Guruji's teachings
A student asks what the Krishna and Radha love story means. Guruji answers on three levels, from simple love to the play of silence and thought.
From the teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji). Original post: "The Inner Meaning of the Radha-Krishna Love Story", 25 April 2016, shared on Guruji's blog. Originally published at amritananda-natha-saraswati.blogspot.com/2016/04/radha-and-krishna.html.
Q: What does the Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā love story mean to us?
Guruji: There are different levels of meanings. The mundane meaning is it’s a simple love story.
The next deeper meaning is the implied meaning, where the awareness is constantly in the Viśuddhi (throat) to Sahasrāra (top of head). The more you dwell, it implies the mind wavering between stillness and thoughts.
Rādhā is a form of Kṛṣṇa and also the power of Kṛṣṇa as ākarṣaṇa (attractive power). It is the Rādhini Śakti and is a part of Śrīvidyā upāsanā; it is also the love power of Kṛṣṇa and attracts all the Gopīs. It is not a mundane thing but spiritual.
There are sixteen petals at the Viśuddhi and one thousand petals at the Sahasrāra. Connecting each petal from the Viśuddhi to Sahasrāra makes a total of 16,000. These are all in your mind. Thus comes about the concept of the 16,000 Gopīs attracted to Kṛṣṇa.
Kṛṣṇa means darkness or absolute silence. Gopī is the thought. Between one thought and the next thought there is silence. Thought subsides and there is silence before the next thought; likewise, between silence and silence there is a thought. So between Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa there is a Gopī, and Kṛṣṇa between a Gopī and Gopī. It is a continuous process.
The silence is zero; therefore, it also continues inside and through emotion. The power of silence is attractive; therefore, it attracts a Gopī or a thought.
This is the spiritual aspect of the Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā love story.
The Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā love story is a continuum of experience! It is continuing every day and everywhere by everyone!
From the teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji). Original post: "The Inner Meaning of the Radha-Krishna Love Story", 25 April 2016, https://amritananda-natha-saraswati.blogspot.com/2016/04/radha-and-krishna.html
Kaula practice turns the great stories inward. Here the love story becomes a way to watch your own mind. Silence comes, a thought rises, and silence returns.
The throat centre and the crown centre named here are part of inner worship. You do not need to chase anything. You notice the gap between thoughts and rest there.
The same attraction shows up in outer worship too. Yantra, mantra and the image of the Goddess draw the mind in, the way Radha draws Krishna.
Guruji says it has levels. The surface is a love story. The deeper level is the mind moving between stillness and thoughts.
Guruji calls Radha a form of Krishna and his power of attraction. He links her to Srividya worship and calls the story spiritual, not mundane.
Guruji says the throat centre has sixteen petals and the crown has one thousand. Joining them gives 16,000, and all of it is in the mind.
Guruji says Krishna means darkness or absolute silence. A Gopi is a thought. Between two thoughts there is silence.
Read the original: The Inner Meaning of the Radha-Krishna Love Story, on Guruji's blog. Guruji left his body in October 2015. This post was shared on his blog in 2016. This site is an independent practitioner's space and does not speak on behalf of Devipuram.
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