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I've been thinking and I'm going to make a grindcore band with KC lyrics. But I need to Sanskrit name of the 3 modes of material nature. I don't want to give too much of this away right now, so if someone could tell me that name it'd be great. As my friends would say, hail the Necrowizard. Hare Krishna

Damn make it under 19, because I'm 18 and wanna join the youth crew. /images/graemlins/smile.gif Hare Krishna

It's cool you guys are still practicing KC, kudos to you. Hare Krishna

I don't need your photo but I somehow doubt you would ever speak such thing to my or anyone else's here face. Also you have the right not to believe in religion. But you should understand that for us Krishna Consciousness is not man-made, it is made by God Himself. I could sit and tell you a million things but you still wouldn't believe it, so I'll just tell you it's faith, and not blind faith either, open minded free thinking faith. Also if you'd like to follow the 4 regs then I'd suggest you do that, maybe by doing this you will gain some religious tolerance and maybe even come to Krishna Consciousness yourself one day. Hare Krishna

Krishna never said you have to be a monk to attain Him.

Aren't just onions, garlic, and mushrooms not good vegetable-speaking?

What is this? because it's anonymous you think it's ok to cut down people's religions or something? How would you like it if someone went to a religious board that you post at and say that your religion and faith is just imaginary and doesn't exist? you need to learn some manners dude. It's your choice if you don't want to believe in our religion, but don't cut it down because you don't understand it. Hare Krishna

You guys seem to be forgetting that this is the age of Kali, most people just can't can't sit and chant 16, 32, 64 rounds without their minds wandering. I do believe the point is to chant, not sit in a nice way or not slouch while chanting. If we worried so much about these little things no one would chant at all. I forget where I read this but Srila Prabhupada said he would often pace back and forth in his room and chant so that he could finish his rounds for the day. We should all take after his example. Hare Krishna

There is no need to offend devotees dude. Just calm down, people are going to have different opinions on things, doesn't change our real goal in the end though.

Hahaha no He wouldn't.

Does the sacrifice of animals really still go on there?! someone needs to teach them why Lord Buddha came to earth. Or explain to them the laws of karma at least. Hare Krishna

My *guess* would be just chant with the hand you have still.

Hare Krishna Sanjay You put it wonderfully, especially with your last paragraph. It's great to know that there are so many opened minded devotees out there, as Srila Prabhupada wanted us to be. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

It's so hard when you don't live in temple to not be making offenses so often even not realizing it. Chanting is the best way for us to get out of this frustration in this age.

Can Krishna create a rock that no one even He can't pick up? yes If he chooses to pick it up can He? YES! He's Krishna!

I think you can still actually do your original topic for your paper, but in a modified way. One thing that you have to understand is us HKs do differ a bit even in our core theories because you ask a lot of Hindus and even if they do believe Vishnu is Supreme they won't agree that Krishna is that Original Person and energy. This in reality doesn't make much difference because like I hope you understand now Krishna=Vishnu Vishnu=Krishna, Krishna has many thousands of names. We also break away from a lot of modern Hindus because they a lot believe in the Hindu "holy trinity" being Vishnu-Shiva-Brahma treating them all exactly the same. This is not the case with Vaishnavism, because we know Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Shiva and Brahma are demigods who are great devotees of the Lord, but not the Lord Himself. Another subject you could touch on is how a lot of modern Hindus treat Krishna as being impersonal. We don't believe that to be true exactly either, because Krishna has no beginning and no end He can have unlimited expansions, existing simultaneously with each other, and while a lot of these may be impersonal they are still the same Krishna. But we do believe that Krishna is the most personal relationship possible, we ask for His protection, pray to Him directly, etc. Also it isn't really fair to call us Hindus, as this is not a religion but a cultural thing more than anything. So Vaishnavas are not really Hindus, but Vaishnavas.

Is it e-mail or physical mail?

I do not know how you got into your situations, but surrender unto Lord Krishna and He will help you get through it.

What happens if I just go to a normal Hindu temple? do I tell them I'm a Krishna? am I even allowed in? will I get the verbal beat down? Hare Krishna

So I have no idea how to answer the question. All I know is that Radha was reincarnated a few times and was Krishna's spouse on different occasions, different avataras of Him. Hare Krishna

I've never worn one myself, but it does look like a lot of fun! here is a page from a Krishna 'zine someone did that explains the process (with some neat illustrations too LOL): http://members.tripod.com/~daceg/1/dhoti.html Hare Krishna

