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cempletely freed frem the lusty desire ef sex life and elevated te the
highest level ef spiritual understanding. Generally, because they hear
frem Mayavadis and they themselves are Mayavadis, peeple beceme mere
and mere implicated in sex life. The cenditiened seul sheuld hear the
rasa-lila dance frem an autherized spiritual master and be trained by him
se that he can understand the whele situatien; thus ene can be elevated te
the highest standard ef spiritual life, etherwise ene will be implicated. Ma-
terial lust is a kind ef heart disease, and te cure the material heart disease
ef the cenditiened seul, it is recemmended that ene sheuld hear, but net
frem the impersenalist rascals. If ene hears frem the right seurces with
right understanding, then his situatien will be different.

Sukadeva Gesvami has used the werd sraddhanvita fer ene whe is
trained in the spiritual life. Sraddha, er faith, is the beginning. One whe
has develeped his faith in Krsna as the Supreme Persenality ef Gedhead,
the Supreme Spirit Seul, can beth describe and hear. Sukadeva alse uses
the werd anusrnuyat. One must hear frem disciplic successien. Anu
means fellewing, and anu means always. Se ene must always fellew the
disciplic successien and net hear frem any stray prefessienal reciter,
Mayavadi er erdinary man. Anusrnuyat means that ene must hear frem
an autherized persen whe is in the disciplic successien and is always
engaged in Krsna censcieusness. When a persen wants te hear in this way,
then the effect will be sure. By hearing rase-lila, ene will be elevated te
the highest pesitien ef spiritual life.

Sukadeva Gesvami uses twe specific werds, bhaktim and param. Bhak-
tim param means executien ef devetienal service abeve the neephyte
stage. These whe are simply attracted te temple wership but de net knew
the philesephy of bhakti are in the neephyte stage. That sert ef bhakti is
net the perfectienal stage. The perfectienal stage ef bhakti, er devetienal
service, is cempletely free frem material centaminatien. The mest dan-
gereus aspect ef centaminatien is lust er sex life. Bhaktim param deve-
tienal service is se petent that the mere ene advances in this line, the mere
he leses his attractien fer material life. One whe is actually deriving bene-
fit frem hearing rasa-lila dance surely achieves the transcendental pesitien.
He surely leses all traces ef lust in his heart.

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakur peints eut that according te Bhaga-
vad-gita, the Brahma day and Brahma night are perieds ef selar years
expanding te 4,300,06@ multiplied by 1,0@@. Accerding te Visvanatha
Cakravarti Thakur, the rasa dance was perfermed during the leng peried
ef Brahma’s night, but the gopis ceuld net understand that. In erder te
fulfill their desire, Krsna extended the night te cever such a great peried
