Is using Radha Kunda tilaka authentic?

From Parampara Vani P

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question from paramparavan prabhu is it authentic to use radhakund tilak answer certainly there is nothing wrong with using radhakund tilak different devotees can have different devotional sentiments and accordingly they can use differently some devotees may use water from radhakund for the tilak that they use for gopichandan so that is also wonderful the principle point is that we don’t develop sahajiyahic tendencies by such things just because I am wearing radhakund tilak that doesn’t make me more advanced and generally speaking devotees follow a particular standard it is not good for us to advocate some other standard but if we feel inspired by something there is absolutely nothing wrong in it some devotees for example while chanting in between every mantra every around they may feel like reciting one verse of shikshashtakam because it inspires them some devotees may want to chant namacharya shihrdas thakur ki jai several times before they start chanting there is absolutely nothing wrong with that but that should not be imposed now that may be inspiring for them and they shouldn’t make themselves appear special in front of others because of doing that nor should they make others feel low down because they are not doing that so prabhupada has given us a standard and if we wish to supplement that in some other way because it inspires us we have full freedom to do that but we should not make that supplementary the same as that which is necessary and we should not let the supplementary replace the necessary that means if I don’t chant the guru pranab mantra and I just chant namacharya shihrdas thakur ki jai then that is not proper so with respect to radha kund tilak in general in our devotee community there is no senior devotee that raises an objection to it and that is not seen as sahajiya then we can do that and we can wear it and if somebody asks we can tell them about it but it’s not that we have to go around advertising it so generally the important point is that we don’t go about importing into Krishna consciousness as a standard that which was not given as a standard by Srila Prabhupada but that we have to follow the standard doesn’t mean that every single devotee has to be a xerox copy of every other devotee there is room for individuality and if something inspires us we can do that but don’t make that as a standard on others and radha kund is very sacred and radha kund dashas if we are using then we have to be extremely careful that we don’t let it fall on the ground and then our feet touches it or somebody else’s feet touches it all those things should not happen but at the same time if we feel inspired by that if it invokes greater remembrance of Krishna for us then we can do that of course if you would like to do things a little more discreetly that means we are not setting an example this is not a bad example but this is a different example and if we don’t want to set a different example and still we want to remember radha kund and stay connected to radha kund then a more discreet that means less visible way of doing it could be using radha kund gel in our tilak so we can have the normal tilak like everyone else so the color is not different from what others have at the same time we are also not cutting off a connection that can inspire us so overall we can do this as a supplement but don’t make that as a standard for others to follow thank you