Shri Ekadashi

At the beginning of the material worlds creation the Supreme Lord Hari created the moving and non-moving living entities within this world made of five gross material elements, simultaneously for punishing the sinful persons Lord created a personality whose form was the embodiment of sins the Sanskrit word is Papapurusha. The different limbs of this personality were constructed of various sinful activities, his complexion is black and the colour of his eyes is yellow. He inflicts extreme misery upon sinful person.
The Supreme Lord Hari who is the giver of happiness and distresses glorified with nice prayers then had Him sit upon the golden thrown. The Supreme Lord heard the loud crying sound from the southern side He asked Yamraj to know the fact. Yamraj replied,”O Lord! The different living entities of the planetary system have fallen into the hellish region. They are suffering extremely for their misdeeds. The horrible crying sound is because of suffering from the inflictions of their past bad karma(action).”
After hearing the reason of the loud crying sound from Yamraj Lord went to the hellish region of the south where the inhabitants were crying loudly, after seeing the Lord they began to cry even louder. The Supreme Lord’s heart became filled with compassion. Lord thought,”I have created all this progeny, and it is because of Me they are suffering.”After as Lord is always very merciful He suddenly manifested from His Own form the personality of the lunar day Shri Ekadashi.After that the different sinful living entities began to follow the vow of Ekadashi and were then elevated quickly to the abode of Lord Hari.So the lunar day of Ekadashi is the selfsame form of the Lord. The vow of Ekadashi is the utmost pious activity and is situated as the head among all vows.
Following the vow of Ekadashi, that personality who is the form all kinds of sinful activities gradually saw the influence of the Ekadadhi had so the Papapurush approached the Supreme Lord with doubts in his heart, he said,” I am Your created progeny and it is through me You wanted distress given to the living entities those who are very sinful. But now by the influence of the Ekadashi vow, I have become all but destroyed. Out of fear of Ekadashi I have tried to take shelter in every possible places but I cannot find a place where I can be free from the fear of Shri Ekadashi. Oh my Master! I am a product of Your creation, You are very merciful so kindly direct a place for me where I can reside feerlesly.”The Supreme Lord after observing the condition of Papapurush He laughed and told, “don’t lament any longer and listen, on the day of Ekadashi which is benefactor of the three worlds, you can take shelter of foodstuff in the form of grains. There is no reason to worry about this anymore, because My form of Ekadashi will no longer impede you.”
Therefore those persons who are seriously try for the ultimate benefit for the soul will never eat grains on the day of Ekadashi. According to the instructions of the Supreme Lord, every kind of sinful activity can be found in this material world takes shelter in this place od foodstuff(grains).
The Deity of Shri Ekadashi.
In the Satya Yuga once there lived a very fearsome demon called Mura,he terrified all the demigods, even he defeated the king of heaven Indra and by his terrible power he brought all of them under his control.All the demigods approached the Supreme Lord. When Lord came to know about the demon Mura Lord became very angry and immediately ordered all of them to attack Mura’s capital city Chandravati,all together and the Supreme Lord was leading them.Then there was a very big fight, the Supreme Lord faught with the demon for one thousand celestial years, for some rest Lord entered a beautiful cave named Himavati in Badrikashram. The demon was following the Lord so he also reached there. Seeing the Lord is sleeping he thought himself of killing Him.By the time Mura was planning, from the body of the Lord there manifested a beautiful young girl, who had a very bright complexion and equipped with various weapons. Being challenged by the goddess Mura preapared himself for fighting. Suddenly that effulgent goddess shattered Mura’s all the weapons and deprived him off his chariot also cut down his head brilliantly.
When the Supreme Lord wake up He saw the dead Mura and He also saw the beautiful goddess offering obeiscence to Lord,being pleased by the goddess Lord asked her for boon. The goddess prayed Him then told,” please give me the power to deliver those persons who will follow the vow of the Ekadashi day will be blessed by You and will get the religious attitude,wealth and liberation. “Lord was so pleased that He granted everything to the goddess and said,”you are My transcendental potency, have appeared on the eleventh day of the wanning moon so your name will be Shri Ekadashi. The person who will follow the vow of Ekadashi, Ishall burn up all his sins and bestow upon him My blessings and My transcendental abode.
(from Srila Vyasdev answering to the questions of Sage Jaimini).

