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Krishna Janmashtami – Bhagwat Simplified

 
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Jai Shree Krishna
 

The words are lovely and give us all the faith we need sometimes and as such deserve to be shared by all.


Krishna
:

if I answer your prayer at once,

it is because I am testing your faith.

If I did not answer your prayer at once,

it is because I am testing your patience.

If I did not answer your prayer at all

it is because I have a better plan for you.

So just hold on and don't be discouraged,

your miracle is knocking at the door of your heart.

A little more faith is what you need to see all your needs met.


    


Hare Krishna - Hare Krishna -  Krishna Krishna Hare

"Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati Bharata; Abhyutthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham.
Paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya cha dushkritam; Dharma-samthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge."

Whenever the balance of the universe is disturbed by external interference from any of its parts, then I reveal Myself as the Power of eternal balancing. For the protection of those who are in harmony, and the rectification of everything disharmonious, I incarnate Myself at every juncture of time." 


 "I can do all things through KRISHNA which strengthens me."  The road

To success is not straight.  There is a curve called Failure, a loop

called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Graves,

Caution lights called Family.  You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you

have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance

called Faith, a driver called Lord Krishna, you will make it to a place called

Success. HAVE   FAITH   IN   HIM

Jai Shree Krishna

 

Radha Krishna

 

 

Bhagwan Shri Krishna


His opulence is unlimited and thus we can see Him everywhere, from the great cosmic laws to the buds of a flower. Here's a sample of the many ways He suggests we can perceive His presence:

I am the taste of water

I am the light of the sun and moon

I am the consciousness of living beings

Of bodies of water I am the ocean

Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names

Of immovable things I am the Himalayas

Of weapons I am the thunderbolt

 

With philosophical insight, we can even see God in the apparently bad things that happen to us. By constitution, we souls can be fully satisfied and happy only when we're united with Krishna. He sends the miseries of this world so that we'll realize that we don't belong here. And His scriptures and representatives help us to see our suffering here as God's mercy on us.

"I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts." –  Sri Krishna, Bhagavad-gita 10.8


Krishna: says ........


 
"A little more faith is what you need to see all your needs met. "

 

Because I am testing your faith, I answer your prayer at once,

When I am testing your patience,  I do not answer your prayer at once,

If I do not answer your prayers, it is because I have a better plan for you.


Have faith, be patience and don't be discouraged, your miracle is knocking

HAPPY  JANMASHTAMI

 

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Janmashtami
Vinod H. Sagar – Dubai
People observe fast for the whole day and partake food only after Krishna's birth. In temples "Bhajans" and "Kirtans" - recitation of devotional songs - start early in the evening and continue till midnight - the hour of the Lord's birth. Singing and music continue throughout the night. The following morning "NAND-MAHOTSAV" is celebrated in praise and gratitude to Nand, the ruler of the cowherds of Nandgaon where Krishna grew up and lived in his childhood.

The day is also celebrated as "Gopal-Kala" or Dahi-Kala". Lord Krishna loved milk products and would steal butter & curds from the earthen pots hanged high in the houses. Hence in this Dahi-Kala his childhood pranks of stealing are re-created by youngsters who call themselves "Govindas" and "Gopalas" and move about in streets. Earthen pots filled with milk curds, and rice flakes along with silver coins are hung up very high in streets and boys climbing upon each other form themselves into a pyramid to reach up to the pot and break it with shouts of joy. The coins are equally distributed.

Krishna's life is so enthralling and magnificent that poets like Surdas and Nandadas and even the Muslim Poets Rakshan Rahim, Alam, Miya Nazir were inspired to compose poems on the many-sided splendor of his individuality. It is a historical fact that Maharani Meerabai of Mewar not only wrote poems in his praise but discarded her royal status and devoted her entire life in Krishna's service, singing in temples and even on streets. In modern times the renowned Hindi poetess the late Mahadevi Varma and poet Maithilisharan Gupta composed poems on Krishna.

On this day Mathura, Vrindavan, Gokul, Puri, Dwarka and Banaras resound with prayers in praise of Lord Krishna. At Mathura, devotees after a holy bath in Yamuna River go to the temple of Dwarkadhish for darshan. "Pancharti" is performed in the evening and in the evening in a gracefully adorned palanquin Krishna's idol is taken out in a procession which ends in the temple courtyard. Exactly at 12 midnight Krishna's birth is announced amongst loud cheers. All the delicious sweets that the women prepare are placed before the idol. With closed eyes people pray to him to taste the sweets. This is the complete pouring-in of man's faith and dedication to his adored deity.

In Mathura and its surrounding places "Jhankis"- glimpses of Krishna's childhood adventures like "Kaliya-mardan", Kansa-Vadha", uplifting of Govardhan parvat are presented in brilliant colours. Thus Gokulashtami is celebrated all over the country.

Jai Shree Krishna