What does it mean to be within the Gaudia Vaisnava movements, there are a many of them , it means to be situated correctly somewhere within the ranges of Krishna consciousness practices that Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has revealed and discussed with Ramananda Roy .The international society for Krishna consciousness is the huge branch of Gaudia Vaisnavism that has its branches everywhere , and in its maturing state its devotees are naturally entering into deeper understandings of how the details of Mahāprabhu’s conversation works in a practical and Krishna conscious manner .The full conversation is the full explanation of Krishna consciousness. Nothing should be left ” off the table.” Every stage is perfect for a particular person at a particular time .One who suggests that the full  conversation should not be considered as a means of perfecting Krishna consciousness has misunderstood the purpose of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s appearance.

It’s a question of duties and development of duties,  with the development of knowledge duties change. From knowledge comes renunciation , but a  renouncing of something of lesser value spiritually , only to become attached to something superior in spiritual values , deeper realisations of spiritual truths  . Gaudia Vaisnava’s avoid two witches, the witch of sense enjoyment and the witch of renunciation. What Mahāprabhu is doing in the conversation with Ramananda Roy is to systematically take the dutiful person on a path of changing  duties as well as  spiritual developments . Each process involves a dutiful attitude, and as the duties develop further and further, so does the spontaneous loving attitudes increase leading the processes of deep smaranam and deep spiritual meditations as described by Srila Rupa and Ragganatha das Goswami’s in their writings . The devotee burning his finger in his sweet rice meditations is the clue .

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