A DIVINE MESSAGE
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2009 Holi
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The Season of Real LoveMeaning of word raag
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The Real Significance of Holi |
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Jagadguruttam Divas |
Kids Q&A
Answers by Banchary DidiQuestions by Children
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Spring is the season of beauty and love. During this season the whole earth looks magnificent with colorful, fragrant flowers and greenery all around. After the cold winter is over the weather is pleasant thus everyone is happy. Thus, galvanized by the entire atmosphere, people play with red powder (gulal) and red water color. Red color is the symbol of love (the meaning of Sanskrit word raag is love and raag means red color as well). Shri Krishna and Radha are the embodiment of Divine Love. The main purpose of Shri Krishna’s appearance on earth was to shower love on deserving souls. Hence, He eagerly awaits this "season of love".
Following is a leela description by Shri Maharaj Ji of a Divine Holi in Vrindavan during the time of Shri Radha Krishna's descension 5000 years back. In the spirit of the season, everyone in Braj is smitten by the love bug.
All gopas(friends of Shri Krishn) and gopis (girlfriends of Shri Radha Rani) of Vrindaban, have assembled together to receive raag (love in the form of red powder and water color) from the Divine Couple and to throw their raag on them. The scene of the Divine play of Holi, with thousands of gopas and gopis standing in a circular formation with Shri Radha Krishna in the center is spectacular and beyond description.
Following is a leela description by Shri Maharaj Ji of a Divine Holi in Vrindavan during the time of Shri Radha Krishna's descension 5000 years back. In the spirit of the season, everyone in Braj is smitten by the love bug.
All gopas(friends of Shri Krishn) and gopis (girlfriends of Shri Radha Rani) of Vrindaban, have assembled together to receive raag (love in the form of red powder and water color) from the Divine Couple and to throw their raag on them. The scene of the Divine play of Holi, with thousands of gopas and gopis standing in a circular formation with Shri Radha Krishna in the center is spectacular and beyond description.
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वृन्दाबन धूम मची होरी ।
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vṛndābana dhūma macī horī ।
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The festival of Holi is being celebrated with great fervor and color in the Holy land of Vrindavan
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सखन सखिन को सखिन सखन को, लै पिचकारिन संग बोरी ।
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sakhana sakhina ko sakhina sakhana ko, lai picakārina saṃga borī ।
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Shri Radha and Krishna, who are standing in the center of the circle, are also drenching each other from head to toe with colored water.
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लली लाल मडंल बिच ठाढ़े, दुहुँन दुहुँन किय सरबोरी ।
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lalī lāla maḍaṃla bica ṭhāढ़e, duhum̐na duhum̐na kiya saraborī ।
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The cowherd friends of Shyam Sundar and girlfriends of Shri Radha Rani are drenching each other in colored water sprayed from their pichkaris (water guns).
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लाल गुलाब लाल भये बादर, लाल लाल भईं ब्रज खोरी ।
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lāla gulāba lāla bhaye bādara, lāla lāla bhaīṃ braja khorī ।
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On this joyous and colorful occasion of Holi, large quantities of red gulal (power) is blowing in Braj, due to which it appears that the clouds have taken a red hue. Even the lanes of Braj have turned red.
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सख्त व्यस्त सब के पट भूषन, करत परस्पर झकझोरी ।
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sakhta vyasta saba ke paṭa bhūṣana, karata paraspara jhakajhorī ।
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Because of the ensuing tussle between the groups of cowherd boy friends of Shri Krishna and girl friends of Shri Radha, their clothes and ornaments have become disarrayed.
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तब कृपालु कह साँझ भई अब, काल होये होरी हो री ॥
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taba kṛpālu kaha sām̐jha bhaī aba, kāla hoye horī ho rī ॥
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As the evening approaches, Poet Shri Kriplau Ji Maharaj Ji announces, "It is evening now and the play must end for today. The play shall resume here tomorrow".
Shri Radha Krishna are embodiments of love. The sole purpose for Radha Krishna - The Divine Couple to descend on the earth is to shower love on deserving souls. So Shri Krishna, used to start carrying gulal (red color powder) from Basant Panchami (approximately a month and 10 days before Holi). In His fun-filled frolicky way He used to inform gopis (souls deserving to receive bliss of divine love) about advent of Holi by challenging and warning them. And if anyone resisted or reacted to His words then smear them with color (love). After all that is why He had descended!
