Transcendental Topics Never Become Stale

[Paramhamsa Vani]

Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!

In our math you will find that every day the devotees repeat the same thing—every morning and evening there is aratika and kirtana. Is there anything new? They have already heard this! But, our Guru Maharaja and Param-guru Maharaja instructed us that we must repeatedly hear these things, daily. There is aratika in the morning, midday, and evening—the same program every day. We hear the glories of Vaishnavas, the glories of the Guru—all is the same every day. Even Krishna-nama is the same.

Narada Goswami has been uttering the Krishna-nama from time immemorial. But still, he cannot completely taste Krishna-nama. When speaking of the glories of the utterance of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna’s name, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said ‘prati-padam purnamrta-asvadanam.’ At every step, you experience the taste of full, complete, transcendental ambrosia. It will never become stale. God is transcendental and worshipper of God is also transcendental. God is infinite and worshipper of God, the Vaishnava, is also infinite. Their qualities are infinite. If you say, “I have finished it; it has become stale; find something new for me,” then you have not understood anything. Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not hear about the lives of Dhruva and Prahlada once only. “We have not yet heard the full story,” He would say. We might say that we have heard the biographies of Dhruva and Prahlada, but Caitanya Mahaprabhu wished to hear the full biographies not one time, but one hundred times. “Again!” He would say, “Please tell Me again.” If, after hearing, you have the desire to hear again, then you have entered into the spiritual, devotional realm. Otherwise, you are outside and have learned nothing about spiritual life—nothing.

---Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj