Who Exactly Is God?
First we have to know the Qualities of God
God is the most powerful person, no one can defeat God in anyway.
God is the most beautiful person, no one is more beautiful than God.
God is the most loving person, he is the nicest guy around.
God is the most merciful person, he doesn't send anyone eternally to hell.
God is the most forgiving person, he gives us unlimited chances (reincarnation).
God is the most caring person, he even cares for the animals like cows, pigs, chickens etc. (vegetarianism).
God is the most fair person, we are rewarded or punished based on our own actions (karma).
God is the most just person, he doesn't make one suffer or enjoy for no reason (karma).
God is the most efficient person, he doesn't keep the dead waiting (reincarnation).
God is the most responsible person, he doesn't order his followers to hate others.
The Vedic scriptures, Srimad Bhagavtam and Bhagavad-Gita. Are the only scriptures on the Planet that completely describes a person who proved without a doubt that he has all the above qualities. That person is Lord Krishna.
Does God have a Form?
Some people believe that God is formless and thus cannot be seen. Does it make any sense to follow someone who has never been seen and who will never be seen?You have a form, I have a form, even the plants and animals have a form, and so if God can give us a form, then why can’t he take a form for himself? Are we greater than God?
It is said that everything comes from God:
We have a form, because God has one.
We are beautiful to some degree, because God is all beautiful.
We are powerful to some degree, because God is all powerful.
We have some knowledge, because God has all knowledge.
We have some intelligence, because God has all intelligence.
We are merciful to some degree, because God is all merciful.
We are loving to some degree, because God is all loving.
We are peaceful to some degree, because God is all peaceful.
We are caring to some degree, because God is all caring.We can remember some things from our childhood, because God can remember everything from everyone's past.
God Is Great
God Is Great
People say God is great, but unfortunately they do not know how great God is. Lord Krishna in his Maha Vishnu form, has millions of Universes coming out of his body with every exhalation, and with every inhalation, millions of Universes go back into his body. There are trillions of Planets with living beings and the highest Planet in the material creation is called Satayaloka, where one single day is 8.64 billion earth years and the life span of the living beings on Satyaloka is trillions of years. The Sun is situated in one place but the sunshine is everywhere in the Universe. Similaraly Lord Krishna is situated in one place, but he is also present on each of the trillions of Planets. He is present in the heart of every living being as the super soul and he is also present in the atom. This is how great God is.
What does God look like?
This question can only be answered by the Vedic scriptures.
* Lord Krishna’s original form is just like a human being. Even the Christian Bible states that man is made in the image of God. This means that God is a person with two hands, 2 legs and so on. That person is Lord Krishna.
* His complexion is dark-blue, like that of a rain filled cloud.
* His eyes are like lotus petals.
* He is ever youthful.
* He is full of bliss and his beauty excels that of thousand of cupids.
* He likes to play the flute.
* He wears a peacock feather in his crown.
* He wears the Kaustubha jewel around his neck.
* He wears yellow garments.
Can God be worshipped in an Image Form?
For millions of years, humans have been worshipping God in an image form, so why is it all of a sudden wrong to worship God in an image form?God has been creating humans who worship him in the image form for millions of years. Is God a fool?God created the rules for humans to follow at creation, billions of years ago and not just a few thousands years ago.The Vedic knowledge was passed down from Lord Vishnu (an incarnation of Lord Krishna) at creation to Brahma, the first living being. Then Brahma passed it down to his children and so on in disciplic succession down to the most recent prophet of God. Srila Prabhupada, the founder of ISKCON. The Vedic religion is based on unlimited prophets and not just one. God is unlimited and all-powerful and so he can send unlimited prophets, and not just one.It is important to understand that the Vedic scriptures authorize God’s image, thus Lord Krishna’s deity, to be worshipped and not any image.There is only one living being who very strongly declared himself as the supreme. That person is Lord Krishna.