Big Name

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Lord Krishna Himself appeared in a form,richly endowed with Shrimati Radharani’s love and emotions.
Lord Krishna personally descends in this material world for two reasons-He wants to taste the sweet essence of His transcendental mellowes and He wants to propagate within the world of devotional services on the platform of spontaneous love.After Lord Krishna disappeared from this world He thought,”For a long time I have not bestowed unalloyed loving service upon the inhabitants of this universe,and without such spontaneous attachment the existence of the entire material creation is useless.Everywhere people worship according to the shastric injunctions,but simply by following the regulative principles one cannot gain the sentiments possessed by the devotees of the Vrindavan. Therefore I shall personally inaugurate the religion of this age-Nama Sankirtan , the congregational chanting of My holy name. By accepting the role of a devotee I shall make the world dance in ecstasy and thus realize the four mellows of loving services. In this way I shall teach the world devotional services by personally practicing it.”
Beside secondary reason for Lord Krishna to appear once more He was not able to fulfil His three desires. He thought,”Although Iam the Absolute Truth and the reservoir of all rasas I can not understand the strength of Shrimati Radharani’s love for Me, with which She overwhelms Me.Whatever pleasure I get from tasting My love for Shrimati Radharani,She relishes ten million times more by Her love.Although there is nothing greater and nothing purer than Shrimati Radharani’s love, Shrimati Radharani is the highest abode of love and I am its only object.Therefore My mind becomes mad to taste the pleasure that is experienced by the abode of love Shrimati Radharani. If I can become the abode of that love then only I shall be able experience its joy.
Whenever Lord Krishna see His own beauty He think’s”My sweetness is unlimitedly wonderful,only Shrimati Radharani can taste the complete nectar of My sweetness by the strength of Her love.”So Lord Krishna wanted to experience this unlimited love of Shrimati Radharani,this was His first desire.
“Devotees taste My sweetness according to their respective love. I also feel tempted to taste this, I find that the only way I can relish My sweetness is to take the position of Shrimati Radharani”.This was His second desire.
His third desire was, He says “Everyone knows that I am the reservoir of all transcendental bliss, and indeed the whole world derives pleasure from Me.Who then can give Me pleasure?

Only Shrimati Radharani and His pure devotees can give Him pleasure by their wonderful love and services.Lord further says,”I am always very eager to taste the joy of Shrimati Radharani derives from Me and inspite of endeavouring I am unable to do so. Therefore, I can fulfil My three desires I shall assume Shrimati Radharani’s bodily complexion and ecstasic loving sentiments then descend as an Incarnation”.
Desiring to understand the glory of Shrimati Radharani’s love and the happiness that She feels upon realizing the sweetness of His love , Lord Krishna decided to appear in a form that was richly endowed with Shrimati Radharani’s love and emotions.

