#krishna consciousness

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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.

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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!

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Re-establishing Our Relationship With God | Prabhupāda Vāṇī #shorts

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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.

[elsyuak]

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

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

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Albarrán Cabrera :: The Mouth of Krishna, #733

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“The first poets were gods. Poetry began with the bicameral mind. The god-side of our ancient mentality, at least in a certain period of history, usually or perhaps always spoke in verse. This means that most men at one time, throughout the day, were hearing poetry (of a sort) composed and spoken within their own minds.”

― Julian Jaynes, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

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[merasahib]

WHO SPOKE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GITA?

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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 

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