Hello I'm a person loves to read and experience and i came a long way to from spiritual background. I love lord krishna mostly lord teachings in gita. Perhaps sometimes i feel i don't need anything except krishna but somewhere other my mind fluctuates. I read gita bhagvatm purana mostly. when i read these scriptures i feel i have the the potential to learn and excellence in knowledge. but when i face problems none of them seems working. please provide me answer asap.
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I find that all the Vearyus forms of devotional practice have a common purifying effects) but some differences in the ecstatic approach.
chanting is the topic and the religion of this age why won't you gust stay with that till you master it? I don't understand how any one could chew on and try to find satisfaction in the chewing of the rine and discarding the essence of all religious texts (God)?
It's as if you like competing more than you enjoy peace purity freedom & liberation, Good luck with that. Finally' Often a Scholarly expert or Guru can empower the devote on the academic path? Choose wisely!
Well, I have seen and experienced the following words spoken by Lord Krishna. I'm not a specialist in Veda or scriptures. But I honestly believe there is a subtle mind or figure inside every individual. I may be wrong but I'm not in confusion. I let my work done and sit for meditation. I pronounce OM with and chat loudly..the vibrations attracts me, allures me to take control of my mind and body. And, let me tell everyone there are chakras what we call in tantra vidya "Kundalini". I must say With days and months of sadhana that I'm much more relieved now with balancing my each chakra. I'm not a renouncer or a preacher, everyone here is far more advanced and sophisticated in knowledge. I do not understand scriptures nor the Veda but I can assure you. Everything is inside you, the whole cosmos is in you. You just need self-exploration. Lord Krishna is far and the only superior form of the universe, I admit it. But Anyone here gone through self-exploration. Help me to know more. Thanks, everyone answering my question diligently.
hare krishna......
hey hi!!..look let me explain u the inner core of following all this rishi prokta gnyanam(the knowledge given by maha rishis)according our hindu mythology ,to live a dharmik like i.e., a life with peace and prosparity one has to follow the vedas and upanishads..these are called "shruthi" but ,everyone cant understand it so easily it needs experience,so our elders formed "smruthi"those the detailed summary of "shruthi".if still u cant understand it then the next one is THE AHSTADASHA PURANAS wirtten by vyasa mahrishi,learn it digest it as it is very near to our understanding level if not the next one are the MAHAKAVYAS like ramyana,mahabharatha,these epics are so close to us that u can imbibe the moral preachings out of it .if not that follow the words of ur elders still if u cant u can follow what ur inner voice says.
all these shruthis,smrithis,puranas,mahakavyas,elder's words are all der for making us lead a good life,they preach u the do's and dont's of life....just chanting them is not enough u have to understand the essence and have to try to lead ur life in that way.
dont study ramayan as lord vishnu's incarnation lord rama's story ,read it as a human's story as at the begining of rama avtar rama said that he will live for 11,000 years as human and he will safe gaurd the pious folks and lead a dharmik life.if u study it as god's story nothing u can fetch because we will have mind set that "ha,at the endof the day rama is a god atlast,he can do anything and achieve anything".but let me tell u if lord vishnu would have thought like that the evil ravana's death would have been occured in a fraction of a nano second.but , he didnt do that he wanted to preach the world ,that how to lead a perfect life,ramayan has everything what we require so as gita,only thing is that we have too change the angle of view....try this once keep this in mind and study the epics or what ever it may be, then u start innvolving into it and if any hard situation comes before u, without any second thought u start thinking in the way what u have studied and solve the problem in the same way.............this is not my opinion ,it is said by elders...
the whole world is standing on a small needle called belief once that looses its grip situations go odd. hope u r understanding .................only studying them n times wont fetch anything ,first understanding ,give sum time and den u try to digest the meaning and then u see unknowingly ur thoughts ur ideas will be the same as what these epics have said..
when ever u r in problem, just remember the lord and just close your eyes and open a random page in gita or ramayana...i'm sure u will find ur solution for ur problem................it is my strong belief ..
its my opinion and small suggestion to u...
any more quires u can contact me.
yours friendly,
vinay.
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Millions read scriptures everyday, but only those qualified ones can really understand it,
from those who can understand it, only those with a faith can use it in a practical life.
Such faithfull ones are fully protected, even walking with a closed eyes trough hard life.
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
Which city are you residing in? Pls go to www.iskconcentres.com and check the address of the ISKCON centre nearest to you. Pls visit the temple and ask what congregational preaching is going on there and if something is close to your residence. Get into the congregation and learn Gita systematically. You will also learn to apply it to your everyday life.
Otherwise, if you have any questions, pls ask on this forum.
Haribol,
YOur servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD
All Problems Can Be Solved by Krishna Consciousness
by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
Our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, used to say, “All problems can be solved by Krishna consciousness.” We, his disciples, believed him, followed his instructions, and saw our problems solved individually and collectively in the Krishna consciousness movement.