Question and Answer - True Love

What is love?
Love is Lord Krishna’s transcendental mellows.He is the reservoir of all rasas(mellows), to understand love we have to know Lord Krishna the Absolute Truth.
How is it done?
To know the process of love how it is done our heart should be pure , this is the basic need, then we should practice to know Lord Krishna and Shrimati Radharani. Gradually by the mercy of their Lordship we may get the intelligence of understanding how divine is love ,then we will get the answer how it is done .
Lord Krishna explains His feelings about love for Shrimati Radharani. Although He is the most attractive, He has sixtyfour oppulances inspite of that He says,”the sight of Shrimati Radharani gives pleasure to My eyes,My ears become enchanted by the sweet words spoken by Her, scent of Her body captivates My mind and heart, I become charmed by the nectarian taste of Her lips, I feel refreshed by the touch of Shrimati Radharani,Her beauty and attributes are My life and soul.”
About Shrimati Radharani’s love Lord says,”when She gazes at Me She feels greater satisfaction.The whispering murmur of bamboo trees that rub against one another steals away Her mind, for She think’s that is the sound of My flute. She embresses Tamal tree mistaking it for Me, when the fragrance of My body carried to Her by the wind She becomes blinded by love and tries to fly into that breeze, when She tastes the betel nuts that has been chewed by Me She merges into an ocean of joy and forgets everything else.”
With whom it is to be done?
Scripture says everything comes from Lord Krishna. In Shrimad Bhagbat Gita Lord Krishna Himself explained this fact very clearly. Lord has explained that every living entity is His part,love the transcendental mellow comes from Him. He has also explained that this material world is temporary, everything here is temporary so He taught us to love Him.So love only Lord Krishna the reservoire of love. Know Him, worship Him,chant His holy name,and enjoy His real ocean of love. {Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Balya Lila}
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare hare
Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare .

Krishna Prem

Lord Krishna is the ocean of divine love. Whenever Krishna appeared on this earth He had this ocean of love with Him, but every time He had different roles and different actions so the ocean of love was not open for all. When Lord Krishna appeared as Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu with all His associates He opened the ocean of love for all and also enjoyed Himself. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu taught the lesson of Krishna Consciousness to the world as a devotee of Lord Krishna. The wonderful ocean of love made them thirsty more and more and they used the endless ocean more and more.
Srila Rupa Goswami said in his prayer Lord Chaitanya is a “Mahabadanyaya Avatar”, though He is none other than Lord Krishna Himself.Lord Chaitanya has shown so much of mercy on conditioned souls.
Srila Prabhupad explained in his purport of Chaitanya Charitamrita sloka-20 and 21,When Lord Krishna appeared He saved all His devotees those who took shelter on His Lotus Feet, but when He appeared as Lord Chaitanya He did not stop to see any person if he is devotee or not, even He did not see his eligibility. He distributed Krishna Prem to all.
Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur writes in his Anubhasya, As every living entity is the part of the Lord so every living entity has the eligibility for feeling of Krishna Prem, but the illusion of the material world is more active in them that they cannot come across the line, ultimately they find themselves in miseries all sufferings. Krishna Prem brings a man to the Lords ocean of love so the person feels the heavenly peace from the world of sufferings.
Srila Prabodhananda saraswati has explained in his book “Chaitanya Chandramrita” The Krishna Consciousness movement of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has a strong effect by His mercy on the conditioned souls that a person quickly realises the right or wrong. As those who are family men do not like wasting time by talking and thinking unnecessarily about their family, so called scholars are not reading more and more Vedas, the yogis are not practising more and more yogas, those who are tapaswis not practising hard tapasya, sanyasis have left the habit of reading more and more Sankhya-Darshan.
In this way many people started practising Krishna Consciousness more and more as explained and instructed by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and also enjoyed the heavenly pleasure by His mercy.
In Chaitanya Charitamrita , Lord Chaitanya says,
“Krishna Mantra hoite habe samsar mochan,Krishna Nam hoite pabe Krishner charan.”
Only by chanting the Mahamantra the conditioned soul can be delivered from this material world and by chanting the Holy name one can get darshan of His Lotus Feet.
The magic of Krishna Consciousness awakens Krishna Prem in living entities heart and gives him the great opportunity to be in the Lords Ocean of love. This is the magic of Krishna Consciousness that a devotee never think about Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. They only tries and practises for more and more “PREMANANDAMRITA SINDHU”.
As an ideal Acharya Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has taught us Krishna Consciousness and also by His mercy has blessed us by the Mahamantra. So it is truly said that, by chanting Hare Krishna Mahamantra we will get bhaktibhava in our heart, follow the instructions of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to enjoy the heavenly pleasure . Krishna Nam hoite pabe Krishner charan.”

