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‎Why Radha ji is not mentioned in the Bhagavatham and mainstream Scriptures

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‎Why Radha ji is not mentioned in the Bhagavatham and mainstream Scriptures

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‎Why Radha ji is not mentioned in the Bhagavatham and mainstream Scriptures

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‎= Why Radharani is not mentioned in the Bhagavatham and mainstream Scriptures

Pdewan: /* Arjun and Shri Krishn */

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‎Arjun and Shri Krishn

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‎Arjun and Shri Krishn

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‎Krishna avatars change across India

Jyoti: /* The Avtar of Shri Krishn */

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‎The Avtar of Shri Krishn

Jyoti: /* Crises and Sri Krishn */

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‎Crises and Sri Krishn

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-Certainly this particular gopi has perfectly worshiped the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, Govinda, since He was so pleased with Her that He abandoned the rest of us and brought Her to a secluded place. [Indpaedia.com adds: This translation has been cross checked with  [https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/30/28/ Bhaktivedanta Vedabase]
+Certainly this particular gopi has perfectly worshiped the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, Govinda, since He was so pleased with Her that He abandoned the rest of us and brought Her to a secluded place. (Indpaedia.com adds: This translation has been cross checked with  [https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/30/28/ Bhaktivedanta Vedabase] )
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 Therefore, do not think that Radharani is an imaginary character just because she has not been mentioned in many scriptures.  There are many books like “Govinda Lilamruta” that mentions about Radha’s lilas with Krishna.  But, it is not advisable for the devotees to read such books because these are all very personal lilas of Krishna with His own pleasure potency Radharani.
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 == Why Radha ji is not mentioned in the Bhagavatham and mainstream Scriptures==
 [https://krishnatoday.com/radharani-not-mentioned-in-bhagavatham/     Why Radharani is not mentioned in Bhagavatham & All the Bonafide Scriptures?/   September 3rd, 2020/ KrishnaToday.com]
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 Therefore, do not think that Radharani is an imaginary character just because she has not been mentioned in many scriptures.  There are many books like “Govinda Lilamruta” that mentions about Radha’s lilas with Krishna.  But, it is not advisable for the devotees to read such books because these are all very personal lilas of Krishna with His own pleasure potency Radharani.
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 balls), than Krishna as a lover.
 == Why Radha ji is not mentioned in the Bhagavatham and mainstream Scriptures==
-[https://krishnatoday.com/radharani-not-mentioned-in-bhagavatham/     Why Radharani is not mentioned in Bhagavatham & All the Bonafide Scriptures?/   September 3rd, 2020/ KrishnaToday.com
+[https://krishnatoday.com/radharani-not-mentioned-in-bhagavatham/     Why Radharani is not mentioned in Bhagavatham & All the Bonafide Scriptures?/   September 3rd, 2020/ KrishnaToday.com]
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 Therefore, do not think that Radharani is an imaginary character just because she has not been mentioned in many scriptures.  There are many books like “Govinda Lilamruta” that mentions about Radha’s lilas with Krishna.  But, it is not advisable for the devotees to read such books because these are all very personal lilas of Krishna with His own pleasure potency Radharani.
 == Why is Sri Radha’s name not mentioned in the Bhagavatam?==

