श्रील प्रभुपाद

"जो लोग भगवान् के धाम को वापस जाना चाहते हैं उन्हें न केवल सिद्ध पुरुषों की सेवा करनी चाहिए , अपितु उन्हें ऐसे भौतिकतावादी पुरुषों का साथ छोड़ देना चाहिए जिनका एकमात्र उद्देश्य धन कमाना और धन को इन्द्रियतृप्ति में व्यय करना है।" 

*-श्रील प्रभुपाद* 🌸

Krishna is Supreme Personality of Godhead

This young boy Krishna seen in paintings below, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of ALL causes.

This means from Krishna all Narayana and Vishnu forms originate because they are His expansions.

Krishna is the Supreme Lord however, to all His family members and associates in Vrindavana, Krishna is not seen as the Supreme God but as everyone's very dear friend and protector.

Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 7 Chapter 10 text 42

By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. 

After Krsna, comes Balarama, after Balarama, is Sankarsana, then Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Narayana and then the purusa-avataras - Maha-Visnu, Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Ksirodakasayi Visnu. 

All of them are Avataras.

In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is said, rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan: (BS 5.39) Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Varāha and many others are consecutive expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 

After Kṛṣṇa comes Balarāma, after Balarāma is Saṅkarṣaṇa, then Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Nārāyaṇa and then the puruṣa-avatāras—Mahā-Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. All of them are avatāras.

In this narration about Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, various expansions or incarnations of the Lord have been described, and the killing of the two demons Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu has also been described.

Avatāras, or incarnations, are expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead—Kṛṣṇa, Govinda.

advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpamādyaṁ purāṇa-puruṣaṁ nava-yauvanaṁ cavedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktaugovindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi.

"I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who is the original person-nondual, infallible, and without beginning. Although He expands into unlimited forms, He is still the original, and although He is the oldest person, He always appears as a fresh youth. 

Such eternal, blissful and all-knowing forms of the Lord cannot be understood by the academic wisdom of the Vedas, but they are always manifest to pure, unalloyed devotees." (BS 5.33) 

The Brahma-saṁhitā describes the avatāras. Indeed, all the avatāras are described in the authentic scriptures. 

No one can become an avatāra, or incarnation, although this has become fashionable in the age of Kali. The avatāras are described in the authentic scriptures (śāstras), and therefore before one risks accepting a pretender as an avatāra, one should refer to the śāstras. 

The śāstras say everywhere that Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead and that He has innumerable avatāras, or incarnations. Elsewhere in the Brahma-saṁhitā it is said, rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan: (BS 5.39) Rāma, Nṛsiṁha, Varāha and many others are consecutive expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 

After Kṛṣṇa comes Balarāma, after Balarāma is Saṅkarṣaṇa, then Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Nārāyaṇa and then the puruṣa-avatāras—Mahā-Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. 

All of them are avatāras.

One must hear about the avatāras. Narrations about such avatāras are called avatāra-kathā, the narrations of Kṛṣṇa's expansions. Hearing and chanting these narrations is completely pious. Sṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ (SB 1.2.17). 

One who hears and chants can become puṇya, purified of material contamination.

Whenever there are references to the avatāras, religious principles are established, and demons who are against Kṛṣṇa are killed. 

The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is spreading all over the world with two aims—to establish Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and to kill all the pretenders who falsely present themselves as avatāras. 

The preachers of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must carry this conviction very carefully within their hearts and kill the demons who in many tactful ways vilify the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. 

If we take shelter of Nṛsiṁhadeva and Prahlāda Mahārāja, it will be easier to kill the demons who are against Kṛṣṇa and to thus reestablish Kṛṣṇa's supremacy. 

Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam: (SB 1.3.28) Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord, the original Lord. Prahlāda Mahārāja is our guru, and Kṛṣṇa is our worshipable God. 

As advised by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja (CC Madhya 19.151). If we can be successful in getting the mercy of Prahlāda Mahārāja and also that of Nṛsiṁhadeva, then our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement will be extremely successful.

The demon Hiraṇyakaśipu had so many ways to try to become God himself, but although Prahlāda Mahārāja was chastised and threatened in many ways, he rigidly refused to accept his powerful demoniac father as God. 

