Who is God — what does Premanand Maharaj Ji teach?

Shri Premanand Maharaj Ji speaks about God not as an abstract principle or a distant authority but as the most intimate presence possible. In the Radha-vallabh tradition he belongs to, God is Radha-Krishna — the eternal divine couple, the supreme expression of love. He does not approach this as theology to be studied but as a relationship to be entered.

He often says: God is not far away. He is closer to you than your own breath. The reason you do not feel Him is not because He is absent — it is because our attention is pointed outward, at the world and its demands. When we turn the attention inward, toward the naam, toward the heart — we begin to sense what was always there. This is not a mystical achievement reserved for saints. It is available to anyone willing to make the turn.

Maharaj Ji teaches that Radha-Krishna chose to take form — to be personal, accessible, loveable — precisely because love is the highest thing, and you cannot love an abstraction. A God with a face, a presence, a story of divine love between Radha and Krishna — this God can be loved. And this love, cultivated through bhakti, through naam, through satsang, is the fulfilment of human life. He says: the universe is sustained by love. That love has a source. Her name is Radha.

Based on Shri Premanand Maharaj Ji's satsangs.