Our Relationship is Certainly Based on Spontaneous Love

Hare Krsna, all Glories to Srila Prabhupada. Dear Prabhus,

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Srila Prabhupada has come to give us spontaneous love!

"Our relationship is certainly based on spontaneous love. That is why there is no chance of us forgetting one another. Srila Prabhupada also saw me with such love."
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, in a letter to Srila Narayana Maharaja

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, expressed His love to His Siksa disciple. Can you afford to offend such a great soul?

From Srila Prabhupada's original handwritten letter!

Srila Prabhupada's Letters From America to Srila Narayana Maharaja. Letter c/o Gopal Agarwal from Butler, Penn. Sept. 28, 1966. pg. 15.

"I received your letter dated 20.9.66 on time. Our relationship is certainly based on spontaneous love. That is why there is no chance of us forgetting one another. By the mercy of Guru and Gauranga may everything be auspicious for you. This is my constant prayer. From the first time I saw you I have been your constant well-wisher. At his first sight of me Srila Prabhupada also saw me with such love. It was in my very first darsana of Srila Prabhupada that I learned how to love. It is his boundless mercy that he has engaged an unworthy person like me in fulfilling some of his desires. It is his causeless mercy to engage me in preaching the message of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha..."

Srila Prabhupada's comments on spontaneous love:

Madhya 23.55 Life' s Ultimate Goal--Love of Godhead
"After the mellow of servitorship, there are the mellows of friendship and paternal love, which increase to subordinate spontaneous love. The greatness of the love found in friends like Subala extends to the standard of ecstatic love of Godhead.

SB Introduction " Creation"
Devotional service is conducted under two categories, namely primary practice and spontaneous emotion. When one can rise to the platform of spontaneous emotion, he can make further progress by spiritual attachment, feeling, love, and many higher stages of devotional life for which there are no English words. We ...

SB 1.8.35 P Prayers by Queen Kunti and Pariksit Saved
... accept the Lord as the supreme authority and thus render service unto Him in spontaneous love. A living being cannot help but render service because he is constitutionally made for that ...

SB 1.8.36 P Prayers by Queen Kunti and Pariksit Saved
... to change his present vision by developing a different condition of life full of spontaneous love of Godhead. When Sri Krsna was personally present on the face of the globe, not ...

SB 1.9.30 P The Passing Away of Bhismadeva in the Presence of Lord Krsna
... Him. He wanted to see Sri Krsna for a long time out of his spontaneous love for Him. Because he was a pure devotee, he had very little to do with ...

SB 1.9.39 P The Passing Away of Bhismadeva in the Presence of Lord Krsna
... the mystic is mechanical, whereas that of the pure devotee is natural in pure love and spontaneous affection. Bhismadeva was a pure devotee, and as a military marshal he constantly remembered the ...

SB 1.11.1 P Lord Krsna' s Entrance into Dvaraka
... became alert to receive Him in the befitting manner. These are the signs of spontaneous love of Godhead.

SB 2.4.16 P The Process of Creation
... Him loving transcendental service. This devotional service to the Lord is always based on love of God and is distinct from the nature of routine service as prescribed in karma-..., but one who fully surrenders unto the Lord to render service unto Him, out of spontaneous love for Him, factually assimilates the essence of all knowledge described in the Vedas. One who ...

SB 3.4.10 P Vidura Approaches Maitreya
... devotion was mixed. The Lord reciprocates with His devotees on the basis of transcendental love and not on the basis of philosophical knowledge or fruitive activities. In the transcendental loving ... activities. The gopis in Vrndavana were neither highly learned scholars nor mystic yogis. They had spontaneous love for the Lord, and thus He became their heart and soul, and the gopis also ...

SB 3.9.5 P Brahma' s Prayers for Creative Energy
The word paraya is very significant. Para bhakti, or spontaneous love of God, is the basis of an intimate relationship with the Lord. This highest stage ...

