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I meant 'inedible', for me at least.

They are already defeated. The blood is on their hands and now karma will show their folly to the world.

Now that is inedible, new-age ooga-booga.

Yes, Krsna, God is speaking - He is the 'Me'.

So one might ask "Why does Krsna have an external energy anyway"? That answer may give an insight into the nature of the consciousness that exists twix the internal and external energies.

Let me lighten your burden, enlighten you. God exists, and everything and everyone else rely on His existence as He explains in the Bhagavad-gita 7.7:<BLOCKQUOTE><CENTER><FONT COLOR=RED>mattaH parataraM nAnyat kiJcid asti dhanaJjaya mayi sarvam idaM protaM sUtre maNi-gaNA iva </CENTER> mattaH--beyond Me; para-taram--superior; na--not; anyat kiJcit--anything else; asti--there is; dhanaJjaya--O conqueror of wealth; mayi--in Me; sarvam--all that be; idam--which we see; protam--is strung; sUtre--on a thread; maNi-gaNAH--pearls; iva--like. <B></FONT> O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.</b></blockquote>

<center>What a fool! I can't Believe I fell For this Bag of bones, Mucus and stool. Again! </center>

That guy/gal really had their head screwed on.

Does anyone believe that Lord Jagannatha would leave His temple if He didn't want to?

And on which day does one slaughter the innocent lambs? Ridiculing Prabhupada only further destroys the poseurs' credibility.

Nightmares in Goloka?

Just being who you are, where you are changes the world around you. Even without preaching, we raise the consciousness of our environment. How can that poor simple man be so happy all the time? The answer will set them free.

So transparent. Copy, click, click, paste, save and the pain is gone. Life is too short. http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/profile.php?do=editlist

Elephants have much larger brains than Einstein had, but we don't see them publishing any meaningful papers in relativistic physics. Some whales have brains almost twice the size of elephants, but to date none have proven themselves smarter than a fifth grader. I can see that while those brains may be of different quality, still body size must influence a brain's overall functional megahertz rating or at least the available processing power free for thought. That and hair colour.

It seems that when we can see the soul in ourselves, when we can see Paramatma in ourselves, then we will see these personalities also in others. When we identify with our soul then we will see them as souls as well. That seems logical. It's a vantage point thing.

In a lecture segment above, Prabhupada asks "And what is the upasana?", and then answers.

The beauty is that it is all so consistent that faith just grows. The beauty is that Sri Krsna is just so lovable that our attraction just keeps growing. When that desire for Krsna becomes overpowering then success is assured. The words of the acarya are so steeped in love for Krsna that they reach into our heart of hearts and start a sympathetic stirring that ultimately vibrates our entire being. When we are fully Krsna's then Krsna is fully ours. Quite simply, it is a love affair. The lovers meet where logic and rules don't apply; it is too joyous for such considerations. Prabhupada will take you there; there is no doubt. Just fall in love.

Cool ......... http://vedabase.net/bg/13/8-12/en

http://vedabase.net/cc/antya/3/84/ http://vedabase.net/sb/11/29/48/ http://vedabase.net/sb/10/29/42/ http://vedabase.net/sb/10/85/32-33/ http://vedabase.net/sb/10/90/25/ yoga-īśvara-īśvaraḥ — the master of all masters of yoga; SB 10.15.49-50 yoga-īśvara-īśvaraḥ — the master of all masters of mystic power; SB 10.22.8 yoga-īśvara-īśvare — the supreme master of all masters of mystic power; SB 10.23.43-44 yoga-īśvara-īśvaraḥ — the Lord of all mystic controllers; SB 10.23.48-49

