The four Divine Principles! It will please Mother if we mould our life according to these principles. We must possess a good life, good penance and good heart. We must worship only Sri Radha by overcoming all the hurdles that we may encounter and adorn our mind with these four divine principles. 'Jatasyahi dhruvo mrutyuhu' (Gita: 2-27)- Man who is born is sure to die. The state after death is like a wedding (blissful) for the devotees in Mother's fold.
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| Daivishyesa gunamayi mamamaya duratyaya |
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Lord Krishna said, 'It is very difficult to overcome my divine Maya which is made up of the three base gunas.'
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-Bhgavatgita 7-14
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The fortunate ones who can inculcate the four divine principles granted by SriRadhamahadevi in their daily lives will easily overcome Maya. So we must follow these principles. Firstly, we must have a firm faith in Radhaji. Till then we cannot follow these principles. Each principle is a different channel.
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Mother cannot be attained through preachings or literary proficiency. She must accept you. That is the only way to attain Her. There is no other way to reach Her. As long as you are in this prakriti world and do any amount of penance, you cannot attain Mother. She came near you to decore you. Adorn your mind and do sadhana in the right way. She is the embodiment of bhava. So you must reach Her through bhava! With such a mind filled with bhava, do dhyana on Sri Radha who is unattainable even to Brahma and other Gods. She is full of love. She grants and also nurtures bhava. We will be blessed!" Nanna said.
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| Mayichananya yogena bhaktiravyabhicharini |
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'Lord Krishna said, 'You must have one pointed and steady devotion only towards me.'
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-Bhgavatgita 3-10
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We are the Radha rasopasakas. (devotees who worship Radha rasa). We must treat Radha's pleasure as ours, have ananya nishta towards Her, synchronise between Her form and formless nature and be Her constant companions. We must surrender our life to Her. Our main dharma is to meditate on the Sovereign Sri Radha, who is the embodiment of infinite radiance, all pervading but not attached to anything! Man can regain his past glory only by such dhyana. Sri Radha is deity of Sri Krishna. Radhika Prasad maharaj is the Sakhi who lived in a state of achintya bedhabedha. With utmost love and kindness, he explained the four divine principles granted to him by Mother through the sakhis. His life exemplifies each and every principle.
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| Devi bhavame sada neemadini nilupukoni |
| Devi preetiye sada nee preetigane yenchi |
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He lived in such away that Radhaji's pleasure only is his pleasure.
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| Na jeevitha lakshyamu neeve na sarva sukhambulu neeve |
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He surrendered himself to Mother and Lived with total ananya nishta towards Her.
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| Lokamantha nindiyunna needu tejamu |
| Eka daivamu neeveyani chatuchunnadi |
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He saw only Sri Radha everywhere, in every thing in both form and formless.
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| Ananda roopini ahladaini sakthi |
| Nadu praname neevega |
| O premadhanama na prema nouka |
| O Bhavaroopini Amma Parameswari |
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He lived as a sakhi, as Her constant companion and practiced what he preached.
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The whole creation exists in three levels : Vyakta (finite), Avyakta(infinite) and Para (transcendental). The vyakta world is full of name and form. In the avyakta world also, form is present to a certain extent. The Para world is full of bhava! It is beyond name and form. Nanna said that the sadhaka must have ananya nishta; synchronise the form and formless and go beyond the vyakta and avyakta states. To reach the divine feet of Radhamaharani, the embodiment of Mahabhava who is nameless and formless but all pervading ; the sadhaka must go beyond the vyakta and avyakta and attain bhava. This is not possible by sadhana. By the grace of God and Guru, bhava must touch the devotee and then he will proceed towards bhavaloka. Avyakto vyaktatparah can be regarded as representation of bhauma, mano and bhava Brindavan. Just like in the vyakta world which consists of name and form, in Bhauma Brindavan, Radha and Krishna are worshipped in idol form and with recital of name (archana and sankeertan). Just like in the avyakta world, in mano Brindavan, Rasika Mahatmas have visions of the leelas of Radha and Krishna (which seem like name and form). Bhava brindavan has bhava only. There is no name, form and gunas; only love! It is the world of Para - the kingdom of the Sri Radha, the embodiment of Mahabhava - the kingdom of Sri Radha bhava dhyana.
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To reach bhavaloka, Sri Radha's kingdom, we must adorn our mind with four divine principles - Ananya nishta, Tatsukhena sukhitwam, Nitya sachari vratham and Sakara nirakara samanvayam. When the adornment is complete, the Sakhiguru, our Nanna will extend his hand and take us to that kingdom.
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| Nayamatma pravachena labhyah na medhyana |
| Bahunam sruthena yemevaisha vrunute tena labhyah |
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God cannot be attained through our speech, intelligence or literary wealth. He only must accept us' says the Kathopanishad. The Upanishads stated what qualities one must not possess but did not mention what qualities he must possess to attain God. Radhaji told us these points.
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Radhasakhi, our Nanna handed to us what he was granted by Radhaji -how to adorn our mind (with the four divine principles) to attain the grace of Radhaji, the inner self of God. His clarity while handing these principles of Radhaji, leaves no scope for any ambiguity. This small book contains these divine principles succinctly yet exhaustively. I wish that the readers will utilise this opportunity and attain Sri Radhaji's grace!
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