Originally posted by: Viswasruti
It is heartening to read about the initiative taken byMinaxi to explain the RK love in such a beautiful way.
Cynthia, these Epic stories are reminders of the great cultural heritage that is unique to India. Eastern philosophy and Thought are entirely different from Western philosophy and its perspective regarding God and Religion.
The ambiguities here are part of the Divine Love of RadhaKrishna for the purpose of lending it vibrancy and excitement.
The right perspective is to look at the Radha Krishna Leela as “The play of Divinity with its own self”.
The divine beings R&K descended on this earth to define universal love from a new perspective. Until their flourishing love on earth, the love considered as a taboo to discuss openly, has only for a specific purpose, for the continuation of the creation , but Krishna has given a new meaning to love, a divine, eternal meaning through the free expressions in group dances and roaming on the river bank at night, assemble with milkmaids at one place whenever he wants to entertain, this God is God of Love, a fond love associated with bonding, not lust, he has given a divine honor to love ,he never insulted any woman in his life. Radha never wanted to think about anyone after her initial meeting with her Krishna.
Yes , there are many stories regarding these eternal lovers, about their romantic overtures for each other [ Jayadeva’s Ashtapadis, written around 15th –17th-century poet Jayadeva ]their divine longing throughout their life, in many folklore stories. In Devi Bhagavatam, Brahma Vaibtra Purana, Radha is mentioned as the source of infinite Laxmi, Shakti to Krishna, for whom the feminine assistance was undercurrent for his energy, who needed female support to accomplish his hardest mission on earth, i.e, eliminating the sin and establishing the harmony in human relationships.
The Divine love of Radha Krishna has achieved the awareness of creativity by manifesting itself simultaneously in the forms of humans at four different states of self-awareness. They are –Jagriti – in which in this state the ‘human’ experiences through sense organs all kinds of pleasures, this is the ‘gross’ or ‘sthul’ state. Some scriptures said that they derived pleasure from each other, expressed their love through their body and soul , a relationship which needs a stamp of marriage from the society, for this in BVP Krishna explained,” how can I marry myself? Radha has not a separate entity in this world, we are one, one soul and united in Param atma as paramatma, how can I marry myself?” But in the same Puran ,Brahma performed R&K marriage in a forest away from public glare. There also Krishna has given an explanation, "I am here on earth in the form of a human, have to follow the norms of a human in this society, so, by owning Radha I regained myself again on this earth." Both ways he is right, and if we ponder more there, many meanings we’ll be able to get.
The later stage of their bonding is –Swapna [ dream ] This is a subtle ‘sooksma’ state. In this state the intellect, the senses get merged with the mind. The desires and concepts that get germinated from whatever is seen or heard during the ‘jaagrit’ state, and the ‘illusory world’ that appears real based on these is the‘swapna’ (dream) state. This I think refers to their bonding through their soul after their separation. They were there for each other , but lived separately in different places, united with divine bonding .
The next stage of their love is –Sushupti, this state is like ‘samadhi’ or ‘fainting’. In this, one does not have to elevate the consciousness in one's self. In this state, the subtle desires are experienced through the atma ,the soul. For this, there is no need of any body to unite, it is nothing but the unity of two souls, not illusory but in the divine luminosity.
The fourth and the most important stage is –Turiya---This is the state of salvation (moksha),and ‘oneness’ in which all perceptions of duality disappear. Nothing besides God is perceptible. They are divine and one, though lived at separate places for specific purposes!
But these two initial ‘dualities’, Radha and Krishna are eternally fully aware of their primary pre-manifestation ‘oneness’! Radha is definitely the soul of Shri Krishna. She is the undivided form of Shri Krishna.She will remain a mystery unless one can know her inexpressible divine elements.
It should be noted that the act of the “outflow” stemming from Krishna is “Dhara” and its “inflow”back to Krishna being reverse of Dhara is called “Radha”.
Cynthia, she is the worshipper as well as Krishna’s deity to be worshipped! That is the love story of Radha Krishna. I tried my best to share with you whatever less I know about these two eternal lovers and their love.
Thank you Mina and Cynthia.🤗🤗
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