Dr. Jai Maharaj
2016-07-26 19:42:47 UTC
THE KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
By Pramod Pathak
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Mayapur is a small town in the Nadia district of West
Bengal known for the famous Krishna Temple and dedicated
to spreading the Krishna consciousness. ISKON, the
International Society for Krishna Consciousness is the
organisation that is spreading Krishna consciousness
across the globe. What is interesting is that the
acceptability of Krishna consciousness is growing
globally and a visit to Mayapur is enough to prove this.
People across religions, races, and countries congregate
at Mayapur to chant Hare Krishna. And the chant is
spontaneous, it comes from within. But what is this
Krishna consciousness may be a question that may arise in
many an inquisitive minds.
The answer is very simple. It is realising the oneness
with God represented by Lord Krishna. The path also is
not very tedious. All one needs is to surrender before
God and merge his self with the Lord. In the Krishna
temple this is done through the chants of Hare Krishna.
There is one condition though. This chant should come
from the chords of the heart and not just the vocal
chord. Krishna consciousness is not an artificial
imposition on the mind. It is pure consciousness that is
the original energy of the human beings. Chanting Hare
Krishna is the means to realise this consciousness by
shaking the superficial sheaths that have come to
surround our original self due to our learnings and
experiences of the mundane world. One needs to visit the
temple and partake in the chanting along with the
multitudes who submerge themselves into the chants. The
ecstatic feeling that will be generated gives the real
pleasure, the ananda or bliss. This pleasure is different
from the worldly pleasures that are sensual in nature and
just create a superficial feeling that is as ephemeral as
ether. Adi Sankarain his Bhaja Govindam has explained the
difference between these two types of pleasures. One
gives you the craving for more and more, so even in
plenty there is a sense of deprivation. That is the
mundane or worldly pleasure.
However, it is not the real pleasure as it leads to a
transient gratification of the senses only. The real
pleasure is that which gives the gratification of the
soul and this is the real nature of the human beings
which unfortunately gets lost in worldly pursuits. This,
however, does not mean that life requires shunning of all
pleasures, wealth, family and other good things of life.
That is a misunderstanding. All that is required to be
shunned is the lust and craving for these things. Famous
mystic saint Kabir says that your happiness lies within
and not outside. Your consciousness that is your source
of bliss is within you. He explains this very vividly in
a couplet that is paraphrased Just as there is oil in
the sesame seed, just as there is fire in the fireflies,
so also in the same way your consciousness, your God is
in you. All your need is to awaken yourself. The Hare
Krishna chant is a means to awaken that self and realize
consciousness.
The crux of the Krishna's teachings lie in understanding
this reality. Enjoy life, enjoy blessings but without
attachment. The easiest way to achieve this is through
the Bhakti or devotion that is unconditional love. Taking
part in one of the mass devotional congregations and
chanting Hare Krishna will tell us how to practice this
- The writer is a professor of management and public
speaker.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/spirituality/the-krishna-consciousness.html
More at:
The Pioneer
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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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By Pramod Pathak
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Mayapur is a small town in the Nadia district of West
Bengal known for the famous Krishna Temple and dedicated
to spreading the Krishna consciousness. ISKON, the
International Society for Krishna Consciousness is the
organisation that is spreading Krishna consciousness
across the globe. What is interesting is that the
acceptability of Krishna consciousness is growing
globally and a visit to Mayapur is enough to prove this.
People across religions, races, and countries congregate
at Mayapur to chant Hare Krishna. And the chant is
spontaneous, it comes from within. But what is this
Krishna consciousness may be a question that may arise in
many an inquisitive minds.
The answer is very simple. It is realising the oneness
with God represented by Lord Krishna. The path also is
not very tedious. All one needs is to surrender before
God and merge his self with the Lord. In the Krishna
temple this is done through the chants of Hare Krishna.
There is one condition though. This chant should come
from the chords of the heart and not just the vocal
chord. Krishna consciousness is not an artificial
imposition on the mind. It is pure consciousness that is
the original energy of the human beings. Chanting Hare
Krishna is the means to realise this consciousness by
shaking the superficial sheaths that have come to
surround our original self due to our learnings and
experiences of the mundane world. One needs to visit the
temple and partake in the chanting along with the
multitudes who submerge themselves into the chants. The
ecstatic feeling that will be generated gives the real
pleasure, the ananda or bliss. This pleasure is different
from the worldly pleasures that are sensual in nature and
just create a superficial feeling that is as ephemeral as
ether. Adi Sankarain his Bhaja Govindam has explained the
difference between these two types of pleasures. One
gives you the craving for more and more, so even in
plenty there is a sense of deprivation. That is the
mundane or worldly pleasure.
However, it is not the real pleasure as it leads to a
transient gratification of the senses only. The real
pleasure is that which gives the gratification of the
soul and this is the real nature of the human beings
which unfortunately gets lost in worldly pursuits. This,
however, does not mean that life requires shunning of all
pleasures, wealth, family and other good things of life.
That is a misunderstanding. All that is required to be
shunned is the lust and craving for these things. Famous
mystic saint Kabir says that your happiness lies within
and not outside. Your consciousness that is your source
of bliss is within you. He explains this very vividly in
a couplet that is paraphrased Just as there is oil in
the sesame seed, just as there is fire in the fireflies,
so also in the same way your consciousness, your God is
in you. All your need is to awaken yourself. The Hare
Krishna chant is a means to awaken that self and realize
consciousness.
The crux of the Krishna's teachings lie in understanding
this reality. Enjoy life, enjoy blessings but without
attachment. The easiest way to achieve this is through
the Bhakti or devotion that is unconditional love. Taking
part in one of the mass devotional congregations and
chanting Hare Krishna will tell us how to practice this
- The writer is a professor of management and public
speaker.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/spirituality/the-krishna-consciousness.html
More at:
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://bit.do/jaimaharaj
o o o
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used
for the educational purposes of research and open
discussion. The contents of this post may not have been
authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion
of the poster. The contents are protected by copyright
law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views
expressed by others are not necessarily those of the
poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted
material the use of which may or may not have been
specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This
material is being made available in efforts to advance
the understanding of environmental, political, human
rights, economic, democratic, scientific, social, and
cultural, etc., issues. It is believed that this
constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material
as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the
material on this site is distributed without profit to
those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving
the included information for research, comment,
discussion and educational purposes by subscribing to
USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more
information go to:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article
for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you
must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
Since newsgroup posts are being removed by forgery by one
or more net terrorists, this post may be reposted several
times.