Chanting

“Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.”

The meaning of this Mahamantra says,”O Lord! O energy of Lord! Please engage me in your divine service.”It is a selfless prayer, a devotee chants for divine service only, nothing else. So the sacred sound gives all pleasure and happiness in the devotees heart.


About the sacred sound Srila Prabhupad has written in the purport of Srimad Bhagbatam 3.26.32.that,it is stated in the Vedanta sutra sound is the origin of all objects of material possessions and by sound one can dissolve this material existence.”Om anavrittih sabdat”it means “liberation of sound”.The entire material manifestation began from sound which materialise if it has a particular potency.This is the transdental vibration” Hare Krishna”.


Srila Prabhupad has explained clearly that the most powerful spiritual sound is the holy name of the Lord. We know the holy name of the Lord is not different from Lord so chanting His holy name purifies our heart and connects us with God. Chanting regularly the holy name enhances our spiritual level of consciousness that we can hear the instructions of the Super soul(Paramatma) in our heart. Our Acharyas says chanting achieves swift step in spiritual enhancement.


Adi Puran has glorified the importance of chanting the Mahamantra,There is no vow such as chanting the holy names of the Lord .There is no knowledge superior to it. There is no meditation which can be compared with it, as it gives the highest result .No penance is equal to it, nothing is as powerful as the holy name of the Lord. Chanting is the greatest act of piety. Chanting is thse highest path to liberation, peace and eternal life.

chanting of the holy name is explained in the Vishnu-dharmotter shastra -
“rigvedo hi yajurvedo samvedapi’tharvanah
adhitatsteno yenouktam Hari iti akshwara dwayam”


The holy name is the essence of the Vedas and far superior to it, anyone who doubts this faces constant misery. Pranav (the sound Om)is one of the Krishna’s name. One who continuously chants Lord Hari(Krishna)considered to have mastered the four Vedas.


Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who is the Lord Krishna Himself chanted this Mahamantra to teach the importance to His devotees.Srila Vrindavan das Thakur in his book Chaitanya Bhagbat has quoted,-Lord Chaitanya ordered everyone in great joy,”

Listen to the Mahamantra all Krishna’s names-

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

He further said ,I myself spoke and chanted Mahamantra . Chant this mantra in a prescribed number of times regularly. Perfection will be attained through it. Chant this mantra at every moment, there is no other rule. Srila Vrindavan das Thakur also quoted the instructions given by Lord Chaitanya to Tapan Misra-“Everything is accomplished by Harinam Sankirtan including the goal of life and the means for its attainment. In this age of kali (quarrel) the only means of deliverance is the chanting of the names of Lord Hari(Krishna).There is no other way ,no other way, no other way.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

This verse of names is called the Mahamantra.It contains sixteen names of the Lord, consisting of thirtytwo syllables.Chanting this Mahamantra again and again will awaken the sprout of the love for the Lord within the heart. Thus by chanting, the goal of life and the means for its attainment are understood.”

Srila Prabhupad in his purport of Srimad Bhagbatam 1.1.14.”The transcendental name of Krishna, even though uttered unconsciously or by the force of circumstances, can help one obtain freedom from the hurdles of the birth and death.

Srila Jiva Goswami has quoted in his book Tattwa-sandharva15.4.”the holy names of Lord Krishna is the sweetest of all sweetness and the most auspicious of the all auspiciousness. It is completely spiritual and it is the transcendental fruit of all Vedic literature. If an ordinary human being chants the holy name of Krishna even only once with faith or even in the spirit of mocking Him the holy name will deliver the chanter from the bondage of repeated birth and death.

These explains the benefits and the super power of the Mahamantra. It is truly said that-
Harer nama Harer nama Harer namaiba kevalam
Kalau nusty eva,nusty eva,nusty eva gatir annyatha.

