Knowing Krsna’s Energies 67

teachings of Lord Caitanya should experience and
relish the feelings of separation, not of meeting.

The gosvamis, disciples of Lord Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, the most perfect and highly elevated
beings, never said, “I have seen Krsna.” Instead,
they constantly cried, “Where is Radharani? Where
are Lalita and Visakha and the other damsels of
Vrndavana?”’ In their mature stage of love of God-
head, when they were living in Vrndavana, the
gosvamis would also cry, “Radharani, where are You?
Where are Your associates? Where are You, O son of
Nanda Maharaja? Where are you all?” In this way
they were searching after Krsna, and they never at
any time said, “Last night I saw Krsna dancing with
the gopis.” Such claims are not made by a mature
devotee, but by one who takes things very cheaply.
Some people think that Radha and Krsna are so
cheap that They may be seen every night, but this
is not the teaching of the gosvamis who were always
searching after Krsna crying, ‘““Where are You? Where
are You Radharani? Where are You Krsna? Are You
there by Govardhana Hill? Are You on the bank of
the Yamuna?” In this way, throughout the whole
tract of Vrndavana, the gosvamis were crying and
searching after Radha and Krsna like madmen.

We have to follow in the footprints of the
- gosvamis and search out Radha and Krsna in this
way. Vrndavana is in our hearts, and we must search
for Him there. This is the process recommended by
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the process of worship in
separation. Feeling separation from Krsna, Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu would throw Himself into the
