Guest guest Posted March 19, 2001 Report Share Posted March 19, 2001 Dear Devotees: I recently found a copy of THE DIVINE VISION OF RADHA KRSHN, by H.D. Swami Prakashanand Saraswati in my local library. The contents don't rest completely on the Bengali Vaishnava tradition, because the devotional group (The International Society of Divine Love)focusses on the Divine Presence of Sri Radha. They are followers of Her Divine Grace. Though philosophically it might be a variant of what everyone is accustomed to, I recommend the reading to anyone who is involved in the worship and devotion of our Divine Mother. Sincerely, Kevin B. Shields --- SHANKAR VADIVELU <vinayakan wrote: > OM SHRIMATRE NAMAHA > > Dear Friends > > Can anybody tell the 51 Bija Aksharas of AMBAAL. > > Respects > > > ___ > Chat with your friends as soon as they come online. > Get Rediff Bol at > http://bol.rediff.com > > > > > Get email at your own domain with Mail. http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2001 Report Share Posted March 20, 2001 Although followers of rAdhA and followers of (advaitic) form of shakti-worship share something in common in that both worship God in feminine form, there is a vital difference. A worshipper of the rAdhA-krishna (vaiShNava) sect can NEVER NEVER identify himself/herself with rAdhA. The best state he/she hopes to achieve is that of a female companion of rAdhA. On the other hand, a follower of the advaitic form of shakti worship hopes to ultimately realize that She is none other than the inner Self (pratyagAtman). While the vaiShNava form of rAdhA worship stresses dvaita-bhAva (duality) eternally, the shAkta form stresses the opposite, ie. advaita-bhAva. Of course, it is possible to worship rAdhA with the advaita-bhAva but I am not aware of instances of this. Anand , "K. Blane" <lilboi_502> wrote: > > > Dear Devotees: > > I recently found a copy of THE DIVINE VISION OF RADHA > KRSHN, by H.D. Swami Prakashanand Saraswati in my > local library. The contents don't rest completely on > the Bengali Vaishnava tradition, because the > devotional group (The International Society of Divine > Love)focusses on the Divine Presence of Sri Radha. > They are followers of Her Divine Grace. > > Though philosophically it might be a variant of what > everyone is accustomed to, I recommend the reading to > anyone who is involved in the worship and devotion of > our Divine Mother. > > Sincerely, > Kevin B. Shields > --- SHANKAR VADIVELU <vinayakan@r...> wrote: > > OM SHRIMATRE NAMAHA > > > > Dear Friends > > > > Can anybody tell the 51 Bija Aksharas of AMBAAL. > > > > Respects > > > > > > > ___ > > Chat with your friends as soon as they come online. > > Get Rediff Bol at > > http://bol.rediff.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Get email at your own domain with Mail. > http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2001 Report Share Posted March 20, 2001 Thank you for your insight. I realized the difference as well. The book, as I said before, may be variant from what most worshippers are accustomed to, but still very much worth the reading! Sincerely, Kevin B. Shields --- anandhudli wrote: > Although followers of rAdhA and followers of > (advaitic) form > of shakti-worship share something in common in that > both > worship God in feminine form, there is a vital > difference. > A worshipper of the rAdhA-krishna (vaiShNava) sect > can NEVER > NEVER identify himself/herself with rAdhA. The best > state he/she > hopes to achieve is that of a female companion of > rAdhA. > On the other hand, a follower of the advaitic form > of shakti > worship hopes to ultimately realize that She is none > other than > the inner Self (pratyagAtman). While the vaiShNava > form of > rAdhA worship stresses dvaita-bhAva (duality) > eternally, the > shAkta form stresses the opposite, ie. > advaita-bhAva. > > Of course, it is possible to worship rAdhA with the > advaita-bhAva > but I am not aware of instances of this. > > Anand > > , "K. Blane" <lilboi_502> > wrote: > > > > > > Get email at your own domain with Mail. http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2001 Report Share Posted March 21, 2001 Namaste, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by 'M' records Sri R.'s intense appeal to Kali to let him experience 'madhura bhaava', at which time he practised the saadhanaa of total identification with Radha. The only other recorded instance of this was that of Chaitanya, who in fact was considered an incarnation of Radha Herself. Regards, sunder , anandhudli@h... wrote: > Although followers of rAdhA and followers of (advaitic) form > of shakti-worship share something in common in that both > worship God in feminine form, there is a vital difference. > A worshipper of the rAdhA-krishna (vaiShNava) sect can NEVER > NEVER identify himself/herself with rAdhA. The best state he/she > hopes to achieve is that of a female companion of rAdhA. > On the other hand, a follower of the