The Inner Meaning of the Radha-Krishna Love Story

Q: What does the Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā love story mean to us?

Guruji: There are different levels of meanings. The mundane meaning is it’s a simple love story.

The next deeper meaning is the implied meaning, where the awareness is constantly in the Viśuddhi (throat) to Sahasrāra (top of head). The more you dwell, it implies the mind wavering between stillness and thoughts.

Rādhā is a form of Kṛṣṇa and also the power of Kṛṣṇa as ākarṣaṇa (attractive power). It is the Rādhini Śakti and is a part of Śrīvidyā upāsanā; it is also the love power of Kṛṣṇa and attracts all the Gopīs. It is not a mundane thing but spiritual.

There are sixteen petals at the Viśuddhi and one thousand petals at the Sahasrāra. Connecting each petal from the Viśuddhi to Sahasrāra makes a total of 16,000. These are all in your mind. Thus comes about the concept of the 16,000 Gopīs attracted to Kṛṣṇa.

Kṛṣṇa means darkness or absolute silence. Gopī is the thought. Between one thought and the next thought there is silence. Thought subsides and there is silence before the next thought; likewise, between silence and silence there is a thought. So between Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa there is a Gopī, and Kṛṣṇa between a Gopī and Gopī. It is a continuous process.

The silence is zero; therefore, it also continues inside and through emotion. The power of silence is attractive; therefore, it attracts a Gopī or a thought.

This is the spiritual aspect of the Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā love story.

The Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā love story is a continuum of experience! It is continuing every day and everywhere by everyone!