{"product_id":"krishnas-inner-circle","title":"Krishna's Inner Circle","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eKrishna's Inner Circle: The Ashta Chaap Poets.\u003c\/strong\u003e These devotional biographies recount the lives and songs of the Ashta Chaap poets of Braj. For these 16th c. poets, Shri Krishna was not an image, but the living Supreme Being. Their poems reveal the intimate divine plays of the Lord as well as the greatness of the Lord, guru, and fellow practitioners, and are like mantras able to evoke the seed devotion and yield the divine fruit of bhava realization. For the exceptional, bhava-inspired soul, Krishna Lila can be experienced anytime and anywhere. For the rest of us, the bhava of accomplished ones like the Ashta Chaap should be relished and emulated.\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ashta Chaap poets display a rare combination of artistic perfection, renunciation, and passionate devotion. Their lives and songs enhance even Shri Krishna’s flavor. For hundreds of years, their songs have been sung, their life accounts told and retold in the homes of devotional practitioners all over India. How this nectar is dispersed was forecasted by the Ashta Chaap poet Paramanandadas:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUpon seeing Shri Radha’s full moon face,\u003cbr\u003ean ocean of bliss swells in Krishna’s body\u003cbr\u003eand overflows into Vraj and Vrindavan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere, it is stopped by the Yamuna River,\u003cbr\u003eand there, by the Gopis.\u003cbr\u003eA little of the remaining nectar is spread\u003cbr\u003ethroughout the three worlds,\u003cbr\u003ebut it never touches the practitioners\u003cbr\u003eon the paths of action and knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt remains within the hearts of those\u003cbr\u003ewho savor the highest mood.\u003cbr\u003eThey slowly take it all in,\u003cbr\u003ethrough the power of their intelligence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKrishna makes such lilas every moment\u003cbr\u003efor the sake of His bhaktas.\u003cbr\u003eBy the grace of Nanda’s son,\u003cbr\u003ea bit of this nectar flow can be seen\u003cbr\u003ein those who have contact with Supreme Bliss.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShri Krishna loves to steal butter, soft like our most tender emotions. He is the divine Thief who may return at any moment, even now in the twenty-first century, and sweeten our lives with His love-provoking antics. It is the sincere hope of the author that the Ashta Chaap poets’ inspirations will seep into these pages and creep into the hearts of the readers.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover, 400 pp\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rasbihari Lal \u0026 sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46400300679402,"sku":"knq1792585648099","price":5.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/9188\/4266\/files\/krishnas-inner-circle_1.jpg?v=1792585674","url":"https:\/\/popcladstore.shop\/products\/krishnas-inner-circle","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}