matsya kamala lochanam

“The Lord dived into the ocean in the form of a fish searched with His lotus eyes, rapidly viewing on all directions creating an illusion of lotus flowers blossoming everywhere - all in search of the Vedas that had been stolen by an Asura. The ebb and flow of the waves of the Ocean seemed to be a swinging cradle that soothed and almost lulled Him into a comfortable reve...rie...
As fish is believed to nourish its little ones by its sheer glance and therefore, known never to bat its eyelids - the MATSYA Lord would save His devotees by his mere glance. The dirt that gets accumulated in beings who
languish in the ocean of SAMSARA - is cleansed by MATSYA Lord’s very glance he Lord moved so fast, His eyes directed in all directions so swiftly that the underwater seemed to be all lotus flowers."

"when u get over to the mountain, you have got to climb..much effort will b required..the sooneer u strt to climb the sooner u reach the other side..life is struggle got to conquer each stage. each day is new day.....make it bful page"

" bhakti bliss...the Vedas say to stop procrastinating. Don’t say you will do it tomorrow, and don’t say you will even do it today. Do it now right now! Do it immediately. You may trust all else, but don’t trust this human body. Even God realised Saints must leave this world. Jagadguru Shankaracharya died when he was 32 years old. Gauranga Mahaprabhu left when he was 48 years old. Even they left af...ter the determined time for their descension was over.

This world is like an inn. In an inn, everyone stays in separate rooms. A person stays there for four days, for ten days, for one day, some for just two hours! When his time is up, he leaves.

When you travel on a train, there are 50 stations on that line. When a person’s station comes, he gets down from the train. If you were to say to someone, “Oh, why are you going? I will be left alone!” “But my station has come. I must get down. If you wish, then come with me.” “Oh, no. My station is still quite far from here.”

When a son dies before his father, the father thinks, “What injustice!” This is not injustice. It is God’s law that you can’t stay any longer than the time allotted for this birth. When that time comes, you must go, and no one knows when that will come.

Even so, when this same father lights the funeral pyre for his own son, he loses all awareness and thinks, “I’m not going to die soon.” Stop this kind of thinking, otherwise whatever has happened in the past will keep on happening.
To receive a human birth is very rare. Even if you receive this, finding someone to guide you on the right path is very rare. If you were to find a true spiritual guide, then what grace is left for you to attain? The only grace left to attain is your own. But we say, “I’ll start tomorrow.”Do not say, “Tomorrow I will start practicing devotion.” Don’t say this and don’t think this. Who knows if you will live to see tomorrow? You could go to sleep tonight and if your time is up, in the morning you will be no more. We see this kind of thing happening every day. it will be too late to do anything.“In the twinkling of an eye, a person’s life could come to an end. Why then are you postponing for the future? What power do you possess that you are so proud of that you will be able to stop death?”so start hare krishna maha manthra now... -radhekrishna..........krishna guruvayurpuresha....."

" There are three conditions that a practitioner of the path of bhakti must fulfill. He should be more humble than a blade of grace. (When we walk on grass, it simply bows under the pressure of our feet with no resistance.) We should be as tolerant as a tree (which without complaint allows itself to be plundered for its fruits, leaves and branches). We should offer only respect to others and never e...xpect the same for ourselves.

To try to be called good or to be seen as good in the eyes of others makes us fall in our devotion. We should instead try to actually become good. For example, when someone criticises you, you feel bad. You become angry with that person and feel he is your foe. You continuously think of him with animosity. We harm ourselves greatly when we do this.

Instead of bringing God and Guru into our mind, we have given a place in our mind to a mayic soul. By doing so we are simply increasing the impurity of the mind, not decreasing it."

"As long as your desire is to attain Krishna., then just try your best in the world, and take whatever comes as His prasad"

" There are three conditions that a practitioner of the path of bhakti must fulfill. He should be more humble than a blade of grace. (When we walk on grass, it simply bows under the pressure of our feet with no resistance.) We should be as tolerant as a tree (which without complaint allows itself to be plundered for its fruits, leaves and branches). We should offer only respect to others and never e...xpect the same for ourselves.

To try to be called good or to be seen as good in the eyes of others makes us fall in our devotion. We should instead try to actually become good. For example, when someone criticises you, you feel bad. You become angry with that person and feel he is your foe. You continuously think of him with animosity. We harm ourselves greatly when we do this.

Instead of bringing God and Guru into our mind, we have given a place in our mind to a mayic soul. By doing so we are simply increasing the impurity of the mind, not decreasing it.

" one thing about the world: no one can do anything for the happiness of another. Everyone loves for the sake of their own happiness. Whatever things you want – whether it’s a nice house, a wife, children, this or that – why do you want them? For happiness. So you will get happiness. But when all these things are made of Maya and within Maya and happiness is not in the mayic realm, how will you get ...happiness from them?

A blind person announces, “Oh anyone who is blind! Come here! Take my hand!” Another blind person hears this and thinks, “He definitely can see.” So he takes his hand. This same kind of acting is happening in our world. We want happiness from our mother, our mother wants it from us. We want happiness from our children, our children want happiness from us. This is a bond of selfishness. As long as our self-interest is being served by that mother, father, wife, husband, and child, our love lasts. If our self-interest is being served less, our love reduces. If our self-interest is not being served at all, our love ends. This is a simple account of our selfishness."

" It is the eternally existing path to attain God. God is one, so the path of His attainment is also one, and thus, the same path of bhakti ensures the attainment of any of the forms of God.

The path of bhakti is prevalent in every brahmand of this entire universe and it is for all the souls of this universe. It remains the same in all the four yugas (satyug, treta, dwapar and kaliyug) and, as it ...is directly related to soul and God, it is above caste, creed, sect and nationality. It can be adopted by any person of any nation of this world, because it is gifted by the supreme God Himself for the benefit of the humankind; and again, there are no physical requirements in doing bhakti.

There are no meditation postures to adopt, no concentration techniques to follow and no rituals to observe. So it can be done by anyone, young, old or sick, and at any time in twenty-four hours, because bhakti is the pure love of your heart that longs to meet the Divine beloved of your soul in this very lifetime.See More"

a story came across

small but touching story with a deep message.
A ticket collector in a train found an old worn out wallet in a compartment full of many people.
He looked inside to find the name of its owner. There was no clue.
All that there was in it, was some money and a picture of Bhagwan Sri Krishna.
He held it up and asked, 'Who does this wallet belong to?'
...
An old man said, 'That's my wallet, please give it to me.' The ticket
collector said, 'You'll have to prove that it is yours. Only then I can hand it over to you.'
The old man smiled a toothless smile and said. 'It has a picture of Sri Krishna in it.'
The ticket collector said, 'That is no proof; anyone can have a picture of Sri Krishna in his wallet.
What is special about that? Why is your picture not there in it?'

The old man took a deep breath and said, 'Let me tell you why my
picture is not there in it. My father gave this wallet to me when I was in school.
I used to get a small sum as pocket money then. I had kept a picture of my parents in it.

When I was a teenager I was greatly enamoured by my good looks.
I removed my parent's picture and put in, one of my own. I loved to see my own face and my thick black hair.
Some years later, I got married.
My wife was very beautiful and I loved her a lot. I replaced my own picture in this wallet with a picture of her.
I spent hours gazing at her pretty face.

When my first child was born, my life started a new chapter.
I shortened my working hours, to play with my baby.
I went late to work and returned home early too. Obviously, my baby's picture occupied the prized position in my wallet.'

The old man's eyes brimmed with tears as he went on.. 'My parents passed away many years ago.
Last year my wife too left her mortal coil. My son, my only son is too busy with his family.
He has no time to look after me. All that I had ever held close to my heart is far, far away from my reach now.

Now I have put this picture of Bhagwan Sri Krishna in my wallet.
It is only now that I have realized that He is the eternal companion.
He will never leave me. Alas! If only I had realized this before.
If only I had loved the Lord Krishna all these years, with the same intensity as I loved my family,
I would not have been so lonely today!'

The collector quietly gave the wallet to the old man. When the train
stopped at the next station, the ticket collector went to the book stall at the platform and asked the salesman,
'Please give me a small picture of Sri Krishna ? I need one to put in my wallet!'

The Question we need to ask is where is Bhagwan Sri Krishna in our lives today?
Think of it because it could make a difference to your life today and in the days to comeSee More"

krishnaa

"Awaken in the early morning hours and pour of nectar and pour in the oil of remembrance of God . The light of soul will then remains constantly lit .
Increase practice of remembrance, do not become tired on this (spiritual) pilgrimage or make excuses .
In order to become an embodiment of solution , continue to give love and respect to every one ."

"Glorified Lord ...His complexion is as splendid as sapphires. He wears kadamba blossom earrings, and his broad chest is decorated with a garland of thulasi... The top of His head is decorated with a peacock feather..His forehead is splendid with golden dhatu tilaka. His campaka garland moves to and fro...while playing vrindavan forest.... all devotees once visit guruvayur will definitely bcome attached and vl definitely travel once agoian to holy place to become more attached to do the service of the Lord's lotus feet...and think immediate to attain splendid virtues...hare krishna"

" This world created by God is real. the experience of each of us stands testimony to us.This experience cannot be false. The non existence of world is never experienced. Neither can be seen its unreal nature.

If experiences of the soul in this real world are false and unreal then the thought to come out of this unreal to some imaginary real should also be unreal.

Because , such thoughts have occu...rred here in this world, these thoughts should also be unreal .

How can there be pursuit of the real from a unreal thoughts?

The world, if it is maya [unreal] , whom is it binding?

is the agent[soul], it is binding, real? If it is real then how a real entity is bound by unreal?

If there is only one [soul/Bramha] , then who is Bramha?

Is this Bramha all knowing or ignorant?

If he is all knowing then why he has to make efforts to come out of ignorance?[ if at all , all souls are one and equivalent to Bramha]

Thus soul cannot be equal to Bramha for he has to come out of ignorance . Paramatma [Bramha ]is all knowing and creator distinctly different from Atma.

There is no equality [eikya] between Parmatma and Atma.

Soul can be subjected to maya and creation is a chance for him to come out of this to attain moksha.

Even in this case also his subjection to maya and subsequent sufferings are real [vexed with it ,he makes an attempt for Moksha].

if it is unreal then, his getting vexed and efforts to attain moksha will also be unreal .why would one make a unreal efforts to attain happiness.

If his efforts are unreal and his sins in maya are also unreal then words of Veda to prohibit sins and encourage Merits [punya] will also become false and unreal.[ also meaningless].

Selectively declaring few verses as right and real and others as unreal also renders Vedas meaningless.

Thus Vedas rightly declares World is real ,World is real, World is real.

Vishnu is the only God ,neither equal or greater than HIM.

all others are souls[atman/jeevas] distinctly different from him and dependent on him.



krishnarpanaSee More"

god

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All our connections are with our God and God only .
In order to be safe from influence of Maya , remember
Your true beloved (God again and again ) .
So you stabilize your self
in your original religion of peace .
... So only listen to God’s voice . Don’t listen to anything from anyone else .
Only repeat things of knowledge through your lips and inspire others
to speak of only knowledge . May you be an embodiment by making “natural attention “to your nature .See More

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hare krishna

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A seed is sown in the soil and watered ,it springs into a tree with a strong stem ,branches ,leaves and Flowers . It will be laden with Fruits . Ripe sweet Fruits are the essence of the Tree in toto . The Fruit which has been bit [tasted]by a Parrot is particularly [assuredly] very sweet. Tasting such sweet fruit brings sense of pleasure and immense bliss.This is what is known in the world about... the trees to us.

