10 THE PATH OF PERFECTION Yoga as Action 11
with my wife.’? Thus people are going to so much trouble to ac- ing, but it is not increasing. By God’s order, the ocean does not
_ quire a little pleasure. Pleasure is the ultimate goal, but unfor- extend beyond its limit, and if it extends, there is havoc. Lord
tunately, under illusion, people do not know where real pleasure Caitanya Mahaprabhu says that there is another ocean, an ocean
is to be found. Real pleasure exists eternally in the transcendental of transcendental bliss, an ocean that is always increasing. Anan-
form of Krsna. dambudhi-vardhanam pratipadam purnamrtasvadanaml sarvatma-
Perhaps you have seen pictures of Krsna, and if so, you have snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam. By chanting Hare
noticed that Krsna is always jolly. If you join His society, you will Krsna, our pleasure potency increases more and more.
also become jolly. Have you ever seen pictures of Krsna working One who has realized Sri Krsna is always living in Vrndavana,
with a machine? Have you ever seen pictures of Krsna smoking? Vaikuntha. Although a devotee may seem to be living in some
No, He is by nature full of pleasure, and if you unfold yourself in place far from Vrndavana, he is always living in Vrndavana, be- —
that way, you will also find pleasure. Pleasure cannot be found cause he knows that Krsna is present everywhere, even within the
artificially. atom. The Supreme Lord is bigger than the biggest and smaller
. than the smallest. Once we are fully realized and established in
dnanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhis Krsna consciousness, we never lose sight of Krsna, and our bliss is
tabhir ya eva nija-rupataya kalabhih always increasing. This is the true yoga system, bhakti-yoga, as ex-
goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhito pounded by Lord Sti Krsna Himself in Bhagavad-gita.
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami &
‘I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, residing in His own
realm, Goloka, with Radha, resembling His own spiritual figure,
the embodiment of the ecstatic potency possessed of the sixty-
four artistic activities, in the company of Her confidantes
(sahkhis), embodiments of the extensions of Her bodily form,
permeated and vitalized by His ever-blissful spiritual rasa.”
(Brahma-samhita 5.37)
The word rasa means ‘‘taste,”’ or ‘“‘mellow.’’ We enjoy sweets
or candy because of their taste. Everyone is trying to enjoy some ‘
taste, and we want to enjoy sex because there is some taste there. ,
That is called addi taste. Material tastes are different because they
are tasted and quickly finished. Material tastes last only a few
minutes. You may take a piece of candy, taste it, and say, ‘“‘Oh,
that is very nice,’ but you have to taste another in order to con-
tinue the enjoyment. Material taste is not unlimited, but real taste
is without end. Spiritual taste cannot be forgotten; it goes on in-
creasing. Anandambudhi-vardhanam. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says,
‘This taste is always increasing.”’ Spiritual taste is like the ocean
in the sense that it is very great. The Pacific Ocean is always toss-
