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An Endless Divine Continuity - Part 16

 
Our Association With Nanna - Part 16
   
*Nanna's words
*Amma's words
*Foreword by Author
 
 
1TRANSCENDENTAL BLISS
2SRI HLADINI LEELAS SPLENDOUR
3THE SUPREME POWER
4THE ALL PERVADING SOVEREIGN
5SRI GURU’S GRACE
6 RADHASAKHI’S SIGNIFICANT STATEMENTS
7 DHYANA YOGA LEELA
8 SRI RADHASAKHI’S MESSAGE
   
 
SRI HLADINI LEELAS SPLENDOUR

Guntur Ashram: 12.01.1998


Nanna spoke to his devotees about the spark from Radhaji's portrait, rose fragrance and Sri Radhaji's hladini power. Every word uttered by him was filled with his infinite love.


" Only one second, maybe even a fraction of second, a spark was seen! You could not believe your eyes. A wonderful spark appeared just three or four days after the rose fragrance came out of that portrait. I associate Radha with rose. It was such a wonderful rose fragrance that all inmates of the building including peons were surprised. What is this powerful rose fragrance? That's a wonder to everybody. The boy's change was affected only after that rose fragrance. So, rose is associated with Radha. (Nanna referred to the problem faced by one of his devotees) "


" One we went to my daughter's place in Kakinada. She was growing a nice rose garden. She had a dream on the night when we went to her place. 'All the roses of your garden belong to Me. Do you understand?' She prostrated before Mother. 'Mother, it is Yours only. We and our property; everything that belongs to us really belongs to You only.' Next day she told her husband that Mother indicated Her fondness for roses. ' We will worship Her with one thousand roses. We shall invite all people and take a photograph too'. They worshipped Radhaji with 1000 roses because She seemed to be very much in favour of roses. Hundreds of people came to see to witness this pooja. "


" This is super vedic! The Vedas were thoroughly searched. There is not a trace in the Vedas to prove that Radhaji is associated with roses! That is a discovery made by me. Later on, I was invited to Hyderabad where some vedic scholars came to meet me and ask some questions. I saw a small stream (flow) of rose color dancing just before that house. 'Radha is here' I thought. She must be there. Those vedic scholars begged me to give them initiation of Radha mantra. I gave them the mantra. That is the wonder. Radhaji's power is so marvelous; so wonderful; so unbelievably wonderful that there cannot be opposition. The whole world will be changed. That is the real wonder. "


" In Srilanka, there is no Vaishnava puja for thousands of centuries, since the death of Ravana. People took out a big procession in Madras; pictures of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana were taken to Triplicane beach and a bon fire was created with abusive language in the worst possible way. Such was the state of people there. A representative from there came to our Brindavan ashram on his own accord. When some of my ashramites offered to show him some of the temples in Brindavan, he refused to accompany them. He firmly said 'All the temples are here. I feel it is unnecessary to visit any temple here in Brindavan'. He did not want to go to any temple except the so called temple of my ashram. One or two hours later he said 'I want the marble statues of Radha and Krishna.' See the odd behavior! See how he changed within two hours. He was taken to the market where he purchased marble statues worth nearly Rs. 30,000. The idols were brought to the ashram, puja was conducted and Harathi was given. He packed the idols and took them to Srilanka personally. After reaching Srilanka, he wrote a letter stating that 'without my knowledge some wonderful divine power came and took me from Srilanka to Brindavan.' He admitted two things: without his knowledge and he being taken over by some divine power from Srilanka to Brindavan for the first time in his life. These are two wonderful miracles which he experienced. "


" Several thousands of people attended the kumbha mela ceremony at Srilanka and the holy idols were installed in a temple. Shri. Prasadaraya Kulapathi of Guntur also attended the function at my saying. They saw my astral form in the sky; my astral picture standing in the air, blessing all the people and then leaving. I don't regard it as me; of course it is my image there but the whole mystery is by Radhaji! That proves conclusively that the whole drama was being enacted by none other than Sri Radhaji. She is responsible for reforming the whole island of Srilanka and installing Radha and Krishna in the temple there. She is also responsible for taking the leader in a mysterious way, without his knowledge from Srilanka to Brindavan. Initially he refused to visit even a single temple; subsequently he was anxious to purchase two marble statues worth Rs. 30,000/- A gentleman who refused to visit even one temple in Brindavan purchasing idols of Radha and Krishna worth Rs. 30,000/- within two hours, offering puja in my ashram; packing them, taking them to Srilanka and then installing them in a temple - it is indeed a wonder! "


