Raso Vai Sah ........ Open the Heart , Let the Rasa in!!!!!!

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Shriman Prabhu-ji !

 

Thank you for your genrous invitation. In the past , i have visited

Bangalore to have Darshan of Satya Sai Baba either at Puttaparthi or

Whitefield. On my next Visit, it is my desire to visit Sri MOOKAMBIKA

TEMPLE in Kolur and Sri SRINGERI mutt -if Devi wills!

 

Prabhu-ji, i will definitely visit your Guru-ji ! After all, if the

sisya is any indication, the Guruji must be equally GReat if not

greater!! After all , from a Hare Krishna DEVOTEE to transform into a

staunch Advaitin, is not just conversion but Transformation - ... i

would love to meet your Guruji who has bestowed so much grace on

you!

 

 

Prabhu-ji , how can one Deny 'satya' be it Vyaharika Satya or for

that matter 'Paramarthika' Satya?

 

 

 

I am a BHARATANATYAM DANCER . As a dancer , i enjoy portraying all

the Nine RASAS .... These Rasas are sringaram (love), vira

(heroism), bibhista (disgust), raudra (anger), hasya (mirth),

bhayankara (terror), karuna (pity), adbhuta (wonder), shantha

(tranquility) and vatsalya (parental Love ).

 

Prabhuji, where else are the Nine RAsas portrayed more effectively

tHAN in Ramayana?

 

Yes! The RASIKA that i am , i love to enjoy the Beauty , the

mystery , the magic , the wonder, the splendor of God's creation ...

and the Tantrika in me learns to delight in the Existence of these

Rasas in the Universe or Jagat !

 

Prabhuji, may i share my favorite verse from Tittiriya Upanishad

 

 

raso vai saH rasaM hy evAyam labdhvAnandI bhavati

 

"Rasa is Brahman. Upon attaining Brahman, one experiences

rasa" ( adwaithic interpretation)

 

YES! BraHman is the essence, by obtaining That all this also will

become happy."

 

The Dwaitins interpret the same verse in the following manner

 

Krishna is the reservoir of all rasa. (pleasure). Upon attaining

Krishna , one experiences Rasa or bliss .

 

Why is Krishna a reservoir of pleasure?

 

aiSvaryasya samagrasya

vIryasya yaSasaH SriyaH

j~nAna-vairAgyayoS caiva

saNNAM bhaga iti~Ngana

 

"Absolute Personality is resplendent with six opulences: full

strength, fame, wealth, knowledge, beauty, and renunciation" (ViSnu

PurAna 6.5.47)

 

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The point is Prabhu-ji, since 'braHman' CAN ONLY BE EXPERIENCED and

not described , how do we arrive at the 'Truth' ? not by deneying but

by Affirmation ... life affirmation !

 

Vasudevan Sarvam iti!

 

Everything is Krishna ! This world also his Cosmic Leela !

 

Srila prabhupada describes this beautifully ... \

 

Chapter 14. The Yoga of the Supreme Person

TEXT 27

 

brahmano hi pratisthaham

amrtasyavyayasya ca

sasvatasya ca dharmasya

sukhasyaikantikasya ca

 

 

And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is the

constitutional position of ultimate happiness, and which is immortal,

imperishable and eternal.

>From Saguna Brahman , one proceeds to Nirguna Brahman by 'upasana'

and Adi Shankara bhagvadapada himself admits this on many an

occasion! Otherwise, why would he 'author' so many devotional

stotras on all the gods/esses...

 

and one last point ...

 

In Sree Lalita Trishati( 300 names of sree Lalita)

 

She ( Sree Lalita Mahatripura sundari) is described as

 

169. harShapradA

 

SHE who is the bestower of all joys.

 

harShaH means joy or pleasure which is manifested in the countenance,

etc. It is the mental attitude of self esteem and depreciation of

others.

 

SHE causes this experience, hence, SHE is called as giver of that.

 

SHE is bliss, hence SHE bestows it on others, as the cause and result

are one.

 

Or this name can be interpreted in another way. The term "pradA" also

means to cut off. SHE cuts off the fleeting pleasures arising from

ephemeral things like wealth, youth, children, relatives and so on,

by taking them away and conferring renunciation and thereby granting

eternal bliss of brahman.

 

(courtesy-ambaal group- Sridhar Seshagiri)

 

 

PRABHU-JI, WE live in a 'material' world - WE ARE NOT LIVING IN

VAIKUNTA ... vaikunta means where there is no 'anxiety' everything is

blissful....

 

but how to make this Jagat like Vailkunta!!! Surrender - Atma-

nivedanam -

 

 

HARIHI AUM!!!