Guest guest Posted January 10, 2002 Report Share Posted January 10, 2002 > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Jaya Tirtha Charan (das) JPS wrote: > > >Is it proper to worship two Govardhana silas as Sri Sri Radha Krsna (I > > >mean one as Radharani and the other one as Krsna)? > > >ys Maha Muni das > > In answer to your question; according to Srila Vishvanath Chakravarti > > Thakur it is acceptable and permissable, as some different coloured > > shila-stones on Govardhan hill represent different aspects of Krishna, > > His energies and pastimes. > > With respect, I didn't see any such permission in the quotes > provided below. It might also be a good idea to look into any > pre-existing vidhis on this before making such an interpretation, > especially since the compounds of texts 10-11 indicate what Krsna and His > nitya-siddha associates (all of whom are Deities we worship) "mistakenly > think," rather than what the rest of us should *do.* Moreover, these > statements frankly seem much more like poetic figures than any kind of > injunction for sadhakas like us. > So does any such vidhi actually exist, or does anyone know if Srila > Prabhupada or any other acaryas have spoken about it? If not, the danger > of concocting something unauthorized along these lines (and thus > inaugurating a bogus ISKCON precedent) seems at least as important as > worrying about Vishnu vis-a-vis Krsna. I'm sorry if I'm being overly > critical here. you made good points. the only different worship due to 'color' i have seen is Krishna/Balaram. any other examples? ys bsdd > > MDd > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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