And the play with colored water started from Rang Ekadashi (4 days before Holi). This play would end in the evening and restart back up again the next day.
So that is why it is being said "The play shall resume here tomorrow".
And the play with colored water started from Rang Ekadashi (4 days before Holi). This play would end in the evening and restart back up again the next day.
So that is why it is being said "The play shall resume here tomorrow".
Philosophy
India is famous for the spiritual characteristic of its festivals. You might already know how Holi is celebrated in modern times. The most prevalent notion, in this regard is that Holi is a festival of playing with colored water and gulal (red color powder), having loud fun, eating lots of sweets and rich and fried food! Still, do you know the spiritual significance of Holi? Relatively speaking, few people know that this festival relates to bhakt Prahlad whose life is an illustrious example of the power of devotion, which can effortlessly nullify the mightiest of demonic powers. Thus, the true meaning of Holi, is to understand the philosophy propagated by bhakt Prahlad and put it into practice to conquer all evils and attain the unfathomable divine grace.
Who was Prahlad?
Prahlad was the most virtuous son of demon king Hiranyakashipu. Only one virtue of Prahlad i.e. his natural love towards the lotus feet of Lord Shri Krishna from the time of his birth is sufficient to describe his glory.
Who was Prahlad?
Prahlad was the most virtuous son of demon king Hiranyakashipu. Only one virtue of Prahlad i.e. his natural love towards the lotus feet of Lord Shri Krishna from the time of his birth is sufficient to describe his glory.
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वासुदेवे भगवति यस्य नैसर्गिकी रतिः
भागवत 7.4.36 भक्ति रसामृत सिन्धु 1.3.21 |
vāsudeve bhagavati yasya naisargikī ratiḥ
bhāgavata 7.4.36 bhakti rasāmr̥ta sindhu 1.3.21 |
"He had natural affection for Shri Krishna".
Since his childhood years, Prahlad had no interest in playing. Instead he used to be lost in deep remembrance of the Lord. Lord Shri Krishna's grace and kindness had so captivated his heart, that he was not conscious of the outside world. He would feel that God Himself had taken him in His lap and was embracing him. Sometimes he would start crying loudly, thinking that God had left him and gone. Sometimes, experiencing in his mind that the Lord is right in front his eyes he would start laughing in ecstasy. Sometimes experiencing sweet happiness by remembering Him, Prahlad would start singing loudly. Sometimes ignoring the world around him, he would start dancing in gay abandon. Sometimes Prahlad would get so lost in thoughts of Shri Krishna's pastimes that he would forget himself and start imitating Him. Sometimes, experiencing the soft divine touch of the Lord, he would become ecstatic and sit down quietly. At those times, each and every pore of his body would rejoice. His partly open eyes would be full of steadfast love and tears of happiness. Though he was lost in such intimate feelings for God, Prahlad used to go about performing the worldly chores such as eating, drinking, sleeping, sitting, walking etc., without even realizing that he was doing so.
The demons had appointed Lord Shukracharya to be their priest. Shukracharya had two sons - Shand and Amark. Both of them, lived next to the king's palace and taught the virtuous and competent Prahlad and other demon kids about diplomacy, economics etc. Prahlad would listen to his Guru's teachings and repeat the same back to them. However, in his heart he did not find it good. One day, Hiranyakashipu (Prahlad's father) asked Prahlad -"Son! What do you like?". On hearing Prahlad's answer, Hiranyakashipu felt a pain much deeper than the pain he had felt on hearing about the slaying of his younger brother Hiranyaksh. Prahlad smilingly said
Since his childhood years, Prahlad had no interest in playing. Instead he used to be lost in deep remembrance of the Lord. Lord Shri Krishna's grace and kindness had so captivated his heart, that he was not conscious of the outside world. He would feel that God Himself had taken him in His lap and was embracing him. Sometimes he would start crying loudly, thinking that God had left him and gone. Sometimes, experiencing in his mind that the Lord is right in front his eyes he would start laughing in ecstasy. Sometimes experiencing sweet happiness by remembering Him, Prahlad would start singing loudly. Sometimes ignoring the world around him, he would start dancing in gay abandon. Sometimes Prahlad would get so lost in thoughts of Shri Krishna's pastimes that he would forget himself and start imitating Him. Sometimes, experiencing the soft divine touch of the Lord, he would become ecstatic and sit down quietly. At those times, each and every pore of his body would rejoice. His partly open eyes would be full of steadfast love and tears of happiness. Though he was lost in such intimate feelings for God, Prahlad used to go about performing the worldly chores such as eating, drinking, sleeping, sitting, walking etc., without even realizing that he was doing so.
