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I ordered Srimad Brahma-Samhita today Thank you so much Bija Prabhu for giving me the website to order from, and thank you so much Beggar Prabhu for renewing my interest!

If he does not want it, it would never exist, right? So the argument is moot.

So you think that Lord Krishna advocates child rape, animal slaughter, and spousal abuse?

And, no, just b/c He doesn't want it to happen doesn't mean it won't... hence the reason that we have free will (unless you think that Lord Krishna advocates mass slaughter and rape). We make our own choices, and He decides the consequences. There would be no Karma if we had no free will, b/c everything would be exactly what the Lord wanted and we would incur no results from our actions.

Well, if there's no free will, then every child raped, every animal slaughtered, every woman abused is a part of His will and the rapist, murderer, and abuser are all just doing what He wants. Sorry... but that doesn't exactly fit the definition of a loving God.

There was one lady who posted on here for awhile... jaimahadevi(?)... who lived in Florida and was a devotee of Kali Mata... maybe you could find her on here and private message her sometime about it.

there is murti pictures on the website given above

I meant of the 7 ft. Panch Tattva deities that Indulekha Ji mentioned... but thank you anyway!

Thanks Bhaktajan

AWW! They look so sweet and innocent!

"Radhe-Krishna is nothing other than Maya-Brahman" --???

 

Hey RadheyRadhey!!

 

Time to put up you dukes--Do something, say something!

 

Is this the correct meaning of your signature??

 

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LOL... Bhaktajan... you crack me up

Well... that's not how I personally interpret the verse, but aupmanyav presented his views in a reasonable and adult manner. So, I'm not really going to quibble over which is better, Gaudiya Vaishnavism or Advaita Vedanta.

The way that I interpret it is that Radharani completes Lord Krishna, and without Her, He is nothing.... and vice-versa, of course.

RadheyRadhey: Buddhism seems to be 'advaita', only that Buddha did not talk about Brahman. He limited himself to one task and did fairly well in that, though nothing much new, hindus always knew that desires cause sorrow. The eight noble paths also had nothing new, it was only an affirmation of 'dharma'.

I think that the Buddha was a moral teacher. I agree with most of what you've said (except about the Advaita part... since the Buddha rarely, if ever, mentioned a concept of God).

I like your signature. Radhe-Krishna is nothing other than Maya-Brahman.

Thank you That's not how I, personally, interpret it, but you're free to interpret it however you wish.

I think of Radharani as being much more than the illusive power of God... since She's His counterpart and the part that completes Him. Also, She leads us closer to God and helps us realize Him in a much fuller manner, unlike His Maya potency, which can distract us from Him.

On top of that she is most gifted with a brain that has been well practised to serve the Lord.

Unlike the rest of us with a limited brain function due to minimum usage:P

 

LOL How true

That's amazing! I wish I had such a memory! It took me forever just to memorize the first few stanzas of the Lakshmi Aarti!

I'm with you Indulekha Ji, Gokulkr Prabhu, and Amlesh Prabhu

BG 18.61 is rather explicit in this regard. There seems to be no free will at all, according to this verse, where the Lord says the jiva-s are impelled or pushed into action by His mAyA. The word bhraamayan literally means that. Elsewhere, Krishna also tells Arjuna to be an instrument, 'nimitta-mAtram bhava' or something to that effect.

 

Doesn't all this mean Krishna is the only doer, and we're just his instruments. If one argues that we exercise free will even in writing this post, then these actions are similar to the "actions" performed by an instrument in the hands of an able doer. Even if it appears to move and act, the instrument isn't doing anything, it's ever the non-doer.

 

Similarly, are we also non-doers even though we appear to do all kinds of actions? Is this the meaning of BG 18.61?

 

Your thoughts welcome.

I think that when Lord Sri Krishna says that we're impelled to act by His Maya potency, that He's saying that w/o His Maya potency, there would be no reason to act. Not that we don't have the right to do as we choose, or that everything we do is in accordance with His wishes and desires.

Just my own thoughts, though.

My Brahma Samhita must be like 60 years old, it is all fallen apart.

Still, I managed to learn all the verses of it when I was young, like 8 years old. Hopefully I can still remember all of them!

You've memorized the whole thing?!

http://vaisnava.com/bookstore/titles.html

 

the copy above can be ordered here.

Thank you so much Bija Ji!

Where can you buy the whole Brahma-Samhita from? I've tried to find it on several websites, and when I finally found it and ordered it, I was told it was out of stock. Do you have a link you could send me on where to buy it from?

Thanks!