In the age of kali (quarrel) and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is the chanting of the holy name of the Lord Hari. There is no other way, no other way, and no other way.

Chant- Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.

Liberation

We are living very fast in this age, this is an era of advanced technology and advanced science. We cannot spare time to think for some time, the world will not wait for us. In this position how can we think and discuss about any important subject in detail so it is always made short as per our recent habit, unfortunately it is seen that our problem never been solved rightly nor we take any right discussion so each problem, continuous for long time.

Very often we discuss about the competition and discrimination between a boy and girl or man and woman, it is an issue of social condition, political condition, and economic condition also very common in the every corner of the Globe. In every sense, every situation, every ideas women are standing on the same level with a man to win the race. Fortunately or unfortunely in most of the places women are the winner.

I am not criticizing this point as women are conquering over the male dominating society and establishing themselves proving their intelligence and power. I should say this situation is not about new senses because as per our scripture, in the Vedic ages women were so learned, they had the right of taking part in every situation, in every field of work, also making discussion, scientific researches. They took part in not only for their family but the society and the country, so this is not a new concept of this advanced life in this advanced age.
As the scripture says, Lord Krishna is the creator of this Universe, He is the Supreme Personality of the Godhead, He has made all the necessary laws, they are known as the laws of nature. These laws have no discrimination. God Himself explained in Shrimad Bhaghvat Gita, that He has prescribed and allotted duties and roles to every living entity. In His creation He has allotted some responsibility to men as they will take care of his family and the country, women have other responsibilities for their family and the country .Scriptures has cleared that a man will take care of a woman in her every stage other life with love and care.

Now the question arises if we are following the law of nature and we are protective to every woman then why most of the women are not happy and not satisfied in their life, often they are brutally tortured. There are many questions but as we are living a fast life , in short time discussions we always come to the conclusion point of Liberation .We feel this is the only solution , but how it can be implemented ?What is the meaning of liberation?

Liberation is not about an independent life, but entails freedom from all false conception. Lord Krishna has explained and defined this word in Shrimad Bhaghvat Gita, the word liberation means ‘Muktir Hitwa Anyata Rupam’. Mukti means to give up, Anyata Rupam means the false conception of life. The stage of liberation is also called the Brahma Bhuta means acquiring proper knowledge and attaining the stage is characterized by the Lord Krishna in the chapter 18. Sloka 54 in Shrimad Bhaghvat Gita. He the Supreme Personality of the Godhead says , gaining knowledge of self realization one attains the Liberation , becomes a happy soul as He says Prasanna Atma , Now we should think about the goal of our life that can help us to understand what is right and what is wrong . Gaining the knowledge of the self realization should be our goal of our life, by this we will be strong enough to take the perfect decisions and we will be able to maintain the discipline followed by the law of the Nature. Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said in Chaitnya Charitamrita “BRAHMANDA BHRAMITE KONO BHAGYABAN JIB GURU KRISHNA PRASADE PAYE BHAKTILATA BIJ”. It means after wandering different species of life one fortunate person receives the seed of pure devotional services by the grace of Guru the spiritual master and Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of the Godhead. So it is very clear and easy instruction given by the Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, to gain the knowledge of self realization we need the seed of devotional services, which can be received from a bonafied spiritual master and then the Grace of the Lord Krishna.

Most importantly it is not the question of discrimination, not about the misconception of the word liberation, it is the question that we are not following the law of nature and we are not obedient to the Supreme power of Absolute Truth. Basically the law of the nature is the doctrine of every Religion. So these laws are known to each and every person in any corner of the world.

When we will follow the law of nature we will find the world so beautiful, fragrance of goodness will erase our problems and sorrows. Our soul is the part of the Supreme Godhead PARAMATMA, when we will be His obedient by His blessings we will enjoy constant joy and peace, it will fulfill the ultimate goal of our life. Every successful person has proved this by following the law of nature, let’s start this habit now and for ever.