsel) ~ Shri Harirayaji (Commentary by Gopeshwarji; Translated by Shyamdas)
Hari is the reward
If there is ever a wish for reward in one’s heart, it should be for the lotus face of Shri Krishna. Hari is the reward because He is always joyful and responds according to the devotional sentiments of His bhaktas. – Shiksha Patra (Forty-one letters of spiritual counsel) 1:15 ~ Shri Harirayaji (Translated by Shyamdas)
The Beloved is found with love
The Beloved is found with love. Even if you have beauty, exalted virtues, A good nature, and high upbringing, These things are not pleasing to God— Nor are high birth, good karma, auspicious signs or Knowledge of the Vedas and Puranas. Sings Govinda, “O friend, if you do not love, What is the point of [...]
Everything will be done
If we do everything for Him, everything will be very beautifully done. – B.R. Shridhar Goswami ~ Guardian of Devotion
Increasing at every moment
Pure love of God manifests as the most subtle consciousness, devoid of material qualities and material desires, increasing at every moment, and never interrupted. – Narada Muni ~ Narada Bhakti Sutra : 54
I meditate on Them in this way
Placing white jasmine garlands in the sky with His repeated smiles and laughter,making all directions full of blue lotus flowers with His moving glances, and planting blossoming sthala lotus flowers on the ground with His footsteps, Lord Madhava walks with Sri Radha in the Vrindavan forest. I meditate on Them in this way. – Sri [...]
The means to achieve the fruit
Where the absence of all means is the means to achieve the fruit and where the fruit, (Shri Krishna) is the means, know that to be the Blessed Path. – Shri Hariraya ~ Pushti Lakshanani
Rare even among sages
You maidens of Braja have promoted the supreme devotion to the Lord. It is rare even among the great sages. ~ Shri Uddhava -Bhagavat Purana ~ 10.47.25
With Supreme Bliss
Decorated with jeweled ornaments, Their limbs move with beautiful grace and drama. Narottama das prays, ‘With supreme bliss I will praise Your divine qualities night and day. This is my desire.’ ~ Narottama das Thakur – Prem Bhakti Chandrika (Yugala Bhajan Nishta : 8)