You went for your PhD without going to KG ….…..

"G u r u m u k h p a d m a v a k y a"

You went for your PhD without going to KG ….….. Nectarean Mellows

The loving affairs of Radha Krsna are very, very difficult to understand for who is still on the bodily concept of life. As long as there is even a tinge of false ego in the heart we cannot truly understand the transcendental affairs of Radha and Krsna, anyabhilasita- sunyam jnana-karmady- anavrtam anukulyena krsnanu- silanam bhaktir uttama this the qualification to actually enter into the understanding of Radha and Krsna's pastimes that we must have unmotivated pure devotion, untinged by philosophical speculations or the desire to enjoy the fruits of our activities. Bhagavad Gita says, avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum asritam param bhavam ajananto mama bhuta-mahesvaram that fools deride Me when I descend into the human form, they do not know My transcendental nature, My Supreme dominion over all that be.
I remember, I will never forget; I once gave a lecture and there were many esteemed guests in that lecture; one was an American man who received his PhD, his thesis was Gita Govinda by Jayadeva Goswami. He received his PhD at a Banaras University in Varanasi and after the lecture I just spoke basic philosophy; he said, "I have a question for you swamiji". "Yes, what is your question? "Of all the gods why do you worship Radha and Krsna?" He said, "I am an authority, I have my PhD and the study of Radha and Krsna and I know what they did in those bushes of Vraja, I know what kind of love affairs they had, they weren't even properly married. Why do you want to worship such a lusty god?" Hare Krsna!! Anyways he was telling me this as he was smoking a cigarette and I said to him that my dear sir, with all due respect, I think you went for your PhD without going to KG (kindergarten) , I think you forgot and skipped over the first standard, the second standard. KG for us is no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling and no meat eating and no smoking cigarettes. And besides that Bhagavad Gita is the preliminary study dehino 'smiyatha dehe kaumaram yauvanam jara tatha dehantara-praptir dhiras tatra na muhyanti, Do you know the difference between the body and the soul? And if you do, why are you so much attached to the things of this body? The transcendental love affairs of Radha and Krsna are the highest expressions of pure unalloyed ecstasies in the spiritual world; they do not even have the slightest tinge of material contamination. As I was speaking, his wife was pulling him saying it is time for breakfast we should go and he said I have to go and eat breakfast and he told me what was on the table waiting for him. Hare Krsna! !
So Krsna says avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum asritam param bhavam ajananto mama bhuta-mahesvaram; fools deride Krsna, they do not know His transcendental nature, His Supreme dominion over all that be.
H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj