Olympic Games

[suchandra]

 

 

 

 

Although there might be an outcry from many Vaishnavas of this forum who're fond of football and sporting events like tennis, golf, basketball, horse race, car racing etc, it says below, sorry, but all those huge stadions made for sporting events are nothing but a perversion of vedic stadions for yajna performance.

 

"As soon as you stop performing yajna—you take pleasure in sporting, no yajna… Now big, big cities, they have got big, big Olympian sporting, but no yajna performance. So why there shall not be scarcity of rain? And as soon as there is scarcity of rain, there is scarcity of food grains. And as soon as there is scarcity of food grain, so many so-called associations will come out, “Give us grain. We have to feed such and such person, such and such village.” So it is not going to the village. It is collected, and they use at their own. And government also raise tax. There will be constant durbhiksa. So to stop durbhiksa, government will tax the people. These are all stated in the Srimad- Bhagavatam. Anavṛsti durbhiksa kara-piditah, acchinna-dara- draviṇā gacchanti giri-kananam. In this Kali-yuga people will be very, very much harassed. First of all there is scarcity of rain, then scarcity of food grain, and then taxation by the government. These things we are expecting. It is already begun."

 

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.12.5

by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Bombay, April 16, 1976

 

 

 

[Murali_Mohan_das]

Yep, when Sri Krishna plays His games, all he needs is some friends and a big, round piece of fruit. No stadiums required (unless He's killing His evil uncle and His uncle's wrestlers).