In philosophical world [vedic vangmaya] there is a Kalpavriksha tree which grows :

When seed of gnyana is sown in the soil[field of mind] and nourished with Bhakthi [devotion] , trunk named Vedas spring up ,with barks as upanishats and branches as rig, yajus ,sama ,atharva and many shakhas , upavedas and leaves of innumerable shastras [ when taken shelter under it, it gives cool shade and solace ] ,It has fragrant flowers of many Vidyas and puranas as Fruits ,which contain the entire essence of Vedas . Of these various puranas , some are very ripe, And that which has been bit[tasted] by the Parrot named Shukamuni is assuredly very sweet ,It is Bhagavata Purana because it gives immense bliss named MOKSHA.

Note : Shukacharya ,son of Vedavyasa had a face of that of parrot , He was the first to learn Bhagavat and first to give discourse on it to Parikshit Grandson of Arjun , WHo after listening to it in seven days attained Moksha.

KrishnarpanamastuSee More

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shabari

Did Ram actually eat shabari's uchchistha [left over] . No. According to shastra what we surrender to God is known as naivedya. There are lot of rules and regulation that applies to Naivedya. Naivedya has to be clean sacred and untouched by anyone before offering to Lord. Fruits are never washed before naivedya as they are thought to be offered to Varuna whle washing. As such every entit...led gyani and bhakta [ a qualified bhakta is necessarily a gyani ] can never make a mistake of offering impure tasted food. However whateer we offer to Lord comes back to us infinitely and hence a real bhakta makes a maximum effort to offer the optimum elements to Lord . like the best food , best dress , best flowers. Sour fruits bring infinite sourness in life , Moksha is a sweet infinite fruit so obtain it one must offer sweet fruits. It is also known a tree which gives a sweet fruit all other fruits it bears necessarily are sweet. Also when a collection of fruits are present one fruit tasted ensures other fruits are also sweet At the same time , the whole collection is deemed tasted . while eating in a plate once a man touches his food in aplate it becaomes his uchchista for all bramhinical purposes. Others may not feel so. further this plate is not shared. as human body is considered abode of Lord and dining is navaidya to this lord , thus , once plate is not shared as it becomes uchchista [prohibited] when touched by others.
Sim ilarly when shabari tasted few fruits in a collection of the fruits to ensure sweetness and offered other fruits intouched by her to Lord . Lord Ram accepted it owing to her bhakti , but technically it was uchchista by very high standards. In this way Valmiki suggests Lord's grace on Shabari to have accepted her uchchista and never Sage mentions that Shabari offered half eaten tasted fruits to Ram .See More"

"He is not friend whose anger inspires fear, or who is to be waited upon with fear. He, however, on whom one can repose confidence as on a father, is a true friend. Other friendships are nominal connection. He that bears himself as a friend, even though unconnected by birth of blood, is a true friend, a real refuge, and a protector."

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Silence and Truth

Silence, it is said, is better than speech. If speak you must, then it is better to say the truth. If truth is to be said, it is better to say what is agreeable; and if what is agreeable is to be said, then it is better to say what is consistent with morality……”"

