John jr_esq: > ...the Srimad Bhagavatam mentioned that Krishna > made love to the gopis at the same time. And, > each one believed she was the only one who was > with Krishna. > The key word here is 'ambrosia', the 'Food of the Gods', or in the case of Krishna and the Gopis, the 'Ras', the divine nectar.
> IMO, this was the meaning of the rasa dance that > Krishna and gopis performed during the Full Moon. > Apparently, having sexual relations is ideal during the Autumn moon, this I can agree with no hesitation. However, to be attacked, when you're just a baby, by dozens of frenzied cow-girls in the middle of the night is pure tantric, that's fer sure! LoL! You can call it a 'rasa dance', or you can call it a folky dance if you want to, but one thing is clear, all the gopis were adult married women. Go figure. So, sometimes the term 'rasa' refers to certain base persons who merely imitate the moods of 'prema', love, for material gain or personal enjoyment. So, "rasiks" imagine that they feel the divine emotions of Krishna or Radharani. Yet, these persons do not really understand that the term 'rasa' means 'transcendental nectar', not in the sense of mundane pleasure, but 'nectar' in the sense of effortless, spontaneous transcendental devotional service. And so, in In Braj, the holy land of Krishna and Radha, such miscreants who imagine that Radharani is merely a physical object are termed 'bhogis', or mere mood-makers. Sometimes these pretenders are called 'a-babas', from Sanskrit, i.e., 'guys that hanker after many smooth things'. > > > FWIW, wasn't it mainly morality that almost prevented > > > Krishna > > > > > Which one - the baby Krishna of Brindaban, the teenage > > Krishna, son of Devaki, or the warrior Krishna of > > Dwarka, who had 15000 wives? > > > > > from fulfilling his duty as a kshatriya? > > > > > Ramakrishna once remarked that he wanted to taste sugar, > > not be sugar. Some devotees of Krishna actually aspire > > to dress up like Radha, the divine lover. > > > > To this end, some bhaktas in India like to dress in > > women's clothing - 'saribhekis' - in imitation of > > Srimati Radharani. > > > > Thus, some of the Vaishnavas came to be called 'rasiks', > > as in the 'nectar' of erotic ambrosia. > > > > The so-called rasiks then tried to reverse engineer the > > original Sahajiya Buddhist philosophical system, and > > turned it upside down, calling Sri Radha the 'active' > > female principle, and Krishna the 'static', in order > > to represent the highest state of bliss attained by > > man through maithuna, or tantric ritual coitus. > > > > Go figure. > > > > Not sure if this was the cause of Krishna not, or > > fulfilling his duty as a Kshatriya, but I would assume > > that he had sexual relations with at least a few of > > his wives, as time permitted, in between fighting in > > wars and other stuff. > > > > LoL! > > >