advaitic form of shakti > worship hopes to ultimately realize that She is none other than > the inner Self (pratyagAtman). While the vaiShNava form of > rAdhA worship stresses dvaita-bhAva (duality) eternally, the > shAkta form stresses the opposite, ie. advaita-bhAva. > > Of course, it is possible to worship rAdhA with the advaita-bhAva > but I am not aware of instances of this. > > Anand > > , "K. Blane" <lilboi_502> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Devotees: > > > > I recently found a copy of THE DIVINE VISION OF RADHA > > KRSHN, by H.D. Swami Prakashanand Saraswati in my > > local library. The contents don't rest completely on > > the Bengali Vaishnava tradition, because the > > devotional group (The International Society of Divine > > Love)focusses on the Divine Presence of Sri Radha. > > They are followers of Her Divine Grace. > > > > Though philosophically it might be a variant of what > > everyone is accustomed to, I recommend the reading to > > anyone who is involved in the worship and devotion of > > our Divine Mother. > > > > Sincerely, > > Kevin B. Shields > > --- SHANKAR VADIVELU <vinayakan@r...> wrote: > > > OM SHRIMATRE NAMAHA > > > > > > Dear Friends > > > > > > Can anybody tell the 51 Bija Aksharas of AMBAAL. > > > > > > Respects > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > Chat with your friends as soon as they come online. > > > Get Rediff Bol at > > > http://bol.rediff.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Get email at your own domain with Mail. > > http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2001 Report Share Posted March 21, 2001 This is interesting. But still these are not the standard advaita-bhAva style identifications. In both instances, the worshipper thought of himself as rAdhA. But in the advaitic experience, the worshipper ultimately realizes devI as the Self. He does NOT think that he has become devI Herself. For example, the worshipper does not think he has feelings of love for Krishna (or Shiva as the case may be), etc. as Chaitanya is said to have had when he identified with rAdhA. Rather the saguNa Brahman as devI has dissolved into the nirguNa Brahman which is the Self. This is the difference. It is more like the object of meditation, devI, in this case, merging into the Self. Devotee and God merge into one. Anand , sunderh@h... wrote: > Namaste, > > The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by 'M' records Sri R.'s > intense appeal to Kali to let him experience 'madhura bhaava', at > which time he practised the saadhanaa of total identification with > Radha. The only other recorded instance of this was that of > Chaitanya, who in fact was considered an incarnation of Radha Herself. > > Regards, > > sunder > > , anandhudli@h... wrote: > > Although followers of rAdhA and followers of (advaitic) form > > of shakti-worship share something in common in that both > > worship God in feminine form, there is a vital difference. > > A worshipper of the rAdhA-krishna (vaiShNava) sect can NEVER > > NEVER identify himself/herself with rAdhA. The best state he/she > > hopes to achieve is that of a female companion of rAdhA. > > On the other hand, a follower of the advaitic form of shakti > > worship hopes to ultimately realize that She is none other than > > the inner Self (pratyagAtman). While the vaiShNava form of > > rAdhA worship stresses dvaita-bhAva (duality) eternally, the > > shAkta form stresses the opposite, ie. advaita-bhAva. > > > > Of course, it is possible to worship rAdhA with the advaita-bhAva > > but I am not aware of instances of this. > > > > Anand > > > > , "K. Blane" <lilboi_502> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear Devotees: > > > > > > I recently found a copy of THE DIVINE VISION OF RADHA > > > KRSHN, by H.D. Swami Prakashanand Saraswati in my > > > local library. The contents don't rest completely on > > > the Bengali Vaishnava tradition, because the > > > devotional group (The International Society of Divine > > > Love)focusses on the Divine Presence of Sri Radha. > > > They are followers of Her Divine Grace. > > > > > > Though philosophically it might be a variant of what > > > everyone is accustomed to, I recommend the reading to > > > anyone who is involved in the worship and devotion of > > > our Divine Mother. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Kevin B. Shields > > > --- SHANKAR VADIVELU <vinayakan@r...> wrote: > > > > OM SHRIMATRE NAMAHA > > > > > > > > Dear Friends > > > > > > > > Can anybody tell the 51 Bija Aksharas of AMBAAL. > > > > > > > > Respects > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > > Chat with your friends as soon as they come online. > > > > Get Rediff Bol at > > > > http://bol.rediff.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Get email at your own domain with Mail. > > > http://personal.mail./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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