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An Endless Divine Continuity - Part 7

 
Our Association With Nanna - Part 7
   
*Nanna's words
*Mothers words of benediction
*Foreword by Author
 
 
1Life Of Rasayoga
2Swamini (Master)
3Journey Towards Renunciation
4Satsang (Divine Company)
5The Supremacy Of Radhaji
6 Yame vaisha vrinuthe..(By his choice)
7 Sri Radha Rasa Siddhi
8 Message Of Love
9 Divine Message of Radha Sakhi
   
 
LIFE OF RASAYOGA
 

 

 
 
Radharaasarahasyavedhi sakala Srimantrachintamanim
Radhabhavamarandamattha madhupam Radhanuragojjwalam
Radhaprema vivardhanardhravachasa jeevalimuddharakam
Radhamanasahamsamadhbhuthagurum vande Sakhiroopneem
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I salute the Radhasakhi, our wonderful Guru who is well versed with the secrets of Radha rasa and is the epitome of Sri mantras; shining with love for Radha; uplifting the lives of human beings through words of Radhaji's love; who is like the bee drowning in the nectar of Radha bhava and the swan in the lake of Radha's mind.

 
 

 

Brindavan ashram, 6.12.2000


Nanna was seated in his arm chair. We all surrounded him. Anjani amma sang melodious songs for some time. Later Nanna spoke to us in this festive mood.


" I will not speak unless you ask me something. "


'Nanna, what is the difference between a siddha purusha and a yogi?'


" Yogam means oneness. I can contact personally whereas they cannot! "


'Who, the siddha purushas?'


" Yes, they cannot contact Her. "


'Since you are a siddha purusha as well as yogi, you are able to do so.'

'Nanna, who is a rasayogi?'


" Rasayogi is a yogi who can provide rasa also. Mother grants rasa towards the end in Her dham. Today, when I spoke to the devotees, rasa flowed to them through me. "


'Yes Nanna.'


" He is a rasayogi. That's why they wept like that. They drank the water which I drank first. They did not even know me earlier. But they asked on their own and drank the water which I sipped.. "


'Nanna, is this rasa prema rasa or bhakti rasa (love or devotion)?'


" Love is given more importance than devotion. "


'Mother is the embodiment of love. So, a rasayogi who is in contact with Her means..'

'A rasayogi can be a siddha purusha but a siddha purusha cannot be a rasayogi.'


" Yes, he cannot. Siddha purushas are identified by the siddhi (divine powers) they attain. In rasayoga, there is no siddhi; it is only a link with Mother. A rasayogi goes beyond siddhi and speaks directly to Her. "


'That means it is a state above siddhi.'


" He appeals to Mother and She obliges. She rarely refuses. A person like me will only ask 'Mother, please keep me near Your holy feet for how many ages You may be present. I will never be separate from You. This is my only wish.' This is what a confidential sakhi means. Mother and Her sakhis have many confidential matters between them which we are not aware of. I think She may give me a chance to participate in some of them.. "


'Nanna, you were present with Her even when Krishna was not there and applied sandalwood paste to Her.'


" Yes. Krishna was not present. She did not permit him to touch Her. He was standing somewhere behind us, in the background. I was near Her. The sakhi who was applying sandalwood was near Her. She is well versed in music. I think we will attain those skills in that world. Singing a melodious tune... "


'No wonder that vision was composed in so many tunes! Anjani amma clearly saw you applying sandalwood in her vision.'


" Yes.. "


We are overwhelmed when we listen to that cassette today. It is our fortune to be associated with Nanna who was in constant contact with Sovereign Radhaji and her rasa dham. He said that rasayogi is one who provides rasa. He also said that he provided rasa to the devotees who came to see him that morning. His words that 'She will provide rasa towards the end in Her dham' and the fact that he provided rasa to so many devotees on so many occasions tell us who he is!

