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|| om namo bhagavate vAsudevAya ||
vasudeva sutaM devaM kauMsa chAnura mardanaM |
devakI paramAnandaM KRshNaM vande jagatguruM ||
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Namaste and Happy New Year

Some wonder if the...

Namaste

So true!

Also, regarding the Sun and Moon metaphors - yes they are found all over the Hindu scriptures.

Some shlokas use them for Ida-PingLA , and I think they are also used to represent mind(moon) and...

Namaste IndiaLover

I did not notice that you had mentioned the Chandogya and Gita chapters in the first para -- I just saw the bold titles without chapter numbers. That is all.


The way I see...

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Nice answers and while Grames, IndiaLover and others have covered the Leela (pArshads accompanying BhagavAn on earth) and the HOW part,

(IndiaLover, a request - to specify the...

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Translation URLs:
Swami Krishnananda - Web
Swami Krishnananda - PDF
Temple Purohit
Comparison of bhAshya by Adi Shankara and Ramanuja acharyas

Namaste
Hari Om

There is a version of this video in slow-motion as well - apt for those learning to pronounce, memorize and learn the Stotra.


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To all interested,
This is a page...

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Namaste Virajaji,
Yes, I know why you brought up Raas Leela as example of achintya bhedAbhed. I think creating this thread was a noble gesture - it shows your love and respect for BhagvAn Shri...

Namaste

All good points. Yes, experience says the acharyas tailor to the seeker, desh-kaal-patra , beyond what they have to write in books, and I am in alignment with them.


You did not...

Namaste Gramesji

My first input on this thread was -- Purushottam ParamAtmA se prem karke to dekho --- then what has to be experienced will be experienced, and that also first hand without dogma...

Thanks for churning more jewels and more mAkhan Markandeyaji.

Ah the "coincidence" of Purnima, but no ordinary Purnima. It was Purnima in this on-going Purushottam Maas that appears once in 3...

Agreed. This is my experience also. The Devas and Devis (devatA) are a great loving family to each other and to the devotee. On the other hand, they are forms and roles that arise from that One...

Namaste
Hare KRshNa
Best Wishes to all in Purushottam Maas

Nice conversation and posts, Virajaji and Markandeya ji

I feel the better thing is to simply love KRshNa and allow Him to drive that...

Makhan chor is here!

KAnhA ne mAkhan bhAve re!


Try as you might :
sheero,
shrikhanDa ,
sutarfeNi,
upar tAjA ghee,

Jai Shri KRshNa
Dear HDF members

Aapko JanmAshTami ki sahasra badhAiyan


Best Wishes for JanmAshTami 2020

Lovely Live bhajans here

A few thoughts at this point.

1. When there is the Lord and the devotee, as jeev-I and ParamAtmA, why not just leave things that way?
Then the rest of the world comes in, but we are not...

Thanks IndiaLover.
See, the words used by the OP are such a common concept, that they could be just about any shlok from any upanishad, and the core of what Shri KRshNa instructs. as the major dhyAn...

Namaste

Can you please specify the shloka chapter and number? e.g. Shv. Up. X.Y

Just by reading your statement , "turn your mind within" means turn it (180 degrees) away from outer sensory...

Why not? That is even better, at least it makes the gesture an act of devotion or eagerness to please God, rather than a transaction.


I don't think so, but depends on what they promised to do....

Shv. Up. 1.6
sarvAjeeve sarvasaMsthite bruhante asmin hauMso bhrAmyate bramhachakre |
pRuthagAtmanam preritAram cha matvA jushTastatastenAmrutatvameti ||

hauMsa = swan = the individual in this...

|| Harih: Om ||

Shv. Up. 1.2
kAlah: svabhAvo niyatiryadRuchhA |
bhUtAni yonih: purusha iti chintyA |
saMyoga eshA natvAtma bhAvAd- |
-AtmApyaneeshah: sukha-du:kha-hetoh: ||

Time, inherent...

Namaste

There is no rule that fits each situation, however, if a person did participate in a kAmya-worship (to gain something specific in the world), making a vrat, vow, then forgetting the vow...

|| om namo bhagavate vAsudevAya ||

vasudeva sutam devam |
kauMsa chANura mardanam |
devakI paramAnandaM |
KRshNam vande jagadguruM ||

Namaste

In this thread I hope to explore and discuss...

