[Advaita-l] Raslila

[G.Ananth Somayaji]

I have heard advaitic interpretations of Rasalila, the one shloka I remember
is 
 
a~nganAma~nganamantare mAdhavam , madhavam madhavam antare a~ngana

While it is usually interpretted as a dance between gopikas and Krishna, the
shloka as well means that there is Krishna in every gopika and every gopika is
inside Krishna.

-Ananth

murali mohan <murali_mohan at yahoo.com> writes:

> Sorry, I have heard the Bhagavatha several times but no one has said it was a dream. 
>   That way one can say all bhagavatham, puranas, ramayana, mahabharatha etc were all stories that never physically happened on earth but were written, like jataka tales or something, for conveying some philosophy. 
>   Assuming it did happen, my doubts is why it had to be with married women ? Even unmarried one could have justified as bigamy was quite common those days. In Hinduism it is said a married women should consider her husband as god himself and serve. So why could not the gopis see the same God in their husband itself? This is what beats me. Even Meera Bhai it is said did not perform her duty to her husband although he was a good guy, when she could very well have seen the all prevading god in her husband itself.  Why get stuck with this name and form called Krishna  (as these ISKCON people do) while all the time Krishna himself was advising humans to go beyond all names and forms ???
>    
>   "Neelakanta, Nataraja" <nataraja.neelakanta at sap.com> wrote:
>   Its very clear from Bhagavata that, it was not a physical activity.
> Raasalila was not done by Krishna himself. It was just a dream of
> Gopikas. And according to Brahmasutra bhashya, there is no paapa
> associated with the thoughts and actions that happen in the dream.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
> [mailto:advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org] On Behalf Of murali
> mohan
> Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2005 9:42 PM
> To: A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta
> Subject: [Advaita-l] Raslila
>
> Can someone pls explain this Rasalila from Bagavatham - was it just a
> midnight dance with gopis or something more physical? I could understand
> the other events from Bhagavatham but never this one. Why was it reqd at
> all - i mean this midnight love making with a group of married women ?
> No other Avatar has done anything so --------.
> My other religion friends are making fun of these things and I would
> like to explain to them. Pls help!! 
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Yahoo! Shopping
> Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping 
> _______________________________________________
> Archives: http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
>
> To unsubscribe or change your options:
> http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
>
> For assistance, contact:
> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
> _______________________________________________
> Archives: http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
>
> To unsubscribe or change your options:
> http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
>
> For assistance, contact:
> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
>   
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
> http://mail.yahoo.com 
> _______________________________________________
> Archives: http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
>
> To unsubscribe or change your options:
> http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
>
> For assistance, contact:
> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
>

-- 
+<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>+
+G. Ananth Somayaji                               +
+ WTBU, Texas Instruments (India)                 +
+Phone : 91-80-25099126 ; 91-9845274197           +
+<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>+