People do believe in God but their faith shakes up when some apparently controversial question arises in their mind. Some of the most controversial questions about Lord's pastimes are, Why He stole the clothes of young ladies? Why He married with so many women? Why He danced with young girls of Vrindavan in dead of night in middle of the forest? These questions only arises when there is no or less knowledge of omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent God, actually if they seek a help of proper spiritual authority then there is some hope of not loosing faith and also not having blind faith in whatever they are believing.
Ras Lila is not a dance of passion:
We, born and raised in the modern world where sex and vulgarity is the focus of everyone and everything, it's in films, it's in advertisements, it's there in magazine and everywhere. We are constantly bombarded with passionate acts and thoughts where self enjoyment is given priority. So when we go to temple and see deities of Radha and Krishna or hear about Their pastimes, our mind which is already filled with impure thoughts, projects the image of Their Divine Love as same as love between ordinary boy and girl. Yes Lord Krishna called all the gopis of Vrindavan in the dead of night to have dance but it wasn't as ordinary pub or disco bar dance, it was exchange of love between Lord and His devotees, there was not a tinge of selfishness which is always observed in so called love of this world.
Ras Lila is an act of compassion:
Scriptures explains us these gopis were exalted spiritualists who had asked Lord Rama that they want to serve Him in conjugal relationship, Lord fulfilled their desires compassionately when He appeared as Krishna. He expanded Himself into many forms and exchanged love with them individually expanding one night into thousands of years. Dance is an expression of love and happiness, isn't it? That's why we dance during happy moments of life or dance to become happy. Lord is calling us to have fun and blissful life with Him in His Kingdom Golok Vrindavan, He want to share this bliss with everyone. Ras Lila is an advertisement of the whole product of eternity and bliss.
The highest of all spiritual teachers and saints of world have glorified, relished and worshipped these Lilas with gopis as an epitome of Love for God. In conclusion before entering into such deep topics of love between Lord and gopis we should focus on our incapabilities to understand these thing, these topics are like post graduate studies which can't be offered to 1st std child for whom learning of A, B, C, D will beneficial at this stage. Similarly we are neophytes in spiritual understanding, for us now learning about God's greatness and our minuteness will be beneficial rather than directly jumping on Ras Lila.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
Sent by www.iskcondesiretree.com
Ras Lila is not a dance of passion:
We, born and raised in the modern world where sex and vulgarity is the focus of everyone and everything, it's in films, it's in advertisements, it's there in magazine and everywhere. We are constantly bombarded with passionate acts and thoughts where self enjoyment is given priority. So when we go to temple and see deities of Radha and Krishna or hear about Their pastimes, our mind which is already filled with impure thoughts, projects the image of Their Divine Love as same as love between ordinary boy and girl. Yes Lord Krishna called all the gopis of Vrindavan in the dead of night to have dance but it wasn't as ordinary pub or disco bar dance, it was exchange of love between Lord and His devotees, there was not a tinge of selfishness which is always observed in so called love of this world.
Ras Lila is an act of compassion:
Scriptures explains us these gopis were exalted spiritualists who had asked Lord Rama that they want to serve Him in conjugal relationship, Lord fulfilled their desires compassionately when He appeared as Krishna. He expanded Himself into many forms and exchanged love with them individually expanding one night into thousands of years. Dance is an expression of love and happiness, isn't it? That's why we dance during happy moments of life or dance to become happy. Lord is calling us to have fun and blissful life with Him in His Kingdom Golok Vrindavan, He want to share this bliss with everyone. Ras Lila is an advertisement of the whole product of eternity and bliss.
The highest of all spiritual teachers and saints of world have glorified, relished and worshipped these Lilas with gopis as an epitome of Love for God. In conclusion before entering into such deep topics of love between Lord and gopis we should focus on our incapabilities to understand these thing, these topics are like post graduate studies which can't be offered to 1st std child for whom learning of A, B, C, D will beneficial at this stage. Similarly we are neophytes in spiritual understanding, for us now learning about God's greatness and our minuteness will be beneficial rather than directly jumping on Ras Lila.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
Sent by www.iskcondesiretree.com
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