Please Accept My Humble Obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Guru & Gauranga.
All Glories to the Associates of Sri Mahaprabhu.
Hare Krishna
I am a bit confused. I know that Lord Krishna's Gopi's of Vrndavan are the best devotees of the Lord.
I have always wanted to be a Cowherd boy playing in the field with Lord Krishna and Sri Balaram....maybe it is because of my attachment to my male body.
I sometimes wish to just see the Gopi's like Lalita and Rukmini and Radharani of course, but just to serve them from a distance. I don't think it is proper for me to be around such beautiful women. I'd rather stay around Lord Baladeva & Sri Krishna and serve Them.
Is this an offensive thing to think of? Aren't the Cowherd boys also of Vrndavan?
Please forgive me if I have committed an offense in asking this question.
Gauranga Hari Bol!
Your Aspiring Servant,
Bhakta David
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Hare Krishna dear Devotees, please accept my humble obeisances! :-) All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
yes as Ashish Prabhu told the ultimate goal is to become das das das anu das. And until we are not agree of becoming even dust or blade of grass under the Lotus Feet of Vrajabasis then it means that we are not ready yet to go There.
we can cry as like a naughty child saying that "no i want this , that...." but in the Spiritual world this sly trick does not work :-)
For this time we have to read Srila Prabhupada's Books, chant our 16 rounds, eat Prasadam, go to the Temple dance, sing, serve to Devotees and very soon Krishna and Guru will reveal to us our own position.
Your servant,
David Prabhu,
Hare Krsna! In Goloka, you can find any body you want. It depends what form of pleasure you seek.
Well if I aspire to be a cowherd boy and if I have enough blessing, sure why not? For that matter I would like to be dust on HIS lotus feet.
You are so humble. I am not on your Divine level. I wish to play games and be the Lord's friend.
I have always thought of Sri Krsna as father and friend.
Forgive me if this is offensive.
Hare Krsna Prabhu jee! See to be anything else, there will be big queue. I am opting short-cut. :-)
Anyway jokes apart, I do not think that pleasure will be less in any form, Goloka has infinite of all. And then you can enjoy all rasa, if you are a dust.
Also if you are dust you can never ever imagine even to think of being like HIM, another plus, you are saved from potential sin.
hare krishna David prabhu
dandawats_/\_
Srila Prabhupad ki jai....Guru Maharaj ki jai......Haribol
Prabhu, as far as I have learnt from lectures of Vaishanava Gurus ,we are not pure devotees yet, so we cannot know what is our position in lotus feet of Krishna. So we must only try to become only das dasanudas i.e. servant of servant of......servant of krishna. We cannot know that should we become Gopi or Gop-bal i.e. cowherd boys or anybody else.
your servant
Ashish Sharma