SB 3.9.33 P Brahma' s Prayers for Creative Energy
... that in the transcendental world the service of the Lord is based on transcendental love. Transcendental loving service is never to be compared to the forced service of the material ... atmosphere because there is no forced service. There the transcendental loving service is due to spontaneous love. A reflected glimpse of such service is experienced in the service of the mother unto ... of service by friends, parents or wives are not forced, but are due only to love. Here in this material world, however, the loving service is only a reflection. The real ... in the transcendental world, in association with the Lord. The very same service in transcendental love can be practiced in devotion here.

SB 3.21.24 P Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
... have no material desires for sense gratification but serve the Supreme Lord out of spontaneous love for Him are called akama. Sakama devotees are divided into four classes--those in distress,...

SB 3.29.13 P Explanation of Devotional Service by Lord Kapila
Lord Caitanya teaches us how to execute pure devotional service out of spontaneous love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the Siksastaka, He prays to the Lord:...

SB 6.1.15 P The History of the Life of Ajamila
... divided into two divisions: (1) santata, devotional service that continues incessantly with faith and love, and (2) kadacitki, devotional service that does not continue incessantly but is sometimes awakened. Incessantly ... ) may also be divided into two categories: (1) service performed with slight attachment and (2) spontaneous devotional service. Intermittent devotional service (kadacitki) may be divided into three categories: (1) ragabhasamayi, devotional ... is almost attached, (2) ragabhasa-sunya-svarupa-bhuta, devotional service in which there is no spontaneous love but one likes the constitutional position of serving, and (3) abhasa-rupa, a slight glimpse ... to undergo prayascitta, atonement, are superseded. Therefore atonement is certainly unnecessary when one has achieved spontaneous love and, above that, attachment with love, which are signs of increasing advancement in kadacitki. Even in the stage of abhasa-rupa ...

SB 7.5.23-24 P Prahlada Maharaja, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakasipu
... these devotees!" In this statement the word "friend" is specifically used to indicate intense love. Friendship, therefore, is better than servitude. In the stage above dasya-rasa, the devotee accepts ... devotee is pure in heart the opulence of his worship of the Deity diminishes as spontaneous love for the Personality of Godhead is manifested. In this regard, Sridhara Svami mentions Sridama Vipra,...

Adi 1.55 The Spiritual Masters
... relationship in which a devotee and the Lord are bound by a tie of spontaneous love. To achieve this love should be the goal of life for every living being.

Adi 1.60 The Spiritual Masters
... Godhead, and if he steadfastly proceeds in this way, he is certainly elevated to spontaneous love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Adi 3.20 The External Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
... He also distributed the process of devotional service performed on the platform of transcendental spontaneous love. To teach the highest principles of spiritual life, the Lord Himself appeared as a devotee ...

Adi 4.15-16 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
prema-rasa--of the mellow of love of God; niryasa--the essence; karite--to do; asvadana--tasting; raga-marga--the path of spontaneous attraction; bhakti--devotional service; loke--in the world; karite--to do; pracarana--propagation; rasika-sekhara...

Adi 4.15-16 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
... from two reasons: He wanted to taste the sweet essence of the mellows of love of God, and He wanted to propagate devotional service in the world on the platform of spontaneous attraction. Thus He is known as supremely jubilant and as the most merciful of all....

Adi 4.21-22 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
... the footsteps of self-realized souls. Their pure devotion (suddha-bhakti), manifested from pure love of Godhead, surpasses the regulative principles of the authoritative scriptures. Sometimes loving ecstasy transcends regulative ... cannot be imitated. The regulative principles help ordinary devotees rise to the stage of perfect love of Godhead. Pure love for Krsna is the perfection of pure devotion, and pure devotional service is identical with spontaneous devotional service.