The demons had appointed Lord Shukracharya to be their priest. Shukracharya had two sons - Shand and Amark. Both of them, lived next to the king's palace and taught the virtuous and competent Prahlad and other demon kids about diplomacy, economics etc. Prahlad would listen to his Guru's teachings and repeat the same back to them. However, in his heart he did not find it good. One day, Hiranyakashipu (Prahlad's father) asked Prahlad -"Son! What do you like?". On hearing Prahlad's answer, Hiranyakashipu felt a pain much deeper than the pain he had felt on hearing about the slaying of his younger brother Hiranyaksh. Prahlad smilingly said
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बनं गतो यद्धरिमाश्रयेत
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banaṃ gato yaddharimāśrayeta
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"Father! I like going to the forest and performing uninterrupted devotion to Shri Krishna, the best".
Hiranyakashipu was blinded with anger. He called for Shand and Amark - Shukracharya's sons. And said "Take Prahlad away! Let him not be in front of my eyes. Make him understand. Teach him to read and write. Teach him about the 4 diplomatic principles of saam (reasoning), daam (monetary allurement), dand (punishment), bhed (creating divisions), educate him on the objective of the kings, their subject etc".
What did Prahlad have to learn? He was a descended saint. Despite that, whatever guruji used to teach him, he would recite the same back to his gurus but had no intention to practice it. In his heart he found that knowledge useless. After a while when his gurus were convinced that Prahlad was sufficiently educated in the diplomatic affairs of pacifying public leaders, appeasing them by giving them lucrative posts, dividing and ruling over them, and punishing them in cases of disobedience, they took him to his mother.
Prahlad's mother very lovingly gave him a bath, dressed him in nice princely clothes and beautiful ornaments, and presented him before his father.
Hiranyakashipu was blinded with anger. He called for Shand and Amark - Shukracharya's sons. And said "Take Prahlad away! Let him not be in front of my eyes. Make him understand. Teach him to read and write. Teach him about the 4 diplomatic principles of saam (reasoning), daam (monetary allurement), dand (punishment), bhed (creating divisions), educate him on the objective of the kings, their subject etc".
What did Prahlad have to learn? He was a descended saint. Despite that, whatever guruji used to teach him, he would recite the same back to his gurus but had no intention to practice it. In his heart he found that knowledge useless. After a while when his gurus were convinced that Prahlad was sufficiently educated in the diplomatic affairs of pacifying public leaders, appeasing them by giving them lucrative posts, dividing and ruling over them, and punishing them in cases of disobedience, they took him to his mother.
Prahlad's mother very lovingly gave him a bath, dressed him in nice princely clothes and beautiful ornaments, and presented him before his father.
Prahlad paid respects to his father. Hiranyakashipu again took a happy Prahlad in his lap and tears of love started flowing from his eyes wetting Prahlad. He asked, "Son, now tell me, what do you like? What have you learnt? What have you understood from your gurus?
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श्रवणं कीर्तनं विष्णो: स्मरणं पादसेवनम् ।
अर्चनं वन्दनं दास्यं सख्यमात्मनिवेदनम् ॥ भा. 7.5.23 |
śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṃ pādasevanam,
arcanaṃ vandanaṃ dāsyaṃ sakhyamātmanivedanam Bhāgvatam, 7.5.23 |
"Father! There are 9 ways (navadha bhakti) of performing devotion to Lord Vishnu - Listening, singing and remembering God's glories, names, pastimes, serving His lotus feet, offering pujan, bowing to Him, worshipping Him considering oneself to be His servant or His friend, unconditionally surrendering to Him. First, surrender to God and then perform navadha bhakti. This is the knowledge that I have earned".
