“As Krsna dances with the gopis, we also try to dance in the ball dance, the same imitation. But the ball dance does not endure. We become frustrated, because it is only shadow.”
“Big, big rich men, they go to the ball dance.”
“You go to ball dance and so many other dances, you pay for it. But we don’t charge.”
“Krsna’s rasa dance should never be compared with any kind of material dance, such as a ball dance or a society dance. The rasa dance is a completely spiritual performance.”
“So we should not take Krsna’s dancing like our ball dance. No, that is mistake. If we understand Krsna’s dancing, then we become liberated. It is said in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that instead of reading some books of this ball dance, if you read about Krsna’s dancing, then what will be the result? The result will be hrd-roga-kamam apahinoty asv acirena dhirah.”
“In the rasa dance, Krsna performed the rasa dance, not exactly the ball dance… But it is an imitation of that rasa dance. Because you cannot have any idea of anything without its being originally in Krsna. Janmady asya yatah [Bhag. 1.1.1].”
“There is similar dance, just like ball dance in your country. But the specific significance of this dance was that Krsna bifurcated Himself in so many boys as many girls there were, and they began to dance in pair. That is sum and substance of rasa-lila. So if you go to Vrndavana and if you like to dance with Krsna, the facility is for you. That is the ultimate goal of our life. If you want to love Krsna similarly as the gopis loved, you can have the chance.”
Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.25 – Chicago, July 9, 1975
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