Sri Radhakinkarinam luthathi charanayoradhbhutha siddhikotihi- Innumerable incredible siddhis lie at the feet of Sri Radha's attendants. Then how many great siddhis might be serving the feet of Nanna, the confidential sakhi of Radhaji? Once he said 'I attained many siddhis due to incessant Radha dhyana. I surrender them at Her feet at the end of each day. She uses them to uplift the human beings through me.' These extraordinary words depict the combined states of oneness and separateness between Radha and Her sakhi. Saying 'Keep me at Your holy feet for as long as You exist. This is only my wish' Nanna clearly showed us that what our desire in life must be! 'They have many confidential matters. She may give me a chance to participate in some of them... Though he tried to keep his status as a secret from us, Radhaji made us realize that he is Her confidential sakhi by bringing Ravali incident into the conversation. In her dhyana, Anjani amma had a vision in which Nanna was a sakhi applying sandalwood paste to Radhaji.

'Nanna is leading us towards Radhaji. Will all of us reach Her abode?'


" I think so. I will ask Mother to accept my dear ones. Who knows, She may agree. I think...Do you remember what She told us? Radhamahalaxmi amma made a statement. "


'On Sankranti festival she said that Nanna belongs to Mother's dham. Karma has no effect on him. He is bearing karma on behalf of others.'


" She also said something about getting Mother's work done when I am here. We don't know what work needs to be done in the upper worlds. These words must be included in your book. In which book will you include them? "


'Your life history.'


" Volume 2! "


'Irrespective of the length, I want to include everything related to you to the maximum possible extent. When a yogi writes an autobiography, it would be better than his life history written by a second person. We might skip some points. I feel your life history would be incomplete compared to autobiography.'


" Yogi is different. He has a link with Mother. That is why so many aspects will be involved. "


'Yes Nanna. Only a yogi can narrate his biography.'


" Yes. A siddha cannot do so because his status is inferior to yogi. When people reach the siddha stage, they become egoistic and fall. Radhamahalaxmi is a great yogini. She does no tell us anything. While leaving, she held my chin in her hand.. "


'Nanna, is she the Radhamahalaxmi amma in the photo?'


" No, the mother who is above her. She superimposes on her (Radhamahalaxmi amma in the photo) and leaves when her job is done. "


Nanna is the nectarine aspect of Mother; Her hladini power said that he would take his dear ones near Her. Whoever does incessant dhyana on Radhaji with one pointed devotion is dear to him. He assured that that he would lead those who worship Mother with one pointed devotion to Her holy feet.

On 14.1.1998, Mahalaxmi amma accepted Nanna's invitation, came into Anjani amma's divine body and gave her message. 'Radhika Prasad Maharaj is one of Radhaji's sakhis. We are fortunate that he took this form and came near us. Nobody should ever leave him. By maintaining the link with him, your path to reach Radhaji will become smooth and easy.' Nanna's works pertain only to human welfare. That is why he said 'I wonder what works are there in the upper world'. While asking whether I would include this message in his life history, he blessed me with the capacity to write the book on his life history titled 'Rasikacharyuni ananya jeevitham'. On that day, he granted the fortune to write the divine history of a rasayogi which even siddhas cannot speak about.

'Uparadhadevi' who is more popularly known as Radhamahalaxmi always held his chin whenever she came near him. Whenever Nanna mentions this fact, we wonder what we did to come in the shelter of our loving rasa guru.

Nanna spoke about the visit of Naiveli Saranji's disciples to Brindavan ashram.


" Did you listen to our conversation that day? "


'Yes. Sekhar suggested that we must take your permission to include the conversation in our book.'


" Radhaji is present in the Vedas! "


'Yes Nanna. It seems Kanakadurgadevi told you 'I will not tell about Radhaji. The Vedas only will tell about Her.' What else did you guru say?'

Nanna gave a wonderful smile.

'Nanna, what did she say about Radharani?'


" She protects the whole Universe. She talked about sakhi tattwa. They appreciated it very much. "


'Nanna, were those disciples Her sakhis?'


" Maybe. There seems to be some traces. Otherwise they cannot establish contact with Naiveli Saranji. "


'Nanna, does Mother come in your dreams frequently?'


" Sometimes; it is Her wish. "


'Does She appear frequently during dhyana?'


" When I am in dhyana, I don't see Her but I feel Her vibrations. "


'Do you feel that bhava?'


" Yes, suppose Mother is here for a second. I immediately feel like weeping. I cannot bear it; I cannot speak. That's all. "


'In which form does She appear in your dream...'


" Generally, I don't see Her in my dream. She is formless. When She has no form, in which form will She come? She has no particular form. "


'Then how do you know that Mother came?'


