[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] ...Hanta Bhagyam Jananam!

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Keerthi Kumarji - Shree Guruvayurappa Sharanam!

 

The fact is that there is only one God and I think everyone agrees to

this irrespective of whether one is an ISKCON believer or a normal

Hindu, Christian or a Muslim believer.

 

And that is the uniting force, across the board.

 

~Krishnadasa.

 

 

guruvayur , KEERTHI KUMAR V MENON

<keerthibai wrote:

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> Ohm Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya; Ohm Namo Narrayanaya

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> Dear All,

>

> I think its better to stop unnecessary arguments on

> Dasavathara. We have discussed about this subject

> before also. Our ISKON believers words and arguments

> will hurt our ordinary believers concepts and

> interests. Live both of them in their own way.

> Regards

>

> Keerthi Kumar

> Bahrain

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> Ohm Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya; Ohm Namo Narrayanaya

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> --- Krishnadaya <krishnadaya wrote:

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> > Bhagavane Guruvayoorappa,

> >

> > Thousands of Your `Padasevakas' are rushing to

> > Guruvayoor temple only to worship Your divine

> > `Vigraham' . They are interested in Your

> > Bhakti-yoga alone and nothing else . To them,

> > Srimad Bhagavatam , Bhagavat Geeta and Srimad

> > Narayaneeyam are Your literary incarnations ; and

> > not " mythological books " . Narayaneeyam clearly

> > specifies You as the Supreme Personality of Godhead

> > . Your Padasevakas faithfully follow Narayaneeyam

> > ( since it has Your stamp of approval) in letter

> > and spirit . They are least worried , if someone

> > ridicules this as `fanaticism' or ` ignorance' .

> >

> > Your great Bhaktas like Poontanam Tirumeni and

> > Kurooramma were not Jnana-Yogis ; but You mercifully

> > blessed them with self realization . And unlike some

> > selfish jnana-seekers, they have not abandoned

> > `Guruvayoorappa-vigraham' thereafter . In fact ,

> > they continued to be Your loyal Bhaktas, till their

> > last breath . O Bhagavan, please bless Your

> > unskilled-Bhaktas like us to attain and sustain

> > such a bhakti .

> >

> > Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya !!!

> >

> > A humble servant .

> >

> >

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> > rsunitaa wrote….

> >

> > We have been through the discussion of the ISCKON

> > philosophy several times and have had heated

> > discussions over it. We condemned fanatism in other

> > religions and agreed that Hinduism is also not free

> > of it.

> >

> > This is an example of existance of fanatism in Hindu

> > culture. [Fanatism is saying that the form of GOD

> > worshipped by that group is the only form of GOD]. I

> > think there is no point arguing over it all over

> > again. I would kindly request learned members of

> > this group to ignore it.

> >

> > There is just one Supreme Godhead of reality as

> > ISKCON calls it. But we call that reality in

> > different names. ISKCON calls it as Krishna,

> > Vaishnavaites call as Narayana, Shaivaites as Shiva,

> > Shaktas as Devi, etc. No matter what form we give to

> > the reality, there is JUST ONE SUPREME REALITY.

> >

> > The example that is often cited is of a mother

> > having the picture of her son to remember him while

> > he is away. There many be many pictures of him in

> > different attires. He is still her son and all the

> > pictures of the son reminds her of him. But when the

> > son returns

> > back, the picture is of no use. She can directly see

> > the son and hence what is the use of the picture. In

> > a similar way, thinking of God in name and form is

> > till we cannot have a direct perception of DIVINITY.

> > For a realized soul, pictures and names are of no

> > use.

> > To realize God we need to go beyond name and form.

> >

> >

> > Bhagavat Gita has been written by Sage Vyasa, who

> > has also written so many Puranas. Each purana

> > praises the one diety and pulls down the other.

> > Bhagavat Gita as written by Vyasa, is a condensation

> > of the Upanishad teaching. So it should be read not

> > just as a dialogue between a person Arjuna and

> > Krishna, rather as a dialogue between jeevatma and

> > Paramatma. Surely, BG has to be read as it is.

> > Nobody wants to modify it. But interpretations are

> > different, depending on the philosophy preached by

> > the commentator. Interestingly, the BG commentary by

> > Sri Paramahamsa Yogananda, beautifully describes,

> > each personality in the war as qualities in us,

> > which have to lose or win before we attain

> > realization.

> >

> > I would kindly request everyone to read the

> > following from the website for profvk, who is also a

> > member from our group. We are fortunate to have him

> > in our group. They are excellent write ups on

> > several topics on Hinduism. One of them [the link

> > below], about the concept of GOD as seen by people

> > of different beliefs. It is a good one and must

> > read.

> >

> >

> http://www.geocities.com/profvk/VK2/ConceptofGOD.html

> >

> >

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