Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how one should understand their spiritual development in Krsna consciousness]
Prabhupada: Generally Krsna-prema is the highest stage.
Guest (2): Is it right to say that Krsna-prema is the perfection of Krsna consciousness?
Prabhupada: Perfect is always. That is the highest stage. That we cannot relish. Just... All the rasas in relationship with Krsna is perfect. But according to different devotees' taste... That I already told. Everyone says, "My relationship with Krsna is the best." Everyone thinks. But it is for the outsider to consider that "This stage, conjugal love, this is better than the Krsna's relationship with His servants or with the trees and..." That is our calculation. But in the Krsna consciousness field... That is called Absolute. Every taste is as good than the other. That is oneness, Absolute.
Hamsaduta: So Prabhupada, a neophyte devotee, he may think it might be very nice to be Krsna's friend, but he may actually be a blade of grass and he'll be fully satisfied when he comes to that stage.
Prabhupada: No. If he thinks like that, then he should cultivate that knowledge in that way. Yes. That is described in The Nectar of Devotion and Teachings of Lord Caitanya.
Hamsaduta: But that may not be his actual position. It may be something else.
Prabhupada: No. But when, at the time of devotional service, if such impetuses come, that means he has got such relation. It is to be developed. That's all. That means the actual relationship with Krsna is coming out gradually. It is being developed. So one has to develop it, following the footsteps of the Krsna's friends in Virndavana. These are described here. Yes. Not directly. No. You cannot say that "I have become Sudama." No. You have to follow the footsteps of Sudama. "I have become mother Yasoda." No. You have to follow the footsteps of mother Yasoda. That is real position. And as soon as you say, "I am Yasoda. I am Su...," then it is as good as the Mayavadis say, "I am God." You see? So dasa-dasanudasa. That process should be followed.
[SB: 6.3.16-17 - Gorakhpura 10 Feb 1971]
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