" When Mother comes, I receive Her vibrations. How do you know it is winter? How do you know that you reach Himalayas when your eyes are closed? "


'Do you feel Her vibrations whenever She comes?'


" Yes, each and every time. I tell Her not to leave me. "


'Nanna, when we asked you about sleep, you mentioned about Naimisa forest...'


" We slept on tree branches at night. Otherwise, the tiger will kill us. "


'Did you do penance there?'


" Yes, in 1921 when I lived in Agra. We did penance normally in day time and on tree branches at night. I took deeksha in Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh..Finally I reached near Chinnari Radha. I saw so many spiritual paths, so many.. "


'Didn't you like something about those spiritual paths?'


" I did not see the result I wanted. The sound generated by uttering Radhaswami will take you upwards. "


'Does Radhaswami mean Radharani?'


" No. There is no connection at all. That is a path of yoga. It is known as surat sabdha yogam. I practiced for two years and crossed 2 levels out of 5. Yet, I could not find anything. I felt I was drifting in some direction. I really did not understand where! I knew I must go somewhere, but did not know how. Later I was transferred to Venkatagiri. One day, my daughter's gold chain was lost. We searched everywhere but could not find it. The head master of our school brought a person well versed in mantras to our house. He had a unique skill. When he puts a blank paper into the water, some words appear on it. We asked him about the chain. He put a blank paper in water and the words 'the ornament is there' appeared on it and disappeared within a minute. "


'Did you go to Kalahasti to meet him?'


" No, he came to our house. When our dhobi lost her gold ornament, we asked him about it. He used his skills and declared that the dhobi only was the culprit. She argued why she would steal her own ornament. Then he put the paper in water and got the reply that she gave the ornament to he mother. By asking repeated questions, he finally gave us the whereabouts of the ornament. Well, they dug in that place and found the buried ornament. Remarkable indeed! "


'Does any Goddess help him in this skill?'


" Some goddess does. They address her as Mother.. "


'Sometimes yakshas, demigods..'


" I too got information about my gold ornament. Mother arranged the incident. So it flew in the sky and fell in our house. "


'That is an incredible miracle!'


" How astonishing! You don't find such a miracle on earth. Goddess Gyana Prasunamba is the deity of that sorcerer. I went to see Her because She will possess such powers. "


Nanna was silent for some time.


" Then I realized that Radha is the highest deity. "


'When?'


" Gyana Prasunamba told me. She did not mention any name. She said that there is a deity above her; the highest deity! She emphasized that it is the greatest incarnation.Ha.. Later Radhamahalaxmi amma told about Mother. "


Nanna reclined in his chair. After saying Ha.., he made a peculiar sound. We could not understand what it means. We are lucky that we could ask whether he saw Radhaji in his dreams and during dhyana; how he would realize Her presence. We were able to listen to his experience. Saying that he would ask Her not to leave him, he spoke about the link between Radha and Her sakhi.

Nanna studied the depth of many spiritual paths- mantra, tantra, sastra etc. Finally he realized that Radha is the highest deity. Our rasaguru is the one who declared that 'all paths are within me.' He is striving every moment, guiding us on the path to reach Her holy feet.

Nanna sat upright. During this short span of time, he would have seen some divine vision, because his face was glowing radiantly.


" Somebody showed me three fingers and said that 'if you satisfy three entities, you will go near Mother directly like climbing a ladder to reach the top. The first of them is mind; second is society around you and the third is Mother Herself. There are only three aspects in this world, no fourth one! You must necessarily satisfy all the three. "


" Now, how can you satisfy the mind? You must prepare your mind in such a way that you are ready to go near Mother. How can you satisfy the society? We are referring only to those who are going near Mother. Third is Mother Herself. You must satisfy all the three. Such a life is a yogic life. Live like a yogi, not like a human being. How is the mind of a yogi? What is his relationship with society? How should he conduct himself in Her presence? You must make your life yoga. "


'Nanna, please explain in detail.'


" This is real philosophy. I will give you a hint of Radhamahalaxmi amma's exemplary life. If you follow in her footsteps, it is enough. That is a ladder which will lead you directly to Mother's garden. "


'We don't understand Upanishads and other scriptures..'


