![]() ![]() Is it anything other than a dance, a celebration, an abounding carnival of joy? It is all celebration, whether it is clouds gliding in the heavens or rivers rushing to the seas or seeds on their way to becoming flowers and fruit, or bees humming or birds on the wing or love affairs between men and women. ![]() Raise your sights and look at whatever is happening all around in this vast universe of ours. And then, together, we will go into the life of Krishna, a complete miniature of this celebrating universe. To begin with, it is good to understand the metaphysical meaning of the celebration that our universe it. The very mystery and ecstasy of life lies hidden in this unio mystica. To understand raasleela, the dance of celebration, what is first necessary to know is that the whole of life is a meeting of contradictory forces, and that all its happiness comes from this union of the opposites. QUESTIONER: HOW IS IT THAT KRISHNA IS CALLED A CELIBATE IN SPITE OF HIS BEING A MAN OF JOYOUS DANCE AND SENSUOUS CELEBRATION? WHAT IS THE PLACE AND RELEVANCE OF RAASLEELA - THE DANCE OF CELEBRATION - IN MODERN SOCIETY? ![]()
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