" I don't think there is a parallel case in the recent history of the whole world. The whole of Srilanka was changed psychologically; hatred for Vaishnava puja changed to ardent devotion. That was a surprise to Swamiji himself. That is why; he wrote in his letter that 'without my knowledge, some wonderful divine power actually took me from Srilanka to Brindavan. The whole incident is so wonderful!' Not only that. He said that for some days he was seeing me in his own heart and in every object around him. This is all pervading maha leela! The leela darshan of myself all around him including his own heart. I know and feel that this is due to Her mysterious power, Radhaji's Hladini Sakthi. The Vedas clearly mention that 'God possesses several powers; several mysterious supreme powers. The greatest power is Hladini sakthi and that Hladini sakthi is none other than Radha.' It is a Vedic assertation that Hladini power is the grandest and highest power possessed by God and Radha is identical with that power. We enjoy that Hladini power to some extent. "


" Another Vedic truth! Whenever the Hladini sakthi touches you, there will be one ecstatic wave from your own heart. I don't know whether it is written in Vedas or not. When there is ecstatic wave in your heart, understand Radha is there and some miracle must happen there on the spot. Hladini sakthi wave implies direct communication with the Divine. Unless it is direct communication with the Divine, you cannot get such an ecstatic feeling. Impossible! This is what Vedas say. This is what I also say. "


Somebody asked 'Nanna, sometime back you said Radha sleeps in the heart of every soul.'


" Yes. These words were said by Sisir Kumar Ghosh. Sleeping in the heart means She is unmanifested. Radhaji is presented in every soul in the unmanifested state. By your thapas or sadhana, this unmanifested state becomes absolutely manifested state. Sleeping in the heart means dormant. That is the only meaning. "


" Yes. These words were said by Sisir Kumar Ghosh. Sleeping in the heart means She is unmanifested. Radhaji is presented in every soul in the unmanifested state. By your thapas or sadhana, this unmanifested state becomes absolutely manifested state. Sleeping in the heart means dormant. That is the only meaning. "


" Sadhana! She is roused up by sadhana. She must wake up by your sadhana. Once She wakes up, nothing is impossible. Krishna shall follow you and be with you; your contact, communion with Krishna is absolutely sure. Till then, darshan of Krishna is impossible. That is what he said. Once the Hladini sakthi wakes up in your heart, Sri Krishna has no alternative except to give darshan. "


" I will narrate a miracle to tell you how Her Hladini sakthi works! About 25 Bengalis came to our ashram and did sankeertan. (sang Her name) for some time. We did not invite them. They came on their own. They were strangers to us. Well,after they did sankeertan, we gave some prasad and they left. They were residing in an ashram around 2 miles away. A few minutes after they left, one of the devotees was filled with divine force and began to shout 'Radhaji's dasi is present in the ashram where you performed sankeertan just now. Guruji must go there, prostrate before Radhaji's dasi and offer a saree at Her feet'. Immediately they purchased a saree and their Guruji came to present it to Radhaji's dasi. We said that all of us are dasis; there is no particular dasi. We told them to place the saree near Mother's feet. Till now, we have that saree in our ashram. That is a miracle. A lady on her own saying that a dasi of Radhaji resides in that ashram and Guruji must take a saree and go back all the 2 miles to offer the saree and pay his respects! He did exactly that! That is another mystery. This mystery is what we call Hladini sakthi. All these are miracles of Radhaji's Hladini sakthi which is not fully mentioned in the Vedas. They only refer to the truth that Hladini is the biggest and grandest power possessed by God. There is no other sakthi equal to this power and Hladini is none other than Sri Radhaji! "


" The Vedas ascertained two facts - Hladini sakthi is the biggest power possessed by God and that Hladini sakthi is none other than Radha. Without Hladini sakthi's grace, miracles described above cannot happen. The impossible will become possible in one second only with the grace of Radha's Hladini power. "