" You don't need anything else. What we are now discussing is above Upanishads." "


'You are telling us the essence of philosophy is such simple words.'


" Yes, somebody told me about three aspects. Satisfy them to reach Mother's garden directly. How is Her teaching? "


'It is Mother's teaching; what can we say! Satisfying society seems very difficult. Unnecessary differences, hatred and enmity will attack us. '


" That is negative thinking. You are moving in Mother's path. They will all move aside. You must always say that there is no hurdle in Her path. No doubt, there are hindrances. But remember that we have Mother's grace with us. She is our goal. Our mind should be just as Mother said. We should move in the society just as Mother said. We must move with Mother just as Mother said. When everything concerning you is filled with Mother, why do you fear? "


While Nanna spoke about Sri Radha tattwa and how to reach Her, I spoke in such a worldly manner about enmity and hatred. Oh! Nanna provides some sort of power through his teachings. The listener must always be in the receiving state, otherwise we lose a lot.


" Include this matter as a separate chapter. Mention this point at the end. "


'Shall we call it Mother's message?'


" Divine message! "


'Ah! Divine message. Shall we end Volume 6 with this chapter?'


" Yes. The book must end with this chapter. She gave the message to complete the book before you leave from here. She mentioned only three points. How should the mind be? The worldly man has many aspirations, opinions and aims whereas a Mother's child has just one! How to behave with the society? Maintain Tatsukhena sukhitwam attitude towards society. Mother is always eagerly waiting to help you to serve others. That is your path. That is Mother's mind. "


'Mother's mind is full of love.'

'She considers others happiness as Hers. We also must do like that.'


" Yes. Then only you can reach Her. She ensures the well being of mankind. We also must follow Her. She must fit into your life. Her mind is always eager to help others. "


'She is Bhaktanugrahakatara (Ever eger to grace who call upon her).'


" That is Her policy. We also must show eagerness to serve Her sakhis (sakhijana seva athrutha). Don't decide how and what to do. It all depends on the situation at that time. Mother told us about three points - mind, society and Mother. There must not be a fourth aspect. "


'Nanna, Mother is showing Her presence in every volume of the book.'


" Yes. "


'In the fourth volume, She granted a dream towards the end of the volume. Same also with Fifth volume; now this message towards end of sixth volume...'


" That too just before your departure... "


'It appears that Mother Herself is making Nanna write these books.'


" You must mention that the worldly man has many aspirations and aims whereas a Mother's child has just one desire. "


'What is that desire?'


" We shall write about it later. Let us write concisely first and elaborate later. Firstly, mind and mentality. Seva bhava - I don't want anything else except Her seva. I will remain near Her at all times. Mother's presence and Mother's seva; what more do you need? Never leave Her presence. As long as She is present, we must serve Her and remain in Her presence. That is our only aim. "


" We don't know how that service would be, in how many ways She will change it.. Mother is Bhaktanugrahakatara. She is eager to bless Her devotees. Then what is our duty? She is blessing us so we are trying to keep the society happy. We can never say that we grant happiness because only Mother can grant Her grace and provide happiness. We are trying to follow Her principle of tatsukhena sukhitwam. Could you understand? That is her way and this is ours. Both must be parallel. "


'Mother will grant Her grace. We must consider others happiness as ours.'


" She gave us tatsukhena sukhitwam and bhaktanugrahakataram is Hers. One is Hers and one is ours! She also has only one aim.. "


'To bless the devotees..'


" Well being of this world through Venu marg (nectarine love) and not by Sudarshan marg (punishment and destruction). "


'Venu marg means path of love.'


" Yes, that is the term coined by Her. She said 'Mine is Venu marg.' She held the flute in Her hand and it immediately transformed into a little girl - Hitaharivamsa. 'You must go down to earth.' 'My Mother, what sin did I do? Why are sending me there?' 'It is so difficult to leave Mother, so heart breaking. So mush agony! 'My dear, I also cannot stay without you. Will I send you alone? Will I not be with you?' That is our way. 'I cannot stay on earth.' 'Why? I will also be with you.' So you must do everything in your life by keeping Mother in your mind. Understood? "


Nanna narrated the conversation between Radhaji and the flute in a wonderful and peculiar way. His style is dramatizing and conveying in conversational way. Generally we add 'he said..' or 'he asked.'. But Nanna continues the conversation between them without any interference. This style captures the reader's attention so much that he unknowingly transcends to that time! Radhaji said 'Go to earth' and the flute asked 'what sin did I do?' In such a conversation, when Radhaji says 'Can I stay without you.Will I not be with you?', Nanna said that is our way. Nanna, the Radhasakhi, the attribute of Radhaji's hladini power attained bhava and then oneness with Her through this bhava. He clearly told that his tattwa is that of true devotees; he cannot live without Her.


