Radhe krishna Raas leela in Vrindavan, the cosmic dance of creation.

The land that vibrates with eternal love of gopis for lord Krishna.

Vrindavan is the land where good morning is "radhe radhe", good evening is radhe radhe, thank you is radhe radhe, and please is also radhe radhe! The rickshaw fellow, the hotel guy, the restaurant man, the priest, everyone is constantly saying radhe radhe..

Radhe radhe

When we asked someone, why radhe radhe and not radhe shyam, they said, radhe and shyam are one! Such profound insight, which is common for everyone at vrindavan. Amazing. This is the perfect example of adwaita, where there are no twos, only one! 

I am in the hub of devotion of Krishna and love of Gopis... The vibration of the place is just amazing.

Swami Vishwanands honouring ceremony.

At Vrindavan...our gurudev Swami vishwananda, who gave kriya yoga to us as a part of bhaktimarga, had a celebration event in the ashram at vrindavan... A place managed by lady Swaminis! I had the privilege of meeting a few enlightened souls here...

Our guru sant dyneshwar was honoured in kashi 600 years back. I did not witness that event...i felt as if i am there, right now as observe, participate and immerse myself into this event... An Amazing feeling with over 2,500 people from all the over the world... From more than 50 countries.

This trip just happened.. a meeting that was being planned for a long time in Delhi, was fixed exactly a day before the event....

This has opened up the path to imbibe the raas leela... On its own...

https://bhaktimarga.in/ click here to see what the sampradaya, the ashram and it's events is all about.

Darshan.

During the darshan given by guruji to all devotees, from 4.30 in the afternoon to 2.30 at night, this is almost 10 hours non stop! Something only a yogi can do. guruji looked into everyones eyes one by one. One could feel him, looking at your soul and establishing a connection to the divine through him. Thanks to mitul, my dear friend, this was possible. 

Aum chanting organizer blessing.

In this trip, i got the blessings to become the organiser for aum chanting sessions.  When the blessing was given, guruji held my head in his arms, and blew his breath in the top of my head, just like blowing a candle. This process has cleared the channel to recieve divine blessings through the sahasrar chakra. Now the path to get more aum chanting circles, to contribute, to value add, is clear.

Devi katyayani darshan.

Took darshan at Devi katyayani one of the shakti peetha... Here is where Gopis prayed to have krishna as their lord. This is a place with very very powerful vibrations. As the evening arti started, the combined sounds of the large Bell, the mantras, the chorus of the people, the lamp lights by the priest, all created a magical atmosphere.

Banke bihari darshan.

This was marked by the ultimate rush and crowd you can imagine! A glimpse of the lord, a few moments of silence within is all that we could get.

Boat Ride in yamuna river.

Preceded by feeding the cows nearby and protecting the spectacles and mobile from monkeys, we prayed to the Holi river my chanting yamunashtakam.

Krishna avatar.

Krishna is not a Devi or devta, it is a poorna avatar of Vishnu. With Krishna, you can establish any relation like mother, friend, lover, master, which you can not with other avatars like lord Rama. Krishna displays the entire splendor of the lord. 

When you read about Krishna, or for that matter, anything, you have to grasp the gist, the symbolism, the message of the story. Otherwise, besides a feel good factor, there is no or little transformation in the self. The objective is here to accelerate the transformation...

Raas leela, the cosmic dance.

I heard many stories of Gopis, radarani, raas leela, how it still happens in nidhivan at night, bhajans of radhe Krishna. Hari ananta. Hari Katha ananta. As the lord is infinite, so are his stories, leelas, infinite. They all invoke love, devotion, rituals, kirtan, Bhajan, mantras, for the devotees.

First Gyan and then bhakti.

Until the knowledge of self is clear, what is being done by everyone is upasna. Bhakti starts after Gyan is clear. This originates from the clarity that as i am not my roles, they are my roles, all the desires of attraction or aversion, linked to roles are not mine. I am chadananda rupah, shivoham shivoham. The path to saguna Krishna, through nirguna Shiva is the quickest, as it is not based on emotions, but a deep personal experience of vedanta and becoming a jeevanmukta.

Normal meaning of raas leela.

This is seen as a dance with Gopis, who are engrossed in raas and think only about lord Krishna. Various people have different interpretations... Right from love, to awe, to garba, to romance, some even equate it to moral misconduct! Some don't believe that it still happens! 

Time of krishnas life during raasleela.

Krishna raas leela was only with the Gopis. It was not with others. It was at a time when he was around 11 years of "age". The Gopis kept waiting for him just like a lover would. In the true sense, he never left vraj and his presence is universal. The story is an example of the highest level of devotion, which is also explained in narad bhakti sutras. "Yatha vrajgopikanam".