Namaste
I know this is old but the best would be to clear out any sAmpradAyic bias and look for a translation set.

1. Swami GambhirAnanda's commentary on Adi ShankarAchArya's commentary on the 8...

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In such situation, it is best to use the intuitive understanding backed by native language speakers -- Indian languages derived from Sanskrit. Rather than splitting hairs.
Yes, chitta =...

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Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Veda and Hindu Dharma in general is the Mother, the ashvattha vruksha, the ancient Tree of spirituality and religion.

ParaBrahman ParamAtmA is Divine nectar. Why nectar? because ParamAtmA transcends material energy and is eternal, imperishable, bestows immortality (amrut).
Devotees "drink" this nectar , and...

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This sounds like the Mahisis, Krishna's Queens in DwArkA, not Gopis.

When BhagvAn Shri KRshNa returns from a long trip , His queens, who have been meditating on Him in seperation,...

A Very Blissful KRshNa JanmAshTami and/or GokuLAshTami to all, wherever applicable around the world.

Here is a beautiful lullaby to Bal KRshNa (Baby KRshNa), composed by Purandar Das
In this...

Namaste
I like your/Satinder's very first "Sai"
Thank You

Welcome back Arjuni

4 Day countdown to JanmAshTami

Antarnaad 2010 - by Art of Living, Pune, India
- This was a divine phenomenon of thousands joining bhajan via Indian classical music, Feb 2010. Naad = sound,...

However, Boganvel is never used in garlands!
I cannot see any attachment to your post, and cannot be guessing. A kind of daisy is used in garlands.

For some reason I cannot see any photo/picture, but your description - papery dry texture, purplish pink, mangenta makes me think it is Boganvel

Like this :...

Namaste

The calendar (panchAng) is a reference framework.

Typically VaishNav follow the PurNimA system.
SmArta and others follow the amAvasyA system.

This is why VaishNavas celebrate KArtik...

Namaste Virajaji,

Thanks for a nice compilation of VishishTAdvaita philosophy in simple words.

I would say anantam = having no end(anta) = eternal (timewise), not happiness. That would be...

Jai Shri KRshNa

A 15 day countdown to JanmAshTami begins.

BAAla MukundAskTaka (Lyrics and translation are in the comment by poster.)

The first verse is my favourite:

karAravinde...

Nice :)

Namaste IndiaLover

If you search the word Divyaprabandham, there are several sites and blogs that give English translation or meaning.

Here is one : Koyil : http://divyaprabandham.koyil.org/...

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*Moko kahAN dhoondhe re bande, Mai to tere paas me
Kabir bhajan - Where will you search for Me, dear friend? I am right here with you!
Not...

Namaste
I don't know that particular site, but this one is good:

https://www.drikpanchang.com/
Very detailed, thorough and reliable

Anorther one: http://www.astrojyoti.com/

Yashoda pulled little KRshNa's hair in a bow on top and placed a Peacock Feather in it. Notice how the peacock feather is made squarish and looks like a TrishuL.

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Look at the NAbhi-Kamala carefully -- do you see Shiva's damrU around it? As KRshNa's (Maha-VishNu's ) navel is the source of BramhAnDa, Shiv starts rattling the damrU with pleasure.
...

I could go on...

The concentric 4-colour semi-circles below the Swastik are either the waves in Ksheer-Sagar (milk-ocean of unmanifest universal plasma), or coiled Shesha-Naag or a combination...

Namaste Viraja ji

Thanks for sharing this "modern" or "progressive" painting.

Are you testing us? :)

The tail belongs to the cow! Not Shri KRshNa. The cow is very cleverly camouflaged in...

Hare KRshNa IndiaLover. When you posted that a few months ago I smiled to myself -- this clip is my favorite in the "Little Krishna" movie. In fact the entire movie is so charming, and mostly, I...

Jai Shri KRshNa
Even to normal devotees like us. He gives us many clues to come to Him in Bhagvad Gita, BhAgvat purAN, Devi BhAgvat, and other purANa, the upanishads.....

Prahlad -- was a case...

Namaste

1. "Our" existence is a phenomenon for which no one is to blame except "us" indirectly, but even then, blaming is wrong, Would you blame clouds for rainfall or lack of it? Do you blame...