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 (lover of buttermilk) and Ladu Gopal (lover of butter
 balls), than Krishna as a lover.
-== Why Radharani is not mentioned in the Bhagavatham and mainstream Scriptures=
+== Why Radha ji is not mentioned in the Bhagavatham and mainstream Scriptures==
 [https://krishnatoday.com/radharani-not-mentioned-in-bhagavatham/     Why Radharani is not mentioned in Bhagavatham & All the Bonafide Scriptures?/   September 3rd, 2020/ KrishnaToday.com
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 All of the great bhakti schools in India accept the transcendental existence of Radha and Krishna. Some schools may not give special significance to these forms of the Lord, but they certainly accept such worship as authorized. Vishnuswami, Ramanuja, Vallabhacharya, and Chaitanya all accept the transcendental position of Sri Radha. Though some think the worship of Radha is of recent origins, this is not the case. It is true that in recent times the importance of Radha worship has been especially stressed by Sri Chaitanya, but it is interesting to note that the “radha kalyana” festival is most common in South India, where there is little influence of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s teachings. The madhurya-rasa (conjugal relationship with the Lord) is nothing new or sectarian. Great devotees such as Sri Andal have sung extensively about this madhurya-rasa.
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 Ramanuja sees this transcendental vision of Krishna as a sign of the grace of God for his bhakta, and both these concepts of surrender and grace lie at the heart of his Vishishtadvaita position. This sthitaprajna state of mind, which Krishna encourages Arjuna to attain, of equanimity , can be achieved only through recognition that God alone is at work, and each moral action is to be viewed from His perspective, just as Arjuna is given this knowledge by Krishna.
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	Ramanuja sees this transcendental vision of Krishna as a sign of the grace of God for his bhakta, and both these concepts of surrender and grace lie at the heart of his Vishishtadvaita position. This sthitaprajna state of mind, which Krishna encourages Arjuna to attain, of equanimity , can be achieved only through recognition that God alone is at work, and each moral action is to be viewed from His perspective, just as Arjuna is given this knowledge by Krishna.		Ramanuja sees this transcendental vision of Krishna as a sign of the grace of God for his bhakta, and both these concepts of surrender and grace lie at the heart of his Vishishtadvaita position. This sthitaprajna state of mind, which Krishna encourages Arjuna to attain, of equanimity , can be achieved only through recognition that God alone is at work, and each moral action is to be viewed from His perspective, just as Arjuna is given this knowledge by Krishna.
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		+	=Birth=
		+	==… and divinity==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=19_08_2022_020_005_cap_TOI Radhanath Swami, August 19, 2022: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Every year, countless devotees of Krishn eagerly await the blessed day of Janmashtami, the day when the Divine appeared on this earthly plane some five thousand years ago. Janmashtami is especially spectacular in the holy place of Vrindavan and the surrounding area, called Vraj-mandala, where Krishn enacted his charming and captivating childhood pastimes. While serving him through a myriad of devotional ways – such as hearing about his divine activities, chanting his holy names, serving his deity form, and offering him hundreds of food items – most devotees fast throughout the day in the mood of single-minded absorption in his loving service. The festivities of the day reach their climax at midnight with a grand celebration.
		+	Krishn himself makes a categorical statement on the divinity of his birth while speaking to Arjun in the Bhagwad Gita verse 4:9: “One who knows the transcendental nature of my appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains my eternal abode, O Arjun. ”
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		+	Brahma, the engineer of the universe, too addresses Krishn as the cause of all causes. Krishn is thus unborn, and hence the events leading up to and including his ‘birth’ are all unique and divine, as recounted in the pages of numerous Vedic scriptures, primarily in the Srimad Bhagavatam. Therefore, spiritualists and scholars across the board have written voluminous commentaries on just this one episode.
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		+	Undoubtedly, the birth process in this world is both a labour of love and a harbinger of celebration for family members. However, the mother, relatives, and the medical staff involved in the process would all attest that childbirth is a highly traumatic event even in a normal delivery, let alone when there are associated complications.
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		+	Krishn’s birth, however, is far from ordinary. Therefore, we celebrate the day not as ‘birthday’ but ‘appearance day’. Not only his birth but all other activities are extraordinary. For instance, he killed the various demons sent to Vrindavan by his maternal uncle Kans, not with any weapons but just as a sport when he was a mere boy. He established a just rule in Mathura and went on to become the adviser for the righteous Pandavs as is recounted in the pages of the Mahabharat. Nested right in the womb of this longest epic, is the famous 700 verse poem, the Bhagwad Gita, spoken by Krishn to his devotee and friend, Arjun, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. This was when Arjun was at the crossroads of crisis. Playing the humble role of a charioteer for his friend, Krishn spoke this concise science, not only relevant to Arjun but to all of us, on how to navigate the complex and ever-changing material world, with timeless principles of spirituality.
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		+	Arjun became the mouthpiece through which Krishn spoke to all of us, not only the first ever self-help manual of mind-control and personal growth but also of universal brotherhood and unconditional love which is beyond considerations of any temporary ‘ism’ – casteism, racism, genderism, or even ‘speciesism’.
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		+	Auspicious occasion of Janmashtami is the time when we express our gratitude to what Krishn has given us for our benefit. (The writer is the spiritual guru of ISKCON)
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 == Krishna avatars change across India==
 [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/from-shrinathji-to-jagannath-how-krishna-avatars-change-across-india/articleshow/89194018.cms  January 29, 2022: ''The Times of India'']
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 Five hundred years ago, when the Mughals ruled north India, there was an explosion of Bhakti poetry across India. From north to south, people expressed their devotion to different forms of god using emotionally charged language. One of these forms of God was that of Krishna.