Symbolic Representation of raas leela

While Radha represents shakti, energy, prakrti, yang, krishna represents Shiva, purusha, male, Satya, yin. Together they are in a cosmic dance. While Shiva represents the nirguna roopa or the steady sum sound, form less, merging of everything into a single form, raas leela represents the union of yin and yang the positive and negative, male and female, creating and growing the universe. Both, nirguna and saguna co exist at the same time. The raas leela is not just about the Gopis and krishna, it is about the entire universe. This cosmic dance is perfectly enjoyable and takes one into AnandMaya kosha... Where you see the entire creation as the manifestation of your inner self, not any thing external. Naturally, as self love is the highest form of love, and is within, your love for the creation over flows. Hence radhe and Krishna are shown together always.

Love and dharma.

Now, just like a mother disciplines the child, even though she loves him or her, you play the roles, with love, care and value addition to others lives, while doing what is needed for that role, as your dharma. If it means killing a person, as a soldier on the battlefield, you go ahead and do it, as your duty or role, not let love come in between and forgive him, that would be adharma. 

Spirituality and dharma.

So being spiritual, being connected with the universe, strengthens the dharma or duties associated with the role. Instead of making you lost within. It provides clarity like the sun, illuminating everything. It propels one into action, rather than just being within one self, doing nothing.

Spirituality enables you to take greater responsibilities.

As you are the self and the universe is the manifestation of your own inner self, it is natural that you get immense clarity to perform your roles, take up new roles, that are bigger, wider, deeper, without any fear or greed.

No fear and no greed 

As everything is one consciousness, who is afraid of whom and who can give whom. So where is the question of greed and fear, of attachement and aversions?

We are like actors in a play.

We are all like actors in a play. The show is saguna, while the pauses between the acts when the actor does nothing, is nirguna. These pauses can be very small, like the pause between saying two words. This action, nothing, action, nothing is the cosmic dance. You can not have constant action. There has to be an infinitely small pause, which you can be aware of, if attentive, otherwise it looks just like a flow.

Saguna nirguna in breathing.

Example, when we breathe, the inhale and exhale are the saguna form. However for a moment, when the breath direction reverses, it is still. This is the nirguna form. (This is one of the techniques given in the 112 techniques of bhairav tantra).

Saguna nirguna in the world.

All around us, in thoughts, events, objects, people, roles, there are pauses and there is a flow. There is Shiva and there is raas leela. 

Saguna nirguna in samadhi.

Even the process of samadhi undergoes this process of nirguna and saguna as one moves from gross to the subtle, step by step this will be covered in another blog...

Saguna and nirguna in mathematics.

 look at this through mathematical aspect

The zero and infinity are related. Anything multiplied by zero is zero and anything divided by zero is infinity. Zero is the causes and infinity the effect. They are both two sides of the same reality.

Saguna and nirguna merging together

When everything merges together, like all seven colours on a wheel, when rotated, appear white, when all the sounds are merged, it is aum. When the elements merge earth to water to fire to air to space, only space remains. 

The creation and dissolution is the process that it eternal this is described in bhagavat Gita in the vishwaroopa darshan given to arjuna by the lord.

Saguna and nirguna in quantum physics

In quantum physics electrons have a dual nature, particle and energy. This duality of nothing and everything is manifested everywhere. 

Divine connection.

The connection to this state of the universe is the key. This is done in today's world by simply understanding a few key principles. 

The one who understands this and experienced this, and is aware of it, with internal aum at all times, is the one who has crossed the triade of body energy and mind and in into self and bliss, which are true manifestations of the soul. 

Three powerful resources at your disposal.

The body, energy and mind are now at the command of the self, without attachment and aversions, to unleash the full potential of value addition to the world. You will see them as three tools to add value.

Radhe Krishna as a mantra.

Based on the chakras and it's sounds, this involves the first 5 chakras. This can be co related by observing the chakra letters.

The combination of trio.

The

knowledge of adwaita vedanta,

the nirguna realisation

and the saguna manifesting

is the unique combination, which can happen with the blessings of adi Shankaracharya, lord Shiva and lord Krishna.

Realisation of the purpose of life.

This is the dual purpose of life. Self liberation when alive, (not after death) and well being for all....

जीवनस्य प्रयोजनं द्विविधं 

जीवन्मुक्तिः सर्वलोककल्याणं च l

This is very similar to what ramkrishna mission is aligned to. The words may be different, the direction is the same.

I sense that it's time to move from sound to light, from aum to music, from Gyan to bhakti.

Blessing.

May you experience this state within at the earliest and contribute your good gifted talents for the benefit of all. Loka samasta sukhino bhavantu.