Little added to digest

Questions relating to Na Aham Kartha Hari Hi Kartha:
1. If Shri Hari is making us do every thing in our life, how can one explain bad things that people do.
2. If a soul is already predestined to be Tamasic or Rajasic, what is a person's motivation to better himself. Are the doors of heaven permanently closed to non-satvic souls?
Souls are reflections of the God. jeeva has gnyana anandmaya sharira (swaroop deha). Tamasic souls have swaroop deha of agnyana ,dukhamaya etc. rajasic have mixed (sukh dukha mishra deha)
The charachteristics of soul are inherent , neither created nor destroyed, even God does not create them. If He Created then He will have dosha of Partiality (nairghrunya).God is full of good qualities only.
Kali is the neechatineecha among souls. He has a quality of being present everywhere ,see everything.
He is also under the control of Narayana and Mukhyaprana.
For tamasic souls mere circumstantial push is enough to commit sin, their natural characteristic spring up. Hence God creates such atmosphere for them, ( eg. Budhha giving anti vedic sermon to demons).
For rajasik souls , majority plays important they swing as per the situation, if world sings spirituality tine all these become spiritual, when world is taken over by monsters , these start sinning and siding with demons/antiGod
Sattvic however errs by double motivation only, one from inside by (Daitya avesha) second by simultaneous external influence (sahavasa) [eg manthara to kaikeyi, karna-suyodhana].
Thus all bad things in the world are primarily carried out by the Kali and his followers.
Kali is under Narayana (he does not act independently but that is his dwesha sadhana).
All good is carried out exclusivesly by Mukhya prana .
To sin is to hate God , that leads to hell , Following Dharma and bhakti leads to Moksha , heaven and earth are for intermediaries.
2. If tamasic and rajasic are predestined ,what is motivation for betterment?
even God does not want them strive for betterment, because it is not their nature, they by nature seek unhappiness.
However you nourish a neem tree with milk , does it bear sweet fruit?
Can you expect a cool shade from a thorny weed ?
it is only going to prick if you embrace it with love.
Some guys are just confused (rajasik) and they rejoice confusion(udaseena).
[Just interact with a businessman , when even in profit he says ( whats the use of profit there is no charm in business ) in a times of loss he says business mein nafa nukhsaan chalta hi rahta hai) He has a taint of happiness and unhappiness in both the situations. ]rajasik soul.

Bhakti digest

Interesting question I have read somewhere that Lord Rama acrued Brahma Hatya Pataka after killing Ravana. Is this true as per Madhwa system?  as to why such a belief is prevalent at least in some sections of the Hindu society. .
 Before answering the question ..
first let us understand what are patakas?
patakas are aparadhas which immidiately engulfs the perpetrators .he has no recourse but to undergo he malefic effects in due course.[being bodyless for 70000 yugas is the effect of bramha hatya]
bramha hatya,stree hatya,go hatya,surapana,suvarnsteya are all patakas.
Now we should ask are patakas jada or jeeva . since it is jada they cannot by themselves chase the pataki(jeeva). It has to have some kind of agency(living) to activate that. If the agency is detrmined then ,it can safely be concluded that same agency can also help in getting rid of the pataka.
so pataka acts by its agency.
Is Rudra the agency?
Cannot be ,because Siva himself engulfs bramha hatya by cutting Bramha's fifth head and that head sticks to his hand (kapali) ,He gets rid of it through Vishnu Upasana.[Rudra is seen as suffering from this hatya dosha.
So papa punya ,pataka etc are all under the control of Lord Rama himself(Narayana)
Since agency is Narayana himself , pataka cannot touch him ,he is not bound by it.
Also Ravana was killed by the arrows , God kills all bramhins as their longevity is complete ,as mrtyu ( Mrutyu abhimani devta Sri Narsimha) .
During Pralaya Narasimha kills(samhara) Bramha too. So when he does not get bramha hatya by wiping entire creation then killing Ravana cannot get any hatya dosha on him.
Moreover there is no ilustration of Narayana suffering on account of these mass Bramha hatya during pralaya. so single killing of one Ravana Bramhana cannot engulf him.

Many acts of Rama are for [daitya mohana] illusion of demons . this one is also for the same . [It is to give illusion that Rama is just an ordinary man , fearing dosha he undertook remedies and installed a sivalinga.Thus Shiva has relieved Rama of Bramha Hatya,thus he is superior to Rama]
Why does Bramha hatya engulf souls ?
Bramhana is a chala murthy of the Hari. any act of violence against him is like raising hands on the idol of God.[heinous crime]
Secondly we cannot assume the role of regulator towards elders , even if they are wrong, only appropriate authorities are supposed to take action. All these philosophical elements are ingrained in Bramha hatya.
Nonetheless , all papa ,punya are for souls(jeevatma) only indicating their (bandha) from which they are supposed to get Mukti.
They are not for God(Paramatma ),who is independent and always free from doshas(blemishes).
Jada (pataka) can chase jeeva by the will of Parmatma .
Jada by itself is not powerful to chase or cause fear for parmatama.
Nor can it chase jeevatma without the will of Parmatma.