Following in the footsteps of Prahlāda Mahārāja, we should reject all the rascals who pretend to be God. We must accept Kṛṣṇa and His incarnations, and no one else.*

जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्वतः ।त्यक्तवा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन ॥

जन्म कर्म च मे दिव्यमेवं यो वेत्ति तत्वतः ।

त्यक्तवा देहं पुनर्जन्म नैति मामेति सोऽर्जुन ॥

भावार्थ : हे अर्जुन! मेरे जन्म और कर्म दिव्य अर्थात निर्मल और अलौकिक हैं- इस प्रकार जो मनुष्य तत्व से (सर्वशक्तिमान, सच्चिदानन्दन परमात्मा अज, अविनाशी और सर्वभूतों के परम गति तथा परम आश्रय हैं, वे केवल धर्म को स्थापन करने और संसार का उद्धार करने के लिए ही अपनी योगमाया से सगुणरूप होकर प्रकट होते हैं। इसलिए परमेश्वर के समान सुहृद्, प्रेमी और पतितपावन दूसरा कोई नहीं है, ऐसा समझकर जो पुरुष परमेश्वर का अनन्य प्रेम से निरन्तर चिन्तन करता हुआ आसक्तिरहित संसार में बर्तता है, वही उनको तत्व से जानता है।) जान लेता है, वह शरीर को त्याग कर फिर जन्म को प्राप्त नहीं होता, किन्तु मुझे ही प्राप्त होता है॥9॥

The Seven Mothers :

The Seven Mothers :

(1) Ādau mātā: real mother, from whose body I have taken my birth.

(2) guru-patni: the wife of the spiritual master.

(3) brāhmaṇī: wife of a _brāhmaṇa_.

(4) rāja-patnikā: the wife of the king.

(5) dhenu: the cow, she gives us milk.

(6) dhātrī: the nurse.

(7) pṛthvi: the earth.

THE DEVOTEES LOOK VERY NICE, BRIGHT FACED

THE DEVOTEES LOOK VERY NICE, BRIGHT FACED

If the society becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, or spiritually advanced, the so-called material advancement will automatically be there. There will be no scarcity. 

For example, take for practical example, we have got about one hundred centers. So we are simply engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness business. So, so far our material necessities are concerned, we are not badly situated. We are living in a nice house, we are eating nice foodstuff, we have got nice dress, and the devotees look very nice, bright-faced. What is the wrong there? 

But they (the devotees) are not busy for earning money or going to the office or going to the factory or so many other sources of business. They are depending on Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa is supplying them. 

- Srila Prabhupada 

Lecture SB 1.1.9 Auckland Feb 20, 1973

इसी को माया कहते हैं ...

*इसी को माया कहते हैं ...*

हमारी बिमारी यह है की हम विद्रोही हैं । हम किसी को अधिकारी मानने के लिए तैयार नहीं हैं । फिर भी प्रकृति इतनी शक्तिशाली है की वह किसी न किसी अधिकारी को हमारे ऊपर थोप ही देती है । हमें अपनी इन्द्रियों के माध्यम से प्रकृति के आधिपत्य को स्वीकार करना ही पड़ता है । यह कहना कि हम आत्म निर्भर हैं , व्यर्थ हैं , यह हमारी मुर्खता है । हम किसी के अधीन हैं और फिर भी हम कहते हैं की हमें किसी का आधिपत्य नहीं चाहिए । इसी को माया कहते हैं । हालाँकि हममें थोड़ी सी स्वतंत्रता अवश्य है की हम यह चुन सके की हम अपनी इन्द्रियों का आधिपत्य स्वीकार करें या श्रीकृष्ण का । किन्तु सबसे बड़े और परम अधिपति तो श्रीकृष्ण ही हैं क्योंकि वे हमारे शाश्चत शुभचिंतक हैं और वे हमेशा हमारे हित की ही बात करते हैं । जब हमें किसी का आधिपत्य स्वीकार करना ही है , तो क्यों न कृष्ण को ही अपना अधिपति बनायें ? 

*-( रसराज कृष्ण )*

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-Srila Prabhupada 

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में हैरान हूं ।

मैं हैरान हूं ...लोग भगवान को सब कुछ अर्पण करते हैं लेकिन अपना मन नहीं, जबकि श्रीमद भगवत गीता के अध्याय 9 श्लोक 34 में श्री कृष्णा कह रहे हैं  मन्मना भव मद भक्तो .... अर्थात सदैव अपना मन मेरे चिंतन में लगाओ ,अपना मन मुझे अर्पण कर दो, मेरे भक्त बनो। इस प्रकार  निश्चित रूप से तुम मुझको प्राप्त करोगे। हरे कृष्ण