Lord Krishna declared himself as the Supreme Father:“It should be understood that all species of life, o son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed giving father” (Bhagavad-Gita 14.4)
Lord Krishna declared himself as the Supreme Creator:
“Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being, moving or unmoving, that can exist without me” (Bhagavad-Gita 10.39)
Lord Krishna declared himself as the Supreme Controller:
"I give heat, and I withhold and send forth the rain" (Bhagavad-Gita 9.19)
“With a single fragment of myself I pervade and support this entire universe”(Bhagavad-Gita 10.42)
“With a single fragment of myself I pervade and support this entire universe”(Bhagavad-Gita 10.42)
Lord Krishna declared himself as the Supreme Maintainer:
“I enter into each planet, and by my energy they stay in orbit” (Bhagavad-Gita 15.13)
Lord Krishna is Omnipresent: meaning he is present everywhere.
“I am the supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities, I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings” ( Bhagavad-Gita 10.20)
Lord Krishna is omnipotent, meaning he is the greatest:
"There is no truth beyond Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread"(Bhagavad-Gita 7.7)
Lord Krishna is Omniscient: meaning he knows the past, present, and the future:
“O Arjuna, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities" (Bhagavad-Gita 7.26)“Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot!"(Bhagavad-Gita 4.5)
Lord Krishna declared himself as the Only God:
“Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only me, O son of Kunti, but they do so in a wrong way. I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices. Therefore, those who do not recognize my true transcendental nature fall down.” (Bhagavad-Gita 9.24)"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear." (Bhagavad-Gita 18.66)
What’s the Proof that Krishna is God?
Anyone can claim to be God, but who can actually prove it?In each incarnation, Lord Krishna proved without any doubt that he was God. Full details on all the miracles performed by Lord Krishna can be found in the Srimad Bhagavatam.
Lord Krishna performed miracles that no other being can perform:
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When Lord Krishna was 7 years old, he lifted a mountain (26 miles in perimeter) and held
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Lord Krishna expanded his body into 16,108 forms. Which means he duplicated his body
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Lord Krishna in his Ram incarnation built a bridge between India and Sri Lanka by making
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Lord Krishna showed the whole Universe in his mouth several times.
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Many atheists tried to kill Lord Krishna, but Lord Krishna very easily defeated them all
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Lord Krishna brought back to life many dead people including the six children of Devaki.
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Lord Krishna cured diseased people including transforming a hunchback woman into a
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Lord Krishna destroyed all the wicked Kings and evil people who were tormenting and
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Lord Krishna put out a big forest fire, simply by swallowing it whole.
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Lord Krishna transformed himself into exact copies of others.
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Lord Krishna granted Arjuna divine vision and reveled his spectacular unlimited form as
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When a woman called Draupadi was disrobed in a court of kings, she called out to Lord
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Lord Krishna in his Maha Vishnu form, is so big that millions of Universes are coming out
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Lord Krishna can make himself so small that he can enter the atom.
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The Purpose of Life
The purpose of human life is to enquire:
Who am I?
Where have I come from?
What will happen to me at death?
Why do I suffer?
Why do others suffer?
Who is God?
Where have I come from?
What will happen to me at death?
Why do I suffer?
Why do others suffer?
Who is God?
How can I serve God?
Why is there variety of living beings?
How can I get out this cycle of birth, old age, disease, and death?
How can I live eternally?
Why is there variety of living beings?
How can I get out this cycle of birth, old age, disease, and death?
How can I live eternally?