But nondevotees don’t believe Krishna consciousness can solve the seemingly intractable problems facing the world today. How could the chanting of the names of God—Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—possibly solve such problems as widespread violent crime, rampant inflation, or the threat of nuclear war? Except to devotees, the idea that “all problems can be solved by Krishna consciousness” seems too simple and Utopian.
Nonetheless, the practical success of the Krishna consciousness movement in alleviating the problems of its own members cannot be discounted. It is a scientific principle that if one can build a successful model, there is a good possibility that one could expand the model and have it succeed on a larger scale. And now, when all the old “solutions” seem to have been tried and have failed, any successful alternative, however unusual, is worth serious study.
What is the Krishna conscious method of solving problems, and how does it work? That can best be seen by following the activities of ISKCON’s founder and spiritual guide, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada came to America in 1965 at age sixty-nine and began preaching about the science of Krishna, as taught in Vedic scriptures such as Bhagavad-gita. According to the Vedas, everything in the universe belongs to God, and a person should take only what is allotted to him as his quota, “but he should not take more than that, knowing well to whom it belongs.” This means that human society should be God-centered.
Srila Prabhupada writes,
The philosophy of God consciousness is the basis of all genuine morality, but in the West the established religions have been unable to inculcate moral principles into society at large. In fact, crime in the United States has gotten so bad that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Warren Burger, once felt compelled to decry “the reign of terror in American cities.”
Realizing the urgent need for practical spiritual knowledge, Srila Prabhupada conceived and began a society in which all the members agreed to factually give up sinful, antisocial activities and perform all their works for the pleasure of God, Krishna. Because he strictly forbade the taking of intoxicants (even tea or cigarettes) and indulgence in illicit sex, gambling, and meat-eating, many people were put off. But many joined as well, once they began participating in the sublime practices of chanting Hare Krishna and engaging in Krishna’s service.
Gaining a higher spiritual taste, devotees of Krishna, under Srila Prabhupada’s guidance, were able to reject the lower modes of life for the transcendental. Although most of the devotees had no prior training in austerities or advanced spiritual knowledge, they quickly developed to a point where they willingly rejected all socially disruptive and self- destructive activities.
Srila Prabhupada writes,
Thus, among the members of the Krishna consciousness movement there is no drug addiction of any kind; crime is almost nonexistent; marriage ties are strong; there is no unemployment; abortion is unheard of; the educational system is harmonious; interracial dealings are no problem at all—in short, the average devotee is hard-working, peaceful, happy, and secure.
The Krishna conscious way of life, aside from solving its followers’ basic social and personal problems, also overcomes the greatest problem of all—the problem of repeated birth and death. The Vedic scriptures teach that each person is actually an eternal living being, a spiritual soul. When the body dies, the soul, the real self, lives on. But as long as we have not developed self-realization, as long as we remain ignorant of our connection with God, then at the time of death the eternal spiritual soul has to enter another temporary material body, only to suffer once again the agony of death when that body dies.
The process of the soul’s transmigration from one body to another goes on under the strict laws of karma. By these laws, the actions we perform and the desires we cultivate in our present life determine our destiny in the next. But in whatever situation we are born, whether in a wealthy human family or a family of cats or dogs, we shall always face the multiple miseries of birth, old age, disease, and death. Therefore the Vedic culture teaches that while we have the intelligence and the good opportunity to cultivate spiritual knowledge-in other words, before our time in this human body runs out—we must solve this most fundamental problem, the problem of repeated birth and death.
That problem can be solved only by Krishna consciousness, because only Krishna consciousness can eradicate all karma. As Lord Krishna Himself says in the Bhagavad gita (2.50), “A person engaged in devotional service rids himself of both good and bad karma even in this life.” Eventually the devotee develops pure love for Krishna. Then, at the time of death, he is not forced to transmigrate to another material body; he attains a spiritual body and goes to join Krishna in the eternal, spiritual world. Only then are all his problems solved.
Srila Prabhupada did not invent the Krishna conscious method of solving problems, nor is this the first time in history that people have become peaceful and satisfied by practicing Krishna consciousness. According to the Vedic scriptural histories, in past millenniums the whole world was God conscious, living under the authority of enlightened kings who were themselves pure devotees of the Lord. Thus Srimad Bhagavatam (1.10.4,6) states, “During the reign of King Yudhisthira, the clouds showered all the water that people needed and the earth produced all the necessity of man in profusion. … At no time were the living beings disturbed by mental agonies, diseases, or excessive heat or cold. So, historically Krishna consciousness has worked to solve problems not just on small communal scale but also among the entire world’s population.
It may be some time before the world nations give up trying to solve their problems with patchwork solutions and take up the all-encompassing solution of Krishna consciousness. But even now, because of the existence of the Krishna consciousness movement, any individual in any nation or culture of the world can join the society of devotees and immediately solve his problems. All he needs is the good intelligence to see Krishna consciousness as the invaluable gift it actually is.