Guest guest Report post Posted July 8, 2003 I read that Krsna have a 108 beads mala and chant while cowherding. What does he chant ? the maha mantra ? why ? to be an example ? Sunanda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stonehearted 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2003 Sunanda: I read that Krsna have a 108 beads mala and chant while cowherding. What does he chant ? the maha mantra ? why ? to be an example? According to Srila Rupa Goswami, "jayatah sadhyankitah prestha-bhidhanam manur adbhutah": The wonderful sacred Mantra He chants is the name of His dearmost Radharani. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yasodanandana 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2003 surely ha has some daily rounds to chant given by his guru sandipani muni to be an example to have pleasure Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 9, 2003 Does he chant the name of the gopis ? god Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stonehearted 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2003 Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu chants the holy names of Krishna, especially the Hare Krishna maha-mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Have you had a chance to read Sri Chaitanya-charitanrita yet? If not, I strongly recommend that you plan to do so sometime soon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sunanda 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2003 thanx a lot !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 9, 2003 In the Srimad Bhagavatam it is also stated that Krishna chants the names of groups of cows He wants to call back in the evening. Srila Prabhupada nicely explains in Krishna book that there are 108 groups of cows and they all have a name depending on the body color, head type, etc and Krishna chants their names on this mala. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stonehearted 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2003 Yes--I thought of this also, but I had just read of His sacred mantra the night before. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2003 surely he has some daily rounds to chant given by his guru sandipani muni Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2003 that both Krishna and Balarama were initiated by Gargamuni in the Gayatri mantra but now I can not find where I read this. Lord Krsna and His brother set the perfect example in that one must accept instruction from and serve a bona-fide spiritual master to advance in spiritual life. So that would include chanting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 9, 2003 Just curious...but no big deal....why does Krsna (in all of the pictures I've seen) have a Gaudiya tilak? Is it because they were drawn/painted by ISKCON/Gaudiya Vaisnavas? Haribol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 9, 2003 When and where does Mahaprabhu chant, "Gopi,gopi,gopi..."Someone tried to disturb Him ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yasodanandana 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2003 is krsna an HARE KRSNA? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 10, 2003 In reply to: Just curious...but no big deal....why does Krsna (in all of the pictures I've seen) have a Gaudiya tilak? Is it because they were drawn/painted by ISKCON/Gaudiya Vaisnavas? ****** Krishna instructs Uddhava in the 11th canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, on the process of deity worship: 11.27.32. My devotee should then lovingly decorate Me with clothing, a brahmana thread, various ornaments, marks of tilaka and garlands, and he should anoint My body with fragrant oils, all in the prescribed manner. From this, why would Krishna not want to have tilaka when we know that His deity form and Himself are none different? Also you know about the pastime of Krishna's headache? He said that the only way His headache could be cured is that He gets dust from His devotee's lotus feet on His head. The gopis very quickly gave Him some dust. Tilaka is also taken from places where gopis walked on. That's why it is called gopi-candana. Hare Krishna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 10, 2003 In reply to: When and where does Mahaprabhu chant, "Gopi,gopi,gopi..."Someone tried to disturb Him ? ****** From what I vaguely remember in Vrndavan-das thakura's Caitanya-Bhagavata the first time Mahaprabhu chanted gopi,gopi,gopi was just before He took sannyasa. He was in some ecstatic mood and some offenders saw Him chanting this 'mantra' and they immediately reported to other envious people. He got ridiculed, and that's what made Him take sannyasa so that people would take Him seriously. Caitanya Mahaprabhu clearly states that of all devotees of Krishna, the gopis are the topmost and of all gopis Srimati Radharani is the perfection. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 10, 2003 In reply to: is krsna an HARE KRSNA? ****** No He is not an Hare Krishna, Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. isvarah paramah krishnah sat-cid-ananda vigraha anadir-adir govinda sarva-karana-karanam (Brahma-Samhita 5.1) "Kṛṣṇa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes." an 'Hare Krishna' is designation, but our true designation is 'jivera-svarupa haya krsnera nitya-das' (The true form of the living entity is that he is an eternal servant of Krishna.) (Caitanya-Caritamrita somewhere)' Hare Krishna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yasodanandana 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2003 but he's an hare krsna (or the Supreme Hare Krsna) in the sense that he shows the perfect path to follow him and in the sense that even him adores himself (i remember : krsna as a perfect disciple of sandipani muni krsna as a perfect devotee as krsna caitanya mahaprabhu krsna, who in a lila of krsna book, is charmed by his image reflected in a mirror) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 10, 2003 You're right, what I saw in that person's question was more an external designation of Krishna being an Hare Krishna, when Allah would be Muslim and "God" would be Christian. I wanted to make Krishna, God, Allah independent of any religious movement as He is, the Absolute Truth, the last word of all religions. And of course He even adores Himself, Radharani is Himself as His topmost adorer. Balarama is Himself as is topmost servant. Hare Krishna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yasodanandana 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2003 of course, and i apologize, my use of HAREKRSNA is not sectarian and HareKrsna, IskCon, Gaudya math, Vaishnava, Christian, Muslim are not sectarian definitions or sectarian religion, until materially motivated people start to use them for their personal gratification masked as religion in the limits of my beeing anyway a kaly yuga man..... it is not my case!! (and of course of many devotees and spiritualists) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Govindaram 1 Report post Posted July 10, 2003 HK# Have people gone bananas! talking about whether Lord Krishna is a 'Hare Krishna' Hare - Srimati Radharani (hara) Krishna - The All-Attractive One or maybe its just me /images/graemlins/confused.gif Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