" Now we shall see the original verses from Vedas on Hladini power and how Krishna remains always subservient to Radhaji's will due to this power. "


" A question arose in the minds of all the Gods. Why only Radha is worshipped as the highest when so many Gods exist? They all went to Lord Brahma with this question. A great question indeed! Even we did not know why only Radha is being worshipped. Nobody in India is aware of this point. Each one worships his/her own deity. Nobody was aware of the secret that Radhaji has such extraordinary significance, including me. When the Gods put their question to Brahma he said 'I cannot answer your question. Let the Vedas give the reply.' Then the Gods invoked the Vedas. Since the Vedas are not written by any human being, there are not identified with any particular person. The Gods saw a bright divine glow before them. That light signifies the collection of Vedas. A voice was heard from that light. That formed the Upanishad. There may be innumerable Gods in the universe. The source of power which is being worshipped in these Gods is centred only in Radha. All the power originates from Her only. She is the source; the primordial centre of Divine power. "


" All the worlds are Mother's manifested forms. That is the wonder! All the worlds are in Her control, like Her body parts. Every year, thousands and thousands of people come to Ravali to celebrate Her birthday. Some of them go back without Her darshan. It is so crowded. Radhaji's birthday is celebrated exactly 15 days after Krishna's birthday. Thousands of devotees attend that function every year. Radhaji assured the priest that no matter how many devotees attend the function, there would be no inconvenience to them as She would not allow a single drop of rain that day. That is Her order! So Mother can even decide or order whether it should rain or not. She can order whether the day should be hot or not. If She orders, the heat will vanish. The Vedas mention that the universe and planets are in Her control; they are truly parts of Her! "

Sri Radha is the Mother of all universes, planets and Gods. That is why they pray to Her. When She showers a little grace on them, they dance with joy. When they see a frown on Her forehead, they shiver with fear about Her anger. They pray to Her to forgive their mistakes and sins.


" You must understand one point carefully. Jeeva has to bear the consequences of every sin committed by him. Many people think that they are freed from their sins when they experience the result of their sins but that is not true. The trace of the sin still remains in him. The Upanishad clearly mentions that the trace of his sin is not destroyed till he attains divine grace, divine darshan. Though he can atone for his sins, he cannot completely erase the trace of the sin. After some time, the latent force of that sin will provoke him to commit that sin again and again. This provocation from within denotes the trace of sin present within him. "

That is why the Vedas also admit that even their sins cannot be erased without a trace unless they are blessed by Radhaji. Only She has the power to do so.


" Everybody thinks that Krishna is dark complexioned but that is limited to this world only; this world of karma, the world of prakrithi. The upper dham is the world of Radhaji's bhava. Their original color does not matter because everybody attains Her golden complexion. So Krishna's complexion also changes to golden color in Her bhava world. The color of crow and pigeon also changes to golden hue. They offer their prayers to such a Mother who envelops everybody present in Her bhava world with Her golden complexion. "


" In a Samadhi state within our heart, we too can see Her golden color. That is a wonderful experience. When we are in Samadhi, we can experience one of Her divine aspects; Her golden color! That indicates Radhaji's presence in our heart. Deep within our heart, in fact within the heart of each and every living being in all the universes, Radha is present. "

The Vedas pray to such a Radha Devi whom the Vedas, Upanishads or yogas could not comprehend completely and whom the divine scriptures could not describe. She is the manifestation of Brahma.


" Radhaji cannot be described because She is the embodiment of Brahma! She is beyond description. One who has an infinite form cannot be described in words by anybody. That is the greatness of infinity! How can one describe the infinite? The Vedas quote Brahma, 'Though I praise Her throughout my life span, it is not enough to describe Her!' "

Radhaji is the dearest companion of Govind, who is the ruler of the worlds; who controls creation and position of planets; who dissipates love in the world. She is also the deity of Sri Krishna's worship.


