Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered Raghunatha dasa Gosvami to Svarupa Damodara. Under the shelter and guidance of Svarupa Damodara, Dasa Gosvami followed the process of service in Vraja.
 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu instructed Dasa Gosvami:
amani Manada hana krsna-nama sada la'be
vraje radha-krsna-seva manase karibe
Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 6.237
 
Do not expect honor, but offer all respect to others. Always chant the holy name of Lord Krsna, and within your mind render service to Radha and Krsna in Vrndavana. By sincerely chanting the holy names, while respecting all according to their position, and not being eager for respect from others, the tendency to serve Radha- Krsna in Vraja shall arise.
 
As a result of pure chanting, the Lord's form shall appear in the heart, followed by His qualities and pastimes. At that stage, absorption of the mind in Radha-Krsna's pastimes will be natural, not artificial. Krsna and His names are non- different. When one purely chants these, He will come in the heart and perform His loving pastimes with all His associates. His lila-sakti, pastime potency, is always with Him. She gives the tendency and qualification to serve Krsna.
 
When greed comes to serve Krsna in one's eternal spiritual form, in time, that greed shall reveal one's eternal loving mood towards Krsna. Then one begins to serve Krsna under the guidance of His associates. This love matures sequentially through higher and higher degrees up to mahabhava.
 
Nourished by transcendental nectar, or rasa, the soul develops its spiritual form and nature and becomes related to God Bhakti with a feeling of loving intimacy is dear to Krsna. That is the only kind of worship present in Vraja. Caitanya Mahaprabhu manifested this process in the heart of Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, and through him, distributed it to the world. Dasa Gosvami showed by his own example how to pray for the attainment of that intimate loving mood.
 
This Vilapa-kusumanjali is a collection of the prayers of Dasa Gosvami offered like flowers to the lotus feet of the Divine Potency of Krsna, Srimati Radharani. By offering the heart to any mundane person, one becomes devoid of all potency and goodness. However, surrendering to Her, one attains all knowledge of Krsna's service and becomes related to Him and His associates without any extraneous effort.
 
The masses emphasize more on Dasa Gosvami's intense renunciation than his intimate loving mood. Indeed, evidence of the validity of Mahaprabhu's highest conception was shown in the life of Dasa Gosvami as he engaged in manasi-seva in Vraja. To take Raghunatha dasa Gosvami's guidance, taking shelter of his writings is essential. Then one can experience the transcendental nectar that flows through our line. If one takes shelter of this book, he will become firmly fixed in the conception and line of Mahaprabhu. This is our Guru-varga's instruction and conception.
 
There are two types of anuraga–daksina-bhava and vamya-bhava, right-sided and left-sided. On the left side are our Guru-varga, the followers of Srimati Radharani. But how can we collect this anuraga and continuously be present with it? Therefore very strong sadhana is necessary. If there is no strong sadhana, then it will not be possible to keep and preserve in your heart anything you try to catch. It will come and go; nothing will be
sweet and present near you for long.
 
chapanna danda ratri dine
jane na radha-govinda bine
tara para cari danda suti thake
svapne radhe govinda dekhe
 
He knows nothing but Radha-Govinda throughout the day and night (56 dandas: 1 danda is 24 minutes). He takes rest for only 4 dandas (1 hr. 36 min.). At that time in his dreams he receives darsana of Radha-Govinda.
The Guru-varga are serving all day long. Within the day they only take rest for one or two hours, and even as rest they are serving in krsna-lila.
To attain such a state of spiritual rapture, we must follow the Gosvamis' example. This is described in the prayer:
 
sankha-purvaka-nama-gana-natibhih kalavasani-krtau
nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau catyanta-dinau ca yau
radha-krsna-guna-smrter madhurimanandena sammohitau
vande rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau
Sad-gosvamyastakam 6