1. Janmashtami means not just the day of the year every time we celebrate and get back to our normal routines.
2. Actual Janmashtami means Krishna has to take birth in our heart.
3. Srila Vishwatha Chakravarthi Thakur says Mother Devaki represents Bhakti, Kamsa the fear of material existence and the six sons of Devaki as the six things such as lust, greed, pride, anger, madness, envy.
4. Only when these six things are killed, Guru(represents Balaram) and Krishna will appear within our hearts and that's when real Janmashtami happens.
5. When Guru comes he will clean the residual effects of the six entities within our hearts and makes it suitable to invite Krishna to the heart.
6. The rest of the year, we have to do the homework of cleaning our heart from these six entities and during the next Janmashtami we should call upon Krishna to take birth in our heart.
7. Krishna wants us to love Him and that's why He appears in this world. Otherwise just the material nature itself can do the job of killing demons.
(Contd...)
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Dinesh
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Sometimes it is better to stop fixing the material problems of our life because there is no end for the problems of material life and we will never be able to fix them no matter how hard we try and it goes forever and life itself will be finished before we get a perfect comfortable situation. We ourselves the souls are perfect beings who are parts of The Lord. The Lord Himself says this 24 elements are of inferior nature so there will be always problem as long as we manipulate or identify ourselves with these elements.
A perfect life is not possible in this material world but in spiritual world
Pancha Maha Yajnas
I shall speak a word on the Pancha Maha Yajnas which are intended to be performed by the householders for purification of heart. The five great Yajnas are:
(1) Deva Yajna is offering oblations to Devatas with recitation of Vedic Mantras.
(2) Rishi Yajna consists of study of Vedas and teaching of Vedas to students and offering of oblations to Rishis.
(3) Pitru Yajna consists of Tarpana or oblations to departed souls and Shraaddha or annual religious rites performed for them.
(4) Bhuta Yajna is distribution of food to crows, cows and other animals. This develops cosmic love and Advaitic Bhava.
(5) Atithi Yajna is giving food to guests and honouring them.
Every householder should perform these five Yajnas. If he fails to do, he will suffer from Pratyaya Dosha (the sin of omission). The fire place, the water pot, the cutting, grinding and sweeping apparatuses are the five places where injury to life is daily being committed. These sins are washed away by the five Maha Yajnas which every Dvija ought to perform; they are intended to satisfy the Bhutas, the Rishis, the men, the gods and the Pitrus.
The Pitrus are forefathers who dwell in the Pitruloka. They possess powers of clairvoyance and clairaudience. When Mantras are recited, they exercise a tremendous influence through their vibrations over the reciter of the Mantras, and his forefathers to whom they are directed. The Pitrus hear the Mantras through their power of clairaudience, and are pleased. They bless those who offer the oblation. In Shraaddha, the essence of food offerings is taken up by Sun's rays to Suryaloka and the departed souls are pleased with the offerings which reach them through the Sun. Even in Germany, many persons perform Tarpana and Shraaddha. They have scientifically investigated the beneficial effects of such oblations. It is the imperative duty of all householders to perform Shraaddha and Tarpana to propitiate the Rishis and Pitrus. It is only deluded souls with perverted intellect who misconstrue these things and neglect to perform the sacred ceremonies and suffer as a consequence.
Courtesy : http://www.dlshq.org/download/yogadaily.htm#_VPID_97
Above all we have Sankirtana Yajna of chanting Hare Krishna Maha Mantra which destroys the sins of omissions of these yajnas. But still there is no harm in performing these yajnas if we get sufficient time as house holders to help other beings around.
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