Question: Whose name does Krishna chant? Answer: Krishna chants Radha's name with deep attachment kalindi-tata-kunja-mandira-gato yogindravad yat-pada- jyotir-dhyana-parah sada japati yam premasru-purno-harih kenapy adbhutam ullasad-rati-rasanandena sammohitah sa radheti sada hrdi sphuratu me vidya para dvy-aksara In the forest bower by the banks of the Yamuna, Krishna is fixed in meditation like a yogi on the light emanating from Radha's toenails. Muttering Her names with eyes overflowing with tears, His body overcome with an unbelievably joyful thrill of desire. May those two syllables magical of Radha's name always reverberate in my heart. (Prabodhananda Sarasvati, Radha Rasa Sudhanidhi, 96) Whose name does Krishna chant?
by Sacinandana Swami on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 3:12am
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If God is all good, then why is there evil in the world?
For God there is no evil, just good.
Just as my chest is as important to me as my back, if there is pain in my back I take care of it.
I do not ignore it thinking that the front is more important.
Evil is compared to the back of God.
It is not different from His front, or goodness.
If everything is good from God's point of view, then how can there be evil?
It is just like the sun.
On the body of the sun there is no shadow.
We create shadow by turning our back to the sun.
Similarly, when we turn away from God there is evil.
Evil is the absence of good, just as darkness is the absence of sunlight.
If you keep yourself always in the light, where is the question of darkness?
God is all-good.
So if you keep yourself always in God consciousness, then there is no evil.
And why was the world created with evil men?
Why was the police department created?
Because there is a necessity.
Some living entities want to enjoy this material world, therefore God creates it.
He is just like a father who gives a separate room to his mischievous children to play in.
Otherwise, the naughty boys would always disturb Him.
This world is something like a prison.
Therefore, there is suffering here.
In the prison house you cannot expect comfort, because unless there is suffering, there is no lesson for the prisoners.
Evil is undoubtedly created by God, but this was necessary due to the human being's misuse of his free will.
God gives man good directions, but when man is disobedient, evil is naturally there to punish him.
Evil is not desired by God, yet it is created because it is necessary.
The government constructs prisons not because it wants to but because they are necessary.
The government prefers to construct universities so that people can attain an education and become highly enlightened.
But because some people misuse their independence and violate the state laws, prisons are necessary.
We suffer due to our own evil activities.
God does not desire to create evil, but man's evil activities oblige God to create an evil situation.
- Srila Prabhupada
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IF GOD IS ALL GOOD, WHY DOES EVIL EXIST?
Superb!
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This story is about a King who lived a few hundred years ago in India. The king had a court pandit. The kings had to entertain themselves with these court pandits. The pandits would have to give the answer to any question. So one day the king had a question for the pandit and he said, " I saw this question and I really don't have the answer. Can you tell me what's the answer - What is the daily work of God?"
The pandit said, " That's easy. The creation of course."
"No…no…no", The king said, " That he does just the one time, but what is the daily work of God?"
So the pandit said, " That's an unusual question actually. I have never heard of such a question before. Your majesty I will have to consult the scripture".
Now, the king was sometimes a bit moody, and when he was getting too moody, then he would cut heads. So the king was not acting in a friendly way, The king said, " You better have the answer within one week or else!"
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'Or else' was something that the pandit didn't like! So the pandit went home. He looked everywhere in the scriptures of the Puranas and in the Upanisads. Everywhere he searched but he couldn't find the answer. The week was almost over. He decided that it was very important that he would visit that relative who hadn't been well for long time, and so in an emergency he would leave town. He was on the verge of leaving town, and just when he was about to leave, he came across one of his disciples. This disciple was actually a simple man. He was a cowherd. He met this simple cowherd. So the cowherd said, " Oh, Guru Maharaj your're going?"
"Well, you know things are getting out of hand. The king has began to act funny, and has threatening questions which are impossible to answer".
"What question is that?"
He said, " Oh the question, is a very unusual question. He's asking – What is the daily work of God?"
"Oh", said the cowherd, " That's an easy question".
"Oh if you know the answer than tell me".
"Well maybe it's better if I tell the king directly."
"Alright" said the pandit, " Let us go".
So they went to the court and came before the king, and the pandit said,
"Your majesty, your question is a very simple question. Therefore, I've asked my disciple to answer it."(laughter) The king looked at this cowherd with the simple clothing, and said, " He's going to answer the question?!"
The pandit said, " Yes".
The king said, "He'd better answer the question or..". He made a gesture and looked at the royal guard. "So?"
The cowherd spoke and said, " Your majesty, is it true that according to the Vedas, the one who is answering the question should sit higher than the one who is asking the question?"
The king looked at him and said, " What …you want to sit on the throne?"
"Well what do the scriptures say?"
So the king came down from his throne and the cowherd sat down on the throne. The king sat on the floor and looked at the guard and said, " If he doesn't answer the question, than take his head off"
Then the cowherd said, " Your majesty, your question is already answered".
Well the king's blood pressure went up way over to 220! Just at that point the cowherd said, " But I'll still explain it....
The daily work of God is to pull down those who are proud and to elevate those who are humble!"
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The Daily Work Of God
So nice..monkey being a devotee in previous life remembers. but better not to become a monkey ;^
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When I was the Temple President, there was a devotee who came and he wanted to leave Krishna Consciousness. He came and told me;
"I've have had enough of this. I'm going back into the world, since I just want to be like everyone else. Why can't we just enjoy a bit ….drink a bit…. smoke a bit - you know with all these things - what's the difficulty?"
So I tried to convince him but he left, and he forgot everything – for about a year. But then he was in India – in South India at the Krishna river. He was sitting at the side of the river smoking. Just then a monkey came down from the mountain, which went to the river and paid obeisance's and put the water 3 times on the head. Suddenly he realised, "I'm going to be like that monkey. This monkey was a devotee and he blew it….. and now he became a monkey…and the same thing will happen to me!" (laughter)
It shocked him so much that he came right back! So Krsna makes arrangements. When a devotee falls down – then Krsna will make arrangements to bring him back!
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