Govardhana Giri Dhara-Govinda! -

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dear friends

 

 

 

The celebration of any festival by cooking special food items and sweets is

primary level of school education. Some celebrate this by singing songs and

dancing. In this the personality of Krishna is remembered and the pleasure

derived is temporary. This can be compared to the college education. The real

celebration of this festival, which belongs to university level, is the analysis

of Gita, which is the divine knowledge of the Lord who came down in human form.

The central diamond of the chain of Gita is “MANUSHIM TANUMASRITAM”, which means

that the Lord comes in human form. Krishna not only mentioned this concept of

human incarnation but also emphasized again and again that He is the Lord in the

human form. Throughout Gita Lord Krishna told Arjuna to worship Him only. When

Krishna told that nobody could even imagine Him (Mam tu Veda Na Kaschana). It

means that the Para Brahman is speaking through the human body. Vedas say that

the knowledge about Para Brahman that is obtained so far

is that it can never be known (Yasyamatam Tasyamatam—Veda).

 

 

 

Gita says that the Lord is the Sun among the planets (Jyotisham Ravihi—Gita). At

the same time it says that the Sun cannot shine before the Lord (Na Tat

Bhasayate—Gita) (Natatra Suryah—Veda). The point here is that the Lord is the

Head of this world as the Sun is the head of the planets. This is a

representative model (Pratika). This does not mean that the Lord is Sun (Nedam

Tat—Veda). Gita says that the Lord maintains the creation but is not in the

creation (Bhuta Bhrut—Gita). This statement is supported by Veda (Neti

Neti—Veda).

 

 

 

The Lord says that people who worship inert object will be born as inert objects

and the people who worship the human incarnation will be born as human beings

(Bhutejyah, Yanti Mat Yajanah—Gita). This does not mean that one should not

worship the statues at the primary level. It means that one should not sit with

the statues only throughout his lifetime. The form of the statue indicates the

human form only. With the help of the finger of a person you are seeing the

flower. The finger is useful in the beginning but once the flower is seen there

is no need of the finger. The worship of the statues, which are in human form,

is only a training to reduce the repulsion to the human form of the Lord.

 

 

Krishna stopped the sacrifice for the Deity Indra. He also asked the wives of

the sages to give Him the food that is prepared to be offered to the fire alter.

This shows that He is not for burning the ghee and food in the fire. He told

that He was hungry and ate the food to be sacrificed. By this He showed the real

sacrifice to be done. The fire of hunger is the Deity Vaishvanara to whom the

food should be sacrificed (Aham Vaiswanaro Bhutva—Gita).

 

 

 

at the lotus feet of shri datta swami

 

surya

 

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pyari_h <no_reply> wrote:

Namaste _/\_ all.

Many good wishes for happy celebration of Lord Krishna's blissfulpastime -

'Worship of Mount Govardhana' - Sumptous Food (Prasad)distribution!

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

 

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