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  1. My dear spirit soul, Please accept my humble obeisances. Here is a very simplified breakdown of what I have personally understood from reading the Bhagavad-gita. To develope pure love for God, Krsna, is the ultimate goal of life. There are many paths that all have the same goal (Lord Krsna). What ever your prediliction is helps determine your path. The Lord doesn't require anything of you. He lays out the path to follow and asks you give what you can. See Lord Krsna in everything. The ocean, the flowers, and the sweet twittering of birds. When you act try to realize that you are not the doer. Offer the results of your actions up to the Lord. We are eternal, blissful, spiritual beings. We are not these material bodies. Knowing this, realize that ALL living beings are also blissful, eternal, and spiritual and respect and treat them as such. yatra yogesvarah krsno yatra partho dhanur-dharah tatra srir vijayo bhutir dhruva nitir matir mama Wherever there is Krsna, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion. That says it all! Just remember Lord Krsna is with you always. If you can you have achieved the perfection of all yogas. Hope this helps. Your servant, Narayani
  2. Dear theist, What wonderful nectar! A great referance that hits the question of why we should follow the four regs. right on the head!Thank you. Your servant, Narayani
  3. My dear spirit soul, Please accept my humble obeisances. The goal of life is to develope love of God. This is a long and arduous process. There are sciptural injunctions that help us along the way. Following the four regulative principles is one of the things to be done for purification. No eating meat,fish, or eggs No intoxication (alcohol,drugs,caffeine) No gambling No illicit sex (intercourse outside of wedlock or intercourse in wedlock other than for the procriation of children) These all sound like impossible feats but, they are sacrifices. The ultimate goal is worth fighting for. You will always appreciate attaining your goal if the way is a struggle with sacrifices. Some things are worth the sacrifices. Ultimate freedom is definately one. In Bhagavad-gita Srila Prabhupad writes, "The supreme instruction of morality is stated in the ninth chapter, thirty-fouth verse: man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah. One must become a devotee of Krsna, and the essence of all religion is to surrender unto Krsna. The instuctions of Bhagavad-gita constitute the supreme process of religion and morality. All other processes may be purifying and may lead to this process, but the last instruction of the Gita is the last word in morality and religion; surrender unto Krsna. This is the verdict of the Eighteenth chapter." Following the four regs is one of the processes that bring one to "the last word in morality and religion," develope love and surrender unto God, Krsna. hope this helps. Your servant, Narayani
  4. My dear spirit souls, A great book that really tosses a wrench in the theory of evolution is Forbbiden Archeology. It has tons of evidence that man as we are today has existed far longer than is the popular scientific belief. Check out this site. http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~ghi/fa.html Your servant, Narayani
  5. My dear spirit souls, WOW! Srila Prabhupada was no doubt a great soul! He most certainly proved the purport of Bhaktivedanta! Whether one is a follower of his teachings or not it can't be denied that Srila Prabhupada was a great soul. He lived by what he taught and in no way was ever false to his Lord! I would not be alive today were it not for him. He has changed so many lives. The devotion he displays in his beautiful song is palpable! Your servant, Narayani
  6. My dear spirit souls, We must remember that we are all conditioned souls in this material world and are full of material desires. Lord Krsna gives us some very solid and tolerant advice in the 12th chapter of Bhagavad-gita. text 8-12 mayy eva mana Adhatsva mayi buddhiM niveSaya nivasiSyasi mayy eva ata UrdhvaM na saMSayaH Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt. My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth, if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulative principles of bhakti-yoga. In this way develope a desire to attain Me. If you cannot practice the regulations of bhakti-yoga, then just try to work for Me, because by working for Me you will come to the perfect stage. If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated. If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge. Better than knowledge, however, is meditation, and better than meditation is renunciation of the fruits of action, for by such renunciation one can attain peace of mind. Lord Krsna never forces us to love Him. He only asks that we give what we can. If only we could see the Lord in all things for example, Bhagavad-gita ch. 9 texts 13-24: mahAtmanas tu mAM pArtha daivIM prakRtim ASritAH bhajanty ananya-manaso jNAtvA bhUtAdim avyayam O son of Prtha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible. Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion. Others, who engage in sacrifice by the cultivation of knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one without a second, as diverse in many, and in the universal form. But it is I who am the ritual, I the sacrifice, the offering to teh ancestors, the healing herb, the transcendental chant. I am the butter and the fire and the offering. I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable om. I am also the Rg, the Sama, and the Yajur vedas. I am the goal , the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed. O Arjuna, I give heat, and I withold and send forth the rain. I am immortality, and I am also death personified. Both spirit and atter are in Me. Those who study the Vedas and drink the soma juice, seeking the heavenly planets, woriship Me indirectly. Purified of sinful reactions, they take birth on the pious, heavenly planet of Indra, where they enjoy godly delights. When they have enjoyed vast heavenly sense pleasure and the results of their pious activities are axhausted, they return to this mortal planet again. Thus those who seek sense enjoyment by adhering to the principles of the three Vedas achieve only repeated birth and death. But those who worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form-to them I carry what they lack and preserve what they have. Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only Me, O son of Kunti, but they do so in a wrong way. I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices. Therefore, those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature fall down. Like it is said those who worship the demigods will eventually take birth among the demigods ,but they will still suffer from birth, death, old age, and disease. Even though demigod worship may be pious is doesn't FREE you. Hopefully because of the pious activity of demigod worship those who do so will eventuall come to bhakti-yoga. It's a long process with many trials and tribulations, but anything that you have to fight for is that much sweeter when you finally achieve the goal. I hope we all can achieve the GOAL. Your servant, Narayani
  7. My dear spirit souls, I think a Krsna Conscious video game would be great. Just imagine a game about the Mahabharat like a fighting game similar to the Lord of the Rings game. With the computer technology available today I think it would be amazing to play the character of Arjuna battling against Karna, magic arrows and all! Your servant, Narayani
  8. My dear spirit souls, I think a Krsna Conscious video game would be great. Just imagine a game about the Mahabharat like a fighting game similar to the Lord of the Rings game. With the computer technology available today I think it would be amazing to play the character of Arjuna battling against Karna, magic arrows and all! Your servant, Narayani
  9. My dear spirit souls, ISKCON has the same problem most "western" countries have when it comes to divorce. More than 50% of the populace is divorced. What I have noticed as a main factor is there is no respect for each other. As vaisnavas we should know better. We are spirit souls. A marriage should be based on respect for this spiritsoul that you have chosen to spend your life with. When you get married you take responsibility for anothers material, and more importantly, SPIRITUAL well being. A marriage is a team effort in which you help each other back to Godhead. I know we are in the material world and there will always be material desires and problems to deal with. The only thing I can say there is, be very careful and selective about who you marry. Your servant, Narayani
  10. My dear spirit souls, Please accept my humble obeisances. In this age of kali there is a slim to no chance for peace. The only way for India and Pakistan to live peacefully together is if everyone can completely change the very way they think. They must go against centuries of ingrained animosity. We all know how much people are willing to change.ha ha. There is hope though. While decribing Lord Rama's reign Srila Prabhupada wrote that the atmosphere was one of satya yuga even though Lord Rama wasn't of that age. It was simply because He followed sanatana dharma. If more people in the world begin to live by sanatana dharma we will see that even in this age of kali things could seem like satya yuga. This is quite a daunting task. We can only pray to Lord Krsna and act in any way,great or small, to help bring about a spiritual revolution to the entire race of men. Your servant, Narayani d.d.
  11. My dear spirit soul, Please accept my humble obeisances. According to Webster's II Nothing: 1. No thing : not anything 2. No significant or notable thing 3. No part: no portion 4. Insignificant 5. Something or someome of no consequence. Something: A thing unditermined or unspecified. One that is remarkable or important. There's proof from Webster's all paths really do lead to Lord Krsna who is certainly One that is remarkable and important!! /images/graemlins/smile.gif Your servant, Narayani d.d.
  12. My dear spirit souls, Please accept my humble obeisances. eSa vai bhagavAn sAkSAd Adyo nArAyaNaH pumAn mohanyan mAyayA lokaM gUDhaS carati vRSNiSu This Sri Krsna is no other than the inconceivable, original Personality of Godhead. He is the first Narayana, the supreme enjoyer. But He is moving amongst the descendants of King Vrsni just like one of us, and He is bewildering us with His self-created energy. Purport: "...The authorities speak, and the people in general believe them. But in the case of Vedic truths, they have been taught not to believe. Even if they accept them they give a different interpretation. Each and every man wants a direct perception of Vedic knowledge, but foolishly they deny it. This means that the misguided man can believe one authority, the scientist, but will reject the authority of the Vedas. The result is that people have degenerated. "Here is an authority speaking about Sri Krsna as the Original Personality of Godhead and the first Narayana. Even such an impersonalist as Acarya Sankara has said in the begining of his commentation on the Bhagavad-gita that Narayana, the Personality of Godhead, is beyond the material creation (narayanah paro 'vyaktad, andam avyakta-sambhavam, andasyantas tv ime lokah, sapta dvipa ca medini-Bg.Bhasya of Sankara). The universe is one of the material creations, but Narayana is transcendental to such material paraphernalia. "Bhismadeva is one of the twelve mahajanas who know the principles of Vedic knowledge. His confirmation of Lord Sri Krsna's being the original personality of Godhead is also corroborated by the impersonalist