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T h e H e a r t
O f
T r a n s c e n d e n t a l
B o o k
D i s t r i b u t i o n
(Experience Burns Brighter than Imagination)
A Dialectic Synthesis of the Correlative Dynamics of Internal and External Pure Devotional Principles
Aindra Dasa
Dedication
This disquisition is dedicated to my beloved spiritual master, Nitya-lila-pravista Oà Vinëupäda Paramahaàsa 108 Çré Çrémad Bhaktivedanta Swami Mahäräja Prabhupäda, and all the Gaudiya Vaishnava Acaryas down to the present day who mercifully took the trouble to present volumes of both ancient and modern transcendental literatures aimed at inculcating upon a most degraded and suffering humanity the inestimable treasure of vraja-bhakti-rasa.
Acknowledgement
Several years ago, upon completing a major part of this treatise, I decided that I had better shelve the thing, despite my deep conviction about the need for this dimension of open and frank dissertation in contemporary Vaishnava society. I was thinking that perhaps the best place for it would be in a grantha- samadhi. After all, Srila Prabhupada had requested me to write a book. He didn’t say anything about taking it to the press. I thought it better to safeguard the peaceful prosecution of my bhajana by avoiding the likelihood of provoking certain anticipated institutional and interpersonal hostilities toward myself. Perhaps after I’m dead and gone someone would unearth the manuscript and publish it as an assortment of novel Aindra-isms to be circulated among the curious. Otherwise, instead of shelving it, another idea was to author it incognito under a pen name.
Subsequently, however, in a dream, I asked Srila Prabhupada whether he had any occasion to go through my book to which he replied, “We will see it when it is published.” This indicated to me his intention that the book should not only be written but published as well. I consider it Krishna’s kind arrangement that a number of sober-minded, pure-hearted Vaishnavas and Vaishnavis came forward to selflessly assist me in the endeavor to produce this work. I am ever grateful to these individuals who sacrificed so much of their time and energy to help me. I only regret that, in a devotional society meant to instill fearlessness and individual thoughtfulness in its members, the atmospheric conditions are such that devotees opt to remain anonymous so as to circumvent the risk of being barbarously burned at the stake by the institutional powers- that-be for exercising their God-given right to freedom of pure devotional expression. Anyway, Krishna knows who they are, and I pray for His unreserved blessings upon them.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
First Heartfelt Effusion
Second Heartfelt Effusion
Third Heartfelt Effusion
Fourth Heartfelt Effusion
Glossary
Foreword
Some transcendental literatures are meant to be loudly recited and discussed in the public forum. Although pointing to the highest plateau of spiritual realization while maintaining a continuity of consequence in the lives of the most elevated Vaishnavas, they basically provide an introductory course designed to instill a prerequisite foundational regard for topics of transcendence in the hearts of those yet to achieve a foothold on the path of unalloyed devotion. Vaishnava writings of a more intimate category, on the other hand, given the esoteric nature of their focus, are meant to be privately relished and discussed among more qualified individuals who have already developed a strong and determined appreciation for the true nature of Krishna as the supreme enjoyer. It would be inappropriate to acquaint people who have yet to be divested of their long- standing envy of the Lord with Radha-Krishna’s most intimate lilas without first philosophically establishing them in the principles of prema-dharma. That one should not cast one’s pearls before swine in no way suggests, however, that books of an esoteric nature should never be written and/or made available to benefit the faithful. Many authorized Vaishnavas such as Bilvamangala Thakura, Jayadeva Gosvami, Prabodhananda Sarasvati Thakura, Ramananda Raya, Rupa Gosvami, Sanatana Gosvami, Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, Jiva Gosvami, Krishnadasa Kaviraja, Kavi- karNapura, Ramai Thakura, Dhyanacandra Gosvami, Narottama Dasa Thakura, Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, and more recently Bhaktivinoda Thakura and others have poetically penned numerous literary works divulging the intimate pastimes of the Lord of Vraja, their own sacred aspirations for divine loving service, and the sublime, confidential process of spontaneous devotional practice for the sake of posterity. In this morbid world, apparently on the verge of corporately imposed global tyranny, such literature affords to the serious student of bhakti-yoga an immense shelter, a tremendous source of solace and spiritual inspiration. This piece, harmonious with the perfect conclusions of the Gaudiya Vaishnava Acaryas, should be sagaciously distinguished as belonging to the more intimate category of transcendental literature. Thus, reference to any part of it in the course of an open discussion would best be done with the reader’s mature discretion.
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The author of this book has ventured to present his own personal insights into the realm of the Absolute with a view to demonstrate for the benefit of the broad-minded individual the tangible tie between the practical performance of maha- mantra-sankirtana and the vital internal realization of one’s constitutional vraja-svarupa. Reading carefully, the sincere pure devotional candidate will clearly ascertain the true purpose of transcendental book distribution and will be favorably impelled to recognize the vigorous performance of the yuga-dharma as the only viable solution to the problems of life in a world fraught with tensions of every description. Wishing well to one and all, we pray the sober reader will gain great spiritual profit, redoubled inspiration, and the potency required for the effective practice and preaching of unadulterated Krishna consciousness.
The Publishers
Introduction
All glories to Shri Guru and Shri Gauranga! All glories to the thunderous congregational chanting of Radha-Krishna’s Holy Names! All glories to the swan-like pure devotees of the Lord!
The great necessity in the forward march of any growing religio-cultural institution is to recognize, encourage, responsibly guide, and positively facilitate the inner spiritual development of the society’s progressive pure devotional aspirants. This treatise strives in its own unique way to inspire a revolution of understanding. It attempts to deepen the self- searching thoughtfulness essentially required to bridge the apparent dichotomy between a sadhaka’s inward bhajana and outward preaching by illustrating the relative importance of each, as well as their interrelation. Those fortunate souls who absorb intimately this message will find the pathway to the highest regions of Krishna-prema clearly open to them, whereas those unfortunates who turn from this message, preferring to attach themselves to shallow, self-aggrandizing materialistic modes of devotion will find their path plagued with obstruction. We sincerely hope to at least touch the hearts of a fortunate few. That alone would be the hallmark of our success and a source of immense satisfaction.
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This small volume will be well regarded by purified clear- headed individuals who are thoroughly honest. Narrow-souled superficialists or spiritually maladroit, externally oriented prakrita-bhaktas of meager metaphysical or internal devotional acumen will have to muster the requisite spiritual integrity to deeply enter into the spirit of this dissertation. The subject matter of this book, like the highly elevated topics revealed in the later cantos of Shrimad-Bhagavatam, should not be intruded upon by the ineligible, hypocritical, corrupt, or envious. If the boot in any way fits, promptly close the book.
What need is there for any further introductory elaboration? It is as it is. Generously remitting the numerous literary imperfections herein, simply open your heart and allow the substance of this presentation to transport your inner- dimensional quantum beyond the confines of vapid ecclesiastico-conservative conventionalism to a Krishna conscious paradigm of enriched profundity. Hare Krishna!
First Heartfelt Effusion
My dear Lordships Shri Shri Radha-Shyamasundara! Crying at the lotus feet of Shri Guru, one very fallen and destitute soul humbly offers to You the following unrestrained stream of prayerful outpourings for Your kind and considerate audience.
My dear beloved Lordships! Let me have not only this one body with only one head upon which are placed only two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, and one mouth in which I find only this one pathetic tongue.
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Let me have not only this one dead body upon which I find only one clumsy cranium wherein we may assume there be at least one exiguous lump of dull brain stuff.
Let me have not only this one frail figure from which extend only two sluggish legs and two feeble arms with no more than one leisurely hand on the end of each.
Let me be not only this single insignificant someone with but this one heart, one life, and one sub-atomic soul to dedicate most inadequately to Your urgently required large-scale distribution of transcendental literatures.
If You wish to offer me any benediction, then please let me have hundreds and thousands, nay, even millions and billions of stout and strong bodies, either all at once or one after another or both.
On each body let me have hundreds, thousands, even millions of heads, each with hundreds of eyes and noses, thousands of ears, and millions of mouths, each endowed with billions of fabulously fortunate tongues.
