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HARE KRISHNA BHAKTAJAN !! is rudra the same as shiva shambu sadashiva or are the different personalaties ? or rather partial manivestations of one personality who is lets say sadashiva...who non-different from vishnu yours jaswant

Very nice !! I had the great fortune to be in the sacred temple ± 17 years ago..had some problems getting in though because i being a south african !...but managed to convince the pandas that i was more hindu than them because they could not speak gujerati and dwarka is in gujeraat !! on that basis and by the mercy of the Lord i was granted their darshan !!...lots of small temples in the main temple grounds !! ± 108 smaller temples ! the reason why they do not allow foreiners is that because in some of their very very old scriptures it is mentioned that LORD JAGANATH will leave puri with a foreign bhakta !! so they are trying to keep LORD JAGANATH there by their love and some cunning !! JAI JAGANATH !! YOURS jaswant

no not correct...ravan was powerful but he was defeated by Bali , Sugriv's brother..a monkey !!

HARE KRISHNA !! Thanks MAHAK & THEIST , I just thought how did Vidur come to know of the mahabharat..i just assumed that it was "written" by Vyas after the Pandavas left this realm...so when he spoke to Maitreya muni, at that time the mahabharat was not yet written.....but theist , as you say...this qustions is just mundane...but it would be nice to know...i do not need the exact dates but like first was the ramayan than bharat than puraans...more or less thanks again yours jaswant

HARE KRISHNA ! Who "classified" the various puraans as satvic, tamasi ect...i belive that the skanda puraan is also "tamasic".....i just find it difficult to belive that some puraans are "tamasic"...i think all puraans are "perfect" authored by shri vyas who is visnu ys jaswant

Hare Krishna Indulekhadasi , thanks for you reply , i never did read the GARG SAMHITA ,i have the mahabharat translated by ganguly...quite huge..just started reading it..i thought that predominating deity of Kali yuga was Duryodhan..who was this kali from garg samhita , can you paraphrase the details for me ?...also who karan was ...i know he has something to do with "Nar-Narayan"..who is Arjun-Krishna in the m/bharat.. HARI-BOL !! j

Dear Mahaksadasa , I really love your understanding !..Do you by any chance know who Durodhan & Karan was ?...i have heard that Duryodhan was "KALI"...but than did not "kali" come into being after the departure of the Pandavas.. i was told (again i have no ref. from the m/bharat) that just before the pandavas were leaving this earth , kali asked them to stay in his kingdom , yudhistir refused pointing to all the bad in kali's rule...bhim wanted to kill kali there & than , but yudhistir said there were some very good aspects to kali yug as well...for example a person just have to take god'd name sincerly and god would respond... like what shri chaitanya says hare nama...await your comments jaswant <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

its very difficult to put every thing in the film !!...a lot was left out !!

Thanks, Sonic Yogi & Vishnujana !! Sorry For The Mis Spelling !

THANKS, SONIC YGI & VISHNIJANA !! I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS , thare is another incident regarding brahma , just before creation brahma is granted a vision of the lord... brahma asks for a boon to never be "bewildered" ...later on the epsode of "stealing" the cows & cowherd boys .. why was he bewildered...he knew who Krishna was..it was brahma who directed the devas to take birth among the yadus!...there are these suble doubts ...

THANKS VISNUJANA , maybe iam not puting it correctly , let me try again-- my query is , how do we reconcile , the actions of indra , when he first bows down to Krisna and offers all respects and prayers and acknowledge him as GOD....Thah when he wants the plant he refuses and is ready to fight ! , but a monent ago he was praying to Krishna...and taking into account he is indra the king of heaven he is no odinary being ! he knows that Krishna is GOD from prior experiance like the lifting of Govardhan hill...thats my difficulty to understand...looking fwd to a replies. HARI-BOL!! jaswant

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!! i just find it so hard to belive that a person like indra is bewildered in a moment....not only this incident ..but also the lifting of Govardhan hill...ok maybe he forgot about the Govardhan hill because that happened a while ago...but this ... he was defeated by Bhaumasura, but he still could not recognise KRISHNA AS GOD !!

why did indra not remember who Krishna was ,when he took the parijat tree...Krishna just delivered his (indra's) mothers ear rings after killing a demon who was incapable of being killed by indra... ys jaswant

1) Why because lord SHIVA MANIFESTED himself from Brahma's head ? Would you say the same for lord VARAHA ? 2) At the time of total destruction Lord SHIVA DOES NOT "PASS A WAY" it is LORD SHIVA who destroys the world.. 3) Lord SHIVA is NOT A JIVATMA.....one of the TATVAS that is not known to mankind is....SHIV-TATVA jaswant

Srila Prabhupada's explanation makes it clear Krsna is for everyone and is neither Hindu or Indian"----- Do the KRISHNA CON. people follow the VEDAS ? Its not a question of is KRISHNA for the hindus ....Agree KRISHNA is the Lord of everyone..... jaswant

