23/09/23 morning – Sri Radhashtami celebration: Radha-tattva (English translation) – Delhi, India | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • Today is the day of Sri Krsna’s potency of pleasure: Srimati Radhika.
  • Radha-tattva is very difficult and rare to understand.
  • One of Radha’s names is Durga, and one of Her meanings is: that which is very rare.
  • All the names of the demigoddesses belong to Srimati Radhika, and all the names of the demigods belong to Krsna.
  • Srimati Radhika is the source of all potencies (sakti), and Krsna is the possessor of all potencies (saktiman).
  • Krsna’s Guru is Srimati Radhika.
  • Radha taught Krsna to dance and play His flute.
  • Lila of when Radha was sitting with Her sakhis, and Vrnda Devi appeared from Radha-kunda.
  • The trees of Radha-kunda are the direct manifestation of Srimati Radhika.
  • The Guru is the manifestation of Srimati Radhika in the form of manjari.
  • Different names of Srimati Radhika are mentioned in Caitanya Caritamrta.
  • Prabodhananda Sarasvatipada is Tungavidya, in the lilas of Radha and Krsna.
  • Prabodhananda Sarasvatipada prays to be the straw of the broom that sweeps away Srimati Radhika’s kunja.
  • The three rules for understanding radha-tattva are in the verse: “anāradhya rādhā-padāmbhoja-reṇum…” (Sankalpa Prakasa Stotra, verse 1, by Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami).
  • Gambhira means serious, deep.
  • It is not possible to obtain self-realisation without surrendering to the lotus feet of Gurupada-padma.

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