Bhakti is like making a choice. U alwats hv to make a choice....Maya or Krishna. When u choose Krishna as the object of ur love, it is Bhakti, when u start loving Him, it's Bhav, when u become one with the supreme love, when that supreme love attains full maturity, it become Mahabhava and this Mahabhava is called Prema. At this stage, a mere mentioning of the name Krishna will flood ur eyes with tears and ur hairs will stand erect, to their ends, a current of love flows across your length. These r certain symptoms of Prema. Bhakti is the concentration of mund in the supreme. It's a continuous process of shunning all base things and awekening the Hladini shkti through the continuous chanting of Hare Krishna Mahamantra. When the Hladini shakti fully awakens, and ur heart is immaculate, saturated with Krishna consciosness,Bhakti is transformed to Prema. At that stage, we see Krishna everywhere, in every minute dust. In stage of Bhati, the individual and his love are separate. In Prema, the individual becomes one with his love, in the sense that he himself becomes the embodied form of that supreme love.

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Shravn Prabhu March 25, 2011 at 1:47am

Rajashree Mataji said,"when i listen to lectures i am getting attracted to prabhujis and their language their knowledge of krihna more than krishna how to solve this problem."

Mataji you are mistaking attraction to Krishna to attraction to Prabhujis. This is truly attraction to Krishna.

When you listen to lectures of Prabhupada, we all feel attracted to him as we are attracted to Krishna. He is the the Acharya and a representative of Krishna. I suggest you to listen and watch Prabhupada's videos and audio.

Then your attraction will be pure.

Hope that helps. Hare Krishna.

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Shravn Prabhu March 24, 2011 at 11:05pm

Ok mataji.

Like Meera, you too can sing Krishna's Names where ever you go.

(yes I do too)

You have my blessings.

Hare Krishna

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Shravn Prabhu March 24, 2011 at 9:43pm

Rajashree Rao Mataji,

Get married to one of the prabhujis and you will not have that problem anymore.

There is no better way to attract a nice devotee husband, than performing Sankirtana. According to the first instruction of Caitanya Mahaprabhu,

...Shreya Kairava Chandrika Vitaranam, Vidya, Vadhu, Jeevanam..

Goddess Saraswati, Uma and Lakshmi are also pleased when you perform Sankirtana.

No need to worship Goddess Uma separately.

Please chant your rounds with supreme attention.

RAO RAGHAVENDRAN GOVINDA March 24, 2011 at 8:57pm

MATAJI FIRST ALL UNFULFILLED DESIRES IS TO BE UNSHAKEN BY ONE OWN EFFORT IT MAY BE ANYTHING THE LORD IS OUR GOAL AND ON THE PATH WE MEET MANY BHAKTAS WHO U ASSOCIATE WITH BUT U CAN LOVE THEM U CAN ASSOCIATES AND GET ALONG WITH THEM DO SEWA AND ATTAIN THE SUPREME ABODE. BUT WE ARE HUMAN BEIGNS AND HENCE TIME ANG AGAIN U SHOULD BE ON CONSTANT WATCH U RE NOT ASTRAY ELSE THE GOAL BE FATHER AWAY. THE prabhji are your testing stones if get attractedthen u are still materialsitic at that moment but as a sewa it is bhav . i amy love somebody it is for the krishna in her or him not his human form

RAO RAGHAVENDRAN GOVINDA March 24, 2011 at 8:41pm

OK BUT LOVE HAS AN OBJECT BAHKTI IS OUTGROWING THE LOVE FOR THE OBJECT

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Shravn Prabhu March 24, 2011 at 1:19pm

Srila Prabhupada says,

"This taste (to listen/Sravanam) leads one further forward to the attachment for Krishna consciousness, and this Krishna consciousness is matured in Bhava, or the preliminary stage of transcendental love of Godhead. When the devotee reaches the stage of real love for Godhead it is called Prema"

Listening to Holy Names and Passtimes of Krishna will lead to Bhava, a preliminary stage of Prema.

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