Only the human beings enquire, the animals do not enquire. Unfortunately at the present time many humans have become two legged animals.Give up lust, greed, and anger. These force us to sin and the result is hellish life in this life and the lives after. Give up the killing of animals, especially the cows. The animals are also our brothers and sisters. This means no meat eating and no leather (car seats, sofas, clothing).Human birth is rare, we have to make the best use of it by not engaging in sinful activities. The sinful activities are being greedy, lusty, angry, and violence against other living beings (animals and humans). Don’t waste this life by getting attached to the bodily platform of life (meat eating, lust, greed, anger, partying, discoing, bollywood and so on). This body is just one drop in the ocean of bodies that we are going through. A sword is hanging over y our head. It will fall at any moment. All your properties, cars, and big bank balance won't help you at the time of death. Only your service to Lord Krishna will count at death. So make the best use of this precious life by serving Lord Krishna. All your physics, chemistry, math, computing, and business knowledge will be completely erased at death. Only spiritual knowledge will go with you, and the top most spiritual knowledge is the Bhagavad-Gita. So don't waste precious time, read the Bhagavad-Gita, listen to the Bhagavad-Gita, and watch the Bhagavad-Gita.We are the soul and not this body. The body is temporary but the soul is eternal and immortal. Our aim in life should be to escape from fangs of material life (birth, old age, disease, and death). This can only be done by humans, who have the higher consciousness. We can attain an immortal spiritual body full of bliss, knowledge, eternal, and without a trace of calamity if we follow the Bhagavad-Gita with seriousness.
The main teachings of the Bhagavad-Gita are:
- Be compassionate towards all living beings, thus love all living beings. This means don't be envious or hateful of others. Be friendly to others, be nice to others, be kind to others, be generous to others, be merciful to others, be charitable to the needy. Don't cheat others, don't lie, don't steal, don't hurt others, don't drink, don't take drugs, don't eat meat, don't buy leather.
- This body you (the soul) are residing in, is temporary, but the real you, the soul, is eternal. Just as we change worn out clothes, jobs, houses, cars, partners, and so on. One day you will be forced to change your body too. So don't get too attached to this temporary body and material life. And just as a manufacturing company designs it's products today for production in the future. Similarly you are designing your next body with the actions you are taking now. So if you think let me enjoy now and forget about the future. Thus if you think your next life is not worth thinking about now. Then your next life will be that of nothing. You will take birth among the 8 million species of living beings below that of human beings (animal and plant kingdoms).
- There is only one person who without any doubt declared himself and proved that he was the Supreme Personality of God, Lord Krishna. Always think of him, worship him, and serve him. In this age of Kali, which means the age of ignorance, there will be so many godless people who will try to make you godless too. Surrender onto the only proven God, Lord Krishna. Do you know anyone who can lift a mountain, expand himself into thousands of forms, show the whole Universe in his mouth, put out a forest fire by swallowing it, kill all the demonic and save people in this very life. Lord Krishna did all this.
In this age of Kali, the age of ignorance and irreligion. There will be many imposters who will claim to be God or prophet of God and cheat innocent people. These imposters can only cheat people, they cannot exhibit the potency of God. Only Lord Krishna proved himself to be the one true God.
What Happens After Death?
Only the Vedic scriptures answer this important question. At death, the person (the soul) is judged according to the actions taken in life (karma). And based on what the person deserves, the soul is immediately transferred to another body. Some souls transmigrate to animal bodies, some to human bodies. Some are born in China, some in Africa. Some are born diseased, some are born in poverty, some are born ugly, some are beautiful and so on.. The theory of the transmigration of the soul (reincarnation) is the truth. One can see the proof of reincarnation. Simply by looking around. Some are born in China, some in Africa. Every second, animals and humans are dying and every second animals and humans being born. This is proof of the transmigration of the soul from one body to another. Some are born diseased, some healthy. Some are born black, some white. Some are born in poverty, some in wealth, and so on...
"The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another as the air carries aromas. The living entity, thus taking another gross body, obtains a certain type of ear, tongue, and nose and sense of touch, which are grouped about the mind. He thus enjoys a particular set of sense objects. The foolish cannot understand how a living entity can quit his body, nor can they understand what sort of body he enjoys under the spell of the modes of nature. But one whose eyes are trained in knowledge can see all this." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 15.8-10)
Simple Proofs of Reincarnation
1. The body is temporary but the soul is eternal. Accept this fact? Yes?. When this body is finished the soul must continue to exist as it's eternal. And just as the soul is currently residing in this body, when this body is finished the soul will continue to exist by residing in another body."Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be. As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change." (Lord Krishna Bg. 2.12-13)2. Every second living beings are dying and every second living beings are born. The souls in the dead bodies are being transferred to the new bodies. This is proof of the transmigration of the soul from one body to another, reincarnation.