Hearing this, Hiranyakashipu, threw Prahlad out of his lap. He called his army generals and ordered them to kill Prahlad by any means. The generals tried every trick in their book to kill Prahlad. They pushed him from a tall mountain, threw him in the sea to drown him to death, got him crushed by an elephant, got him bitten by a venomous snake, made him drink poison, burn him in fire. They tried all possible ways of killing him. However, Prahlad remained unscathed. Seeing his own helplessness, Hiranyakashipu got really worried. He could not think of a way to kill Prahlad.
Heeding to the advice of the Guru sons, he again sent Prahlad to study. Guru sons starts teaching Prahlad about Dharma i.e performing duties towards the family and the society, Arth i.e. means to achieve economic, social and political success and Kaam i.e all sorts of enjoyments. Prahlad lived in the hermitage like a humble servant. However, he did not like the knowledge being imparted by his Gurus. One day, when his Gurus had gone out for some household related work, Prahlad started giving a sermon to the demon kids in his sweet voice. All kids assembled around Prahlad and started listening to Prahlad's words very attentively, with their eyes lovingly fixed on Prahlad.
Prahlad said
Hearing this, Hiranyakashipu, threw Prahlad out of his lap. He called his army generals and ordered them to kill Prahlad by any means. The generals tried every trick in their book to kill Prahlad. They pushed him from a tall mountain, threw him in the sea to drown him to death, got him crushed by an elephant, got him bitten by a venomous snake, made him drink poison, burn him in fire. They tried all possible ways of killing him. However, Prahlad remained unscathed. Seeing his own helplessness, Hiranyakashipu got really worried. He could not think of a way to kill Prahlad.
Heeding to the advice of the Guru sons, he again sent Prahlad to study. Guru sons starts teaching Prahlad about Dharma i.e performing duties towards the family and the society, Arth i.e. means to achieve economic, social and political success and Kaam i.e all sorts of enjoyments. Prahlad lived in the hermitage like a humble servant. However, he did not like the knowledge being imparted by his Gurus. One day, when his Gurus had gone out for some household related work, Prahlad started giving a sermon to the demon kids in his sweet voice. All kids assembled around Prahlad and started listening to Prahlad's words very attentively, with their eyes lovingly fixed on Prahlad.
Prahlad said
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कौमार आचरेत् प्राज्ञो धर्मान् भागवतानिह। दुर्लभं मानुषं जन्म तदस् ध्रवमर्थदम्।
भा. 7.6.1 |
kaumāra ācaret prājño dharmān bhāgavatāniha। durlabhaṃ mānuṣaṃ janma tadas dhravamarthadam।
Bhagavat 7.6.1 |
i.e. From early childhood itself, one must take the shelter of the goddess of Bhakti of Shri Krishna. Leaving devotion to the future is a grave mistake. The Vedas say- Do it now
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न श्वः श्वः उपासीत को हि पुरुषस्य श्वो वेद ।
वेद |
na śvaḥ śvaḥ upāsīta ko hi puruṣasya śvo veda ।
veda |
i.e. do not procrastinate saying ”I will do it tomorrow. I will do it tomorrow”. It is possible that you may not live to see the light of tomorrow. This human form even though being so precious that it is elusive to the celestial Gods is temporary. Therefore, one must commence Krishna Bhakti right away and not leave it to the future. Taking shelter of the Lord's lotus feet is the only success of this human form. Because God is the master, friend, beloved and soul of all living beings.
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यदेष सर्वभूतानां प्रिय आत्मेश्वरः सुहृत् ।
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yadeṣa sarvabhūtānāṃ priya ātmeśvaraḥ suhṛt ।
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To please God, it is not required to make a lot of effort, because He is the soul of all living beings. Prahlad declared:
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प्रीयतेऽमलया भक्त्या हरिरन्यद् विडम्बनम् ॥
भा. 7.7.52 |
prīyate'malayā bhaktyā hariranyad viḍambanam ॥
bhā. 7.7.52 |
i.e. Shri Krishna's grace can only be obtained by selfless devotion, rest all other means of spiritual upliftment don't yield the desired consequence (which is bliss). Those means result in material outcomes. Following Varnashram dharm leads to temporary residence in celestial abodes. In those abodes tendencies towards enjoying sensual pleasures increase. Other forms such as immobile life forms and also mobile life-forms (e.g. birds, animals etc.) do not have the power to grasp the divine philosophy. Therefore, it is only possible to achieve the ultimate objective of life in the human form, by performing devotion to Lord Krishna. Prahlad further said, "Friends! In this world or in the human form the biggest objective is to attain Lord Krishna's unalloyed devotion".
