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Kashmiri bhakti poet Krishnajoo Razdan, like Lalleshwari, translates his spiritual experience into soul-stirring verse, bordering on mysticism. While Lalleshwari upholds the philosophy of absolute non-dualism between God and man, Krishnajoo correlates belief in a personal God with Ultimate Reality. For Krishnajoo, bhakti is a bhava, an emotional response to the problems of existence. It is an alternative to existential anguish.
Regarding bhakti as anubhava or inner spiritual experience, Krishnajoo seeks to cultivate a deep emotional and personal relationship with God: “My boat is caught in a raging storm/ Rocked by waves in the midst of the ocean of existence/And you alone can take me across./ O Shambhu, take pity on me”.
Yet true bhakti does not exclude jnana (knowledge). For him bhakti and jnana complement each other.
The Shaiva philosophy of Kashmir, which had a great influence on Krishnajoo as on Advaita, says that. Bhakti is Shakti itself. For the purpose of liberation, Shakti becomes bhakti in the mind of the devotee. The Shaivites call it Shaktipata. Through Shaktipata a sadhaka starts his journey.
Identifying his chosen deities Shiva and Krishna with nirguna, nirmala and nirakara Brahmn, he says God resides within and pervades the universe. There is no need to look for Him outside, for what is outside exists inside also.
DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own.
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