Jai Shri Krishna, In this month Sandesh, Pujya Bhaishri explains the interpretation of dharmakshetra and kurukshetra from the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. His message is as follows: The Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is the means by which Lord Shri Krishna has shown the whole world the path to one’s welfare in one’s life. In the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Lord Shri Krishna talks about dharmakshetra and kurukshetra (fields of religion and battle). In one sense, our body is a dharmakshetra and kurukshetra. To elaborate, our bodies begin to do ‘kuru kuru’ as soon as we wake up in the morning, meaning, our bodies begin to perform on task after another as soon as we wake up. In addition, if we wouldn’t have obtained these bodies, how would we perform all our deeds? All our deeds must abide by dharma. For instance, dharma must be present when a housewife prepares food for the family, or, one must abide by dharma in their employed jobs. In fact, all our deeds will turn into pooja if they abide by dharma. Furthermore, in our body, which is a dharmakshetra, lives Lord Shri Krishna in the form of aatmaa (the soul); Shri Krishna lives inside us and provides brightness and protects us. Our life is also a battlefield. Life is filled with conflicts and therefore we are bound to encounter conflict in our lives all the time. We need to become Arjun and get ready to fight. However, remember, during this battle, Lord Shri Krishna is with us; he is not for us, but with us. This battle is ours, hence we must fight it ourselves. With Blessings, Bhaishri
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Lord Krishna enters Hastinapura as a messenger of the Pandavas. Knowing the purpose of His visit, the Kauravas are not ready to welcome Him. But Bhishma, Drona and others go to welcome Him. As Krishna passes through the streets, He points to each palace and asks as to whom it belongs. One is Bhishma’s, one is Drona’s, and so they tell Him . When He nears Vidura’s palace, He asks whose it is and Vidura says it belongs to Krishna’s. Best reply That indeed, is the best reply. For, does not everything in the world belong to the Lord? Everything comes from Him and it is our ignorance that makes us claim possession over everything. It is our pride that sees us as owners, when in fact it is the Lord who is the owner of everything. Vidura’s reply shows his humility and devotion and it is not surprising that the Lord chooses to stay with him. The Lord’s presence in his palace is the reward he gets for his humility, said C.V. Seshadri in a lecture. Vidura welcomes Krishna. He has appointed many cooks to cater to those who had accompanied the Lord. An overjoyed Vidura wonders if his house had once been the milky ocean. Is that why the Lord is so comfortable here? Or had this house once been Adisesha, the Lord’s serpent bed? Or had it been it once the leaf of a banyan tree on which the Lord Krishna reposed? One who has bhakti towards the Lord also is respectful to His devotees. Such bhaktas refer to their own houses as huts, even if they live in mansions. But if a learned scholar and devotee of the Lord lives in a hut, bhaktas refer to it as a palace. Such is the respect that is shown to great men. One has to be humble and remember that everything that we enjoy in this life has come from the Lord. We cannot claim anything as our own. Vidura knows this truth, which we tend to forget. So he refers to his palace as one that belongs to the Lord. His humility is rewarded by the Lord’s decision to spend the night in his palace, than in the palace of Duryodhana, whose heart is filled with pride.
Trying to grapple with the sacred and secular thought in the Vedas is as formidable as navigating one’s way through a thickly wooded forest. Maybe that is why people tend to give up hopes of accessing the inner import of these scriptures. But Azhwars and devout poets such as Jayadeva and Leelasuka claim that the essence of these scriptures is easily available to those who empathise with the lives of the Gopis and meditate on the greatness of the Krishna Avatar. Here was the Supreme Lord who made Himself accessible to people and even allowed Himself to be tied to a grinding stone. Granting salvation is His sole privilege, and it is up to us to seek this highest goal from Him through love and devotion to Him, said Sri L. Sampathkumar in a lecture. The Vedas are compared to a Kalpaka tree because the knowledge contained in them is comprehensive — from the mundane to the sublime, from the material to the spiritual. The essence of Vedic knowledge is contained in the Bhagavata Purana and hence it is the ripened fruit of the tree of the Vedas. This text deals exhaustively with the life of Krishna. The Supreme Being promised Brahma and other celestials that He would eventually be born to reduce the burden that Bhu Devi was finding difficult to bear. When the newly married Devaki and Vasudeva were driven in a chariot by Kamsa, a celestial voice predicted Kamsa’s fall at the hands of the eighth child of Devaki. The Lord sought Yogamaya’s help to plan the birth of Balarama (an incarnation of Adisesha) in the womb of Rohini (wife of Vasudeva); and ensured His own safety after birth by requesting her to be born as Yasodha’s daughter at the same time when He would be born. The Lord was born as the most attractive child and immediately gave orders to Vasudeva to exchange the newborns. Kamsa was surprised to see a girl baby, but he tried to kill her too. She escaped his clutches and warned him once again that his killer was safe and would seek him at the appropriate time. The childhood of Krishna is full of dangers to His life; and the child had to protect Himself from Kamsa’s emissaries.
A taster of life at Glastonbury’s beautiful spiritual retreat the Bhakti Yoga ashram and bed and breakfast – Shekinashram. The ashram is primarily yoga venue for course leaders and teachers with a full program of puja, meditation and bhajans. Perfect for a quiet personal retreat, take in the atmosphere and join in with as much [...]
The Hindu Community Council of Victoria presents: A VEDIC FORUM ” WHAT DOES MY RELIGION SAY ” series of lectures and Q & A sessions. The topic of the second of these HCCV Vedic forums is; “How I Found My Path To God” The venue for this HCCV event is the Shiva Ashram, Mt Eliza, [...]