Dear Dark Warrior, "I thought Hindu is actually a vedic term for a faith that has ahimsa as its central tenet" The above as well as belief in the VEDAS which is "THE CENTRAL TENENT" of Hindus . Therefore JAINS & BHUDISTS are not part of Hinduism because they have rejected the VEDAS. If the Vaishnavs reject the VEDAS than they are not Hindus ... but they hold the VEDAS in the highest esteem and therefore they are "A PART AND PARCEL OF A COLLECTIVE PEOPLE CALLED HINDUS " as Theist says "It is the context of how a word is used that is important" My humble opinion !...not meant to hurt anyones feelings jaswant

The last pst of mine was a copy & paste from DR FRANK MORALES Just like "GANGES" there is no such word in sanskrit Its is " GANGA "

Scriptural Authority In general, what determines whether a person is a follower of any particular religion is whether or not they accept, and attempt to live by, the scriptural authority of that religion. This is no less true of Hinduism than it is of any other religion on earth. Thus, the question of what is a Hindu is similarly very easily answered. The Definition By definition, a Hindu is an individual who accepts as authoritative the religious guidance of the Vedic scriptures, and who strives to live in accordance with Dharma, God's divine laws as revealed in the Vedic scriptures. Only If You Accept the Vedas In keeping with this standard definition, all of the Hindu thinkers of the six traditional schools of Hindu philosophy (Shad-darshanas) insisted on the acceptance of the scriptural authority of the Vedas (shabda-pramana) as the primary criterion for distinguishing a Hindu from a non-Hindu, as well as distinguishing overtly Hindu philosophical positions from non-Hindu ones. It has been the historically accepted standard that, if you accept the Vedas (and by extension Bhagavad Gita, Puranas, etc.) as your scriptural authority, and lived your life in accordance with the Dharmic principles of the Vedas, you are then a Hindu. Thus, an Indian who rejects the Veda is obviously not a Hindu. While an American, Russian, Indonesian or Indian who does accept the Veda obviously is a Hindu From DR. FRANK , for About.com jaswant

Scriptural Authority In general, what determines whether a person is a follower of any particular religion is whether or not they accept, and attempt to live by, the scriptural authority of that religion. This is no less true of Hinduism than it is of any other religion on earth. Thus, the question of what is a Hindu is similarly very easily answered. The Definition By definition, a Hindu is an individual who accepts as authoritative the religious guidance of the Vedic scriptures, and who strives to live in accordance with Dharma, God's divine laws as revealed in the Vedic scriptures. Only If You Accept the Vedas In keeping with this standard definition, all of the Hindu thinkers of the six traditional schools of Hindu philosophy (Shad-darshanas) insisted on the acceptance of the scriptural authority of the Vedas (shabda-pramana) as the primary criterion for distinguishing a Hindu from a non-Hindu, as well as distinguishing overtly Hindu philosophical positions from non-Hindu ones. It has been the historically accepted standard that, if you accept the Vedas (and by extension Bhagavad Gita, Puranas, etc.) as your scriptural authority, and lived your life in accordance with the Dharmic principles of the Vedas, you are then a Hindu. Thus, an Indian who rejects the Veda is obviously not a Hindu. While an American, Russian, Indonesian or Indian who does accept the Veda obviously is a Hindu From DR. , for About.com jaswant

Dear Yogesh & Bija , Thanks for the replies.. from Yogesh, the question arises is it the same Brahma? From Bija:- So in that sense Lord Brahma's pride in stealing may be a part of that lila orchestrated by yoga-maya. Very pleasing to the Lord can anybody please elaborate thanks j

in the 2nd canto..Brahma was blessed that he will never be influenced by pride...this is just before the "chatur shloki bhagavat" But in the 10the canto ..he is influeced by pride...that is the stealling of the cows & other gopals... ...any explanations on this ?? jass

i received this -- any comments ys jaswant Does the Universe Ever End? Is It Real? The universe ends at mahapralaya, when time, form and space dissolve in God Siva, only to be created again in the next cosmic cycle. We call it relatively real to distinguish it from the unchanging Reality. Aum Namah Sivaya. Bhashya This universe, and indeed all of existence, is maya, Siva's mirific energy. While God is absolutely real, His emanated world is relatively real. Being relatively real does not mean the universe is illusory or nonexistent, but that it is impermanent and subject to change. It is an error to say that the universe is mere illusion, for it is entirely real when experienced in ordinary consciousness, and its existence is required to lead us to God. The universe is born, evolves and dissolves in cycles much as the seasons come and go through the year. These cycles are inconceivably immense, ending in mahapralaya when the universe undergoes dissolution. All three worlds, including time and space, dissolve in God Siva. This is His ultimate grace--the evolution of all souls is perfect and complete as they lose individuality and return to Him. Then God Siva exists alone in His three perfections until He again issues forth creation. The Vedas state, "Truly, God is One; there can be no second. He alone governs these worlds with His powers. He stands facing beings. He, the herdsman, after bringing forth all worlds, reabsorbs them at the end of time." Aum Namah Sivaya.