3. In scientific terms, energy cannot be destroyed, but it can change forms. Our body is the form and we (the soul) are the energy. When this current form of ours (this body) is destroyed. We (the soul) will change our form. Thus get a new body.
4. Another simple proof is to take a look around. Why are there variety of living beings? Why is one soul in the body of an animal and another soul in a human body. Why is one soul in the body of a female and another in a male body. Why is one soul born in China and another born in Africa and so on. The soul is moving from one body to another, life after life. The variations of bodies is simple proof of the transmigration of the soul from one body to another, reincarnation."As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones. The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind. This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, present everywhere, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same. (Lord Krishna Bg. 2.22-24)
5. The fact that everyone is born in different situations is proof of karma and reincarnation. The non-Vedic religions reject reincarnation. if there is no transmigration of the soul from one body to another then this means this is the one and only life. If this is the only life then why is everyone born in different situations? One is born black, one white, one is born poor, another rich, why are some born diseased and some healthy, Why do some live to 100 and some for a day. And so on. They cannot answer any of these questions.
6. The fact that God is forgiving and merciful is proof of reincarnation. If God is forgiving and merciful then why would he create some who are fortunate and some who are unfortunate in their one and only life. If after this one and only life we eternally go to hell or heaven which is what the non-Vedic religions preach. Then how can God be forgiving and merciful to those who are eternally sent to hell for messing up their one and only life. The fact that God is forgiving and merciful is proof that he gives us unlimited chances and not just one. Thus we (the soul) transmigrate from one body to another life after life, reincarnation.Basically we live forever (in different bodies) and not just once.
Who is the Supreme Person (God)?
Only the Bhagavad-Gita answers this basic and most important question. The Bhagavad-Gita is the word of God in person. The oldest scripture on the Planet.One can read the non-vedic scriptures for millions of years but will never know who the person God is. Simply by looking at the Bhagavad-Gita for 1 second, one can immediately see God. This is the difference between the Vedic (eternal) and non-vedic (recently created) scriptures.
"There is no truth superior to me." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 7.7)
“The whole cosmic order is under me. By my will it is manifested again and again, and by my will it is annihilated at the end” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.8)“Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being, moving or unmoving, that can exist without me” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.39)"I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.8)"Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both the origin and the dissolution" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.6)Knowing God means knowing his name, address, description, history, how he maintains and so on.
What is Religion?
The purpose of religion is to know and love God. You can only love someone if you know them. You cannot love an invisible or unknown person. Seeing is believing. Only the Vedic scriptures describe exactly who the person God is. The non-Vedic scriptures don't have a clue as to who God is. Loving God includes loving all God's creatures. This means loving all humans and animals. We don't eat our brothers and sisters, the animals are also our brothers and sisters.
Does God want Blood?
The majority of people in the World. In this age of Kali, the age of ignorance. Seem to think that animal killing is prescribed by God. This is not so for the real God, Lord Krishna. He only wants your love and not the blood of living beings."If one offers me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 9.26)
Your death is certain
Your grandfather has died, you will also die, and your children will also die. Death is certain, it’s only a matter of time. Still you are madly accumulating money and working very hard all day like a donkey. You do not care for the soul which is eternal, but you care for the body which is temporary. This is ignorance. In ignorance the soul becomes degraded and after this life. Such people take birth as dogs and hogs. There are 8.4 million different bodies that the soul keeps circulating in, one after the other. The fools will not think of the life after this one. They will simply mate, eat, sleep, and be merry. This is animal mentality. The animals also mate, sleep, eat and be merry. The only difference between the animals and the humans is that humans enquire;
Vedic Principles of Creation
1 The total lifespan of the Universe is 311 trillion and 40 Billion years. This Universe is 155.522 trillion years old and it will end in 155.518 trillion years time. This calculation is based on the life of Brahma.
