hare krishna

A Dham-bhasi making muri, puff-rice.

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Hanuman: A friendly Nabadwip Dham resident on her daily tour through the town. (The leader of the harem may be dangerous, though, when confronted.)

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He is pure devotee #1 of Krishna. It is very important that we all love and adore him.

 

Hare Krishna!

Shri Charu Chaitanya Maharaj!

He looks and sounds great and extraordinary. Do you know where any further info on Him can be found? His picture has that aura about it.....Perhaps He is coming straight from the Supreme.
Thanks Chief Cowpie for posting the item about Him.

 

Ok. Cool! I just couldn't find anything about Krishna in the article. Remember if one's propagating himself more than Krishna, it's not a true guru.

 

Hare Krishna!


Dear Sleeping Jiva,

I would ask you this: did Jesus Christ ever mention Krishna? And if not, are we to reject His message? He also put Himself forward on many occaisions 'I am the Light, the Truth and the Way' etc.
IMHO spiritual teachers, Gurus etc stand or fall entirely on their own merits and realization. In ISKCON are many who talk of Krishna all the time, whilst simultaneously engaging in many nefarious activities, aimed mostly at their own self-aggrandizement. Thus, their speaking of Krishna is useless, and they are misleading others.
With Sri Charu Chaitanyaji Maharaj, we know little about him, other than what the item posted by Chief Cowpie tells us - ( a web search turned up no further info) but when it mentions Srimad Bhagawat Katha, I think we can safely assume that Krishna is the centre of such Katha. If He cooses to elevate a boy of nine to this position, it is up to Him. 'Official spiritual masters' may object, but that simply shows their lack of true God-Consciousness.
Look at any average nine-year-old, then look again at Him. This seems to me like more of Krishna's play. It shows how mere book learning is quite insufficient - true Knowledge has to be realized. Perhaps this 'boy' is some great master returned here to help up-lift mankind. I don't doubt that we shall hear more of Him as time goes on.

Love,

BBB.

 

dunno much about him... just thought the article was interesting... maybe he's a Rama bhakta and so he doesn't do much Krishna propagating

i believe all should be love and adored and so i honor his personage

 

I kind of agree with you...something so special coming from a nine year old...it seams to be perhaps something a little extraordinary... and its so easy to be suspicious because of the cheats and liars in this world...but just, at least once, can't we believe that amidst all the technology and higher learning...that there is still room for miracles, unexplainables....it almost seams that since we've come "so far" that we think we don't need any help...but I sure think we still do...maybe this time its coming from a nine year old boy for the shear fact that we need to swollow our pride...out of the mouths of the innocents come the keys to the truth....or something like that...

Hare Krishna!

*Peace and Love*
Nicole

 

Ms. Nixon: How can one tell a bona fide spiritual master from a fake?

Srila Prabhupada: Whoever teaches how to know God and how to love Him--he is a spiritual master. Sometimes bogus rascals mislead people. "1 am God," they claim, and people who do not know what God is believe them. You must be a serious student to understand who God is and how to love Him. Otherwise, you will simply waste your time. So the difference between others and us is that we are the only movement that can actually teach one how to know God and how to love Him. We are presenting the science of how one can know Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by practicing the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita and the Srimad-Bhagavatam. They teach us that our only business is to love God. Our business is not to ask God for our necessities. God gives necessities to everyone--even to one who has no religion. For example, cats and dogs have no religion, yet Krsna supplies them with the necessities of life. So why should we bother Krsna for our daily bread? He is already supplying it. Real religion means to learn how to love Him. The Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.6) says,



sa vai pumsam paro dharmo

yato bhaktir adhoksaje

ahaituky apratihata

yayatma suprasidati



First-class religion teaches one how to love God without any motive. If I serve God for some profit, that is business--not love. Real love of God is ahaituky apratihata: it cannot be checked by any material cause. It is unconditional. If one actually wants to love God, there is no impediment. One can love Him whether one is poor or rich, young or old, black or white.

 

Hare Krishna!

I think it is necessary to be very careful about how we understand these words of Srila Prabhupada. I'm sure he doesn't mean to say that ISKCON is the only organization in the world that teaches love of God.
This must be so, as ISKCON has only been in existence since the 1960's when Prabhupada founded it.
Prior to this, there was the Gaudiya Math in India, they still exist, but have no connection to ISKCON.In fact, ISKCON denounce them loudly, along with their Guru, Sri Narayan Maharaj. Yet they are Gaudiya Vaishnavas, in direct line from Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Also, there are the other Vaishnava sampradyas - all teach Bhakti, love of God.
And there are many other Gurus and Saints in India who have in the past, and even now are teaching Bhakti.
The Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches also teach love of God, as I believe does Islam.

