{"id":5053,"date":"2019-10-26T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T21:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=5053"},"modified":"2020-08-15T09:45:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T13:45:48","slug":"should-we-bathe-in-radha-kunda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/should-we-bathe-in-radha-kunda\/","title":{"rendered":"Should we bathe in Radha Kunda?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Answer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The answer to this question would be quite long and technical. Here I\u2019ll give just a few short hints.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf all the gop\u012bs, R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b is the dearmost. Similarly, the lake known as R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da is very dear to the Lord because it is very dear to \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b.
\n\u201c\u2009\u2018Just as \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b is most dear to Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, so Her lake, known as R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da, is also very dear to Him. Of all the gop\u012bs, \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b is certainly the most beloved.\u2019
\n\u201cIn that lake, Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b used to sport daily in the water and have a r\u0101sa dance on the bank.
\n\u201cIndeed, Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a gives ecstatic love like that of \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b to whoever bathes in that lake even once in his life.
\n\u201cThe attraction of R\u0101dh\u0101-ku\u1e47\u1e0da is as sweet as that of \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b. Similarly, the glories of the ku\u1e47\u1e0da [lake] are as great as \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b\u2019s.
\n(Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya-lila 18.7-11)<\/p>\n

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From this verses we learn that Radhakunda is the utmost sacred place and the most beloved of Radha Krishna.
\nFrom other verses we also learn that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offered respectful obeisances to the kundas, setting an example of how we should behave with Them.<\/p>\n

Therefore certainly we should bathe in that most sacred tirtha, but we should see Radhakunda as we see the Deities, with deep respect. Just like we don\u2019t jump in the altar and play with the Srimurtis, at the same way we do not play with Radhakunda.<\/p>\n

We should never carelessly jump in the water to have fun. Before entering into the waters we should pay obeisances in full devotion, put a few drops of water in our head and then enter chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra and meditating on the Lord\u2019s pastimes.
\nA few drops it\u2019s the same as doing complete bath. Personally it\u2019s been many years that I don\u2019t enter into the waters and I just put a few drops in my head in meditation.<\/p>\n

If someone would say that having fun is exactly what Radha, Krishna and the Gopis do in Radhakunda, my answer would be, we are not Gopis. We are sadhana-bhaktas.<\/p>\n

The topic would deserve much more space.<\/p>\n

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– Manonatha Dasa (ACBSP)<\/p>\n

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#radha kunda, #radhakunda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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