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    I don't want HK bhajans because I happen to like traditional HINDI Ram/Krishna bhajans. Is that too much to ask?

    Any bhajan that glorifies krishna is essentially a HareKrishna Bhajan...However devotees prefer to listen from another devotee rather than Karmi who may sing for his own glorification or money ..point is Bhakti not melody

    and by all means never meant to be hostile...Haribol

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    avajananti mam mudha

    manusim tanum asritam

    param bhavam ajananto

    mama bhuta-mahesvaram

     

    SYNONYMS

     

    avajananti--deride; mam--Me; mudhah--foolish men; manusim--in human form; tanum--body; asritam--assuming; param--transcendental; bhavam--nature; ajanantah--not knowing; mama--Mine; bhuta--everything that be; maha-isvaram--the supreme proprietor.

    TRANSLATION

     

    Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.

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    Haribol Nitesh Prabhuji,

     

    May I humbly ask you what is the highest goal of our life according to you or your spiritual preceptors ?

     

    Because that would decide the nature , sadhana ,path or sampradaya, your stand on various issues etc in fact everything

     

    And before you ask..I would like to let you know Mahaprabhu gave us that Krishna Prema is the highest goal of life..

     

    ys

    -Sashi

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    Haribol Prabhu,

     

    I checked the verse you mentioned in the Bhagavatham.

     

    As far as Shrila Bhakti vedanta Swami Prabhupada's trnaslation is concerned he translated Bhava as Lord Siva and Padma as Lord Brahma ..so your contention that Lord Siva is being not mentioned in the verse is incorrect

     

    ko näma tåpyed rasavit kathäyäà

    mahattamaikänta-paräyaëasya

    näntaà guëänäm aguëasya jagmur

    yogeçvarä ye bhava-pädma-mukhyäù

    SYNONYMS

    kaù—who is he; näma—specifically; tåpyet—get full satisfaction; rasa-vit—expert in relishing mellow nectar; kathäyäm—in the topics of; mahat-tama—the greatest amongst the living beings; ekänta—exclusively; paräyaëasya—of one who is the shelter of; na—never; antam—end; guëänäm—of attributes; aguëasya—of the Transcendence; jagmuù—could ascertain; yoga-éçvaräù—the lords of mystic power; ye—all they; bhava—Lord Çiva; pädma—Lord Brahmä; mukhyäù—heads.

     

     

    Moreover there are many instances in Srimad Bhagavatam where Lord Siva himself glorifies Lord Krishna. According to Harekrishna Lord Shiva is considered as foremost devotee of Krishna. "Vaishnavanam Yatha Shambhu".

     

    He is also one of the barah Mahajana. If one prays to Lord Shiva with genuine devotion undoubtedly they would end up at krishna Bhakti. There are quite few instances of this too. So a true Vaishnava atleast follower of Mahaprabhu would never vilify Lord Shiva.

     

    Hope this helps

     

    ys

    -Sashi

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    Harekrishna Prabhus,

     

    I am not qualified enough to answer your query. However as no one has answered I will make an attempt. Pls excuse me if hurt any of your sentiments or feelings in the process.

     

     

    In general material word competition is inevitable. At the same time no man can live without any ambitions. So both seem natural. However that is a common man's perspective.

     

    For a devotee his life is centred around Krishna and so the word "Krishna Conscious", like how we say "Man...this lady is too beauty conscious...or oh God that guy is too diet conscious or fat conscious and so on" meaning..whatever they might be doing but they have always their intentions very clear in the back of their mind.

     

    Similarly a devotee is Krishna Conscious meaning his life centred around Krishna. That is cultivating Bhakti towards Krishna and serving him is the primary goal and all others are secondary. But for a common man even a religious man his Life, Job , family may be important and Krisha or God also may be on his list but this is quite different from what the so called being Krishna conscious is.

     

    So to answer your question a devotee should continue to lead his Life of Bhakti according to his eligibility. Depending on our purva smaskaras and current association and our intensity in Bhakti we may involve in some kind of Karmas. But a devotee being in family Life and a Karmi being in family life may be much different though outwardly they may look same. So to have passion for individual reputation, earn money, beat the competition may be Rajasic in nature. So a devotee would never yearn to cultivate them. Having said that however as part of his karma while being Krishna centric he may naturally dominate others in a given situation or compete with some one and may emerge winner. But his concern is of not being winning or competing but being Krishna centric consistently irrespective of his exterior karmas.

     

    So Arjuna is no favourite among devotees and vaishnavas for his valour or because he is expert in archery. He is highly regarded as he just surrendered to Krishna which is what the most intelligent people do. There may be many characters in Mahabharata but how many of them are really surrendered to Lord Krishna and realized that he is Svayam Bhagavan is what is more important.

     

    I am not sure how far I am able to drive the point home. That is the reason why sastras advice one to enquire an advanced Vaishnava to begin our spirtual Journey and associate with him.

     

    ys

    -Sashi

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