This is actually a picture of his dear twin brother, Lord Ganesh!

It's so hard to tell the difference!

HERE's Theist when he was a cute little baby! :

^ Bala Theist

Sita Gayatri-

Aum Janaknandiniye Vidmahe Bhumijayai Dheemahi Tanno Sita Prachodayat

Hell yeah. 5 bucks = a free lunch. !!!

 

Only goes to show that if we are not afraid to dream big then big things will happen.

HAHAHAHA! ROFL!

He might've changed after a life of crime and came to Sri Sri Radha-Krishna.

Jai Jagad Ambe!

Radha Rukmini Sita Jaya Jaya!

you completely missed the point as expected.

What, exactly, was the point?

That's defamation at it's worst, however I would still love to know why Narayan as Ram didn't refute Vedas ?

Maybe the Vedas hadn't been misused during His time like they were in the time of the Buddha.

As for Krishna, chapter 16 of Bhagvad Gita known as 'Daivasarasaupadwibhagayog', clearly states it is our duty to study the Vedic scriptures. Now when Krishna said "Patram Pushpam Phalam Toyam Yo Me Bhaktya Prayacchati; Tadaham Bhaktyupahritamasanami Prayatatmanah" it means it is not necessary that one should offer gold, silver or costly clothes, but the Lord will accept even a leaf, a flower or a fruit if offered with devotion. Now if at all animal killing was mentioned in the Vedas, there was no need for Krishna to make allusions, but he would've outrightly rejected such practices. If it (animal killing) is mentioned in the Vedas people would practice it no matter what, Krishna wasn't a fool, He would've definitely rejected the Vedas before anyone else.

Well, there certainly are passages that at the very least suggest animal sacrifice in the Vedas, and it did occur, so how do you know Lord Krishna wasn't either warning the people of the future to interpret it in a symbolic light or was talking to the priests of His own time?

Don't try to mislead anyone.

How am I misleading anyone? People have their own minds. They can make the choice to believe whatever they want. I'm not trying to 'mislead' anyone. I'm just stating my opinion.

P.P.H.H.Dalai Lama

How childish can you get?

Tibet's only female living Buddha, who is also a top regional official, said she was upset and angered by riots in Lhasa last month, and accused the Dalai Lama of violating Buddhist teachings, state media reported.

 

The twelfth Samding Dorje Phagmo said that since Tibet's incorporation into Communist China it had been transformed from the backwards feudal society of largely illiterate serfs with little medical care that she knew as a child.

 

"Old Tibet was dark and cruel, the serfs lived worse than horses and cattle," she told the official Xinhua agency in an interview published today.

 

Born in 1942, she was chosen as the incarnation of the deity Vajravarahi aged five. Now head of the Samding monastery, she is also vice-chairwoman of the standing committee of the Tibetan Autonomous Regional People's Congress, or regional parliament.

 

She was in Beijing for a meeting of a national consultative body to Parliament when rioting broke out in Lhasa on March 14, after days of monk-led protests.

 

"Watching on television a tiny number of unscrupulous people burning and smashing shops, schools and public property, brandishing knives and sticks to attack unfortunate passers-by I felt boundless surprise, deep heartache and indignant resentment," she said in the interview in Lhasa.

 

China has accused the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, of plotting the riots and unrest that spread across many ethnic Tibetan parts of the country, in a bid to overshadow the Olympic Games and push for independence.

 

"The sins of the Dalai Lama and his followers seriously violate the basic teachings and precepts of Buddhism and seriously damage traditional Tibetan Buddhism's normal order and good reputation," the Samding Dorje Phagmo was quoted as saying - though she did not detail what his transgressions were.

 

The Dalai Lama rejects China's claims, saying he supports the Olympic Games and seeks only greater autonomy for Tibet.

 

Beijing last week offered talks with his aides, after an international chorus urging dialogue. But state media continue to unleash a barrage of criticism of the Dalai Lama or the Tibet he ruled before the arrival of Communist troops in 1950.

 

http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/04/30/Female_Buddha_condemns_Dalai_Lama

 

PS. hey KD that was an interesting article on buddhism & vegetarianism

Who cares? This discussion has gone far past the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama is not the Buddha. He doesn't have direct contact with the Buddha. And, no one knows if everything he does is what the Buddha would want.

Lets not deviate, tell me why did he sanction meat eating in Pali Canon in the 1st place ?

Did you even read the passage from the Mahaparinirvana Sutra I posted?

He says it was b/c He wanted to slowly wean His disciples off meat by restricting it's use.