|                            Narada,   the celestial sage, was once so shocked at the ignorance of  the  Gopikas, that he volunteered to put them through some  spiritual lessons.  After coming to Brindavan, he noticed  that these cowherd girls who were  selling milk or curds  were calling, "Govinda, Narayana," instead of the   wares they were selling; so immersed were they in  God-consciousness.  They did not know that they had sold off  all the milk; they still  wandered on, calling out the names  of the Lord. They had no vishayavasana, that is, no  wish for sensual objects; and so they had no ajnana   (ignorance). Narada concluded that they had no need for his  lessons  instead he prayed to them to teach him the means of  getting that  yearning and that vision of the all-pervading  Krishna. To conquer  egoism, no rigorous system of exercise,  breath control or complicated  scholarship is necessary! The  simple Gopikas, have demonstrated this  truth.                           -  Divine Discourse, Apr 15 1964.                            |