2 There are millions of Universes with millions of Planets, with living beings. This Planet Earth is simply a drop in the ocean of Planets.
3 All Universes have life, are closed, of different size and properties.
4 The whole material creation with Millions of Universes constitutes just a quarter of creation. The other three quarters of creation is Spiritual, called Vaikuntha.
5 During the lifetime of each Universe, there are partial creations and annihilations. At the beginning of each day of Brahma there is creation and at the end of each day there is partial annihilation. One day of Brahma is 4.32 Billion years; the night is also of the same duration. We are currently half way through the current day of Brahma, thus we have existed for approximately 2.16 Billions years in the current small cycle.
5 During the lifetime of each Universe, there are partial creations and annihilations. At the beginning of each day of Brahma there is creation and at the end of each day there is partial annihilation. One day of Brahma is 4.32 Billion years; the night is also of the same duration. We are currently half way through the current day of Brahma, thus we have existed for approximately 2.16 Billions years in the current small cycle.
6 There are 8.4 million species of living beings in the whole of creation.
900,000 species of aquatic
2,000,000 species of plants
1,100,000 species of insects
1,000,000 species of birds
3,000,000 species of beasts
400,000 species of human beings
2,000,000 species of plants
1,100,000 species of insects
1,000,000 species of birds
3,000,000 species of beasts
400,000 species of human beings
Not all these species are present on this planet. 7 There are 4 ages in which we keep circulating one after another.
Satya Yuga: The age of the truth and true religion. Everyone in the world is truthful and follower of the only religion in the world, the Vedic religion. The yuga (age) lasts 1.728 million years and the lifespan of humans is up to 100,000 years.
Treta Yuga: The introduction of ignorance takes place in this age. The Vedic religion is the only one in the world. The yuga (age) lasts 1.296 million years and the lifespan of humans is up to 10,000 years.
Dvapara Yuga: Increased decline in the truth and religious values takes effect in this age. The Vedic religion is the only one in the world. The yuga lasts 864,000 years and the lifespan of humans is 1,000 years.
Kali Yuga: The age of irreligion and ignorance. There is complete decline in religious principles. In the first few thousand years there are many religions, which will gradually completely disappear from the face of the Earth one by one. Only the Vedic religion will survive, but there will be very few followers. By 15,000 years into Kali Yuga, 99.9% of the humans in the world will become atheistic. Things will get so bad in Kali Yuga such that parents will eat their own children. The yuga lasts 432,000 years and the life span of humans is up to 100 years. We are currently 5000 years into Kali Yuga.
The above is evidence proving that humans have existed for millions of years. The bones of humans dating back to millions of years can be found in museums around the world.
The above is evidence proving that humans have existed for millions of years. The bones of humans dating back to millions of years can be found in museums around the world.
What Does the Vedic Scriptures State about the Age of this Universe and Humans.
This Universe has existed for 155.522 trillion years and this is just in the current cycle of creation and annihilation. Before this cycle there were countless other cycles and after this cycle which will end in 155.518 trillion years time. There will be countless other cycles. The cycle of creation and anhhilation is based on the life of Brahma, the engineer of the Universe. At the beginning of each day of Brahma, he creates everything in this Universe and then at the end of each day, there is partial annihilation Each day (12 hours) of Brahma is 4.32 billion years. Brahma lives for 311 trillion and 40 billion years, after this time there is complete annihilation of this Universe and the current Brahma dies. Then there is another Brahma and cycle repeats itself. This Universe is the smallest in Gods creation. There are other Universes, which are thousands and even millions of times bigger than this Universe.Within each day of Brahma, there are 14 Manus. We descend from the 7th Manu. Manu is the first man created by Brahma, and his wife, the first woman is called Satarupa.There is a vast difference between the teachings of the Vedic scriptures and non-Vedic scriptures. The Vedic scriptures are eternal and the Vedic knowledge comes from God himself. The fact that the Vedic scriptures are the oldest on the Planet proves that it’s the absolute truth.
