“Control your emotions.” Srila B. S. Goswami Maharaj. May 27, 2019. Gupta Govardhan

In English

— Q: Sometimes during kirtan I start crying. And it’s not tears of joy at all, it’s something more like pain and at that moment I cannot stop it. I don't know what it is, I think that perhaps some negative emotions from the past. I have to go to another room to cry out and then return to kirtan. Before I had such tears only sometimes when was singing bhajans for Lord Nrisimha Dev and I was not thinking about it because was singing to Him only once a year on the Day of His appearance. But now it happens also sometimes during kirtans. I want to ask you why this happens and what can I do to stop it, because I'm not sure it is ok?
— Devotion or emotion?
— “Crying for Krishna.”
— Saraswati Thakur suppresses his ecstatic emotions not to mislead neophytes.
— Stanislavski method or “Acting as a way of salvation”.
— Imitative devotion.
— Revolutionary statements of Saraswati Thakur.
— We should repeatedly acknowledge our limitations.
— Raga-bhakti.
— How to adjust yourself to understand the truth?
— Mahaprabhu’s ecstatic trans.
— Bhaktivinod Thakur and Saraswati Thakur are not practitioners.
— Bhajan — direct service to the upper world.
— Gaurakishor Das Babaji Maharaj and attempts to imitate him.
— Causeless and irresistible.
— The sentimental by nature.
— Get your emotions under control — then resume.
— Dr. Mukuda and Haridas faint due to their devotional feelings.
— Service to Srimati Radharani is the target of the great devotees.
— Krishna-prem doesn’t exist in this world.
— Siksastakam: the glories of the holy names.
— Mahaprabhu says, He doesn’t have Krishna-prem.
— Associate with those who appreciate and serve them.

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