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I am sure there are many here who have lots of questions about adhyAtma, the various siddhAnta and how to interpret the Bhagavad Geeta.

Hindu University of America has been engaging the...

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Wishing everyone a Happy MahA ShivarAtri

Jai BholenAth.

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GangAdharAya , jaTAdharAya, rAmeshwarAya,...

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The reason jeevAtmAs are uncreated is that karma is anAdi. Beginningless, or it cannot be traced back anyway. So jeevas, or organisms are expressions of the vAsanA=>karma=>samskAr cycle....

I have a beautiful rendition of the Aarati on DVD , with/after gita shlokas by a Swami ji and very uplifting.

This is for those busy souls - please do come here and listen on Tuesday.

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|| om namo bhagavate vAsudevAya ||

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Once again Geeta Jayanti on MokshadA Ekadashi 2021 is approaching.

Dec 14 - coming Tuesday - for most of the world.

It was on an Ekadashi 5300...

So true!

However, my request is for someone who wants to contact YajvanJi as he was teaching Kashmiri Shaivism back then - outside of HDF. I wish I had kept the info he shared a few years ago...

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Who is stopping you from being a VaishNav today? No one. It is between you and VishNu. It is up to you to look up towards these well established lineages to learn, and if you do not want...

I wrote this reply on another thread a while ago:

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

Here is one : Koyil :...

Namaste Yajvan Ji

How have you been? Hope you are safe and in good health as we speak.

I can say on behalf of Hindu Dharma Forums that we miss you, but you have left some real gems on HDF that...

“The Pharmacy of the World will deliver to overcome the COVID challenge,”
It will indeed.

Vande MAtaram
BhArat mAtA ki jay

BG10.9 mac-chitta mad-gata-prANa
bodhayantah parasparam
kathayantas cha mAm nityam
tushyanti cha ramanti cha

The thoughts of My devotees dwell in Me, their lives are surrendered to Me, and they...

BG7.21
yo yo yam yam tanum bhaktah
sraddhayarcitum icchati
tasya tasyacalam sraddham
tam eva vidadhamy aham


BG4.11
ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāns tathaiva bhajāmyaham
mama...

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BG chapters 2 - 5 explain SAnkhya (spirit and matter) and karma yog - you have the right to action, but not the results, and what should be the mindset towards one's duties and calling.
...

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Speaking of Sun and Moon, a great reference is the Uddhav Geeta - which happens to be a section of Shrimad BhAgvat purAN Canto 11 (Chap 5 onwards)
which is a conversation between Shri...

P.S. And they have to absolutely STOP eating cow meat, or have anything to do with GoHatya (killing cows ) because GoMata is our Mother and provides us with milk and nutrients

Namaste Dattaji

Great post, and I agree with all ideas except one:

Anyone who enters Ram Janmabhumi becomes Hindu

A better statement would be "Anyone who enters Ram Janmabhumi or attends a...

34. svayambhU : Self-existent, Who does not have any creator i.e. the Original


35. shambhu : pure, Shankar is Him, and also referenced as Milk (Govinda) turning into curds (Shambhu) for the...

|| 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...

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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...

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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I like your/Satinder's very first "Sai"
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