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Bhutas During the Birth-Death Passage
By Gian Filippi
| Published 04/18/2007
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This brief study deals with the topic of the bhutas and their expression of the homogeneity of the human being with Nature, at least in the perspective of the gross manifestation. I have used the classic terms of the Upanisadic Tradition. With quite simple changes in point of view, it would be possible to use the terminology pertaining to any other classical Philosophy.
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Sanskrit
Sanskrit is the oldest and richest language in the world, and recorded history shows the study of Sanskrit has continued for over five thousand years. The oldest known form of this language is found in the Rgveda. In Vedic culture, the language was used in the public domain and was called bhasa. It later passed through a process of reform or purification, it became known as Sangskrta (Sam -kr + ta).
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The Puranas
It is said in the Uttara Khanda of the Padma, that the Puranas, as well as other works, are divided into three classes, according to the qualities which prevail in them. Thus the Vishnu, Naradiya, Bhagavata, Garuda, Padma, and Varaha Puranas, are Satwika, or pure, from the predominance in them of the Satwa quality, or that of goodness and purity. They are, in fact, Vaishnava Puranas.
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Pictorial Art in Moghul Orissa
By B. Ray
| Published 04/16/2007
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Formerly in the pre-Muslim period, painting on the walls of the temples received special encouragement. The temple walls were found to have been decorated with painting by the management, and well-to-do persons also had interest in decorating their domestic buildings. While painting on palm leaf and cloth was popular, painting on paper in Orissa was a phenomenon which received impetus only during and after the Muslim rules in Orissa.
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The Jagannatha Religion in Mughal Orissa
Orissa is a land of temples. In the pre-Muslim period, Hinduism in its various creeds and forms was manifested in the construction of many temples where the worship was performed by the devoted Hindus.
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The Manus of the Present Universe
By Sampradaya Sun
| Published 04/16/2007
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The avataras of Manu, or manvantara-avataras, are listed as follows in Srimad-Bhagavatam (8.1.5,13): (1) Yajna, (2) Vibhu, (3) Satyasena, (4) Hari, (5) Vaikuntha, (6) Ajita, (7) Vamana, (8) Sarvabhauma, (9) Rsabha, (10) Visvaksena, (11) Dharmasetu, (12) Sudhama, (13) Yogesvara and (14) Brhadbhanu. Altogether these are fourteen in number, and of these, both Yajna and Vamana are also counted among the lila-avataras. All these Manu incarnations are sometimes called vaibhava-avataras.
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Sri Jagannath Culture in Yogic Ethics
By Ramakanth Kar
| Published 04/15/2007
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The Indian yogic system has reached its culmination in the unique culture of Lord Jagannath and this in its turn is rooted in what may be called 'Purusottama consciousness', otherwise known as Sri Jagannath consciousness. The Sri Jagannath cult comprehends everything divine and transcends all barriers of caste, creed, colour, religion and race just as the oceanic tradition of Indian yogic culture does. Although the devotees belong to different religious disciplines and follow their typical ecclesiastical practices, Sri Jagannath cult promises them all a shadow of religious cover under all-embracing nomenclatures of Purusottama, Parambrahmaand Paramatma.
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Navakalevara of Lord Jagannatha
By Sampradaya Sun
| Published 04/14/2007
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While the Ratha Yatra at Jagannatha Puri is one of the most well known festivals in all of Orissa, the importance of the chariot festival increases when it is held in conjunction with the Navakalevara ritual. The term Navakalevara means "new body" ('nava' means new and 'kalevara' means body). During the Navakalevara ceremony the old figures of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Shubhadra are replaced with new ones. The bodies of the Deities are made of neem (margosa) wood, which is acquired according to strict rules.
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The First Disciples of Lord Buddha
By G. Mohanty
| Published 04/14/2007
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The historicity and nativity of Tapassu and Bhallika, the two merchant brothers of Utkala who became the first disciples of Lord Buddha, are shrouded in mystery. Utkal was a very ancient country. In Buddhist literature it is described as 'Ukkala' or 'Okkala'. In the Brahminical literature we find copious depiction of Utkala, said to have been located in the southern region of extended Vindyan range along with Mekalas, Kalingas, Andhras and others. Most scholars are of the opinion that Utkala of the epics and Puranas is the same as 'Ukkala' or 'Okkala' of the Pali literature.
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Servitors of Lord Jagannath
By Sampradaya Sun
| Published 04/14/2007
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At the Jagannatha Temple in Puri, a tremendous number of devotees are given the opportunity to serve Their Lordships each day. Those who are entrusted in the seva-puja (daily ritual) of the Deities are known as sevayats, or sevakas. Most of these servitors hold hereditary rights to perform their particular service, which has been honed to a fine science by years of practice and excellence.
