Brahma-Samhita das commentary (Chat 6th June 2010)

Sunday Chat 6th June 2010 "The preaching in Bucaramanga"

You are amazed when hearing about the advancement of the movement in Colombia. I heard a devotee once describe the amount of devotees on a sundayfeast is some on the temples there. "you have to climb into the pots to dish them after" :)

When I was in ISKCON before joining with Gurumaharaj I had the idea that Krishna consciousness is really ecstatic only if there is thousands of devotees in the kirtan. (like in the chandradoya mandir in Mayapur) big scale is the only nectar. Every thing have to be BIG!
Then when I met Gurumaharaj in in Mayapur we spent the Gourpurnima together with Him and a small amount of devotees. Gurudeva said that this is sweet :) you cannot have a personal relationship with thousands of people simultaneously anyway :) and spiritual life is all about personal relationships. This was a twist of thinking for me. I can hear many times Gurudeva say that when the temples grow big many problems arise, so Gurudeva send his disciples to the next town to open a new center and in this way keeping it small and in a pioneering spirit.
We want the whole world to take up to Krishna consciousness but still we want it small and sweet with less politics and more inspired natural leaders and dynamic helpers.

We want it big (audarya) but small and sweet (madhurya). :)
The dynamics of Goloka allows such a reality. A place with innumerable millions and trillions of devotees that eternally remains a small forest village.

Cintamani prakara sadmasukalpavriksha
lakshavriteshu surabhir abhipalayantam
laxmi sahasra sata sambrahman sevyamanam
Govindam Adipurusham tam aham bhajami

//Brahma-Samhita das (Sweden-Bulgaria)