Govindaram 1 Report post Posted July 23, 2003 <font color="blue"> Hare Krishna </font color> Can somebody post some nice pastimes of Govinda, which are very inspiring to the heart/soul, conductive to chanting.. <font color="red"> hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare </font color> <font color="red"> hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare </font color> /images/graemlins/smile.gif Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 23, 2003 Thank you for this dipavali Madava /images/graemlins/smile.gif I got this from "Madava" ... from the raganuga forum. _______ The Dipavali, Annakuta and Bhratri-dvitiya-lilas deal with Radha and Krishna's annual celebrations in the month of Kartika (October-November). Two days before the new moon night in Kartika, Nanda baba (Krishna's father) announces that: "This afternoon we will go to Govardhana with our cows and carts and put up a camp there to perform the annual Govardhana puja!" Krishna comes back from the meadows with His cows and His friends in the afternoon and bathes and eats. After this, all the cowherds leave for Govardhana. All the cowherders from Yavata (Radha's in-laws' home) and Varsana (Radha's parents' home) also come to Govardhana for the celebration. Nanda baba already arranged for tents to be put up there. There all the cowherds blissfully milk their cows and spend the night. Radha and Krishna sneak out of Their camps in the evening and have Their usual nocturnal Rasa-lila in Vrindavana, returning to the camp the next morning. That day the cowherds clean the whole area from the Manasa Ganga-lake (in the middle of the town of Govardhana) to Govinda Kunda (a distance of about five km.) for the performance of the huge Govardhana puja. Vrsabhanu baba (Sri Radhika's father) stays on the left side of the camp with his family in blue tents, Abhimanyu (Radhika's husband) on the north in red tents and Nanda's family in the middle in yellow tents. They bathe in the Manasa Ganga-lake, dress and ornament themselves and then take their meal. Radha and Krishna meet at Radhakunda for Their usual midday-pastimes and at night They dance the Rasa near the lake Candra Sarovara, close by the village of Aniyora. The next day, on the new moon Dipavali-day, Nanda baba orders for canopies to be raised near Manasa Ganga and for the ghatas (bathing places) to be cleaned before the lamp festival commences. Then he invites the local brahmanas and his friends for an auspicious feast. Sri Radhika and Her girlfriends cook sweet rice (ksira), vegetables and rice in the morning, which is offered to father Nanda's Narayana-deity and then enjoyed by the Vrajavasis (people of Vraja). After chewing betelleaves (pan) everyone returns to their own tents. After taking a little rest, Sri Radhika meets Krishnacandra in a nikunja near Govardhana Hill. After that She returns to Her father's camp to prepare sweets for Her usual worship of the Sungod. Radha and Krishna have Their usual midday-pastimes at Radhakunda and return to the camp later in the afternoon. After milking their cows in the evening, all the cowherders go to Manasa Ganga for the Dipa dana, the offering of the lamps. Servants light all the oil lamps, that illuminate all the birds, trees, temples, animals, the ground and the lake. Everything bathes in golden splendor. All the Vrajavasis are fascinated and happy. That night Radha and Krishna dance the Rasa at Candra Sarovara again. After enjoying Their transcendental love-pastimes (rati vilasa) They sit down on a jeweled platform. Krishna plays His flute and Radhika plays Her Pavika Vilasa, while Their maidservants (manjaris) serve Them. Then all the holy rivers – Manasa Ganga, Yamuna, Patala Ganga, Bhanukhora (from Varsana) and Pavana Sarovara (from Nandagram) come to Candra Sarovara on high waves and offer lotus flowers to Sri-Sri Radha-Krishna's lotuslike feet. They consider themselves blessed after making this offering. Then Radha and Krishna dance the Rasa and return to Their tents the next morning. _________ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 23, 2003 THE APPEARANCE OF MANASA GANGA This is a pastime from the prakata lila, Radha-Krishna's manifest pastimes, and took place on the same day as Dipavali. Manasa Ganga lies in the middle of Govardhana town. Once Nanda baba, Yasoda ma and all the cowherders wanted to go on pilgrimage to take a bath in the holy Ganga-river. On the way they put up their camp in the town of Govardhana. At that time Krishna thought to Himself: "Because their hearts are very attracted to Vraja all the holy waters reside here, but the Vrajavasis are not aware of these glories! Let Me establish the glories of Vraja!" As soon as Krishna, who is called satya sankalpa, or One who keeps His vows, thought like that, at once mother Ganga appeared in front of everyone, riding on her Makara (fish)-vehicle. The Vrajavasis were astonished at the appearance of Ganga-devi and began to speculate and argue with each other. Krishna then told them: "All the holy waters of the three worlds are present here to serve Vrajabhumi! I know that You want to go out of Vraja to bathe in the Ganga, but now patita pavani (the purifier of the fallen), mother Ganga, has come before you! Quickly fulfill your purpose by bathing in Gangaji's sacred waters. From now on this holy tank will be famous as 'Manasa Ganga'!" Even now many people bathe every year in Manasa Ganga on the Dipavali-day to commemorate its appearance in this world, after which they may perform dandavati parikrama (circumambulation of the lake by means of prostrated obeisance at every step). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 23, 2003 You can go into bliss now govindaram ... /images/graemlins/smile.gif -I_love_krishna_ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krsnanatha 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2003 It is the great boon of the Bhakta to collect and cherish the nectar which the Saints of our line leave in the wake of their pastimes. Here are a some drops of nectar from a poem seventy two stanzas long reviewing the glories of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu by Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Dev-Goswami Maharaja. Sri Sri Prema Dhama Deva Strotam Verse One The universal gods, perfected beings, salvationists, mystic yogis and exalted servitors of the absolute Truth, Sri Krsna, constantly chanted the glories of Sri Gaurasundar. (In regard to Lord Chaitanya's pastimes, Sri Rupa Goswami has mentioned the follow verse in his Sri Caitanyastakah: The Gods headed by Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma, accepted the garb of ordinary men in the pastimes of Sri Caitanyadeva in order to eternally worship Him with heartfelt affection.") Sri Caitanya is the embodiment of that vast nectarian ocean found in Lord Krsna's holy name, which is none other than Sri Gauranga's own pure name. Sri caitanyadeva is compared to that grand ocean of milk which, after being churned, produced nectar. The nectar Mahaprabhu distributes is Lord Krsna's holy names which extinguish all the misieries of material existence, such as anxieties arising from sinful activities performed in direct opposition to the Lord, and the three-fold sufferings which fuel the grand forest fire that scorches those in search of sense gratification, salvation and mystic yoga perfections. I fall down at the feet of Sri caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Golden Volcano of Divine Love. Verse Two The charming aura of Sri Gaurasundara's divine figure resemble the reflection of millions of radiant golden mirrors. Furthermore, the personified sweet fragrance of the earthly and heavenly lotus flowers humbly offer their prayers before the aromatic scent which permeates the air from the beautiful form of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Millions and millions of cupids fall unconscious before the feet of Sri Caitanyadeva's elegant figure. They are severly shocked because their sense of universal fame arising from their beautiful splendor is checked. While performing His joyful pastimes of dancing, the divine form of Sri Gaurangadeva playfully sways to and fro. The flowing pulsations of the Lords limbs move in rhythm with the various charming moods of devotional sentiments, bhava, overwhelming His graceful figure. I fall down at the feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Golden Volcano of Divine Love. Prema-dhama-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram: I fall down at the feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Golden Volcano of Divine Love. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gHari 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2003 <center><img src=http://home.primus.ca/~caitanya/frog-anim.gif></center> <h1><font color="green"><marquee> ribbit .... RITVIK .... ribbit .... RITVIK .... ribbit .... RITVIK .... ribbit .... RITVIK .... ribbit .... </marquee></h1></font> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 23, 2003 From the back ponds of Vrindavan ? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif /images/graemlins/tongue.gif Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Govindaram 1 Report post Posted July 23, 2003 Hare Krishna Thanks all for the posts, I will read all of them, Ghari I a completely sick and tired of this ritvk business, so I am fnding shelter in Krishna Katha....haribol /images/graemlins/smile.gif Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I_love_krishna_ 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2003 tell that to Guruvani. All this forum was doing was talking about politics and forgetting krishna. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hare_krishna 0 Report post Posted July 23, 2003 Ritvik is not something to make fun of. It is a word known in vedic systeme for the priests. I don't know how it is used in Isckon now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