Adi 4.26 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
... principles in devotional service are meant for those who have not invoked their natural love of Godhead. When natural love arises, all regulative methods are surpassed, and pure love is exhibited between the Lord and the devotee. Although on such a platform of love the devotee sometimes appears to predominate over the Lord or transgress regulative principles, such dealings ... veneration. A devotee who is actually free from all designations due to complete attachment in love for the Supreme exhibits spontaneous love for Godhead, which is always superior to the devotion of regulative principles.

Adi 4.26 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
... significant of pure affection. When devotees worship their beloved as the most venerable object, spontaneous loving sentiments are observed to be lacking. A neophyte devotee who follows the Vedic instructions that regulate those who lack pure love of Godhead may superficially seem more exalted than a devotee in spontaneous love of Godhead. But in fact such spontaneous pure love is far superior to regulated devotional service. Such pure love of Godhead is always glorious in all respects, more so than reverential devotional service rendered ...

Adi 4.31 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
The spontaneous attraction of Sri Krsna for His dearest parts and parcels generates an enthusiasm that obliges ... transcendental form, the very same separation, being absolute in its nature, strengthens the ties of love and enhances the desire of the lover and beloved to meet. The period of separation,...

Adi 4.33 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
vrajera--of Vraja; nirmala--spotless; raga--love; suni'--hearing; bhakta-gana--the devotees; raga-marge--on the path of spontaneous love; bhaje--they worship; yena--so that; chadi'--giving up; dharma--religiosity; karma--fruitive activity.

Adi 4.33 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
"Then, by hearing about the pure love of the residents of Vraja, devotees will worship Me on the path of spontaneous love, abandoning all rituals of religiosity and fruitive activity."

Adi 4.33 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
... dasa Gosvami and King Kulasekhara, have recommended with great emphasis that one develop this spontaneous love of Godhead, even at the risk of transgressing all the traditional codes of morality and ...

Adi 4.260 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
... control only by pretense, but She cannot help showing the external signs of Her spontaneous love for Lord Krsna."

Adi 4.265 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
raga-marge--on the path of spontaneous love; bhakta--the devotee; bhakti--devotional service; kare--does; ye prakare--in what way; taha--that;...

Adi 4.265 The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya' s Appearance
"I shall teach devotional service, which springs from the spontaneous love of the devotees, by demonstrating it Myself with My pastimes.

Madhya 1.43 The Later Pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
... and surrendering everything for His pleasure. There is also a discussion of raganuga-bhakti (spontaneous love of Godhead), of the specific purpose of becoming a devotee of Lord Krsna, and a ...

Madhya 2.86 The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
... did not inject personal opinion in the Caitanya-caritamrta. He has simply described his spontaneous understanding from superiors. If he had been carried away by someone's likes and dislikes,... the subject matter for realization. Mundane scholarship and its concomitant attachments and detachments cannot arouse spontaneous love of Godhead. Such love cannot be described by a mundane scholar.

Madhya 8 Talks Between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya
... He then spoke of detached action, knowledge mixed with devotional service, and finally the spontaneous loving service of the Lord. After hearing Srila Ramananda Raya recite some verses, Sri Caitanya ... explain the higher platform of devotional service. Then Srila Ramananda Raya explained unalloyed devotional service, love of Godhead, and serving the Lord in the moods of pure servitude, fraternity and parental love. Finally he spoke of serving the Lord in conjugal love. He then spoke of how conjugal love can be developed in various ways. This conjugal love attains its highest perfection in Srimati Radharani's love for Krsna. He next described the position of Srimati Radharani and the transcendental mellows of love of God. Srila Ramananda Raya then recited a verse of his own concerning the platform ... technically called prema-vilasa-vivarta. Srila Ramananda Raya also explained that all stages of conjugal love can be attained through the mercy of the residents of Vrndavana, especially by the mercy ...

Madhya 8.70 Talks Between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya
... devotional service rendered in accordance with the regulative principles, and the second refers to spontaneous loving service of the Lord without extraneous endeavor. Henceforward the basic principle underlying the talks between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya will be...

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