Change the Picture of Krishna

One of our readers wrote me recently suggesting that we regularly change the above picture of Krishna for the sake of variety. Of course we understand that variety is the mother of enjoyment, and thus we regularly change the picture which comes below this column. But in another vein we should not think that the seeing the same picture of Krishna every day is monotonous. Krishna is ever-fresh. And when He appears in the form of painting He still remains ever-fresh. This means that a devotee can see the same painting of Krishna thousands and millions of times and derive ever-increasingly new transcendental ecstasies from seeing the amazingly beautiful form of the Lord.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Unlimitedly Amazingly Beautiful Krishna
The Perfection of GeorgeousnessUnlimitedly Amazingly Beautiful Krishna

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Sun-god and Moon-god Are Superstitions?

In so many ways the Bhagavad-gita is so far above anything else I have ever read, as far as spiritual understanding goes. But then it brings in the sun-god and the moon-God. Seriously? I suddenly feel as though the most profound and exquisite book just became ancient Egyptian or Mayan superstition. Are we to understand that the sun is a god? I thought it was a giant thermonuclear reactor.

Kathleen

Answer: They Are Real Persons

It is not that the sun is a god. It is presided over by a god. Just as thermonuclear reactor is under the direction of a thermonuclear engineer, the sun is under the direction of a super thermonuclear engineer, the sun-god Vivasvan.

We understand the existence of the sun-god and moon-god from the evidence of the Vedic literatures, which go back thousands and millions of years before the Egyptian and Mayan civilizations. From the Bhagavad-gita we learn that Krishna personally spoke the message of the Bhagavad-gita to the sun-god millions of years ago. So please do not think that this is superstition. Their existence is confirmed in authoritative Vedic history.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Little Sparrow Who Conquered the Ocean

Image
In his purport to Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 6, Text 24 Srila Prabhupada wonderfully teaches us the power of determinations by telling us the story of the little sparrow who conquered the ocean: "As for determination, one should follow the example of the sparrow who lost her eggs in the waves of the ocean. A sparrow laid her eggs on the shore of the ocean, but the big ocean carried away the eggs on its waves. The sparrow became very upset and asked the ocean to return her eggs. The ocean did not even consider her appeal. So the sparrow decided to dry up the ocean. She began to pick out the water in her small beak, and everyone laughed at her for her impossible determination. The news of her activity spread, and at last Garuda, the gigantic bird carrier of Lord Visnu, heard it. He became compassionate toward his small sister bird, and so he came to see the sparrow. Garuda was very pleased by the determination of the small sparrow, and he promised to help. Thus Garuda at once asked t
Read more

Heart Melting Reunion with Amarendra and Gayatri

Image
On Friday 26 June 2015 I was blessed with the greatest good fortune of meeting with two of the dearest devotees of my entire life, His Grace Amarendra Prabhu and his good wife, Srimati Gayatri devi dasi. I am eternally indebted to these great souls for how much they helped me in my spiritual life when I was a young devotee. When I was young brahmacari monk in 1973 I joined with the two of them in Gainesville, Florida. We were a three person preaching center, and they were just like a mother and father to me. I had so many wonderful Krishna conscious experiences in their association that I can hardly begin to describe them here. But at least may it suffice for me to say for now that Gayatri taught me what it means to be a soft-hearted devotee of the Lord and she gave me my first cooking lesson, teaching me how to make cauliflower pakoras, and Amarendra taught me the art of how to preach strongly, intelligently, and coolly to defeat opposing arguments. Recently Gayatri almost died. But
Read more

Misguided Fools Say that Masturbation is Healthy

Image
Foolish modern day materialists recommend masturbation as follows: "Masturbation is a common activity. It’s a natural and safe way to explore your body, feel pleasure, and release built-up sexual tension. It occurs among people of all backgrounds, genders, and races. Despite the myths, there are actually no physically harmful side effects of masturbation." They are wrong. To get a proper understanding on this this topic read the question and answer section below. Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: What are the Ill Effects of Masturbation? Since you answered questions related to understanding the real need of sex in a human being's life, so I also request you to please enlighten us with the knowledge about semen conservation, it's importance, and the consequences of frequently releasing it thorough sex or masturbation. Since today most of the youth are indulged in mansturbation and they think it to be good in comparison to doing sex with some female for
Read more