Raasa Leela and Achintya Bedhabedha tattwa
Namaste,
Achintya Bedhabedha tattwa, as per my understanding is as follows:
Sunlight is different from Sun, but in practical terms they are one and the same. Which means, they cannot be differentiated, although Sun is different and sunlight is different.
So also, jeevatman is different from the paramatman, nevertheless, they act as one. They are non-differentiated although their prabhava (effulgence) is different.
Raasa Leela:
When Lord Krishna danced with Smt. Radharani, all gopis wanted to share the same blissful joy with Krishna. So Krishna duplicated himself in so many forms and danced with one and all!
Whether this actually happened or not, is not the matter of this discussion.
To discuss the dance with respect to Achintya Bedhabedha Tattwa, we can see the event philosophically as follows:
What Lord Krishna means by duplicating his form, is that, he insists each gopa, that just as sunlight is non-differentiated from sun (despite being different from it), when the gopi turns her mind steadfastly towards the Lord, her prabhavam (effulgence, innate nature, etc). vibes so much like HIM that she can feel the divine radiating within herself always!
In other words (for better understanding), it is akin to Sri Krishna talking to the gopis as such -
"O gopis! Make yourself as sweet (madhurya) as myself in all ways, then you will feel that you are non-different from me. Thus you can feel my presence always within each of you and you will feel non-differentiated from me!".
Thus, Raasa Leela is the best example to me of Achintya-Bedhabedha tattwa.
All corrections, clarifications, negations, welcome.
Thank you for reading!
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