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Seeing Krishna through hearing. Nectarean Mellows

We cannot see Krishna through our eyes but we see Krishna through hearing the subject matter from the scriptures and from the vaisnavas.

Bhaktisiddhant Saraswati Thakur, when he would go to Jagannath temple in Puri, he would stand behind the Garuda Sthamba, same place Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu would stand. The reason He did this? He said, “It is because Garuda is a param vaisnava. He is a great devotee. He is a lover of Lord Jagannath.

Jagannath would certainly be looking at him because of his great surrendering in devotion. Jagannath has very big lotus like eyes, bigger than any eyes in this entire world and He sees everything and everywhere. But the question is what is He pleased to see? Because Krishna sees not only our bodies but Krishna sees our desires, motivations, intensions, and Krishna is only pleased where there is love. If we do not have love in our hearts, Krishna sees but He is not pleased to see us. When we come before the deities, we may think, oh Krishna is dressed so nicely.

It is not that Radha Gopinath are like some short of bollywood cinema that we go to see what they are wearing today? That’s all right, better than going to bollywood cinemas. But if we really are in the mood of a Vaisnava or the devotee, we come before Krishna so that Krishna is happy to see us.