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An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

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dying because <strong>Radha</strong>-Krishna still go there every<br />

night, and the sight is too much <strong>for</strong> a mortal to behold.<br />

A number of stories tell of devotees who spent<br />

the night there and went mad or died. They say even<br />

monkeys leave there at night.<br />

Tradition says Krishna went into the <strong>for</strong>ests<br />

around town and played his flute at night. When his<br />

flute song reached their ears, his girlfriends left everything<br />

and rushed into the <strong>for</strong>est to rendezvous with<br />

him. They yearned to taste the nectar of his lips as his<br />

flute did while he played it.<br />

Without reserve, they threw themselves in his<br />

embrace kissing his lotus lips and tasting his mouth,<br />

which was scented and his teeth stained red from<br />

chewing betel nuts--a mild intoxicant and aphrodisiac.<br />

They pressed their firm jug-like breasts against his<br />

garlanded chest and entwined themselves around<br />

him like a creeper about a tree.<br />

Krishna expanded himself into as many <strong>for</strong>ms<br />

as there were girls and danced with them in the <strong>for</strong>est.<br />

The girls sang, and Krishna played his flute. After<br />

becoming weary from dancing, the girls laid down<br />

their clothes and made love with Krishna <strong>for</strong> what<br />

appeared to be an eternity. They then went <strong>for</strong> a cooling<br />

bath in the Yamuna River. Splashing and playing,<br />

they appeared like a herd of elephants.<br />

In the early morning hours, the band of young<br />

lovers went to the beautiful garden of Seva Kunja to<br />

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