Today, I doubt one would learn much of true spirituality in ISKCON, as the so called spiritual masters are people with no qualification to teach others. Krishna is clear in the Gita - only a self-realized soul can impart this knowledge. Not some neophyte who has been voted in as 'guru' by the GBC or anyone else.

 

hey, no, I didn't put the quote to argue with you. I agree completely. The organization shouldn't be more than Krishna. If a man talks of Krishna as a Supreme Personality of Godhead and he simply repeats the words of acaryas and Vedic scriptures without deviation and his own interpretation he is a guru. Everything can be exploited but if you simply follow the principles set by Srila Prabhupada you cannot be wrong

 

http://vnn.org/usa/US0410/US19-8712.html

 

and maybe mr. Kerry chants this in this moment to win an election:

 

"Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all of the world pursues."
Chapter 3, Verse 21...

She read him very, very good advice... I hope that if he does get elected he reads that book...it changes states of mind...it changes lives...

 

USAOctober 19, 2004 VNN8712

US Presidential Candidate Kerry Receives Bhagavad-gita As It Is

[size=-3]BY KRSNA PREMA DASI[/size]

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, Oct 19 (VNN) — Krsna Prema dasi reads Bhagavad Gita As It Is to Senator John Kerry

During a recent trip to Southwest Florida to survey hurricane damage, US Presidential candidate Senator John F. Kerry met with Krsna Prema dasi on the tarmac along side the Kerry/Edwards campaign jet at Southwest International Airport in Fort Myers, Florida. Krsna Prema and her husband Bala das drove in the Senator's motorcade on a trip to talk to victims of Hurricane Charley.

Krsna Prema dasi gave Senator Kerry a reprint of the original copy of Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad Gita As It Is and read to him from the famous passage in Chapter 3 Verse 21, "Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all of the world pursues."

Senator Kerry listened intently, holding the sacred book, following along as she read. He said, " That is very good. I like this." Krsna Prema dasi explained that President Carter had also received an exact copy of this book and quoted this passage during a speech. She told Mr Kerry that he was considered a great man and this book would be very helpful to him as a leader.

Senator Kerry gladly received the gift and thanked Krsna Prema. He took it with him as he fly off to his next campaign engagement in his bid for the White House.

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thanks sleeping jiva... very nice

 

"All conditioned souls of the world have got good and bad qualities. When bad qualities predominate, his nomenclature is 'bad person' and when good qualities predominate, his nomenclature is 'good person'. No conditioned soul can be without demerits. Only realized souls are perfect, but they are very rare. It is the instruction of our Guruvarga, if you are serious of getting progress in spiritual or devotional worship, don't see defects in other persons, see their qualities. The votary should see his own defects. Then he can rectify himself and there will be no fear of committing offence to any devotee. A Hansa (swan) has the capacity to take out the milk from the mixture of milk and water. Vaishnavas have got such qualification, for that they are regarded as 'Paramhansa'."

Srila Bhakti Vallabha Tirtha Maharaja

 

“Life is like a flooded river carrying with it in its mad rush all manner of struggling beings, men, women, children and animals as well as all manner of trees and wreckage, carrying them all down towards the sea of death. Things seem permanent because they are floating along with us, but all alike are rushing towards the end and not one of them can help us. Father, mother, friends, relations, not one of them can save us, for all are in the same flood. Only by reaching the bank can safety be attained. And the bank of this river is God, call Him by whatever name you will. Neither is the bank very far away. Hidden in our own heart, seated in the very midst of our being, is the Deathless, unchanging One, shining with brightness as of a million suns. None can describe Him, nor ever will, but He is there and He may, as the Gita says, be known and seen and entered into by those who strive to do so.”

“This is no fancy of poets, no myths or legend of long ago, no dream of white haired old men. It is the living truth, truer than all sciences and all history. It is knowledge of this truth that has given birth to all religions and it is forgetfulness of it that has lead to their corruption and death. It may be seen and experienced by us, too, not in some heaven after death but here and now in this very life. Therefore, as the Upanishad says ‘Arise, awake and seek out the Great Ones, They who will teach you the way to the Goal.”

Search for Truth – Sri Krishnaprem.

 

how's it going you guys? Hare Krishna!

 

Hare Krishna!

Dear Jiva,

I've been a bit busy with mundane matters for the last few days. Glad to say I now have more time.

 

Andrew,

That's such a pretty picture... Thanks for sharing it...