Guest guest Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Whom do you follow, when you answer this question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yasodanandana Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 God has infinite features, and these infinite features give to him infinite names (originally all the names indicate qualities..... frank = sincere, paula = little etc.): buddah = the most intelligent allah = the greatest yahveh = the eternal and so on and god is also krsna, and krsna means the "all attractive". and krsna is so attractive because he has all the qualities (intelligent, great, eternal etc.) in infinite amount so in the name krsna there are all the other names ...... this is the first stage...... then, if required, i explain that god is personal (person = name, form, qualities, activities, associates etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorthi Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 I follow Parthasarathi, the inspirer who prompts the inner man with strength and courage to face adversities and emerge triumphant in the end. I follow Gopijanavallabha, the embodiment of eternal love, love for the sake of love alone. I follow Pundareekaksha, whose dzzling beauty brings the whole world into trance, and makes me worship him with folded hands, seeking knowledge. I follow Yashodanandana, the childish One, who enthralls everyone with his divine play. I follow Janardana, who protects virtue by taking divine avatars everytime vice overwhelms virtue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govindaram Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Hare Krishna! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 I follow Parthasarathi, the inspirer who prompts the inner man with strength and courage to face adversities and emerge triumphant in the end. I follow Gopijanavallabha, the embodiment of eternal love, love for the sake of love alone. I follow Pundareekaksha, whose dzzling beauty brings the whole world into trance, and makes me worship him with folded hands, seeking knowledge. I follow Yashodanandana, the childish One, who enthralls everyone with his divine play. I follow Janardana, who protects virtue by taking divine avatars everytime vice overwhelms virtue. You should know the identity of Guru. Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami haswritten in his Mana Siksa prayers, "Nadharmam nadharmam srutigana. O mind, you should always consider that Sri Sacinandana, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is actually Brajendranandana Syamasundara, and He is actually Guru." Raya Ramananda told Mahaprabhu, "I am only your instrument. What I am speaking is only by your inspiration. You are speaking. The mouth is mine, but actually everything is being said by you." One may say, "I want to serve Mahaprabhu like the gopis: He is my beloved Mahaprabhu, and I am His beloved." Can we do this or not? This is sahajiya. This is called gauranga-nagari-bhava, and it is apa-siddhanta, against conclusive philosophical truth. We should not think in this way. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Guru, and we should do whatever He orders. One day Vallabha Bhatta said to Advaita Acarya, "Why do you loudly chant Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare? Every living entity is female and considers Krsna her husband. It is the duty of a chaste wife, devoted to her husband, not to utter her husband's name, but all of you chant the name of Krsna. How can this be called a religious principle?" Advaita Acarya responded, "In front of you is Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the personification of religious principles. You should ask Him, for He will give you the proper answer." Hearing this, Mahaprabhu said, "My dear Vallabha Bhatta, you do not know religious principles. Actually, the first duty of a chaste woman is to carry out the order of her husband. The order of Krsna is to chant His name incessantly. Therefore one who is chaste and adherent to the husband, Krsna, must chant the Lord's name, for she cannot deny the husband's order. Following this religious principle, a pure devotee of Krsna always chants the holy name. As a result of this, he gets the fruit of ecstatic love for Krsna. My husband has ordered me to chant this. He has said, 'You should do this, and that will make Me happy.' I must make Him happy. I should serve Him." Hearing this, Vallabha Bhatta could not say a word. Previous to this, Vallabha Bhatta had told Mahaprabhu, "I have tried to describe elaborately the meaning of Krsna's holy name. Kindly hear the explanation." Caitanya Mahaprabhu replied, "I do not accept many different meanings for the holy name of Krsna. I know only that Krsna is Syamasundara and Yasodanandana. That's all I know. The only purport of the holy name of Krsna is that He is dark blue like a tamala tree and is the son of mother Yasoda. This is the conclusion of all the revealed scriptures. I conclusively know these two names, Syamasundara and Yasodanandana. I do not understand any other meanings, nor have I the capacity to understand them." Whatever Vallabha Bhatta said, Mahaprabhu simply replied in such away that he became speechless. He wanted to defeat Mahaprabhu and show his own glory. He wanted to show, "How qualified I am. How learned I am." But Caitanya Mahaprabhu is jagad- guru. Therefore, whatever He has ordered and whatever He has taught - we should try to follow totally. You Cannot Bluff Guru 24 January 2001 Murwillumbah, Australia excerpt from SBV Narayana's class the copy-man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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