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What is the characteristic of God? God is the guardian of the whole universe, but what is his characteristic? Ultimately, in the Veda, the ancient literature of India, and in the Srimad Bhagavatam scripture, and in the teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu our divine guide, it is said very clearly that God is love and beauty.

The highest conception of God is that he is Krishna. He loves everybody and He is very beautiful and charming. It is very easy to feel happiness when we live our life in connection with him. We will feel “I want to experience that Krishna conception of God. I want to live there with Krishna.”

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Hegel was a good German philosopher and in his philosophy, he has given a concept:
the Absolute Truth, the Prime Cause of everything, must have two qualifications. What are they? It must be by itself and for itself.

Please try to pay attention. ‘By itself’ means that He is His own cause—nothing else created Him. If anything has created Him, that creator will have the primary importance. Therefore, to be the Absolute He must be anadi, eternally existing and not created by anything. The Absolute must have this qualification.

The next qualification is that the Absolute Truth is ‘for itself’. He exists for His own satisfaction, not to satisfy any other. If His existence was for the purpose of satisfying any other entity, that would make Him secondary and He would not hold the prime position.

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1. The spiritual realm is inconceivable, but still, we are to try to understand things according to our capacity, faith, and realization. Above all, we have to accommodate within our minds, that sweetness is sweet, and truth is truth – however strong it may be.

2. We want affinity in intimacy with Gurudeva, and it is he who has the connection with the Centre – with the Substance. If I can maintain a bona fide relationship with Gurudeva, then automatically I shall get Him.

3. Only faith is not treacherous: it will remain with the soul – within – giving hope, prospect and sustenance. Home comfort.

4. Krsna is the Autocrat but He is sweet. And you will also get sweetness, fulfillment and love by following in the footsteps of that Autocrat. Beauty is the Autocrat; Sweetness is the Autocrat; Love is the Autocrat – and that is beyond All-Law.

5. “Om” means a big “Yes”. Whatever you are searching for, it exists. What your inner heart hankers after, that exists and is existing. Whatever apparently you see, you must go to the inner substance – the Super-subject. The Lord of your search is there.

6. Sincere search is necessary for the aspiring devotee so that his Krsna conception may not be only a sham – a hypocritical endeavor. And you will get help in that direction from the real devotees.

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Love your environment. Sincerely try to love one another and you will find yourself in Vrindaban, Chintamani Dham, the land of Krishna, under His guidance.

Just try to find your sweet self within that domain. There you will live in sweetness where all movement is like dancing and speech is a song, the water is nectar and the trees are kalpataru – whatever you like they are giving to you. Your innermost self is entitled to live in that divine civilization.

— Ideal Reality

Divine Words of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhar Deva Goswami

The Lord is always there, even in the worst period of our lives. He is waiting, waiting to help us. We must only look up for His grace, with sincerity with all sincerity. He is everywhere, waiting:

“My boy, look at Me. Don’t make much of the external environment. I am here, very near to you. You have cast your focus aside, you have cast your consciousness outside. Make it internal and you will find Me here. Make it above. You are looking down to secure servants and comforts, but if you look up, for existence higher than you, you will find Me in that plane. Look up! Don’t look down, searching for servants.”

Divine Words of Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara deva Goswami Maharaj

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to direct us to our real interest within:

“You do not know your own heart. You are a foreigner to your own heart and its demand.
There is a wealth within your heart – try to find it: eliminate the foreign things, and you will find your heart to be a temple of Krishna. With the help of a
proper guide, search your own heart and you will find Krishna there. This is not a foreign thing to you.

Every heart is a temple of the Lord. It is your property, it is your home. Back to God, back to home.”

Divine Words of Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhar deva Goswami
–sermons, vol 1

We will receive help from the revealed Scriptures, and from the many saints and agents who are also coming from that plane to bring us into harmony.
The religion of highest harmony has been given by Mahāprabhu Śrī Chaitanyadeva who explained devotion on the basis of Śrīmad Bhagavatam, the book which is understood to be the real conclusion of all the revealed scriptures.

In this way, He explained that energy or power is not the highest thing, but knowledge is above it. Knowledge can control power and give a beneficial result, but further, knowledge itself also holds a lower position: above it is love and affection, and that is the highest. Neither knowledge nor power, but only affection can give us fulfilment of life.

Mercy is higher than justice. Justice only exists where there is the necessity of laws, rules, etc., but in the realm of the Absolute Autocrat, who is the Absolute Good, there can be no question of any apprehension about Him. He is Absolute Good, an Absolute Good is an Absolute Love and Affection, and that is home!

DIVINE WORDS of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhar deva Goswami

prabala bhaktir ajitendriyan api visaya-bhogad-uddharati –
badhyamano ‘pi mad-bhakto, visayair ajitendriyah
prayah pragalbhaya bhaktya, visayair nabhibhuyate

SB.11.14.18

Intense devotion delivers even persons of uncontrolled senses from worldly enjoyment –

“A person adopting the path of devotion may suffer the obstacle of his mind loitering somewhat in thoughts of mundanity, due to former habits of sensual dalliance. As he cultivates devotion, his service aptitude develops. And the more his boldness to serve increases, the more that materialistic devotee is gradually able to curb his attraction for the mundane. The only cause of failure for such aspirants is their lack of sincerity.”

Srila B.R Sridhar Dev Goswami Maharaj