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Kṛṣṇa says that all the Vedas, including Vedānta... If somebody says the Vedānta is describing impersonal Brahman, but Kṛṣṇa says …

Therefore my society, Vaiṣṇava society, has particularly given me this title, Bhaktivedanta. Vedānta means bhakti. It is a challenge to …

But actually they do not know Vedānta means bhakti. Real Vedānta commentary is Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Bhāṣyaṁ brahma-sūtrāṇām **. Brahma-sūtra means this …

And vibhum. Vibhum means the greatest. Nobody is greater than the Supreme Lord. Rāmākhyam jagad-īśvaram. And He is Rāma. We …

Sura-gurum. Sura means the demigods, and gurum is spiritual master. Sura-gurum. Just like Arjuna is sura, and his guru is …

This is the version of the rascals, that Rāma... Especially there is a class who are known as Ārya-samājīs. They …

So vande 'haṁ karuṇākaraṁ raghu-varaṁ bhu-pāla-cuḍāmaṇi. So he is offering his respectful obeisances to the Lord Rāma. Karuṇākaram. He comes, …

Therefore He is karuṇā-ākaram. Ākaram means mine. He is the great mine of mercy. Karuṇākaraṁ raghu-varam. And because He appeared …

Now today is our Rādhāṣṭami ceremony. I must speak now something about Rādhārāṇī, and then I shall go up, reach …

So when paraṁ brahma wants to enjoy... That enjoying spirit is there in the paraṁ brahma. Otherwise we cannot have …

So brahman, brahman sukhānubhūtyā. People are trying to feel what is brahma-sukha, pleasure of brahmānubhāva. That is not material pleasure. …

So many brahmacārīs, so many sannyāsīs, they are trying to achieve that Brahman pleasure, and in order to achieve that …

Don't talk of ourselves. We are ordinary men. In the history we have got instances, that of Bharata Mahārāja, Bharata …

He was also prince, not ordinary man, and he was kṣatriya, and he was always enjoying with beautiful woman. That …

There are many hundreds of instances in Indian history that to realize the Brahman pleasure they gave up everything. They …

This Kṛṣṇa, He's enjoying lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānam [Bs. 5.29].

Hundreds and thousands of goddess of fortune are engaged in His service. Do you think these lakṣmīs are material woman? …

Ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ [Bs. 5.37].

In the Brahma-saṁhitā you'll find that He expands His ānanda-cinmaya-rasa, the mellow of transcendental pleasure potency. And these gopīs are …

So Rādhārāṇī is not... Don't take that Rādhārāṇī is an ordinary woman, like we have our wife or sister or …