ratikala
Istha gosthi
Namaskaram Prabhu ji's
In conversation with a freind recently it occured to me that many do not understand quite why we place so much importance on the worship or Glorification of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai , (Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu) , .....
Although the reasons exist on many levels the first and perhaps most easily understandable is that as Vaisnava we beleive the supreme lords true nature to be beyond our mundane comprehension , ..we consider our selves too lowly and too contaminated by material attatchments to be able to approach the supreme lord directly , thus we seek the 'Mercy' of one who acts as an intermediary thus we place great importance upon worship of Guru and Goranga , ...
this may be even more confusing to a non Gaudiya as Some Gaudiya place great importance on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu himself others upon Nityananda and the remainder on both equaly , .....this has even at times caused some confusion between different Gaudiya traditions , yet it should not , ....
Perhaps we shoud begin with the Question of 'Mercy'
...why do we go first to the feet of the servant ?
...why cant we go streight to the top , ....why cant we approach Krsna or Visnu directly ?
In conversation with a freind recently it occured to me that many do not understand quite why we place so much importance on the worship or Glorification of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai , (Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu) , .....
Although the reasons exist on many levels the first and perhaps most easily understandable is that as Vaisnava we beleive the supreme lords true nature to be beyond our mundane comprehension , ..we consider our selves too lowly and too contaminated by material attatchments to be able to approach the supreme lord directly , thus we seek the 'Mercy' of one who acts as an intermediary thus we place great importance upon worship of Guru and Goranga , ...
this may be even more confusing to a non Gaudiya as Some Gaudiya place great importance on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu himself others upon Nityananda and the remainder on both equaly , .....this has even at times caused some confusion between different Gaudiya traditions , yet it should not , ....
Perhaps we shoud begin with the Question of 'Mercy'
...why do we go first to the feet of the servant ?
...why cant we go streight to the top , ....why cant we approach Krsna or Visnu directly ?