indulekhadasi

And your pastime is focus on the bad...not one word for all those preachers who go out to preach in the snow and stuff every day, while some people claiming to be true 'hindus' just sit around and gossip (I am not reffering to the Hindu preachers)? Please forgive me if I am misinterpreting you but that doesn't sound very fair! To state your point about Hinduism, you need not put down all the Hare Krishnas at once.

Hare Krishna. I was born in and I am raised in a KC family, but my mom's story has something to do with Lord Jesus. She came to America at the age of 4 and became influenced by American culture. She went to catholic school in Jersey city because it was safer. She felt very much connected to Lord Jesus. At the age of 10 she saw Prabhupada for a little bit in the famous NY Ratha Yatra 1966. Her mom died when she was only 11. When she died many questions were coming into her mind, especially- where does the soul go? Exactly one year later after her mom's death she found a BTG in her mailbox. She stayed up the whole night reading it and the next day she told her dad that- I had already found the son of God and now I have found my God, too. As we are Bengalis, many of her aunts and uncles forced her to eat fish. She cried from age 12-14 to Krishna to help her become a vegetarian. Finally she decided when she was 14 that she wouldn't touch meat, fish or eggs anymore. And from that time on she also started chanting 16 rounds and going to temple. She finally got initiated when she was 18, and is continuing to practice Krishna Consciousness today. Haribol. Jai Nitai! indulekhadasi

I dunno, but so far all the women I have seen have NOT been able to keep a secret. They have to tell at least one person.

Karna was probably a demigod living on the sun planet. Karna did not die in Krishna's arms, and Kunti was the actualy the first one to inform him that he was her son. Krishna was the second one to tell him and to ask him to come to Indraprastha to be the king, which Karna refused. Yes, Krishna and Yudhisthira performed the last rites of Karna. But they had done so for all the people on the Kaurava side. Yudhisthira, was of course very affected by his brothers death. He became somewhat angry with his mother for hiding this fact for so long and then cursed all of womankind- that they would never be able to keep a secret.

I am glad that you liked the video of Ekachakra dhama! Bhishma and Karna, even though they were not on good terms, are quite like each other. They are both disciples of Parshuram and both have many twists and turns in their lives. Personally though, I like Bhishma much more as he is a mahajana and a great devotee of the Lord.

I have to watch that every day, otherwise I feel really deprived.

True enough, prabhuji! And did you get to see the video of Ekachakra dhama?

the soul does not sleep

I have read only snippets of the hole text. This is supposed to be the exact translation of the Mahabharata, so yes, it is very factual. However the english is kind of archaic, which makes it a little more difficult to read.

Yes, I feel for Karna very much. He had so many twists in his life, and he was a great one for charity. But since I have already started from Abhimanyu's veiwpoint I better finish that one first.

According to my limited knowledge, she cared for him up to the point where Shalva rejected her. I might be wrong. Of couse, if I placed myself in her position I might have done exactly what she did. No one likes to be rejected. I can't remember the exact quote but I remember Srila Prabhupada saying that Amba acted the way she did because she did not have the proper Vaishnavi mentality. BTW, which version of the Mahabharata did you read? I would be interested to read it if I haven't already.

The seven immortals mentioned in the puranas (Ashvathama, Bali, Vyasa, Hanumana, Kripa, Vibhishana and Parashurama), none can, except perhaps Hanumana, claim divine status.

Unfortunately no, but if you ever find out tell me too!

Oh...and prabhuji, did you see the video? Jai Nitai!

No offense, but I really HATE Sikhandhi. If, as Amba she had the mentality of a Vaishnavi she wouldn't have been so revengeful. But no, all she thought of was her own insult. She should have told Bhishma beforehand that she wanted to marry King Shalva. Bhishmadeva did the proper thing by sending her back, I mean what else can he do? It would be interesting to write something like that, but I have hardly any sympathy for Sikhandhi.

Thank you very much I will try what you say. Jai Nitai!

Sooo inspiring! Jai Nitai!

I definitely agree with you that simply by chanting 16 rounds and follow the 4 regs you might not get any ruci. Yesterday I was reading The Heart of Krishna by BP Puri Maharaja and I realized that mostly this was due to Vaishnava aparadha. I know this is off topic but after reading your post this is what came into my mind.

And anyway, isn't chanting a part of raganuga bhakti? If we were on the platform of raganuga bhakti, I would think we would want to chant MORE than 16 rounds, chanting would be almost impossible to stop.

Another part of sādhana-bhakti is called rāgānugā. Rāgānugā refers to the point at which, by following the regulative principles, one becomes a little more attached to Krsna, and executes devotional service out of natural love.

Thank you, I hope you have had the same.

Maybe Ambika? Just a guess.

Thank you for giving me a broader veiw on this subject. Do you know if he has been written about in any Keralan scripture?

If you are miles away from Ekachakra dhama but you have a desire to have darshan of the dhama then simply watch this video and your desire will be fulfilled. http://www.archive.org/details/Nitaai-00001Ekachakra263 Thank you very much. Jai Nitai!

We are part and parcel of the infinite soul.