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          caritamrta quoted above, this is a contradiction or paradox
          beyond the comprehension of the mundane intelligence.

          Srila Prabhupada writes, “Srila Jiva Gosvami has explained
          this desirelessness as bhajaniya-parama-purusa-sukha-matra-
          sva-sukhatvam in his Sandarbhas. This means that one should
          feel happy only by experiencing the happiness of the Supreme
          Lord.” (SB 2.3.10 purport).


          7 April 2003
          The latest in the ever expanding repertoire of  ISKCON
          speculative chants is  susvagatam jagannatha, susvagatam
          baladeva, susvagatam radha etc.

          Following in the tradition of such popular favorites as jaya
          jaya radha ramana haribol  this is adapted from a popular
          Hindi bhajan cassette.

          Susvagatam (welcome) is offered to a guest when he enters a
          person’s home. But Jagannatha is the Lord of the Universe – it
          belongs to Him, not us. We should be fortunate if He welcomes
          us to His spiritual abode. This chant is thus particularly
          inappropriate when sung in the Lord’s temple. It is like going
          to someone’s house and on arriving there greeting him with
          “Welcome!” Such an utterance could be taken as an illegal
          attempt to falsely establish one’s own proprietorship.

          It could be stated that in bhaava-seva a devotee may welcome
          the Lord, but this chant is adapted from a commercial cassette,
          not from the bhaava-seva of genuine acaryas.


          30 June 2003

          Srila Prabhupada writes in his Nectar Of Devotion in chapter
          16 about the practices of raganuga-bhakti. He says that those
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