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What is the Story Of Lord Venkateswara?

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I haven't heard of Lord Venkateswara's Past-times.

Does anybody have his stories available ?

 

Hare Krsna

 

www(dot)atmatattva(dot)com

fill in the dots ;) and...

The History of Sri Tirupati

Venkateshwara (2 Lectures)

I havnt listened to them yet, but the quality is alright.

hope it all goes well!

haribol

sri venkateswara ki Jaya!

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Hare Krsna,

 

Two points: First, Guest asked when Srila Prabhupada become a bonafide guru? Srila Prabhupada is in the bonafide disciplic succession of the Brahma-madhva-gaudiya sampradaya. He is a direct disciple of Sri Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Thakura and a pure devotee to Lord Krsna. his sole mission in life was to fulfill his gurumaharaj's order of spreading the cult of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu around the world. What Srila Prabhupada says is correct because it agrees with sastra.

 

Second point, Srila Prabhupada visited the Sri Balaji temple and was a welcome guest there. He told his disciples that it should be Iskcon's goal to follow in the example of the Venkatesvara temple. They show the perfect example of how a temple should be managed. He wished to see iskcon temples managed in the same wonderful way. Of course Lord Venkatesvara is a most worshipable form of Lord Visnu. Srila Prabhupada mentions Him in a lecture in which he discussed the diference between idol worship and archa-vigraha deity worship. The following is quoted from that lecture:

 

"...sometimes, "It is idol." He's not idol. We are not worshiping idol, stone. Just like some rascal says that "If by worshiping stone, God is available, then I can worship the mountain." Pathar puja ke hari mile meita puje pahar(?). So this rascal does not know that this is not worship of pathar. It is worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally, but to show us mercy, because we cannot see the Supreme Personality of Godhead with these blunt eyes, He has assumed the form of a stone. This is called arca-murti. It is His mercy.

 

When arca-murti, the Deity worship in the temple, if one thinks it is made of stone, it is made of wood, that is very offensive. One should not think like that. God is omnipotent, all-powerful. He can accept your service even in this form, but because He has assumed this form, don't neglect it that "It is stone." Then it will be offensive. It is to show you mercy, arca-murti.

 

Otherwise all the great saintly persons, just like Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, all big, big acaryas who were actually controlling the Vedic civilization still, they established thousands of temple and murtis, especially in South India. Still Ranganatha temple, Tirupati temples, visited by hundreds and thousands of people. So does it mean they have all become fools? They go to see some stone? No.

 

So as we have explained many times, that this arca-murti... The rascal class of men, they cannot understand arca-murti. They think that "They are worshiping idol." Even amongst the Hindus there are so-called followers of Vedas. They also say that "What is the necessity of worshiping Deity in the temple?" They made very vigorous propaganda in India to stop temple worship. For a short time it has got some reaction, but now it is finished. That rascal propaganda not to worship the Deity in the temple is finished. Nobody cares for that. They think that God is everywhere -- except in the temple. (laughter) That is their view. And God is everywhere; why not in the temple? No. That is their poor fund of knowledge. They cannot accommodate. No. God is everywhere but not in the temple. This is their intelligence, rascals. So we have to follow therefore acarya. Acaryavan puruso veda: one who has accepted acarya... One who knows the sastra and practically behaves according to the regulation of sastra, he is called acarya. Acinoti sastrarthah.

So all the acaryas... In India there are many thousands and thousands of temples, very, very big temples, especially in South India. Some of them you have seen. Each temple is like a big fort. So all these temples were established by the acaryas, not that the people whimsically established. No. Still there is very prominent temple, Balaji temple, Tirupati, Tirumalai. People are going, and the daily collection is more than one lakh of rupees still. Although they have been propagated so vigorously not to visit temples...

 

So the temple worship is essential. So those who are against temple worship, Deity worship, they are not very intelligent class of men, foolish, mudha."

Srila Prabhupada also describes in his translation of Sri Caitanya Caritamrta in Madhya-lila how Lord Caitanya went on a tour of the holy places in south india. One of his stops was at the Lord Venkatesvara temple in tirupati.

As posted previously checkout www.atmatattva.com for lectures on Lord Venkatesvara's advent. Hope this helps:)

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Guest,

This thread was begun for discussing the wonderful Lord Venkatesvara. Yet you seem to have only offensive remarks to make against His pure devotee, Srila Prabhupada. I will not hear from you any longer.

 

For those who wish to enjoy wonderful Venkatesvara Katha, I highly reccomend www.atmatattva.com. I listened to the lecture yesterday. It is wonderful!! Such blissful passtimes! I enjoyed it soo much that I'm listening to the other lectures available as well. The pastimes of Sri Rama are fantastic! Happy listening!

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Guest vijay

By the time lord krishna left his body the kali yuga has started.  He reincarnated immedeately without being born to parents in kali yuga. From here onwards the  story you will find in wikipedia..    Annammayya  a very ardent devotee of Lord venkateswara  as  "Jo achutananda jo jo mukundaa"  imagining venkateswara as little krishna   .

 

It seems lord venkateswara himself told he was lord krishna.   The term govindaa is used for lord venkateswara and lord krishna.     Not sure how iskcon guys take this but we believe they are the same.    

 

courtesy....  venkateswara vaibhavam pravachan by chaganti koteswara rao ( he is officially appointed by ttd to spread awareness about lord venkateswara)

we telugus are gifted to have him explain these things very clearly.  

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