Moreover, let me have trillions of most capable brains and innumerable hale, hardy, and enthusiastic legs, arms, hands, hearts, and happy selves to fully dedicate to the earnest service of Your ministrative task of worldwide transcendental book distribution.
What is the use of a soul who cannot expand into thousands of beings, each having millions of bodies? What is the use of having million of bodies if each body doesn’t have billions of heads?
What is the use of each body having billions of heads if each head doesn’t have trillions of brains and trillions of mouths with trillions of gracious tongues in each?
What is the use of having trillions of brains if each brain doesn’t command quadrillions of intelligences with which to find the novel ways and means to drop zillions of transcendental time-bomb books into the laps of the fallen conditioned souls?
What is the use of having innumerable legs, arms, hands, hearts, lives, and geniuses if everyone and everything is not solely dedicated to the service of Your mission to inundate the whole planet with zillions upon zillions of transcendental literatures eulogizing Your unlimited names, forms, qualities, and pastimes in Your limitlessly divine supramundane realm of eternity, knowledge, and bliss – Shri Vrindavana-dhama?
My dear Shri Shri Radhe-Shyama! What is the use of having innumerable hands, each distributing transcendental literatures by the billions and trillions, if as an outcome of it all, not even one soul becomes Your fully self-realized, pure, unalloyed kevala-madhurya-premika devotee?
What is the use of billions of brains scheming to optimize the printing and proliferative dissemination of billions upon trillions of transcendental literatures if even one soul with even only one body with merely one head with but a single mouth with just the one tongue could not even come to the position of, at least even just only but once, relishing the immortal nectar of Your pure Holy Name (shuddha-nama) which is fully inclusive of Your sublime, internal spiritual potencies?
What would be the use of distributing millions upon billions upon trillions of sublime rasa-saturated scriptures if, as a result of all the hustle and bustle, not even one soul attains the fruit of vraja-prema, vastu-siddhi, the ultimate perfection of gaining Krishna’s direct shelter in the bhauma-lilas as a follower of the damsels of Vrindavana, beyond the hope against hope suppositional domain of wishful thinking?
If as a consequence of distributing countless billions of Your transcendental literatures one could not ultimately realize the perfection of one’s sthayi-bhava in one of the five primary rasas befitting Your loving service in the beautiful land of Vraja, what would be the actual accomplishment?
What a folly if, while incessantly promulgating hundreds of thousands upon billions, trillions, or even innumerable quadrillions of small, medium, big, and maha big books to boot for billions of lifetimes, one does not bother to advance one’s internal devotional eligibility (adhikara) in Krishna consciousness to triumphantly deserve entrée into Your bhauma-lilas for the real attainment of one’s sac-cid-ananda- siddha-deha as a vraja-gopa or gopi!
What a perfidy if, by broadcasting countless volumes and volumes of transcendental scriptures, not even one thoughtful book distributor could fortunately gain the essential penetrating insight to deeply discover the esoteric truths behind the black (Krishna) letters on all those white (Radha) pages!
To what avail are millions of bodies with millions upon billions upon trillions of heads, eyes, ears, noses, mouths, tongues, brains, feet, legs, arms, and hands – all simultaneously serving to distribute millions upon billions upon trillions upon quadrillions of unlimited transcendental literatures all over the world, nay, all over the universe, anywhere and everywhere, immediately and incessantly forevermore – if even one pure- hearted book distributor could not verily gain, by mature, intensified hari-nama-bhajana-ruci, the momentous realization that, in truth, our only real business is to sit in Your holy lands of Mayapura and Vrindavana and constantly chant Your self- same prema-nama?
What is the use of it all, if we don’t recognize that the purpose of our book distribution is to encourage as many others as possible to become pure-hearted, fully self-realized niskincana bhajananandis who are the fittest to propagate the Holy Name by their ecstatic performances of prema-nama- sankirtana which forever stands as the only true jaiva-dharma of every jiva soul without exception?
What would be the use of it all, if we could not become factually freed from the insanity of not clearly knowing who we really are in terms of the intricacies of our ultimate, intrinsic, eternal spiritual identity (vraja-svarupa)?
