CAN THE DEVOTEES READ RASA LILA ON THEIR OWN?

The rasa-lila, the circular dance of love described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, is in many ways the most important.

The divine dance takes place one moonlit autumn night when the cowherd maidens (gopis) of Vrindavana, upon hearing the sound of Krishna's flute, sneak away from their families to be with Him. 

Accordingly, Vaishnava commentators make one thing perfectly clear: romantic love between human beings is a diminished, compromised reflection of the soul's original, ecstatic love for Krishna, God, in the spiritual world. 

Studying the rasa-lila under a bona fide spiritual master allows one to realize this as a ual mastertangible truth. It also allows one to develop love for God, just as the gopis do in their dance of love.

So, one should not read the Rasa Lila without the guidance of the Spiritual master.