What was announced in the Gita was basically a conversation between Krishna and Arjuna, them talking so that Krishna could explained many things. Of these things is Krishna explaining His many forms and how He is the controller of everything, He is the source of all and the cause of all causes. But yes Krishna does also explain in the Gita Bhakti Yoga, this is devotional service to Krishna. The story in the Gita (which is part of the Mahabharata by the way) is actually the story of a war. But in this situation on the battlefield before battle has happened Krishna explains to Arjuna the true message of the Bhagavad-Gita (Song Of God.) So for the sake of us Arjuna asks Krishna many questions, so that we can have better understanding of Krishna's and our positions. Krishna would not say that He was not the Supreme Personality of Godhead if it were not true, He is pure of any mistakes. As for a verse that directly states Krishna as the ruler of the entire cosmic universe and everything in it, I'm sure there is one but I can't find it off hand. But maybe this verse will help you understand a little bit: Bhagavad-Gita 7.12: Know that all states of being — be they of goodness, passion or ignorance — are manifested by My energy. I am, in one sense, everything, but I am independent. I am not under the modes of material nature, for they, on the contrary, are within Me. There is a "Brahma" but this idea from Hinduism is simply Krishna's eternal energy in a impersonal way, because Krishna is all energies He has the ability to have unlimited expansions, both personal and impersonal. On your question about the demigods' roles in the Hare Krishna religion, they are of course mentioned but not worshiped, because Krishna does run the proverbial show. I give you the example of the demigods Hannuman and Siva, we respect them greatly, but we know they are just great great devotees of Lord Krishna, they are not Lord Krishna Himself. Krishna is Vishnu and therefore the avataras of Vishnu apply yes, but the Buddha's reason for coming to Earth was to stop the killing of animals that people were doing in the name of Vedic ceremony. I've heard many people compare Krishna and Christ, but to say that Americans are more prone to be Krishnas because America is mostly Christian? I don't think I can really agree with that. You have to understand that most of America is from European ancestory, and if you ever study ancient European religion then you will see that it is hardcore polytheistic, which Krishna Consciousness is not. The Bhagavad-Gita is our most Holy scripture, because this book is Krishna Himself explaining everything for the sake of us. But all of the Vedic literature can be applied. It's just that a lot of the older Vedic stuff is simply ceremony that explains worship of the demigods, while even the oldest stuff still explains that Krishna(Vishnu) is the Supreme Personality. Another book that is used is the Srimad-Bhagavatam, which is the history of the devotees of Krishna. There is also a book on Lord Caitanya, Krishna as a devotee of Himself and His sankirtan movement (how to properly attain Krishna in this age of Kali.) On the relationship with Hare Krishna religion and Hinduism, it's basically like this, it's not an offshoot because we use the same Holy Books. The only reason that someone might say it's an offshoot we because we recognize God to be personal (Krishna) and we worship Him as such. A lot of Hindus who are not Vaishnava worship the demigods as equals because they treat God(Krishna) as being equal in all the demigods. This is an impersonal way of looking at Krishna and we do not agree with it. I hope I didn't confuse you anymore! but if I did please have someone more advanced than I clarify things. Hare Krishna!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada Hare Krishna I'm not nearly as advanced as a lot of people on here, but I'll try to answer some of your questions as best I can anyway. The reason that "Hare Krishnas" (another term for it being a Vaishnava) worship Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead is because Krishna says this Himself in the Bhagavad-Gita. I don't know if you've read the Gita or not, but Krishna clearly states in it that He is the Supreme Personality, above all the demigods. Also Krishna does not "replace" Vishnu, Krishna and Vishnu are the same personal, but Krishna is the personal form of Godhead. But yes there has been in India for thousands of years Vaishnava Hindus who accept Vishnu(Krishna) as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is a big difference between Hinduism and ISKCON, because Hinduism is a religion and ISKCON is an organization for one thing. Lord Caitanya (Krishna as a devotee of Himself) came and told us how to properly worship Him (by chanting Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare) this is the real "religion". But the main goal of this all is to become Krishna Conscious, conscious of God and dedicating your life to serving Him. Also to your question about the Hare Krishna movement made to sway Christians, absolutely not the case, Krishna was Arjuna's charioteer and spiritual master on the battlefield of Kuruksetra 5000 years ago, so that out-dates the birth of Christ by 3000 years itself. But even before this people would meditate on Krishna as Vishnu, in earlier ages. I'd also like to point out to you that Srila Prabhupada said that many bona fide religions are paths back home to God. So for example let's say a totally surrendered Jew who dedicates his life to God and trying to serve Him. This person is God conscious because he spends all of his time serving God and spreading His message. The Hare Krishna movement does not exist to grab a Christian on the street corner and tell him/her that they are going to hell if they don't accept Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this doesn't happen. Srila Prabhupada instructed us to be Brahmans, completely peaceful and non-violent. Me personally I'm still in high school too, and I was raised Catholic. But the Bible just did so little for me spiritually/emotionally that I found no point in continuing being Catholic. So after a lot of soul searching I found the Hare Krishna religion and the beauty and light of Srila Prabhupada's message. Hare Krishna!

Hare Krishna But I can say that Lord Krishna comes to Earth to fix what has gone horribly wrong, to restore religion in the people. For example when He came as Lord Caitanya to teach us how to properly worship and please Him, the way back home.

I think there are a few places people can download them for free. Hare Krishna