Radha and Krishna are one, and when Krishna desires to enjoy pleasure, He manifests Himself as Radharani. The spiritual exchange of love between Radha and Krishna is the actual display of Krishna’s internal pleasure potency. Although we speak of “when” Krishna desires, just when He did desire we cannot say. We only speak in this way because in conditioned life we take it that everything has a beginning; however, in spiritual life everything is absolute, and so there is neither beginning nor end. Yet in order to understand that Radha and Krishna are one and that They also become divided, the question “When?” automatically comes to mind. When Krishna desired to enjoy His pleasure potency, He manifested Himself in the separate form of Radharani, and when He wanted to understand Himself through the agency of Radha, He united with Radharani, and that unification is called Lord Caitanya. This is all explained by Srrla Krishnadasa Kaviraja in the fifth verse of the Caitanya-caritamrta.
In the next verse the author further explains why Krishna assumed the form of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Krishna desired to know the glory of Radha’s love. “Why is She so much in love with Me?” Krishna asked. “What is My special qualification that attracts Her so? And what is the actual way in which She loves Me?” It seems strange that Krishna, as the Supreme, should be attracted by anyone’s love. A man searches after the love of a woman because he is imperfect—he lacks something. The love of a woman, that potency and pleasure, is absent in man, and therefore a man wants a woman. But this is not the case with Krishna, who is full in Himself. Thus Krishna expressed surprise: “Why am I attracted by Radharani? And when Radharani feels My love, what is She actually feeling?” To taste the essence of that loving exchange, Krishna made His appearance in the same way that the moon appears on the horizon of the sea. Just as the moon was produced by the churning of the sea, by the churning of spiritual loving affairs the moon of Caitanya Mahaprabhu appeared. Indeed, Lord Caitanya’s complexion was golden, just like the luster of the moon. Although this is figurative language, it conveys the meaning behind the appearance of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. The full significance of His appearance will be explained in later chapters.
From the Introduction to Sri Caitanya Caritamrita by
A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,
Founder-Acharya of ISKCON
(International Society for Krishna Consciousness).
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is radha-bhava-dyuti-suvalitam, meaning Krihhna Himself manifesting with the sentiment and complexion of Srimati Radharani.
A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada writes in the purport to Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi-Lila, chapter 7, verse 11,
Although Krishna is the reservoir of all pleasure, He has a special intention to taste Himself by accepting the form of a devotee. It is to be concluded that although Lord Caitanya is present in the form of a devotee, He is Krishna Himself. Therefore Vaishnavas sing, sri-krishna-caitanya Radha-Krishna nahe anya: Radha and Krishna combined together are Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Caitanyakhyam prakatam adhuna tad-dvayam caikyam aptam. Sri Svarüpa-damodara Gosvami has said that Radha and Krishna assumed oneness in the form of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
2007-02-26 02:48:56
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answered by Gaura 7
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God is one. Shakti rises from a spandhan within it. Shakti is not different from its source. It depicts an aspect of God.
Krishna Radha, Shiva Parvati, Vishnu Laxmi are few of its wordly names.
Getting into Prem Swaroopa is Gopi bhava. Getting into Para prem swaroopa is Radha Bhava.
Its a tool to experience God, by getting into that bhava and merging in it.
2007-02-26 01:32:33
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answered by dd 6
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The GOPI BHAVA bhava of our sampradaya is more commonly referred to as manjari bhava and specifically as bhavollasa rati. It extends in spiritual excellence to mahabhava and within that to adhirudha-madan-mahabhava. Devotees who attain this spiritual status identify themselves as handmaidens of SRI RADHA RANI and vicariously experience her ecstasy. This is no doubt the furthest reach of Sri Caitanya's own experience and the most prominent sentiment found in the Gaudiya sampradaya.
SRI CAITANYADEVA distributed the full feast of love of God, and each and every devotee who comes to the table will partake in accordance with the measure of his or her appetite. Otherwise, Bhaktivinoda Thakura's statements about other religious figures and their relationship with the devotional mellows of Vraja bhakti are a generous form of propaganda with emphasis on the spiritual zenith of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's contribution to the world of spiritual experience.
2007-02-26 04:36:54
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answered by Anonymous
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feeling love with god.pure ,true and selfless love is gopi bhav. From moort to amoort or from worldly to godly love.
2007-02-26 01:12:37
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answered by ashka 2
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are those even words, or did your cat walk across your keyboard as you were typing that question?
2007-02-26 00:53:47
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answered by Anonymous
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2016-09-23 03:09:07
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answered by surayim 1
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