SB 4.22.22p This yuktatama indicates the topmost of all yogIs--the devotees, who can also be called yogezvara. In this verse, yogezvara-upAsanA means to render service to a pure devotee. Thus Narottama dAsa ThAkura says, chADiyA vaiSNava-sevA nistAra pAyeche kebA: without serving a pure devotee, one cannot advance in spiritual life. The gopis speak to Krsna in Krsna Book 29 "Since You are the teacher of all religious principles, Your lotus feet have to be worshiped first. Accordingly, the zAstras state, AcArya-upAsanA: the worship of Your lotus feet is the first principle. Besides that, as stated in the Bhagavad-gItA, You are the only enjoyer, You are the only proprietor, and You are the only friend. As such, we have come to You, leaving aside all so-called friends, society and love, and now You have become our enjoyer. Let us be everlastingly enjoyed by You. Be our proprietor, for that is Your natural claim, and be our supreme friend, for You are naturally so. Let us thus embrace You as the supreme beloved." Lecture And what is the upAsanA? The first guru. Guru, agni, arka--means sun--and then God. Therefore you see in our Deity room there is picture of guru first of all. First of all your guru, then his guru, then his guru--at least four, five generation, because the spiritual knowledge is received through the paramparA. I have received from my guru; you are receiving from your guru; and my guru received from his guru; he received his guru. EvaM paramparA-prAptam imaM rAjarSayo viduH [bg. 4.2]. Adau gurvAzrayam. You cannot learn to become a perfect human being without accepting guru. Then you remain a rascal. Tad-vijJAnArthaM sa gurum evAbhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. That is the Vedic injunction. If you want to learn that transcendental science, you must approach a guru. Guru principle is the same, not that your guru and my guru will be different. If he is actually guru, then there is no difference between my guru and your guru. Just like a medical man. You consult one medical man; I consult another. That does not mean the medical man is different. They are depending on the same medical science. So guru means the following the same principles. Evam paramparA-prAptam [bg. 4.2]. The first guru is KRSNa, the supreme guru. He is the guru of BrahmA even. BrahmA is the first creature of this universe. Tene brahma hRdA Adi-kavaye muhyanti yatra sUrayaH. So KRSNa is the original guru. Then KRSNa spoke to the sun-god. ImaM vivasvate yogaM proktavAn aham. So anyone, if we follow KRSNa, then we are actually guru. And if you do not follow KRSNa and want to become KRSNa, then you are rascal. This is the test. If you want to have a perfect guru, then you have to see whether he is speaking on behalf of KRSNa or on his own behalf. One who speaks on his own behalf, manufactures, he is not guru. He's a rascal. One who speaks on behalf of KRSNa, he is guru. Therefore guru is so worshiped. Lecture Therefore zAstra says, dharmasya tattvaM nihitaM guhAyAm. The truth is very confidential. So if you want to know that truth, mahAjano yena gataH sa panthAH [Cc. Madhya 17.186], you should have to follow the great AcAryas. Then you will understand. Therefore AcArya-upAsanA is essential. AcArya-upAsanA is very essential. In all the Vedic zAstras the injunction is that. Tad-vijJAnArthaM sa gurum evAbhigacchet, zrotriyaM brahma- niSTham [MU 1.2.12]. TasmAd gurum prapadyeta jijJAsuH zreya uttamam [sB 11.3.21]. Anyone who is inquisitive to understand higher truths, he must surrender to guru. TasmAd guruM prapadyeta, jijJAsuH zreya uttamam. One who is inquisitive, who is now inquiring about transcendental subject matter. Tad viddhi praNipAtena paripraznena sevayA [bg. 4.34]. So all the zAstras says, in our VaiSNava zAstra also, RUpa GosvAmI says, Adau gurv-Azrayam: "In the first beginning, you must take shelter of a bona fide guru." PrabhupAda: Oh, yes. AcAryopAsanam. That is in the Bhagavad-gItA. AcAryopAsanam. It is not self-aggrandizement. The AcAryopAsanA goes to KRSNa directly. Therefore it is needed. Not that it is a pompous thing. AcAryopAsanA. KRSNa says. That is the way of knowledge. Yasya deve parA bhaktir yathA deve tathA gurau [sU 6.23]. Lecture So nana-zAstra-vicaraNaika-nipunau. So we have to study the Vedic literature very carefully, following the footsteps of GosvAmIs. Not only chanting. This is also required, kRSNot-kIrtana-gAna. But this is meant, if you simply go on chanting without reading books, that is also good. Especially in this age, because nobody has got power to study books. Education is very less, so still, one who is able, they should consider all this. We have given in English translation. So many important books, you study, and chant this Hare KRSNa mantra like this, and that is the following the footsteps of GosvAmIs. AcAryopAsanA. We have to worship the AcAryas. That is recommended in the Bhagavad-gItA, for making advancement in spiritual life, AcAryopAsanA. So this is AcAryopAsanA, by reading their books, nana-zAstra-vicaraNaika-nipunau sad-dharma-samsthapakau. Why studying so many books? For the sake of establishing real religious life. Sad-dharma.

