#krishna consciousness

[musingsonthemahabharata]

Something I find fascinating about the Critical Edition of the Mahābhārata is that the characters sporadically move from addressing Kṛṣṇa as an embodied mortal (as their friend, cousin, son-in-law etc) to addressing him as the Godhead; as Viṣṇu, as the Supreme Being, and as Īśvara. The succession of change between the modes of address can sometimes even happen on the same page, at a distance of a few lines. The veil is lifted, and the characters see through Kṛṣṇa’s illusion, and, through that, they become immersed in the nature of Reality; the veil promptly drops back, and God is lost. An argument for this could be that the divine modes of address are interpolations, a theory being that Kṛṣṇa became identified with Viṣṇu only in later renditions of the Mahābhārata. While this could be true at the level of historical analysis of the epic, for me, there is a subtler teaching encased here: how all of us, without exception, glimpse into the nature of Reality as we move through life, yet we perpetually proceed to return to becoming engrossed in the superimpositions we project upon Reality; and the dance continues. From Truth to dream, from dream to Truth. It is quite endearing, really. What committed and imaginative dreamers we are!

Adyashanti once talked about how one inadvertently glimpses truth; it is, after all, inescapable as it is our nature; the trick is not forgetting / losing the glimpse.

Gorgeous artwork of Kṛṣṇa: Awedict.

[surrenderingintotheone]

The Cleansing of the Heart

Extinguishing the Great Forest Fire of Material Existence

Spreading the Moonlight of Ultimate Goodness

The Life of the Bride of Knowledge

Increasing the Ocean of Bliss at Every Step

Tasting the Full Nectar

Immersing the Soul in Everything

Supreme Victory to the Chanting of Lord Krishna

In various names, you have invested all your powers

There are no restrictions on remembering them at any time

Such is your mercy, my Lord

Unfortunately, I have no attachment to this misfortune

Even lower than a blade of grass

More tolerant than a tree

Devoid of all pride

Always chant the name of Hari

Not interested in wealth, followers, or beauty

Nor in poetry or ruling the world

In every birth, O Lord of my life

Let my devotion be causeless towards you

O son of Nanda, I am your servant

Fallen in the ocean of birth and death

By your mercy, standing at your lotus feet

Please consider me as insignificant as a speck of dust

Tears flowing from my eyes

Voice choked with emotion

Body covered in goosebumps

When will all this happen

In the chanting of your name?

In a moment that feels like an eternity

My eyes are filled with tears

Empty is the whole world

Without Govinda, I am in pain

Either embrace me or crush me under your feet

Or make me suffer from not seeing you

However you wish, O Lord of my life

He alone is my master, no one else

[teanicolae]

on the banks of Gaṅgā

you held me all night, my Lord unseen to the eye, your grace, a lover's touch, wrapped my skin unheard to the ears, your name, my japa, vibrated through my braincells

Monsoon One, do you long for me as fully as i long for you? do you call on me as ardently as i call on you? you do, don't you, my Lord? i am not alone in this quest

for every step i take towards you, you take two towards me for every tear i spill in yearning for you, you ignite vīrya in my skin tissue for every test of yours that i fail, you yank me freer of delusion

i see it now, Hari. you have been pulling me by my hair and hands to you. it was all you. it was always all you.

if i run to you as fast as my legs can take me, will you meet me halfway?

you will, won't you, my Lord?

🦚 Happy Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī! 🙏 poem from my upcoming collection "the Monsoon One and the pilgrim". 💛

photo: Rishikesh, October 2022.

[yogiyodhaka]

ODE TO MURALIDHAR (KRSNA)

O Divine Flute-Player:

How You attract souls towards You

With Your alluring melodies

Is beyond comprehension.

You melt all in the crucible of Divine Beauty

And Love Profound!

Sweet Muralidhar,

Let all your bhaktas taste

The sweetness of Your Sacred nectar,

Savored through the remembrance of Your Holy Name!

Love Divine, Sweet Love!

Come, play the Tune of Bliss

In the flute of our Spine!

Our Souls shall then sing,

Your ambrosial melodies.

Let the Wind of Your Divine Breath

Ascend and Descend through us!

Then shall the song of Divine Praise resound

Through us, Your intoxicated lovers!

[hinsaa-paramo-dharma]

I got manmohaned.

[mysticalblizzardcolor]

Mayapur Kirtan Mela Singer G.H Premanjali Debi Dasi

Mayapur Kirtan Mela ~Singer G.H  Premanjali Debi Dasi https://youtu.be/PaGr5BQ2-Ko?si=aULEOfRxUXcZR0eF via @YouTube 

[mariasalmon]

Little Krishna

[grungeincluded]

Cro-Mags is one of the most influential New York hardcore punk bands and was the first to combine hardcore punk with heavy metal. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) credited the band with having had a primal influence on their development. Before joining Nirvana, Grohl was in the punk band Scream and opened for Cro-Mags at CBGB.

Krishnacore was ‘‘the first time that hardcore and straight edge punks had to deal specifically with religion on an intellectual and personal level’’(Stewart, 2017,p.52).

© Grunge Included | @37fotosb | Linktree

[theharekrishnarevolution]

PRABHUPADA IS THE MOST COMPASSIONATE SOUL IN THE ENTIRE WORLD

This is an offering in the honour of Prabhupāda on His Disappearance Day anniversary - 17th November 2023

By Niraj Bidawatka 🔔🔔🔔 Today is Prabhupada’s disappearance day. This is my offering in the honour of Prabhupāda. Dear Srila Prabhupada, Please accept my humble obeisances. Your Divine Grace is the most compassionate soul in this world, who for the well-being of the masses, did not care for Your own personal comfort. For eleven years Your Divine Grace continuously travelled around the world,…

[surrenderingintotheone]

TEXT 17: That which pervades the entire body you should know to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy that imperishable soul.

TEXT 18: The material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is sure to come to an end; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata.

D.H. Lawrence, from a letter featured in The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence wr. in November 1923

[umi-ananda]

I greet this Sunday morning with a heart full of warmth!

[judahmaccabees]

The forgetfulness of the conditioned soul is also due to the direction of the Supreme Lord. A living entity misuses his little independence when he wants to lord it over material nature. This misuse of independence, which is called māyā, is always available, otherwise there would be no independence. Independence implies that one can use it properly or improperly. It is not static; it is dynamic. Therefore, misuse of independence is the cause of being influenced by māyā.

[surrenderingintotheone]

Aquel que ha conquistado la mente, ya ha llegado a la Superalma, porque ha conseguido la tranquilidad. Para ese hombre, la felicidad y la aflicción, el calor y el frío, y la honra y la deshonra, son todos lo mismo.

jitātmanaḥ praśāntasya

paramātmā samāhitaḥ

śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkheṣu

tathā mānāpamānayoḥ

[elsyuak]

Just wondering, no hate, but why doesn't isckon gives preference to mirabai just like Chaitanya mahaprabhu??

[orgasming-caterpillar]

How old were you when you realised that Vishnu's Dashavataras represent the evolution of mankind

[merasahib]

WHO SPOKE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GITA?