Krishna Saradiya Rasayatra – The celebration of sublime and supreme love

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Hare Krishna On the occasion of Krishna Saradhi Ras Yatra let us try to understand what this supremely transcendental festival demonstrates so Ras Leela is the eternal dance of divine love it is the celebration of pure love where everything of this world is forgotten in the ecstasy of devotion so the Gopis give up everything, they give up even their families, even their children, everything of this world is given up for the sake of the lord so the Ras Leela happens in spring as well as in autumn and both of them have their distinctive moods Autumn is the season when the rainy seasons, rains have ended and now the coldness of winter is starting and at that time there is greenery lush greenery all around and in that atmosphere of autumn amidst the stimulating coldness of the upcoming winter the soothing warmth of pure emotion illumines and activates the heart of Krishna and the Gopis and they perform this celebration of supreme love so in the Ras Leela there are many activities, there is dancing, there are water sports there is discussing and then there is the culmination so all these are a part of the Ras Leela and Krishna and the Gopis they come together and the Gopis united around Krishna and Krishna along with Radharani and Krishna in his multiple expansions with the various Gopis, this all demonstrates how there is individuality and unity in pure devotion Krishna is so personal and so reciprocal and so supremely omnipotent that he perfectly reciprocates with the love of each devotee so every devotee not all the Gopis when Krishna calls by playing the flute are able to come immediately, the different Gopis experience different levels of difficulties and one by one the Gopis come in streams some Gopis come earlier, some Gopis come later and they all join Krishna in their Ras Leela, like that we all want to, Prabhupada said that we are all dancing to the tunes of Mahamaya but we want to dance to the tunes of Yogamaya and we are caught shackled by our Anarthas and the Anarthas check us but we want to break free from them and rush towards Krishna and join in his festival of divine love that is the perfection of our lives to be a participant even if a small insignificant participant a witness in the supreme pastimes of Krishna so Srila Prabhupada explains that Ras Leela is not certainly a historical event, it is a transcendental event which happened at one time in history, which happens eternally in the spiritual world but it is also an ongoing event in the spiritual world, time is the servant of Krishna and whenever Krishna wants there can be spring whenever Krishna wants there can be autumn, in fact Krishna Raskaraj goes in Anand Vrindavan Champu, Kavi Karnapur explains Vrindavan is a place where all six seasons and all the flowers and fruits which are associated with these seasons, they all manifest simultaneously so then what is the meaning of saying Rasya, Ras Leela Charandiya spring Ras Leela or autumn Ras Leela, actually this variety is just to increase the sweetness of Krishna’s pastimes, so even in autumn Krishna can manifest spring and the Vrindavan forest serves Krishna according to his mood, so the variety of the seasons is simply to increase the ecstasy and the intensity of devotion and devotional reciprocation, so autumn in the spiritual world every moment is every talk is a dance, every talk is a song every walk is a dance, every moment is a festival of ecstasy but the variety is there to bring about more sweetness more relish and more intensity in the reciprocation of love, so that is what we aspire to enter into Shri Jatana Mahaprabhu through the Sankirtan movement has given us opportunity to enter into the exalted intimate pastimes of Krishna with his topmost devotees Shri Krishna Sardiya Ras Yatra ki Jaya