Glad to see you back, Eminem. Not all advice is good, no matter how good it sounds.

Lecture Jam 3, 1970 We are also as living entity, as good living entity as KRSNa or God. God is also living entity, we are also living entity. Just like father and son. The father is also living entity and the son is also living entity. Lecture Aug 16, 1968 He has forced me to open my eyes with this torchlight of knowledge which he is bearing. So therefore my spiritual master is my master. He can give me this actual knowledge of my position, my position as an existing entity. And that perfection of understanding my position is understanding KRSNa, or the supremely perfect entity. KRSNa is perfect existence, the perfect being, and as such, His existence is the greatest certainty of all. In one syllogism or one comparison that I can give, I could say that how can a shadow of my hand exist unless my hand exists? The point is how can these individual entities exist except as the shadow of the perfect entity, Lecture Oct 27, 1972 Therefore JIva GosvAmI, this merging principle, he has explained: just like a green bird enters into a green tree, it, it appears that the bird is no more existing. To the imperfect eyes. But the bird is existing. We cannot see. Both the tree and the bird being green, we see it has merged. Because the spiritual sky and the spiritual living being, a small, it merges it does not merge. It is there. The individuality is there. And because this individuality, fragment of the Supreme Brahman, is eternal, is eternal, sanAtana... It is not that spirit can be cut into pieces. That is not possible. So we are fragmental parts. That means eternally we are so, individual. Nityo nityAnAM cetanaz cetanAnAm (KaTha UpaniSad 2.2.13). We are one of the nityas. There are innumerable nityas and cetanaz, the living entities, part and parcel of the supreme living entity, KRSNa. They're all individual. SB 8.3.35p Therefore, from the beginning of creation, the living entities were born of a superior living entity. Ultimately, KRSNa is the supreme living being, the father of all others. AhaM bIja-pradaH pitA: He is the seed-giving father of all living entities. SB 11.2.37p Being minute, every living entity is eternally dependent upon the supreme living entity, KRSNa. SB 11.29.30p The supreme living entity, KRSNa, eternally manifests Himself as the catur-vyUha, or quadruple plenary expansion. CC Madhya 20.273p Life and matter come from the supreme living entity; therefore, being the source of both, that supreme living entity, KRSNa, is described in the VedAnta-sUtra Lecture Match 29, 1971 The VedAnta says that a living entity, or KRSNa... Any living entity... KRSNa is also the supreme living entity, and we are small living entities. Lecture June 20, 1976 The living entity is also within the heart and the supreme living entity, KRSNa, is also sitting by him. Lecture Oct 22, 1972 Because by studying the sample living entity, you can understand the chief living entity. KRSNa is the chief living entity, supreme living entity. Lecture March 18, 1974 because you are living entity, because you are part and parcel of the supreme living entity, KRSNa. Lecture Dec 28, 1974 The supreme living entity is KRSNa, and KRSNa says in the Bhagavad-gItA, ahaM bIja-pradaH pitA. He is the origin of living entities. AhaM sarvasya prabhavaH [bg. 10.8]. The supreme living entity is the source of both matter and spirit, not that spirit has come out of matter at a certain condition. Lecture Feb 24, 1967 Now, we find the supreme living entity is KRSNa, and we, the subordinate living entities. Lecture Feb 28, 1973 This is the distinction between God and others. He's also living entity, just... KRSNa comes just like ordinary human being, and He works also with us, but that does not mean that KRSNa is like us. No. That is a mistake. Room Conversation Jan 27, 1975 The supreme living entity is KRSNa. Therefore it is said mayAdhyakSeNa prakRtiH suyate sa-carAcaram [bg. 9.10]. "I am the cause of the material energy working."

Build a temple in your heart. If you want, you can be temple president. You can be GBC. You are pujari and the financer. The big stone and mortar churches spanning the globe are no more glorious that your humble temple of gold ..... in every town and village. I accept my varna and ashrama away from the big men .... in every town and village. We can all get together at Ratha Yatra.

Lord of the Flies .... So sad - we could have been thinking of Krsna and our forgetfulness of him, but instead we are in institution consciousness whining like little children about the faults of other children who tried to reach the stars. Get on with it. The champion you so desperately seek is you. You have Prabhupada; get on with it, Arjuna.

Advaita ?