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The Marriage of Arjuna and Subhadra
By Sampradaya Sun
| Published 04/14/2007
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In the southwestern part of Rajasthan is the town of Jalore, named after its large groves of Jal trees, which were the sacred groves of the sage Jabali. During the Vedic age, one of the nine sons of Manu, his fourth son, established his kingdom here in Jalore, known as Anart. According to Dhundumara, Ayodhya’s Ikshvashu king Kuvlasav defeated the local residents here and took control of the place. It remained under the control of the Yadavas until the time of the Battle of Kurukshetra.
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Mahisamardini Durga
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The Supreme Goddess (Devi) is worshipped in many forms. She is variously named according to her imagined age; sometimes, she is named in recognition of her heroic achievements of having destroyed the Mahisasura.[1] According to Markendeya Purana, the Devi is described as Durga and in this form Devi destroyed the Asura.[2]
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The Forgetfulness of the Humanists
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The Fountainhead of all eternal and temporal manifestations is confined in Sri Krsna alone. The non-absolute phases are emanations from a particular potency whose analytical distributions are known as gunas or qualities. In the factor of time, they are branched as past, present and future and their material representations have three characteristics viz. evolution, sustenance and dissolution. The Fountainhead is Absolute and His borderland emanations are absolute infinitesimals, though they are recognised in the same qualities. Their quantitative reference is then considered as apart from the Absolute, but swayed by a quality and their special characteristic is that the infinitesimal bearing should not be confused with the Infinitude.
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The Names of Lord Jagannath
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Lord Jagannath is loved and revered by devotees in the farthest reaches of the world, and He is known by so many different worshipable Names. During Ratha Yatra festivals we hear jubilant shouts of "Jai Jagannath! … Jai Baladev! … Jai Subhadra!", as the Lord is glorified in His position as brother amongst his two siblings. The name "Jagannath", or "Lord of the Universe", is invariably used to collectively refer to all three transcendental personalities. For example, when referring to "the Jagannath Deities", the devotees are also respectfully acknowledging Baladev and Subhadra.
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Tri-Devatas
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In the Vedic culture, devotees often worship multiple Deity forms of the Lord. In addition to the principal Deities who may be installed in a large temple in the region, there has always been more localized worship because it is often impractical for many to travel great distances on a regular basis to the larger temples. Consequently, the first of the Tri-devatas is the Gramadevata, or presiding Deity of one's town or village.
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The Origins of Kumbha Mela
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Kumbha Mela derives its name from the immortal “Pot of Nectar” described in ancient Vedic scriptures known as the Puranas. Kumbha in Sanskrit language means “pot or pitcher’. Mela means “festival”. Thus Kumbha Mela literally means festival of the pot. Or in this case a festival celebrating the appearance of the pot of nectar.
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The Twelve Alvars: Bhaktisara
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There were twelve Alvars who appeared in South India, not all at the same time, but over a period of several centuries. They established the basis of the Krishna bhakti cult in the Kali-yuga. The appearance of such great devotees in the Kali-yuga is predicted in the Srimad-Bhagavatam.
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History of the Ancient Deity of Lord Alarnath
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Approximately fourteen miles west of Jagannatha Puri-dhama lies the place known as Brahmagiri or Alarnath (spelled "Alalanath" in most Bengali books). For millions of years it has been a holy place of pilgrimage. The local tradition describes that in Satya-yuga Lord Brahma came and worshipped Lord Narayana here on top of a hill. One day he heard a voice from the sky. Lord Narayana said, "I am very pleased with your worship. Make a four-handed Narayana deity of Me with a shankha, chakra, gada, and padma, a conch shell, disk, club, and lotus.
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Largest Jagannatha Deities in the World Arrive at the Bhaktivedanta Ashram
 This month the Bhaktivedanta Ashram was blessed with the arrival of our newly made deities of Lord Jagannatha, Baladeva, Subhadra and Sudarshana. For more than one year, work on these deities has been carrying on under the guidance of Puri temple priests, so that every detail of the process was done strictly according to the Puri tradition and the scriptures. The deities were made as exact replicas of the original deities in Puri, incorporating the traditional procedures undertaken for the navakalevara festival (the change of Lord Jagannatha's body held every 12 years in Puri). Work on the deities was carried out in Puri, next to the famous Jagannatha temple, in the courtyard where the Oriya saint Sri Jagannatha Das composed the Oriya Bhagavatam 500 years ago.
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A Life of Devotion (Biography of Sri Gour Govinda Swami)
 His Divine Grace Om Vishnupada Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja made his appearance on September 2nd 1929, in the village of Jagannatha-pura, not far from Jagannatha-puri Dhama, Orissa, India. Sri Braja-bandhu, as His Divine Grace was then known, grew up in the village of Gadai-giri, where he practiced devotional service to Krishna from his early childhood. His grandfather was a paramahamsa, whose only business was to chant Hare Krishna and cry before the Deity of Krishna, known locally as Gopal Jiu. He taught Braja-bandhu how to count by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra on his fingers.
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