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Gurudev was telling me about the Gopis and Krishna last night, so I decided to Google them... They are part of the celebration October 29th.  Three points of celebration today:  Gurudev's Birthday (astrologically with the full moon), Bengali's celebration of the Goddess of Wealth, and Krishna/Gopis celebrating at midnight.

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Gopis and Lord Krishna: The divine plays of Lord Sri Krishna are known to this world as ‘Rasa’.

• Gopis and Lord Krishna:

• The divine plays of Lord Sri Krishna are known to this world as ‘Rasa’. They were the replica of the truth of that when one soul reaches the bliss of divinity the divine blesses it by merging it within himself.

  Gopis are known to be the women of Vrindavan who soaked their souls in the ocean of devotion, physically, verbally and through meditation. The whole trinity bows to their feet, for they achieved the selfless love and company of holy divine himself.

• Who are Gopis?

• These Gopis are believe to be the incarnations of the roots of Vedas, the saints and sages who soaked themselves in ‘tapsya’ to achieve divine blessings in his holy feet.
  People define them as women but it is wrong they just see the gender of their physical appearance; only those who soaks themselves in devotion can see the divinity of the Gopis’ souls which outcast all barriers of existence.
  If one debates why they incarnated in form of women and not anything else; one can see a hidden bitter truth in this factor too:

  The divine plays of Lord Sri Krishna are known to this world as ‘Rasa’. They were the replica of the truth of that when one soul reaches the bliss of divinity the divine blesses it by merging it within himself. Gopis are known to be the women of Vrindavan who soaked their souls in the ocean of devotion, physically, verbally and through meditation. The whole trinity bows to their feet, for they achieved the selfless love and company of holy divine himself. These Gopis are believe to be the incarnations of the roots of Vedas, the saints and sages who soaked themselves in ‘tapsya’ to achieve divine blessings in his holy feet. People define them as women but it is wrong they just see the gender of their physical appearance; only those who soaks themselves in devotion can see the divinity of the Gopis’ souls which outcast all barriers of existence. If one debates why they incarnated in form of women and not anything else; one can see a hidden bitter truth in this factor too: If they incarnated as Brahmans it was easy for all to say that they are learned, hence possessed holy powers to achieve the divine. If they incarnated as a man it was easy for the society to accept, as it doesn't bars a man to commit himself to God in such manner. If they incarnated as a child all would apparently say that they are innocent and hence God loves them the most. To show the height of devotion, thus they incarnated in form of women who were not learned; simple villagers, bounded by the norms of society, filled with responsibilities of family and barred from freedom. As a human body, who is so bounded and yet sets its soul free from boundaries of world and entrusts it soul to the divine is the true warrior who wins the battle and shines the brightest. The ‘Rasa’ is exactly the celebration of the moment, when divine merged holy souls within him by performing His divine playful selfless endeavors-‘RaasLeelas’. Hence there can’t be any vulgarity or Kama associated with it, because Lord Sri Krishna was just eight years old- a prodigy of innocence when He performed ‘RaasLeelas’ with the Gopis.
  
  

  Krishna and Gopis perform MahaRaas Lila