The Asura kids asked him – “Brother! Who imparted you this knowledge and when?”
The Asura kids asked him – “Brother! Who imparted you this knowledge and when?”
He narrated the story of how he had obtained this knowledge in the mother’s womb. After, the Supreme Lord was slayed Hiranyaksh, his brother Hiranyakashipu was infuriated. Hrinyakashyapu decided to perform penance to seek boon of immortality. While he was away, that Prahlad was into Hiranyakashipu’s wife Kayadhu’s womb. Indra thought – “This is a perfect opportunity! Destroy his entire family!” So, he attacked Hiranyakashipu’s kingdom with an army of all devtas and abducted pregnant Kayadhu. On the way to Indraprastha (Indra's kingdom) he met Sage Narada. Narad Ji asked “What are you doing?” “What am I doing? I am taking my enemy’s wife to imprison her in a jail in swarg”. Narad Ji reprimanded him saying “You fool. She is carrying a saint in her womb and if you even think something against her – Your controller- God will take you to task!”. Saint Narad freed Kayadhu then took her to his ashram and recited philosophies from different scriptures. Prahlad heard all those lectures, memorized them and surrendered himself to Lord Shri Krishna. He became a devotee of Shri Krishna. Lord Krishna appeared to him in His divine form. All this happened inside his mother’s womb. Hearing the story, all Asura kids started admiring Prahlad. Prahlad gave them instructions on practicing devotion to Shri Krishna.
Listening to Prahald’s discourses, their minds got affixed to God. Seeing this, their Guru got scared and spared no time to inform Hiranyakashipu. Hiranyakashipu started shaking in anger upon hearing this intolerable and despicable action. Since all of his army general's had already failed, Hiranyakashipu decided that he would kill Prahlad with his own hands. Roaringly he asked Prahlad – “Where is your God? If He is omnipresent, then why can’t He be seen in this pillar?" When he could no longer control his anger, he jumped from his throne with a mace struck the pillar with great force. The pillar shattered and at that precise moment, there was a loud noise from the pillar. It sounded as if the entire universe had exploded. A scared Hiranyakashipu started looking here and there. Narsingh Bhagwan (half man half lion) stood right in front of him. His form was terrifying. By God's Yogmaya power all guards became confused and did not even attempt to defend their king. Lord Narsingh picked Hiranyakashipu like a toy and carried him to the entrance gates of the courtroom. There, Narsingh Bhagwan placed Hiranyakashipu on his thighs and playfully tore him apart with his nails.
Seeing Narsingh Bhagavan wearing intestines like necklace, growling in anger and His radiance, no one could muster courage to approach Him let alone sing His glories. Not even creator Lord Brahma, Lord Shankar, none of the celestial beings (devi-devata) could not pacify Narsingh Bhagavan’s anger. Devata’s requested Mother Lakshmi to go and pacify Him, but seeing His ferocious angry state even She could not muster enough courage to go close to Him. Then, Brahma Ji sent Prahlad. Upon seeing Prahlad Lord’s anger was immediately pacified. He placed Prahlad's feet in His palm and placed His hands on his head and danced in joy. When Prahlad received Lord's touch, he became ecstatic and divine love started flowing through his heart and tears of love started trickling down his eyes.
MORAL
God cares not if the place is pious or impious, temple or bar. God resides equally in all places. God is omnipresent. He proved his His omnipresence by emerging from a pillar in a demon's palace. This is the real message of Holi.
