[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Concept of Bhakti Yoga

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!! Sri Rama Jayam !!

 

With all your acceptance let me rectify the title of the mail which

should be " Concept of Bhakti Yoga " ....

Thanks for your cooperation.

 

Hare Krishna...

Hare Rama......

 

 

 

guruvayur , Rajaram Venkataramani

<v_raja_ram> wrote:

> God is experienced by each individual in his own way.This idea is

strikingly illustrated in Bhagavatham, in which Krishna assumes as

many forms of himself as there are cowherd women,his disciples and

manifests to shower love on each individually.Of course many a

puerile moralist holds that Sri Krishnas relationship with

innumerable Gopis stands on exclusive footing and no mortal dare copy

it.But this position of the pseudo-moralist arises from an imperfect

understanding.There is not in this episode any trace of taint which

the moralist would hv us behold.Sri Krishna the enchanter of Gopis

had just seen nine autumns when he had concluded his sports with the

milk maid of Brindavan.Is it ever possible for a boy of eight or nine

to hv any kind of conjugal realationship with thousands of women?Does

the plan of Nature admit of such a possibility?

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> When still a baby Sri Krishna, killed the demons like Putana,

Trnvrata, Sakatasura and so on. At the age of seven, Krishna lifted

the govardhana hill with a little on his left hand and danced on the

kaliya serpent. He was constantly defying the known laws of nature

even as a small child. Being God, why cant he ? According to Srimad

Bhagavatam, he has 16000 wives and he was simultaneously present with

each one of them and their children. It also defied the laws of

nature.

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> According to the puranas, Krishna had conjugal relationship with

the gopis, who were wives of other men. He advises them jokingly that

it is immoral for them but they say they cannot control their

attraction for him. One who accepts scriptures CANNOT deny the

statements there in because it does not suit our notions of morality.

We have to understand what the acharyas have said about it. In form,

it may be somewhat similar but it is completely different in

substance. His body was apakrta or transcendental and his activities

cannot be compared to mundane sex which if born of rajo guna

sambandha.

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> The philosophical understanding of rasa lila as explained by

acharyas is as follows. The goal of vedanta is to become atma ramas

or one who is satisfied in the Self. The yogis do that by meditating

on the paramatma within the heart. The jnanis do it by meditating on

the all-pervading brahman. The gopis, being the most exalted

devotees, were atma ramas in the sense they were enjoying with

Bhagavan Vasudeva, their innermost Self.

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> With the best of intentions, our efforts to understand scriptures

will fail if we dont have the humility to learn from acharyas. I

suggest that instead of writing our own views, we choose the writings

of Srila Prabhupada, Madhwa, Ramanuja. Vallabha, Sridhara or Sankara.

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Hare Krishna.

Yes Vinod.I too hv seen that but by that time the mail was already sent.It was a typing error for which I am sorry.There are also other typing errors.That need not be taken seriously as I know there is no Bakri yoga.My first para itself mentions abt Bakti Yoga.Thanks.

 

agramanvinod_ps77 <vinod.ps wrote:

!! Sri Rama Jayam !!With all your acceptance let me rectify the title of the mail which should be "Concept of Bhakti Yoga"....Thanks for your cooperation.Hare Krishna...Hare Rama......guruvayur , Rajaram Venkataramani <v_raja_ram> wrote:> God is experienced by each individual in his own way.This idea is strikingly illustrated in Bhagavatham, in which Krishna assumes as many forms of himself as there are cowherd women,his disciples and manifests to shower love on each individually.Of course many a puerile moralist holds that Sri Krishnas relationship with innumerable Gopis stands on exclusive footing and no mortal dare copy it.But this position of the pseudo-moralist arises from an imperfect understanding.There is not in this episode any trace of taint which the

moralist would hv us behold.Sri Krishna the enchanter of Gopis had just seen nine autumns when he had concluded his sports with the milk maid of Brindavan.Is it ever possible for a boy of eight or nine to hv any kind of conjugal realationship with thousands of women?Does the plan of Nature admit of such a possibility?> > When still a baby Sri Krishna, killed the demons like Putana, Trnvrata, Sakatasura and so on. At the age of seven, Krishna lifted the govardhana hill with a little on his left hand and danced on the kaliya serpent. He was constantly defying the known laws of nature even as a small child. Being God, why cant he ? According to Srimad Bhagavatam, he has 16000 wives and he was simultaneously present with each one of them and their children. It also defied the laws of nature. > > According to the puranas, Krishna had conjugal relationship with the gopis, who were wives of other men.

He advises them jokingly that it is immoral for them but they say they cannot control their attraction for him. One who accepts scriptures CANNOT deny the statements there in because it does not suit our notions of morality. We have to understand what the acharyas have said about it. In form, it may be somewhat similar but it is completely different in substance. His body was apakrta or transcendental and his activities cannot be compared to mundane sex which if born of rajo guna sambandha. > > The philosophical understanding of rasa lila as explained by acharyas is as follows. The goal of vedanta is to become atma ramas or one who is satisfied in the Self. The yogis do that by meditating on the paramatma within the heart. The jnanis do it by meditating on the all-pervading brahman. The gopis, being the most exalted devotees, were atma ramas in the sense they were enjoying with Bhagavan Vasudeva, their

innermost Self. > > With the best of intentions, our efforts to understand scriptures will fail if we dont have the humility to learn from acharyas. I suggest that instead of writing our own views, we choose the writings of Srila Prabhupada, Madhwa, Ramanuja. Vallabha, Sridhara or Sankara. > > > > > > Om Namo Narayanaya:

 

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