mohankrishna

Whoa! that was amazing! :eek2:

lol! Its not dubious friend!! Your understanding of a "material" body is incomplete. Matter is controlled by spirit. Study Shiv Samhita for more in depth understanding of it.

You are quick to assume.

Pankaja, I understand what you are saying. Though what you say may be true, it is important to distinguish between mythya and sathya.

Mohnkrsna

Hmmm sounds very dubious to me. Is this given in authorized scripture? I didn't think Lord Narasimha had a material body!

Namaskarm

I was wondering - how did kshatriyas wear their hair? I cannot seem to find any information on this.

If anyone can shed some light on this subject it would be great.

Mohnkrsna

I was doing this quiz to pass some time:

http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/site/popquiz.htm

 

Sankaracarya was once saved from death by:

 

Answer is Nrsimhadeva (I cheated and looked it up)

 

Anybody know the pastime?

Very interesting indeed! Look forward to this one

Hare Krishna

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZGmEu_9zkok

That's Anoushka Shankar (Ravi Shankar's daughter)...conducting a piece written by Ravi in memory of George Harrison. It has the Hare Krsna mantra in it.

Mohn-krsna

Namaskarams

I was wondering if anyone knows anything about Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. From what little I can get on the www, it appears that his interest was simply the maintainance of this physical body. I have not concluded that by any means but there isn't much info on the web.

The "Yoga Rahasya" is supposed to have been revealed to Sri T. Krishnamacharya in yogic trance.

All I know is that he paid a lot of attention to the Yoga sutras of Patanjali muni. Was he simply a Srivaishnava by birth and not philosophy? I wish not.

Please, anyone who has some insights, share what you know about this yogacharya.

Thankyou

mohn-krsna

Sorry. I've made a mistake. I believe the introduction in the Mantraroopi Vishnu tape is given by one of the brothers. But what I'd like to know is - who gave the introduction to the Paratpara Parameshwara - Rudram Chamakam tape.

thanks

Namaskaram

The recordings with the Challakere Brothers...who is the person who gives the introductory talk in the begining? (Eg. Mantraroopi Vishnu)

This curiousity has become unbearable for me! Anyone know?

Thanks

Mohn-krsna

"...if the heart is transplanted the soul does not go along for the ride."

I think we should begin with BG 2.24 :-

This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same.

This is simply my contemplation and it's only a thought. I believe the understanding is that we being in this material world is actually our secondary consciousness - so that's how we (the souls) are immovable relative to this material manifestation of Hari. Ofcourse we know from scripture that we are mobile in vaikuntha and goloka. So does this BG verse refer to the spiritual planets aswell? I don't know.

But I guess from the upanishadic description of the size, we can understand that it is very small indeed so your relatively large finger will not be able to pin point it. Another important verse to consider is BG 2.17 :-

"That which pervades the entire body you should know to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy that imperishable soul."

Srila Prabhupada explains that it is consciousness that pervades the entire body as a symptom of the presence of the soul.

Once again I'd like to remind ppl that this is just speculation.

We understand things we have not experienced based on things we have experienced. When we see something glowing red and smoke coming off it - we don't tend to go and examine it by touching it! But NASA has developed a material that dissipates instantaniously- so although it's glowing red it's not "hot" ...but nevertheless our "intelligence" tells us not to touch it.

The point is that we can only know so much through analogy but the analogy can only take you so far - as the queries get more complex and detailed the only way is through experiencing it...because describing spiritual through material is limited.

In the Mundaka Upanishad (in purport of BG 2.17) it says:-

"The soul is atomic in size and can be perceived by perfect intelligence. This atomic soul is floating in the five kinds of air (prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, samāna and udāna), is situated within the heart, and spreads its influence all over the body of the embodied living entities. When the soul is purified from the contamination of the five kinds of material air, its spiritual influence is exhibited."

That is very good news indeed! Unfortunately I don't know tamil. One of our own should publish one in english. I long to read the gita bhashya of Sri Ramanujacharya. Due to my limited language skills I've not been able.

thanks

mohn-krsna

Hello

If one's father has been given this mantra by Acharya, does it entitle his son to recite it if he has no access to the Acharya?

mohn-krsna

Hare Krsna Mohonkrsna

 

Do you read Srila Prabhupada's SB? The story is in the thrid canto ch 16 and a very nice read.

 

CBR

Thank you! I'll get on it right away.

I read occasionally.

Hare Krsna

Mohn

With humility I ask this question. Not as a gesture of challenge!

Sorry, for it may appear this way.

Hare Krsna

A lot of this understanding has been lost with time. This is a known fact. So do not loose faith.

Mohn-krsna

http://srimadbhagavatam.com/5/21/19/en

 

look at this verse is says the sun God traverses the "earthly globe".

 

or does this have another meaning?

Hare Krsna!

Actually there is nothing wrong in considering Geocentric orbits: Just like how you can say that the earth's moon is actually revolving around the sun.

The Srimad Bhagavatam has knowledge on all levels and is combined. Actually it contains the distances for the geocentric orbits of planets from Mercury to Uranus.

When planets orbit the earth they don't go round in a circle but rather a spiralling sort of motion - this eventually (over time) draws out a donut like disk around the earth.

In space everything is relative.

Hare Krsna

Mohn-krsna

Hare Krsna!

In chapter 8, verse 16 Krsna says

ābrahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ

punar āvartino 'rjuna

mām upetya tu kaunteya

punar janma na vidyate

From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kuntī, never takes birth again.

Does anyone know why Jaya & Vijaya do take birth again in the material world? It appears to contradict what krsna says.

Hare Krishna

Mohn-krsna

http://srimadbhagavatam.com/5/21/19/en

 

look at this verse is says the sun God traverses the "earthly globe".

 

or does this have another meaning?

OM NAMO NARAYANAYA!

Dear kshatriya, I understand your confusion. Read this book titled "Mysteries of The Sacred Universe" by Richard Thompson

It talks about the cosmology of the Bhagavatam.

mohn-krsna

hi

does anyone know if there are any lectures online? or perhaps tapes or cds i could get?

i'm looking for any great persons like sri anantha rangacharya..

any help will be greatly appreciated

thanks

mohn-krsna

Prabhu, do you know anyone?

Thank you for that:)

I hope too that something will be revealed to me! well I'm leaving for bangalore 3 days from now.

Mohankrishna

No. I'm looking to learn some truths about this path from a true Guru.

All devotees have siddhi.

 

If you set a big plate of prasadam in front of them they can make it disappear.

During kirtan they spend half their time on the ground and half the time in the air.

They can walk into an airport with no money and walk out with hundreds of dollars.

Devotees have lots of siddhi.

You just have to be able to see.

HAHAHA, i like that!

Mohankrishna

V C

when was the first time you went to see sai baba's place? the year.

mohankrishna