Glory be to Prahlad- The Crown Jewel of Devotees
Listening to Prahald’s discourses, their minds got affixed to God. Seeing this, their Guru got scared and spared no time to inform Hiranyakashipu. Hiranyakashipu started shaking in anger upon hearing this intolerable and despicable action. Since all of his army general's had already failed, Hiranyakashipu decided that he would kill Prahlad with his own hands. Roaringly he asked Prahlad – “Where is your God? If He is omnipresent, then why can’t He be seen in this pillar?" When he could no longer control his anger, he jumped from his throne with a mace struck the pillar with great force. The pillar shattered and at that precise moment, there was a loud noise from the pillar. It sounded as if the entire universe had exploded. A scared Hiranyakashipu started looking here and there. Narsingh Bhagwan (half man half lion) stood right in front of him. His form was terrifying. By God's Yogmaya power all guards became confused and did not even attempt to defend their king. Lord Narsingh picked Hiranyakashipu like a toy and carried him to the entrance gates of the courtroom. There, Narsingh Bhagwan placed Hiranyakashipu on his thighs and playfully tore him apart with his nails.
Seeing Narsingh Bhagavan wearing intestines like necklace, growling in anger and His radiance, no one could muster courage to approach Him let alone sing His glories. Not even creator Lord Brahma, Lord Shankar, none of the celestial beings (devi-devata) could not pacify Narsingh Bhagavan’s anger. Devata’s requested Mother Lakshmi to go and pacify Him, but seeing His ferocious angry state even She could not muster enough courage to go close to Him. Then, Brahma Ji sent Prahlad. Upon seeing Prahlad Lord’s anger was immediately pacified. He placed Prahlad's feet in His palm and placed His hands on his head and danced in joy. When Prahlad received Lord's touch, he became ecstatic and divine love started flowing through his heart and tears of love started trickling down his eyes.
MORAL
God cares not if the place is pious or impious, temple or bar. God resides equally in all places. God is omnipresent. He proved his His omnipresence by emerging from a pillar in a demon's palace. This is the real message of Holi.
Glory be to Prahlad- The Crown Jewel of Devotees
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Philosophy
Jagadguruttam DivasA day in history worth remembering |
In addition to being the harbinger of the New Year, the month of January, is also immensely important due to a historical event of great significance. On the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti, i.e. Jan 14, the current original Jagadguru, Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj had graciously accepted the exclusive title of “Jagadguru”, after a gap of 700 years.
It was for the first time in the History of India, that the title of "Jagadguruttam”, which means ‘Best Of All Jagadgurus’, was awarded, as a recognition of the fact that Swami Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj is not only the Supreme Acharya of Knowledge, but is also the Supreme Acharya of Bhakti. Likewise he is also an expert at reconciling and honoring the views of all the previous Jagadgurus, authentic scriptures and saints and presenting his own view, in line with the ancient Hindu scriptures.
We pay countless obeisance to the lotus feet of the foremost saint and our beloved master Jagadguruttam Swami Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj.
It was for the first time in the History of India, that the title of "Jagadguruttam”, which means ‘Best Of All Jagadgurus’, was awarded, as a recognition of the fact that Swami Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj is not only the Supreme Acharya of Knowledge, but is also the Supreme Acharya of Bhakti. Likewise he is also an expert at reconciling and honoring the views of all the previous Jagadgurus, authentic scriptures and saints and presenting his own view, in line with the ancient Hindu scriptures.
We pay countless obeisance to the lotus feet of the foremost saint and our beloved master Jagadguruttam Swami Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj.
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Kid's Q&A
Answers by Banchary DidiQuestions by Children |
Anishka - Didi Ji, why does God do Kripa on us, even when we do bad / wrong actions?
Didi Ji - God is bestows mercy (Akaran Karun) no matter what happens. That is His by nature. Hence, God grants all the basic necessities such as air, water etc. to all living beings including plants, animals. birds, human beings etc., without any bias. Although, God is Almighty, there are some people who do not believe in Him or abuse and accuse Him just for nothing. He can punish them by depriving them from pure water, air etc. or making these inevitable things poisonous for them, yet He does not do so. This is because of His causeless-merciful nature.
For example: a loving mother, always gives same food to her obedient and disobedient children, even when they misbehave and she is really angry at them. Likewise God who is our eternal and most loving father and mother, provides for all the basic necessities of life, to all His children,
regardless of their actions. In addition, just like a mother gives special treats to her most obedient and well behaved child, similarly God grants special favors to those who are good and surrender to God without any selfish or personal interest. In other words special favors or blessings are earned only by ones good actions.