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 In Gujarat, Krishna is known as Dwarkadheesh, or the Lord of Dwaraka. But the image here shows him with four arms or Chaturbhuj, more like Vishnu, and less like Krishna. The images of Dwarkadheesh are found in Dwarka, as well as Dakor. In Bengal, Krishna is called Keshto in the Baul traditions.
  Chaitanya Mahaprabhu made his image as Murlidhar or the flute holding Krishna standing in twined with Radha popular. This image is found in the Gaudiya Vaishnava Parampara. In the Shankardev traditions of Assam, in the satras of Assam, Krishna is popularly known as Madhava, linking him with madhu or honey. However, in Namghar, where his name is chanted and stories narrated, there is no statue of Krishna.
  If you read old Tamil literature, we come across a cowherd god called Mayon. Mayon is surrounded by milkmaids and has a beloved name called Nappinnai. We wonder who he is. A closer examination reveals he is Kanha of Hindi literature, and Nappinnai is Radha. This is the same god, referred to very differently in the northern belt and in the southern regions.
 In Karnataka, Krishna is worshipped as Chennakeshava or the little Krishna. His image shows him holding a churning rod in one hand. In Kerala, he is visualised as Guruvayur. Guruvayur means the deity who was worshipped by Brihaspati and Vayu, the planet Jupiter and the wind-god. It is said that this image was worshipped once by Devaki and was passed on to the kings of Kerala, a long time ago.
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 Devdutt Pattanaik writes a fortnightly column that filters the voices on all sides
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 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=the-speaking-tree-Krishna-Could-Be-Your-Bosom-05092015020090 ''The Times of India''], Sep 05 2015
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 As an object of bhakti, Krishna appears as an embodiment of nine emotions or rasas and fulfils the ninefold required enforcements of devotees as god in the form of a child, a youth, counsellor, friend and beloved. As the child and youth at Vrindavan, he represents the object of pure theistic devotion
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 However, naughty Krishna comes along and destroys the soul's delusion, by breaking the pot (false ego), so that the soul can refocus its attention on the soft, pure butter, that is, unalloyed devotion to God.
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 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2021%2F06%2F15&entity=Ar01403&sk=525CBD69&mode=text  Maruti Nandan Tiwari, June 15, 2021: ''The Times of India'']
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 Krishn helps only when we immerse our ahamkar, ego, that ‘I can manage, I will do it’ and come to the point of ‘Sharanagat bhav’, absolute self-submission. In the Gita, chapter 18, Krishn himself says: ‘Forget all the dharma and come to my ‘sharan’, I will take care of you and your problems and make you fearless and grant moksha.’ Need we say more!
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	However, naughty Krishna comes along and destroys the soul's delusion, by breaking the pot (false ego), so that the soul can refocus its attention on the soft, pure butter, that is, unalloyed devotion to God.		However, naughty Krishna comes along and destroys the soul's delusion, by breaking the pot (false ego), so that the soul can refocus its attention on the soft, pure butter, that is, unalloyed devotion to God.
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		+	==Crises and Sri Krishn==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2021%2F06%2F15&entity=Ar01403&sk=525CBD69&mode=text Maruti Nandan Tiwari, June 15, 2021: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	When faced with a challenge like the pandemic, let’s invoke Krishn, the champion of crisis management.
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		+	The dynamism of Krishn as depicted in Mahabharat, Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagwad Gita present him as ‘Liladhar’, a diplomatic persona, champion of crisis management, philosophical yog guru, and the expounder of the Gita. Krishn would actively move in society, solving people’s big and small problems.
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		+	The personality of Krishn was twofold: worldly, and non-worldly – spiritual – as Vishwaguru Yogeshwar. The Gita presents Krishn as Yogeshwar, embodiment of supreme knowledge, and as an omnipresent and omnipotent cosmic deity in the form of Vishwaroop.
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		+	Some of the worldly crises he helped mitigate include water pollution of River Yamuna by killing Kaliya Nag; lifting the Govardhan hill on his finger to provide shelter to the people and livestock of Gokul under it and save them from the torrential rain caused by Indra; and freeing Mathura from the tyranny of Kans. His ‘bal-lilas’, including the killing of demons like Putana, Dhenuk, Arishtasur and Trinawart, who were sent by Kans to kill him, show that right from childhood, Krishn was out to manage crises to uphold dharma and justice.
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		+	In Mahabharat, the main moment of crisis arose when Arjun, upon seeing before him Bhishm, Dronacharya and many other close relations on the battlefield, decided not to fight them and sought Krishn’s help. At this point, Krishn came to his rescue and delivered a discourse to get Arjun ready for the war. The dialogue between ‘Nara’, Arjun, and ‘Narayan’, Krishn, became the Gita. Krishn preached that everything is predestined and we all should follow the path of our own karma, fixed action; Gita, 2:38, 47. Our lives are like a yajna and our karmas, actions, are the ‘ahuti’, offering. The Gita is actually Krishn’s dialogue with all of us. And the pandemic is the time to invoke him and pray to him to show us the ways and means to overcome the crisis with perfect peace of mind like the way Arjun did.
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		+	Another significant incident in Mahabharat was the ‘vastraharan’, disrobing, of Draupadi by Dushasan in the Kaurav sabha. Draupadi desperately tried to save herself from the humiliation and sought help from her husbands and the elders in the sabha but none came to her rescue. Krishn himself says, as long as one makes an effort on his own, out of his ego, thinking ‘I can do it’, or seeks help from others, he will remain a drishta, an observer. But when he is invoked with a pure heart, Krishn would appear. This is what happened with Draupadi. Krishn came to her rescue the moment she prayed to him.
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		+	Krishn helps only when we immerse our ahamkar, ego, that ‘I can manage, I will do it’ and come to the point of ‘Sharanagat bhav’, absolute self-submission. In the Gita, chapter 18, Krishn himself says: ‘Forget all the dharma and come to my ‘sharan’, I will take care of you and your problems and make you fearless and grant moksha.’ Need we say more!
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