" How should you keep Mother in your mind? Be with the thought that 'I am doing everything in Your presence. Whether I speak, whether I work..' Yesterday some devotees came to meet me. As long as I was speaking to them, Mother was with me only. Now I am speaking to you while She is near me. (weeping). Mother, I will show You to the world. My life will reflect You every moment. Each one must conduct his life like that. The next important point is ananya nishta - one pointed devotion. Nothing is mine. I have only one goal in life -Mother. I don't say no to any God. I have no enmity towards any God. Goddess Kali is also Mother's child. She is a part of Mother. Link with Mother in this way and continue your life. Then who is an outsider? Nobody! Everybody becomes related to Her, hence a part of our family. Remember these three points all the time. "


" You can develop the text on these points. As you continue, She will give you the thoughts. You can devote two pages for each point. This will be the last chapter of the book. We shall conclude with Mother's Divine message. The reader will realize how his mind must think; how he must deal with the society and how he must be with Mother. This is her divine message. There are boundary lines and you must live within them. This is my message to you. There is no fourth aspect. That is how we must project Mother in our life. (Nanna spoke about an adverse situation faced by him).....Mother created this situation, then things improved. "


'Will that state go away?'


" Yes. If Mother creates something, there is nothing else. If you create a situation, there is anger. That is why you must that Mother created every situation. It is very essential. Let me give you an example from Ramayana. Rama is the virtuous king leading an exemplary life. One day, Yama, the Lord of death came near Rama. 'Nobody should enter this room when I am speaking to you. This is a rule. If anyone enters, he must face death punishment.' Sage Durvasa came to the palace to see Rama. He was angry when he was denied entry. "I will curse your dynasty if you will not allow me to enter. Your entire dynasty will be destroyed. Who are you to stop me?' Lakshmana went inside to find out whether he could allow Sage Durvasa to enter. 'He is threatening to curse the whole dynasty. If he curses me alone, it is alright. But he is targeting our dynasty. What should I do?' 'Why did you enter when you were instructed not to? You must face death sentence now.' 'My beloved brother Rama, what can be a better way to die than dying in your hands?' Sage Vasishta said 'Rama, if you punish a man, he must feel sad. Lakshmana is elated at your punishment. He is dancing with joy that he will die in your hands. What kind of punishment is this?' 'What should I do?' 'He cannot stay away from you even for a moment. (weeping) That is the extent of his madness in your love. Just as you went to the forest, banish him from your kingdom. That is enough. He will die as cannot bear that grief. "


" The flute was also in the same situation. 'My dear flute, you must go down to earth.' 'What sin did I do? Why are You angry with me?' 'I am not angry. You.We must uplift mankind. Whatever may happen, I will not leave you even for a second. Why do you fear?' 'I have no fear now. I will do as You wish.' This incident actually took place in Her dham. "


" Our life must be like that. 'I shall move in this world but I shall keep You with me always. You are within me. Every minute, You must be in my thought, speech and actions. Your aura must be visible to the world in my thought, word and action.' 'I will show the world. I will be with you. Don't worry.' Mother kissed me three times. "


Nanna was filled with bhava and could not continue for some time. Radhasakhi proclaimed 'as I am speaking now, Mother is with me only.'' I am speaking in Her presence. I will show You to the world. My life will reflect You every moment.' He narrated the conversation between Radhaji and the flute in such a way as if he was unified with the flute. 'You must be present in my thought, word and action. Your aura must be visible to the world.' Is this spoken by Nanna or the flute? Just now he said 'My life will reflect You every moment'. He pleaded that Her light should shine in every thought, word and action of his ideal life. Radhaji accepted Her sakhi's request and said, 'I will show the world my radiance' and kissed Her sakhi. The hoarse, emotional voice of the sakhi who is blessed with the fortune of the touch of Radhaji's lips is the evidence for this!