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Anishka - Didi Ji, You say that our body is made of soil, then why is it that some people are white, some are black and others are brown. Moreover, different parts of our body have different colors such as the color of our teeth is white, lips are pink , hair are black etc. If we are made or Mitti/Mud, all the body parts should be all brown and all of us should be brown in color, as mud is brown in color.
Didi Ji - When we say that this body is made of Mitti/ Mud, it does not mean that the body is made out the mud found on earth, like you would make a snowman out of snow or you would make a sand castle from the sand. Mitti / Mud is made up of five gross elements - space, air, fire, water and earth . Human body is also made up of the same five elements. That is why it is said that the body is made of Mitti / Mud.
Human body gets formed inside a mother's womb, based on a resolve by the Almighty God. Once the body starts getting formed, God sends soul inside the body. Consequently, the body attains life from soul and various organs of the body attain the power to perform their respective functions i.e. the eyes to see, ears to hear, nose to smell, tongue to taste and skin to feel. And at the time of death when the soul leaves this body, the body becomes one with the mud. Also, since body and mud are made up of the same 5 gross elements, body grows only when it gets all the nutrients from the food that grows from this mud, like fruits, vegetables, grains etc.
Thus, it is made of 5 earthly elements. It grows when the same 5 elements are given to it and eventually it merges into the same elements of earth. That is why it is said the body is made of earth. The color of body mostly depends on climate of your birth place and then on heredity. The structure and beauty of the body also depends on heredity, which is given to you according to your destiny, which depends on your previous actions. To give different colors to the different part of the body is an art of God as you do with the toys or other drawing work. Think, if the whole body was white, including your hair, how ugly would look and it could become more difficult to distinguish one part from the other.
Didi Ji - God is bestows mercy (Akaran Karun) no matter what happens. That is His by nature. Hence, God grants all the basic necessities such as air, water etc. to all living beings including plants, animals. birds, human beings etc., without any bias. Although, God is Almighty, there are some people who do not believe in Him or abuse and accuse Him just for nothing. He can punish them by depriving them from pure water, air etc. or making these inevitable things poisonous for them, yet He does not do so. This is because of His causeless-merciful nature.
For example: a loving mother, always gives same food to her obedient and disobedient children, even when they misbehave and she is really angry at them. Likewise God who is our eternal and most loving father and mother, provides for all the basic necessities of life, to all His children,
regardless of their actions. In addition, just like a mother gives special treats to her most obedient and well behaved child, similarly God grants special favors to those who are good and surrender to God without any selfish or personal interest. In other words special favors or blessings are earned only by ones good actions.
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Anishka - Didi Ji, You say that our body is made of soil, then why is it that some people are white, some are black and others are brown. Moreover, different parts of our body have different colors such as the color of our teeth is white, lips are pink , hair are black etc. If we are made or Mitti/Mud, all the body parts should be all brown and all of us should be brown in color, as mud is brown in color.
Didi Ji - When we say that this body is made of Mitti/ Mud, it does not mean that the body is made out the mud found on earth, like you would make a snowman out of snow or you would make a sand castle from the sand. Mitti / Mud is made up of five gross elements - space, air, fire, water and earth . Human body is also made up of the same five elements. That is why it is said that the body is made of Mitti / Mud.
Human body gets formed inside a mother's womb, based on a resolve by the Almighty God. Once the body starts getting formed, God sends soul inside the body. Consequently, the body attains life from soul and various organs of the body attain the power to perform their respective functions i.e. the eyes to see, ears to hear, nose to smell, tongue to taste and skin to feel. And at the time of death when the soul leaves this body, the body becomes one with the mud. Also, since body and mud are made up of the same 5 gross elements, body grows only when it gets all the nutrients from the food that grows from this mud, like fruits, vegetables, grains etc.
Thus, it is made of 5 earthly elements. It grows when the same 5 elements are given to it and eventually it merges into the same elements of earth. That is why it is said the body is made of earth. The color of body mostly depends on climate of your birth place and then on heredity. The structure and beauty of the body also depends on heredity, which is given to you according to your destiny, which depends on your previous actions. To give different colors to the different part of the body is an art of God as you do with the toys or other drawing work. Think, if the whole body was white, including your hair, how ugly would look and it could become more difficult to distinguish one part from the other.
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