Jagat

Today is Radhashtami.  The verse 10.82.49, quoted in the previous file, after his ambiguous instructions in the soul. Just thinking again, I was remembering that the Mahābhārata has an Anugīta , which is much more advaita in its philosophical orientation. Maybe this was a response. The verses Krishna spoke are as follows: gopyaś ca kṛṣṇam upalabhya cirād abhīṣṭaṁ yat-prekṣaṇe dṛśiṣu pakṣma-kṛtaṁ śapanti dṛgbhir hṛdīkṛtam alaṁ parirabhya sarvās tad-bhāvam āpur api nitya-yujāṁ durāpam The gopis saw their beloved Krishna [at Kurukshetra] after their long separation. They cursed the creator for creating eyelids that interfered with their vision, [and so] they secured him in their hearts through their eyes and embraced, and thus attained a depth of emotion so intense that not even those who are with him in eternal union can attain it. (10.82.40) So right away you can see this theme of separation being more powerful than union, and the mental more powerful than the phy...

Rādhā-viraha . Nandalal Bose (1936) . I have been carrying on a multi-pronged research project in relation to the Dāna-līlā, part of which includes reading the Bengali texts that precede Mahaprabhu's incarnation. Now one thing that is very important to understand: Nothing happens in a vacuum. There are always preconditions that make subsequent events possible. If there were no Radha-consciousness before Mahaprabhu came, it would have been impossible for anyone to believe or accept the mythology of Mahaprabhu incarnating Radha's mood. The entire theological thrust of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta , which is only moderately present in Mahaprabhu's other biographies, is that Radha is superior to Krishna, not because of some glorious divine creative, mystical or magical powers, but because of her love. bhaktir evainaṁ nayati bhaktir evainaṁ darśayati bhakti-vaśaḥ pūruṣaḥ bhaktir eve bhūyasī Devotion leads the Supreme Lord. Devotion reveals Him. The Lord is und...