" Sri Krishna's heart is filled only with Radha, nothing else. Even his flute sings Radhe Radhe Radhe. His flute knows no other notes to play. We bow to Radha Devi who bestows Her grace on those who surrender to Her; the dust at whose feet Sri Krishna rubs on his forehead before the commencement of Rasaleela; in whose love he forgets everything including his flute; to whom he completely surrendered himself. We bow to that Radha Devi. "


" Sri Krishna gave himself up to Her. He did not surrender to anybody else. Somebody can offer prayers but giving up youself completely!! Only a wife can totally surrender to her husband in hindu religion because she changes her maiden name to that of her husband's surname; she loses her original identity; she leaves her maternal home; she serves her husband's family; bears his authority and egoistic attitude. This is the state of one who gives himself up; who surrenders himself. He has no independence; no free will. Sri Krishna surrendered to Radha Devi in this way. "


" We pray to Sri Radha Devi by seeing whose leelas in Brindavan, the moon and other Gods lose body consciousness, get immersed in love and remain in state of silence. We prostrate before Radha Devi whose infinite beauty makes even Sacchidananda, the embodiment of happiness. Sri Krishna forgot Goloka. We pay respects to Sri Radha Devi, the ocean of power; from whom the powers of Goddess Lakshmi and Parvathi flow. "


" Goloka is filled with happiness. Even that infinite happiness seems bleak before Radhaji. The ecstasy flowing from Radhaji's Hladini power is so high. That is why; Sri Krishna forgets Goloka and even his flute when he sees Mother. Hladini power belongs to such a high class. Nobody can comprehend it. "


" Even today, Lakshmi Devi does tapasya in Bilvavan in Brindavan. She does penance on Radhaji. She worships Radhaji's manifested state of rasa to attain the eligibility to participate in Radhaji's divine ecstatic plays, Her Rasaleela. "


" We pray to Radhaji in whose praise Her sakhis joyously sing in Brindavan, who was mesmerized by the sakhi's love and created Brahmaratri in Brindavan with Her power so that they can imbibe the nectarine ecstasy of Her divine transcendental plays incessantly. "


" Srimad Bhagawata describes one night as Brahmaratri (Brahma's night). Many thousands of nights are spent in this single night. That is the wonder! Only Radha has the power to create such a night in which it seems as if innumerable nights have been spent. "


" Sometimes, She takes the form for two shouldered Krishna and plays the flute with Her tender hands and sings melodiously. We pray to Sri Radha Devi whom Sri Krishna adorns with different kinds of flowers. "


" Everybody admires Sri Krishna's beautiful child form. That Krishna becomes mad when he sees Radha Devi in little Krishna's form. Actually one must see Radha and not Krishna in the child Krishna's form. She is so beautiful that Krishna himself becomes uncontrollably insane when he sees his form before him! She takes his form and beautifully plays the flute. Mesmerized by Her beauty, Krishna brings many flowers from the astral worlds, makes a garland, puts the garland around Her neck and bows to Her. He could not control his happiness as he listened to Her melodious voice and flute. Radha is divinely adept at playing the flute. Infact, the flute is one of Her beloved sakhis who came down to earth as Sri Hitaharivamsa. Mother's sakhis stay near Her only, not near Krishna. "


" When Krishna requested Radha, She gave him Her flute. When Krishna was about to leave in his uncle Kamsa's chariot, he went near Radha and gave Her the flute saying 'Radha, take Your flute. I cannot take this with me because I am leaving for war and ruling the kingdom. There is no place for this flute there'. She is the owner of the flute. The sakhis always wish to go back to Radhaji. That is how the flute also came back to Her. "


Nanna gave an outstanding commentary on the quotes from Sri RadhikaTaitopaneeyopanishad relating to Sri Radha. He clearly showed how all the Gods from all the worlds and even Sri Krishna are mesmerized by Her power of ecstasy. He said that in Samadhi state, we can see Her golden color. Being the confidential sakhi of Radhaji, Nanna witnessed and narrated the Rasaleela secrets. Lakshmi Devi worships Her in Brindavan, Bilvavan even today! He marvelously revealed the secret about the ownership of the flute in such a blissful way.

'Brindavaneswari, Sri Radha, the sovereign of Brindavan, please reveal Your beautiful Krishna's form. Radha, Mother of all worlds, who possesses the Hladini power resides in the heart of the devotees who completely surrender to Her.'
 

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