Sankara. All other acaryas have also confirmed this statement, and thus there is no chance of not accepting Lord Krsna as the original Personality of Godhead. Bhismadeva says that He is the first Narayana. In the spiritual world (Vaikuntha) there are unlimited Narayanas, who are all the same Personality of Godhead and are considered to be plenary expansions of the original Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna. The first form of the Lord Sri Krsna first expands Himself as the form of Baladeva, and Baladeva expands in so many other forms, such as Sankarsana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Vasudeva, Narayana, Purusa, Rama and Nrsimha. All these expansions are one and the same visnu-tattva, and Sri Krsna is the original source of all plenary expansions. He is therefore the direct Personality of Godhead. He is the creator of the material world, and He is the predominating deity known as Narayana in all the Vaikuntha planets. Therefore, His movements amongst human beings are another sort of bewilderment. The Lord therefore says in the Bhagavad-gita that foolish persons consider Him to be one of the human beings without knowing the intracacies of His movements. " The bewilderment regarding Sri Krsna is due to the action of His two-fold internal and external energies upon the third one called marginal energy. The living entities are expansions of His marginal energy, and thus they are sometimes bewildered by the internal energy and sometimes by the external energy. By internal energetic bewilderment, Sri Krsna expands Himself into unlimited numders of Narayanas and exchanges or accepts transcendental loving service from the living entities in the transcendental world. And by His external energetic expansions, He incarnates Himself in the material world amongst men, animals or demigods to reestablish His forgotten relation with the living entities in different species of life. Great authorities like Bhisma, however, escape His bewilderment by the mercy of the Lord." Your servant, Narayani d.d.
  13. My dear spirit souls, Please accept my humble obeisances. eSa vai bhagavAn sAkSAd Adyo nArAyaNaH pumAn mohanyan mAyayA lokaM gUDhaS carati vRSNiSu This Sri Krsna is no other than the inconceivable, original Personality of Godhead. He is the first Narayana, the supreme enjoyer. But He is moving amongst the descendants of King Vrsni just like one of us, and He is bewildering us with His self-created energy. Purport: "...The authorities speak, and the people in general believe them. But in the case of Vedic truths, they have been taught not to believe. Even if they accept them they give a different interpretation. Each and every man wants a direct perception of Vedic knowledge, but foolishly they deny it. This means that the misguided man can believe one authority, the scientist, but will reject the authority of the Vedas. The result is that people have degenerated. "Here is an authority speaking about Sri Krsna as the Original Personality of Godhead and the first Narayana. Even such an impersonalist as Acarya Sankara has said in the begining of his commentation on the Bhagavad-gita that Narayana, the Personality of Godhead, is beyond the material creation (narayanah paro 'vyaktad, andam avyakta-sambhavam, andasyantas tv ime lokah, sapta dvipa ca medini-Bg.Bhasya of Sankara). The universe is one of the material creations, but Narayana is transcendental to such material paraphernalia. "Bhismadeva is one of the twelve mahajanas who know the principles of Vedic knowledge. His confirmation of Lord Sri Krsna's being the original personality of Godhead is also corroborated by the impersonalist Sankara. All other acaryas have also confirmed this statement, and thus there is no chance of not accepting Lord Krsna as the original Personality of Godhead. Bhismadeva says that He is the first Narayana. In the spiritual world (Vaikuntha) there are unlimited Narayanas, who are all the same Personality of Godhead and are considered to be plenary expansions of the original Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna. The first form of the Lord Sri Krsna first expands Himself as the form of Baladeva, and Baladeva expands in so many other forms, such as Sankarsana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Vasudeva, Narayana, Purusa, Rama and Nrsimha. All these expansions are one and the same visnu-tattva, and Sri Krsna is the original source of all plenary expansions. He is therefore the direct Personality of Godhead. He is the creator of the material world, and He is the predominating deity known as Narayana in all the Vaikuntha planets. Therefore, His movements amongst human beings are another sort of bewilderment. The Lord therefore says in the Bhagavad-gita that foolish persons consider Him to be one of the human beings without knowing the intracacies of His movements. " The bewilderment regarding Sri Krsna is due to the action of His two-fold internal and external energies upon the third one called marginal energy. The living entities are expansions of His marginal energy, and thus they are sometimes bewildered by the internal energy and sometimes by the external energy. By internal energetic bewilderment, Sri Krsna expands Himself into unlimited numders of Narayanas and exchanges or accepts transcendental loving service from the living entities in the transcendental world. And by His external energetic expansions, He incarnates Himself in the material world amongst men, animals or demigods to reestablish His forgotten relation with the living entities in different species of life. Great authorities like Bhisma, however, escape His bewilderment by the mercy of the Lord." Your servant, Narayani d.d.
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  15. my dear souls, I forgot to login before posting the above. sorry YS, Narayani d.d.
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