Sree Krishna, the Lord of LovePremananda Bharati, Baba
Religion
Sree Krishna, the Lord of Love
Premananda Bharati, Baba
Krishna (Hindu deity)
The devotee of Krishna meditates on Krishna regarding Him in one of the
four human relationships, whichever suits his natural inclination best,
viz., Dāsya or the relationship of a Servant to his Master, Sakhya or
the relationship of the Friend to his Friend, Bātsalya or the
relationship of a Son to his Parents or Parents to a Son, and Madhur or
the relationship of a Wife to her Husband or of a loving Woman to her
Lover. These four kinds of devotional feelings are natural in man. By
"natural" I mean born from Nature of which man is the best earthly
product. But wherefrom has Nature derived them? From her parent-source,
Krishna, of course. So these feelings are present, in their absolute
perfection, in Krishna, the source of all Life. Flowing from Krishna
into His Creation, they constitute the cords of attachment between man
and man, the natural bonds of union between soul and soul, the natural
channels of communication between man and his Maker. They are the
invisible wires of telegraphy between the Central Soul and its branch
souls—between the Parent Soul and its offsprings. If the instruments of
the branch offices are rusty and out of order they cannot transmit their
messages to the main office or receive messages therefrom. The moment
they are cleaned, repaired and put into working order, they are open to
perfect communication once more.
The devotee of Krishna cleans the rusty and disordered instrument of his
heart by cultivating one of these feelings of devotion for Krishna. And
the moment this feeling attains its natural state, the moment it becomes
absolutely sincere, than he absorbs and is filled with absolute Love
from its Primeval Spring. Krishna is absolutely divine and absolutely
human, for it is perfect humanity that is perfect divinity. Krishna is
Love itself, the Love that destroys all distance. Love that draws the
Lover and the Loved closest to each other. It knows no ceremony, knows
no formal respect. It knows no motive. Love is its own cause, motive and
satisfaction. Divinity demands our reverence and inspires us with awe.
Despite its strong attraction we can but adore it from a distance, we
cannot approach it too near. But Love draws us to its bosom and holds us
close: Love is a Master and Love is a Slave. It knows no barrier, sees
no faults, nay, sees virtues in faults. It responds to its own clear
call or vibrates to the voice of its own inspiration and blesses its own
creation with greater gifts of its own wealth.
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