Guest guest Posted December 3, 2002 Report Share Posted December 3, 2002 Salutations to Thakur, Guru, and Ma! Sri Ramakrishna--"Sri Krishna is Purusha and Radha is Prakriti. She is Chitshakti, the Primeval Power. Radha is Prakriti endowed with the three gunas. She embodies the qualities of sattva, rajas and tamas. It is like peeling an onion. At first its skin is dark red, then lighter red, and inside it is white. The Vaishnava scripture talks of 'Kam-Radha, 'Prem-Radha, and 'Nitya-Radha.' Chandravali was 'Kam-Radha, Srimati (another name for Radha) was 'Prem-Radha and Nanda had the vision of 'Nitya-Radha' with Gopal (Baby Krishna) in her lap. The Chitshakti and Brahman of Vedanta are identical--like water and its wetness. The moment you think of the wetness of water, you are reminded of water. And the moment you think of water, you must think of its wetness. Take the example of the snake and its wriggling movement, you are reminded of the snake. When do I call Him Brahman? When He is inactive and unattached to work. A man may put on clothes, yet he remains the same man as when he was naked. He was naked, now he is clothed. The snake has poison inside, but it does not affect the snake. It is poison only for him who is bitten by the snake. Brahman Himself is unattached to work. Prakriti shows its grandeur where there is name and form. Sita said to Hanuman, 'Dear child, I, myself, am Rama in one form and Sita in another. I, myself, am Indra-and also Indrani in another form. I am Brahma in one form and Brahmani in the other. Similarly, I am Rudra in one form and Rudrani in another. All names and forms are the manifestation of the power of Chitshakti. Indeed, it manifests itself everywhere--in meditation as well as in the one who meditates. As long as I am conscious that I am meditating, I am in Her jurisdiction. (To M.) You must internalize all this. You must hear the Veda and Purana and carry out what they instruct. (To the Pundit)--It is good to associate with sadhus every now and then. Man always suffers from the disease of worldliness. The company of sadhus mitigates it to a large extent." Satchitananda Kathy (SRI SRI RAMAKRISHNA KATHAMRITA. Vol. II., pp.287-288) Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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