Srila prabhupada Nectar of devotion Attraction for Living in a Place Where Krishna Has His Pastimes In the book Padyavali by Rupa Gosvami there is the following statement about Vrndavana: In this place the son of Maharaj Nanda used to live with His father, who was king of all cowherd men. In this place Lord Krishna broke the cart in which the Sakatasura demon was concealed. At this place Damodara, who can cut the knot of our material existence, was tied up by His mother Yasoda. A pure devotee of Lord Krishna resides in the district of Mathura or Vrndavana and visits all the places where Krsnas pastimes were performed. At these sacred places Krishna displayed His childhood activities with the cowherd boys and Mother Yasoda. The system of circumambulating all these places is still current among devotees of Lord krsna, and those coming to Mathura and Vrndavana always feel transcendental pleasure. Actually, if someone goes to Vrndavana, he will immediately feel separation from Krishna , who performed such nice activities when He was present there. Such attraction for remembering Krsnas activities is known as attachment for Krishna. There are impersonalist philosophers and mys tics, however, who by a show of devotional service want ultimately to merge into the existence of the Supreme Lord. They sometimes try to imitate a pure devotees sentiment for visiting the holy places where Krsna had His pastimes, but they simply have a view for salvation, and so their activities cannot be considered attachment.
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