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1797: The Diametric Opposite of Lust | The Rāsa Līlā Completes

· 54 min · Episode 1797

Episode 1797: The Diametric Opposite of Lust | The Rāsa Līlā Completes

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How does meditating on Krishna's romantic pastimes conquer lust? Not through repression — through a higher meditation. In classical yoga, the very first demand is to root out every vestige of erotic thought. With the meditators on Krishna, the romantic mood became the queen of all meditation. The gopīs' love is the diametric opposite of lust — being entirely selfless. Meditating on something so pure reprograms the heart from within — the counterfeit simply loses its pull. Raghunath and Kaustubha complete all five chapters of the Rāsa Līlā. Krishna's pastimes are not the product of material desire. They are its antidote. And anyone who hears them faithfully will attain pure devotion and quickly conquer the disease of the heart. Srimad Bhagavatam 10.33.35-39

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