Go-pi GolokaRadhaKrishna

Friday, December 14, 2012

Monday, November 19, 2012

Raasleela Festival

Traditional Rasa Lila performances in Vrindavan are famous throughout the Vaisnava world as an experience of the spiritual world. Here Some Places where it is Prominently Celbrated are Given
Vrindavan
http://www.charkula.com/raasleela.asp
Assam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakhinpat_Satra
Bengal
http://radhashyamasundar.com/2/post/2012/2/sri-krishna-madhuta-utsava.html

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Rasa Surrounded by Gods and Gopis

Padma Purāṇa: fourfold categorization of the gopīs

gopyas tu śrutayo jñeyā ṛṣi-jā gopa-kanyakāḥ
deva-kanyāś ca rājendra na mānuṣyāḥ kathañcana

'It is understood that some of the gopīs are personified Vedic literatures, while others are reborn sages, daughters of cowherds, or demigod maidens. But by no means, my dear King, are any of them ordinary humans.' Here we are informed that although the gopīs appeared to be human cowherd girls, they actually were not. Thus the contention that they are mortals is refuted.

Gopis come in four flavors of disparate lineages.

1. Gopis who emanated from Krishna, Purna Rasa.

2. Gopis who are incarnates of Vedic Verses, Udgita, Sugita,

Kalagita, and the rest.

3. Gopis who were sages in previous lives.

4. Gopis who are the daughters of cowherds.

General Description of Gopis

http://radhe.net/radhas-friends/general-description.php

Radha Krishna Served by 10 Disciplines Gopis

10 DISCIPLINES
1. Satya (Truth)
2. Ahimsa (Non-violence)
3. Brahmacharya (Celibacy, non-adultery)
4. Asteya (No desire to possess or steal)
5. Aparighara (Non-corrupt)
6. Shaucha (Cleanliness)
7. Santosh (Contentment)
8. Swadhyaya (Reading of scriptures)
9. Tapas (Austerity, perseverance, penance)
10. Ishwarpranidhan (Regular prayers)