Nanna often said that the guru must not project himself. He must put Mother before himself. Why should he project himself? 'I will show You to the world.' These words indicate what a guru must do. 'This is my message.' Indeed, he told us what we must do through his exemplary life.


" That is how Hitaharivamsa came to earth. "


'Nanna, you also came to earth like that only!'


" Why do you talk about me now? The present subject is Radha.." "


'Mother's sakhis are also part of the subject.'


" The sakhis must be like that....Narayana (a devotee) died. I told him to come down one day and buy whatever his family needs. Even if he died, his family remains. You must consider his family as your family and take care of them. You must do what he would do if he was alive. That is our duty. "


'Nanna, did Lakshmana consider his punishment as God's decision?'


" He did not think like that. He went near his mother. 'Generally you have a serious expression on your face. Today you are very sad. You don't care even if the whole world opposes you. Why are you weeping today?' Mother, they banished me from Ayodhya.' 'So what? Go directly to River Sarayu and jump into the river. Go to the higher world in the cosmic conscious form. Enter your brother's heart. That's all. I gave you the order and the punishment. If you stay outside the kingdom, you must live away from him. But when you are in his heart..who can send you away from there? What else can I say? Go immediately.' "


" They desired..'Be with me.' That is why I am stressing on sadhana and tapasya. When dhyana yoga reaches the peak, you will not leave Mother even for a moment. Every thought, word and action will reflect Her. This is Her final message. Only if you follow this message and live accordingly, you are Her child; otherwise no. Work according to the thoughts provided by Mother and develop around 10 pages text on this matter. "


Nanna spoke about Radhashtami celebrations.


" We don't know how many people will attend the function. We must have different sweets on different days. The celebrations will be for three days. We must arrange leelas on two days and the main function on one day. On the first day, we will worship Mother in the morning and have a procession in the evening. This will be followed by 2 days of leelas. "


Suddenly Nanna reverted back to the contents of the book.


" Let us not call it Mother's message. It is ideal life. That is the end. I am writing how an ideal life must be as informed by Mother. "


'Will the title be 'Ideal Life'?'


" Yes. It is Her message only. Otherwise how can you say that it is ideal life? She must tell us how to live. This life is given by Her. You must follow Her foot steps. This shall be our introduction to the topic. "


" Do not get perturbed if you face any hurdles. Don't care if somebody tries to stop you. Move forward in this path confidently. Naravahana led a wicked and cruel life. Hitaharivamsa had the sensitive heart of a little girl. When Hitaharivamsa glanced at Naravahana, the wicked person was transformed and fell at his feet. His life became so ideal that Hitaharivamsa dedicated two of his verses from Hitachaurasi to Naravahana. This life is granted to us by Mother. She will be satisfied when we surrender ourselves to Her. "


'Did Naravahana follow the ideal life stated by Her?'


" Yes, he did. "


'No wonder such a Mahatma dedicated his verses to him!'


" If it is otherwise, he would not dedicate his verses. If it is against Her tattwa, he would not compose that verse at all. "


'Can we cite the example of Naravahana while writing about ideal life?'


" Oh yes. We must do that. Mother, You are making me move on in life. I will live in this kaliyuga but You remain in my heart. You must correct my mind, words and actions and also guide me in this life. You must control my manovakkaya (mind, words and actions). "


" Ravana's devotion was always seen as enemy's devotion and not enmity. The Gods saw his devotion and not enmity. We also must see like that. "


'Nanna is saying that even if we face an adverse situation, we must think that Mother created that situation.'


" She became thousand Radhas. That is the purpose of Her incarnation. "


'How?'


" One Radha must transform into thousand Radhas; that is Her incarnation. When Sudarshan chakra is used, one man becomes into 1000 spirits. But She wishes that he is a great man; so nectar must form! "


'Nanna, which means by Venumarg, everyone should come into Radha bhava tattwa.'


" That is Venumarg! Thousand Mothers are born from one Mother. Her way is not creating 1000 spirits from one man. Even the evil Naravahana transformed into such a pious devotee that two unique verses were dedicated to him. "


'Your style is very sweet, just like Mother.'