What would be the use, if no one could become enlightened beyond the very vague notion of being a transmigrating, ten-thousandth-of-a-hair-tip, subatomic brahman particle floating around on the life airs of a temporary, therapeutically engaged, superficially designated, rotting corpselike defecating bag of bones masquerading as a so-called man, woman, brahmacari, grihastha, sannyasi, vantashi, brahmana, ksatriya, pot washer, pujari, temple president, G.B.C., guru, devotee, or even (hold my tongue) eminently exalted book distributor?
My dear Lordships! What is the use of constructing hundreds and thousands of pompously opulent temples, worshiping thousands and millions of grandiosely ornamented Deities, distributing umteenzillions of books, (mis)managing millions and billions of bucks, filling billions and trillions of bellies, and congregating a society of hundreds of thousands of semi-conscious squabbling neophytes, if even one soul amidst the menagerie could not ultimately achieve the supremely privileged maid-service of the treasures of Your lotus feet as You endlessly enjoy Your transcendental nikunja-lilas in Your eternally resplendent realm of Vraja-dhama?
My dearmost beloved Lordships Shri Shri Radhe-Shyama! If, however, as a result of all such laborious efforts even just one fortunate soul could somehow or other by Your unbounded special causeless mercy finally, even if after billions and trillions of lifetimes of devotional struggle, attain that most cherished goal of life, then by all means, please let there be thousands and millions of “brihat-mridanga” printing presses, each producing millions and billions of transcendental literatures describing Your unlimited names, forms, qualities, and madhurya-lilas in the sweetest of all sweetest lands, Shri Vrindavana-dhama.
If in the last, even just a single person consequently becomes Your consummately pure unalloyed vraja-gopa or gopi, serving to further exhilarate Your already limitlessly expanding ocean of transcendental bliss, then let thousands and millions of transcendental book distributors each with billions of intelligences find trillions of newer and newer innovative methods of inducing quadrillions of conditioned souls to take to the process of hearing pure, nectarean Krishna-katha.
My dear beloved Shyamasundara! You are the ultimate impetus behind all events in the three worlds. Please let hundreds of thousands of book distributors each distribute by the millions and billions while tolerating all types of tribulations if in due course even one of them can come to clearly realize by practical experience the integral correlation between the external activity of propagating Krishna consciousness in the world and the internal culture of the selfless bhavas of the vraja- gopis, who relish ten million times the happiness of their own meetings with You by making the arrangements for others to get the happy chance to have Your delightful company.
Let thousands and millions of externally oriented prakrita- bhaktas fill the atmosphere with endless streams of prajalpa, faultfinding, backbiting, and fratricidal bickering, on top of all the petty institutional and interinstitutional wrangling and war – what do we care for it?
Let the over-intelligent, doggedly resorting to materially contrived managerial stratagems, injudiciously undermine the essential principle of keeping single-minded confidence in the lucid instructions of the institutional Founder-acarya; they’ll have to learn the hard way – as will the attendantly implicated!
Let hundreds of heedless sannyasis and guru-figureheads plunge from their pompous pedestals owing to their often sentimentally justified, inappropriately frequent, and overextended proximity in dealings with their female disciples and so on. Why should we lament or bother ourselves to in any way condemn or condone; these things are going on – and on – and will continue to go on and on and on . . . Trust no future however pleasant.
Let the upper-organizational oligarchy essay to save face by repeatedly rehashing their clandestine attempts to cloak the pitiable transgressions of the institutionally rubberstamped guru-figureheads. Let them, on the plea of “protecting” the “faith” of their unwary disciples, in the name of service to the Absolute Truth, perpetuate the farcical façade of Guruji’s infallibility while groping for patchwork reformatory measures, lest there be appurtenant embarrassment for all concerned. Oh well, anyway . . . All glories to Kali-yuga! What could we expect? Hari bol! God helps those who help themselves. Man is the architect of his own misfortune. Let destiny prevail. We can fool some of the people – some of the time, right? It all comes out in the wash.
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