"Next, he goes on to practice the remembrance of Krsna's pastimes; generally, these will be pastimes that facilitate meditation upon the holy name. The lila-smarana or pastime meditations also gradually become one with the holy name, form, and qualities of the Lord. At this point, the first rays of namarasa, or the transcendental mellows of the holy name, dawn on the horizon of perception. Progressively, the devotee's practice of lila-smarana intensifies to the point where he begins to meditate on the most confidential pastimes of the Lord known as the asta-kaliya- lila, or the eightfold pastimes of Radha-Krsna. When his meditation reaches maturity, rasa rises in full glory.

The svarsiki process of worship

"Asta-kaliya-lila smarqana is also known as svarsiki worship. In this stage of bhajana, Lord Krsna manifests Himself according to the time and place of the pastime being meditated upon. Now the devotee realizes the full grace of his spiritual master, who, in his eternal spiritual form (siddha-svarupa), guides the disciple to a sakhi or gopi, who in turn introduces him into the pastimes of the Lord. Of all the gopis, Srimati Radharani, the daughter of King Vrsabhanu, is the acme of excellence. She embodies the highest spiritual sentiment, mahabhava; serving Krsna under Her leadership is the most sublime spiritual experience.

Buddhists do not believe in a life of hedonism because they believe in the law of karma (that is, a person's actions in this life will affect his existence in his next life) and because they preach that happiness can be obtained not through sensual enjoyment but only through ceasing to exist (the bliss of nonexistence—nirvana).
Siddhaswarupanda

"The five main rasas or spiritual mellows are: santa (neutrality), dasya (servitorship), sakhya (friendship), vatsalya (parenthood), and srngara or madhurya (conjugal love). Of these, srngara is the highest. Devotees eligible to enter the conjugal rasa are the intimate followers of Sri Krsna Caitanya. In this rasa, Lord Krsna has many yuthesvaris or female group leaders, but everyone prefers Srimati Radharani. She is the direct manifestation of Lord Krsna's svarupa-sakti or spiritual potency, and all the other vraja-gopis are Her expansions. She is the absolute embodiment of all the rasas. It is therefore essential that the rasika devotee enrolls in Her yutha or group. Service to Lord Krsna in Vraja is impossible without first taking shelter of the vraja-gopis. One should enter Srimati Radharani's camp and serve directly under Lalita-devi.