" Once Mother approached a Baba who was weeping and asked so sweetly 'Baba, why are you weeping? What do you want?' She has such sweet words and such a beautiful gait! "


" You must write about the devotee's mind which is filled with Mother; about his life in society when he surrenders to Her; about Rasika bhakti, devotion when you surrender to Her. Ours is rasika bhakti, not ordinary bhakti. "


" One Radha must become thousand Radhas. This is Venumarg. Most of them become evil spirits in Sudarshan marg. "


" In Venu marg, you hear wonderful, sweet, melodious tunes. In Sudarshan marg, you hear cries, screams and chaos. It is like the scene when the vulture pounces on an animal and grabs a hand or leg. That is why we must stress and emphasise on Venu marg in Mother's final message "


" Sudarshan marg....Mother! An Emperor (Asoka) following Sudarshan marg destroyed his enemies. When he went to the battle field at night and saw them, his mind was transformed and he took up Buddhism. That is Sudarshan marg! "


'We could not understand.'


" Ashoka's path is Venu marg. "


'But you said Sudarshan marg just now.'


" When he saw the bloodshed in Sudarshan marg, he changed and took up Buddhism. He could not listen to their cries.he shut his ears...Understood? "


'Yes.'


" Quote these examples in the chapter. Ashoka moved in Venu marg. He saw the terrifying scenes during war and accepted Buddhism. We do not follow Buddhism. Ours is a step higher than Buddhism. We have only love and tears. Our divine incarnation is love and tears. "


" That is ....This is love. Tears of love! Compare both the paths. Ashoka saw the grief, the screams, the agony.... The great Emperor began to weep when his heart melted at that scene. (Nanna was also weeping). He felt 'Did I follow such a life till now?' "


" Mother tells us not to move in that path. Then only you will realize Her power. Mother's path is a step than Buddha's path. It is love and tears. Compare both the paths and mention that Mother came to earth only to show the Venu marg. "


'Nanna, Ashoka changed after Kalinga war and embraced Buddhism..'


" Yes, immediately. He even sent his sisters and some other close ones to spread the message of Buddha in different places. "


'Now we must explain the difference between Buddhism and Mother's path.'


" Her path gives importance to tears of love. Ashoka's path is more of pity. Ours is higher. Tears of love are higher than pity. "


'Initially he was moved by the scene before him'


" That's all, it did no go higher. Buddhism ends with pity. "


'Oh! Ashoka stopped with pity! He could not go to prema tattwa?'


" Yes. Mother's path is tears of love. So great! So very great! "


'Nanna, didn't Ashoka touch Mother's path at any point of time?'


" He regretted that the path he initially followed (Sudarshan marg) is wrong. He wept and repented. Then only he embraced Buddhism. "


'Yes, we will mention this. But how can we relate Mother to this?'


" You must highlight that this is higher; innumerable times higher. Very few people in world history reached the stage of tears of love. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Mirabai and a few others showed us that state and those tears. Tears of love! Path of love! This is not Ashoka's path. "


" Mention the names of Mahatmas who followed the path of love. Chaitanya' love is considered the highest. Radhaji's love is even higher than his love! She shows Her love in trees, flowers and fruits also. You can explain even to this detail. Those are not tears of suffering. They weep 'Mother, take me near You.'. That difference must be explained clearly. "


Nanna remained silent for some time. Then he said:


" I told everything. "


Nanna explained Radhaji's path of love which is represented by tears of love. He cited examples and added his own experiences. Saying ours is rasika bhakti, he told that 1000 streams of love flow in this way; the most demonical person will transform into a Paramahamsa by the touch of the rays of Her love and will also spread Her love. This is what 1000 Radhas emerging from one Radha truly means!

This chapter began with Nanna words 'I will not tell anything without asking' and ended with 'I told everything.' Indeed, his rasayoga life is flowing between these two sentences!
 

 

 
 
Jagela divyamoorthy choopinchavamma nee roopamu
Nee sakthi roopamu valadamma nee maya mahimalu nakela
Nee prema roopamu choopi nannuddharimpave thalli
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Divine Mother, Please show me Your divine form. I don't want Your power, Your maya or Your miracles. Please show Your form of love and bless me.

 
 

 

 

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