vanamali 1 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 LakshmiNarayan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 the title of your thread in regards to the picture. When we are not in Krishna Consciousness we are controlled by the material nature thus contaminating our vision making us incapable of seeing the Lord. How easily we forget! Just as a cloud appears to cover the sun, Maya clouds our vision. Just as the sun is always there and the radiance of it's rays will cause the clouds to disappear the radiance of Krsna melts away the clouds of the material nature so our eyes can behold His beauty and bask in the warmth of His causeless and limitless mercy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 May I ask where They reside? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theist 1 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 LE. We think God gets covered over but He doesn't. It really is us. How could clouds ever cover the sun? We are covered. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 God is the controller of all including Maya. The controller does not get covered. We are the controlled so here we are!! Our vision and minds are so contaminated we do not see. Hare Krsna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanamali 1 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 These murtis of Lakshmi/Narayan reside at Ved Mandir in New Jersey 1 Ved Mandir Drive, Milltown NJ, 08850 I got the pics from their website. www.vedmandir.org I will try to find you some pictures from our temple to show you. We have the most beautiful Radha/Krishna and Ram darbar I have ever seen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanamali 1 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 Here are our beautiful, beautiful Radha-Krishna murtis Hindu Temple of Kansas City- Sri Krishna Janmashtami 2003 Mere to Giridhar Gopala... dusro na koi! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 May I ask how tall are They? They are very very much like the deities I serve in my home. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanamali 1 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 I would say they are approximately four feet tall. They are on a pedestal, and are at about eye level from the ground (I am 5'2") I have another picture with Sri Krishna in a purple dhoti and Radha in a red and green sari, and both of them have these large south-indian style silver mukuts: they are so beautiful! I can't find it at the moment, but I will look around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha (the deities I serve) are about one foot tall. I love seeing these pictures. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanamali 1 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 Do you have any pictures of your home murtis? I would like to see. At home we have a approx 3" tall brass Balakrishna, 1" Ganapati, and photos of Sri Venkateshwara Swamy with Lakshmi and Alamelumanga, Naryana, Lord Ram hugging Hanumanji, and a picture of our beloved Venugopala beneath the autumn moon. Just like this one... Jai Sri Krishna! ~vanamali Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanamali 1 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 I think darshan is a very very important part of spiritual life. For me, deity worship was the thing that really attracted me to worship Krishna. I learned about His wonderful qualities through discourses and reading, but then seeing Him in the temple was really wonderful. It was "love at first sight" if you will. /images/graemlins/smile.gif It's so wonderful to have a God that's not "way out in some heaven somewhere" but right here, nearby, ready to be served, ready to be loved, ready to enjoy whatever you have to offer Him. That's our beautiful Krishna! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 I will try to get a nice picture for you to see. My camera is a cheapy and the conditions have to be just right. I really enjoy seeing other devotees home altars. Perhaps a thread should be started to encourage the pictures. Hare Krsna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanamali 1 Report post Posted May 13, 2004 Sorry if I got off the subject, Prabhu. I'm not used to online etiquette! /images/graemlins/smile.gif Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
