hare krishna

Here is something from Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa:


The Universal Mother



"My Mother is the principle of consciousness.

She is akhanda satchidananda; indivisible Reality, Awareness, and Bliss.

The night sky between the stars is perfectly black. The waters of the ocean depths are the same. The infinite is always mysteriously dark. This inebriating darkness is my beloved Kali...."

"Reality with attributes, saguna Brahman, has been unanimously declared by the Vedas, Puranas, and Tantras to be Mahakali, the primordial energy of awareness. Her Energy is like the rays of the sun.

The original sun is attributeless Reality, nirguna Brahman, boundless Awareness alone. Proceed to the Original through its Radiance. Awaken to non-dual Reality through Mother Kali. She holds the key."




Sri Ramakrishna in "Great Swan", by Lex Hixon

 

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The Universal Mother



"My Mother is the principle of consciousness.

She is akhanda satchidananda; indivisible Reality, Awareness, and Bliss.

The night sky between the stars is perfectly black. The waters of the ocean depths are the same. The infinite is always mysteriously dark. This inebriating darkness is my beloved Kali...."

"Reality with attributes, saguna Brahman, has been unanimously declared by the Vedas, Puranas, and Tantras to be Mahakali, the primordial energy of awareness. Her Energy is like the rays of the sun.

The original sun is attributeless Reality, nirguna Brahman, boundless Awareness alone. Proceed to the Original through its Radiance. Awaken to non-dual Reality through Mother Kali. She holds the key."

Sri Ramakrishna in "Great Swan", by Lex Hixon
.................From BBB
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Hare Krishna!

Dear Bill,

Ah! That is wonderfully beautiful ! Thank you. That is what and how our Thakur is. People called Him illiterate. I wish I could be little like Him.

There were many people who saw Thakur as Lord Shiva and Ma Saradamoni as goddess Kali. Thakur himself worshipped Her as goddess Kali, the Universal Mother.

Jai Thakur! Jai Ma Saradamoni! Jai Ma Kali!

Love,

Kumar.

 

That really does describe that picture....and what a beautiful picture it is...Jai Sri Krishna!

 

"Then a priestess said, Speak to us of Prayer.

And he answered saying:
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

For what is prayer but the expansion of yourself into the living ether?
And if it is for your comfort to pour your darkness into space, it is also for your delight to pour forth the dawning of your heart.
And if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she sould spur you again and yet again, though weeping until you shall come laughing.
When you pray you rise to meet in the air those who are praying at that very hour, and whom save in prayer you may not meet.
Therefore let your visit to that temple invisible be for naught but ecstacy and sweet communion.
For if you should enter the temple for no other purpose than asking you shall not recieve:
And if you should enter into it to humble yourself you shall not be lifted:
Or even if you should enter into it to beg for the good of others you shall not be heard.
It is enough that you enter the temple invisible.

I cannot teach you how to pray in words.
God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips.
And I cannot teach you the prayer of the seas and the forests and the mountains.
But you who are born of the mountains and the forests and the seas can find their prayer in your heart,
And if you listen in the stillness of the night you shall hear them saying in silence,
"Our God, who art our winged self, it is thy will that willeth
It is thy desire in us that desireth.
It is thy urge in us that would turn our nights, which are thine, into days which are thine also.

We cannot ask thee for aught, for thou knowest our needs before they are born in us:
Thou art our need; and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all."

-The Prophet Kahlil Gibran

 

Nice post Nicole

'The Prophet' is a great work - many have found inspiration in it.

 

O my mind, dive deep, taking the name of Kali on your lips – dive into the deep waters of the heart, where the precious stones lie.

If you do not reach the treasure by diving three or four times, it does not mean that the sea of the heart has no treasures within.

Dive with all your might but once, O mind. In the sea of jnana, of Kulkundalini, lie pearls of peace.

By your bhakti and wishing for Shivayukti (union with Shiva), you will reach them.

In this sea, there are six alligators – of lust and the rest – always moving about looking for food.

Smear your body with the turmeric of discrimination. The smell of turmeric will keep them away from you.

Many are the precious gems that lie scattered at the bottom of the sea.

Says Ramprasad, “Jump into the sea and you shall get them.”

 

Shree Krishna Govinda hare Muraare
He naatha Narraayana Vaasudeva
Gopaalaa Gopaalaa Devakee Nandana Gopaalaa

Its evening, the dun is setting, my work is done. I am free now to turn to you again, my love. Come to me. Let me feel your touch on my cheek. Hold me in your arms and let me look into your eyes, your laughing, teasing, glowing eyes. Let me come to you, don't make me wait. I melt into you. I call your name....



Jai Shri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu Nityananda Shri Advaita Gadadhara, Sri Vasadi Gaura bhakta Vrnada. Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare rama Rama Rama Hare Hare


Radhe Radhe Radhe Shyam, Govinda Radhe jai Shree Radhe
Govinda Radhe Radhe Shyam, Gopaala Radhe Radhe

 

Hare Krishna!!!

and also:
AUM
Sarve shaam Svasthi Bhavatu
Sarve shaam Shaantir Bhavatu
Sarve shaam Purnam Bhavatu
Sarve shaam Mangalam BhavatuÊ

Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Sarve Santu Niraa mayaah
Sarve Bhadraani Pashyantu
Maa Kashchid-dhuhkha Bhaag-Bhavet

Asato Maa Sadgamaya
tamaso Maa Jyothir-Gamaya
Mrityor-Maa Amritham Gamaya
Om shaanti shaanti shaantihi! Ê

~Peace
Layla

 

Mmm...this is one of my favourites. Thanks for posting it!

 

Om Namah Shivaaya
Shivaaya namaha, Shivaaya Namah OM
Shivaaya namaha, namaha shivaaya
Shambhu Shankara Namah Shivaaya
Girijaa Shankara namah Shivaaya
Arunaachala Shiva Namah Shivaaya

I bow to the Soul of all. O bow to my Self. I don't know who I am, So I bow to you,
Shiva, my own true self. I bow to the teachers who loved me with Love. Who took care of me when I couldn't take care of myself. I owe everything to them. How can I repay them? They have everything in the world. Only my love is mine to give, but in giving I find that it is their love flowing through me back to the world....
I have nothing. I have everything. I want nothing. Only let it flow to you
my Love...

(Krishna Dasa)

 

Hinduism is 5,000 years old. ISKCON is only about 40 years old.

 

Molly, I love you.

 

lol...

Oh this thread...I can't believe its back again...heheh....it rises and falls like the ocean...wow...learned so much on this thread...and met so many beautiful and interesting people...

Well to those who have brought it back with the sweetest Names of the Lord...thank you and welcome to it. Hope you and the thread stick around for a bit

*peace and love*
Nicole

 

Hinduism may well be older then 5,000 years. It's possible that the Veda stems originally from a period near the end of the last ice age.

ISKCON is a scam.

 

wisdom is timeless...

hinduism dates back to the moslem invasion

 

I love you too.


Yes ChiefCowPie, wisdom and love are timeless.

I love all of you. Peace be with all of you. I hope you all have a happy day.

 

Hare Krishna!


Lord Jesus is all in one. He is my beloved Lord, He is my Krishna, He is my Thakur, He is my life-force, He is my breath, He is my tears, He is my joy,
He is each and every pore of my being.

Love to one and all who even today nail Him or worship Him,

Kumar.

 

Nobody do like the Hindoo!

 

Perhaps the Mantra is good for some sometimes, but it is not good for all at all times. I really don't feel it (in the way you do) since my experience (that God has provided me) is different from yours. For me, it feels silly. I love silly.