The Big Bang Theory
The scientific theory of creation is that there was a big bang, which created the material elements (earth, water, gases, chemicals etc..). These material elements then somehow combined together and created the various planets and one species of living beings. These living beings then somehow changed their bodies and became another species, and so on. In this way the millions of species of living beings we know of were created. This is termed as evolution, thus one body changes into another and so on.
The scientific theory of creation leaves many unanswered questions.1 What or who caused the big bang? 2 If a big bang created all the Universes and millions of Planets. Then according to scientific logic, it should be possible to create a small planet or something with a small bang. Can any scientist create anything with a bang? 3 Some chemicals mixed together created the first living being. The scientists have all the chemicals in the world; can they mix them and create a living being? 4 All the millions of planets are shaped like a sphere, is this by chance? 5 The sun has been giving exact amount of sunlight to the various planets including Earth for millions of years. Is this by chance? Too much sun or too little can destroy all life on Earth.
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Human Birth Is Rare – Don’t Waste It
The Scientific Theory of Evolution - Charles Darwin Theory
Charles Darwin is famous worldwide for his evolutionary theory. According to his theory, one species evolved into another. Thus one body changes into another. We evolved from the animals, our closet relatives in the animal kingdom are the monkeys.
The Vedic Theory of Evolution
The Vedic scriptures also state an evolutionary process, but the definition is different from that of Charles Darwin. There are 8.4 million different species of living beings in the whole of creation as follows:
» 900,000 species of aquatic.
» 2,000,000 species of plants.
» 1,100,000 species of insects.
» 1,000,000 species of birds.
» 3,000,000 species of beasts.
» 400,000 species of human beings
All these species were created by God and like Charles Darwin’s theory; we also evolved from the animals but not by changing the same body, but by transmigration of the soul from one body to another.Changing bodies from birth to death, and the evolution of 8,400,000 species.
Transmigration Of The Soul From One Body To The Next
Every living being is a soul (including plants and animals) covered in a material body. The soul takes one body then quits it to take another and so on. Going through all the various species in the plant and animal kingdom (8 million) and then finally taking a human body. The human body is the highest and most elevated of all bodies.Once we attain the human body, if we misuse or fail to utilize the higher consciousness then we again fall down in the plant and animal kingdom. Then again we have to go through the evolutionary process, moving from one body to the next in the plant and animal kingdom for 8 million births before we get another human birth.
"As the embodied soul continuously passes, in the body from childhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change." Lord Krishna (Bg. 2.13) "As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." Lord Krishna (Bg. 2.22)
What Do the Non-Vedic Religions Say About Evolution
The one-man made religions, Christianity and Islam, do not believe in an evolutionary process. The Muslims and Christians believe we only live once, thus this is the only life. They believe in resurrection. At death we are buried and we have to wait in our grave for the Day of Judgment on which day God either sends us to heaven forever, or hell forever. The humans have a soul but the plants and animals do not. They are simply created as food for the humans.The Vedic scriptures state that even the plants and animals can go to the kingdom of God, but they have to wait for their human incarnation. If one lives a sincere life regardless of his religion, he will slowly be elevated in spiritual life which will one day lead to liberation from the cycle of birth and death and thus attain the kingdom of God. There is overwhelming evidence to support the Vedic theory of evolution, thus transmigration of the soul from one body to the next, reincarnation.The Vedic theory of evolution is very scientific and only differs from Charles Darwin’s theory in terms of the method. According to the Vedic religion the plants and animals do have a soul and the animals were not created as food for the humans. The animals are made of flesh and blood just like the humans and they do feel pain and have intelligence, just like the humans.
Higher and Lower Life Forms
There are 400,00 different species of human beings. Most of these species are uncivilized.Within a species of human beings there are many different conditions in which one takes birth into.
Variety of colors:
* Born black.
* Born white.
* Born gray etc..
* Born white.
* Born gray etc..
Within each color of human beings there are different nationalities that one can be born into. Note that until 5000 years ago, there was only one nationality for all the humans in the world, Bharat Varsian. Which means the sons of Bharat or India. Yes, the whole world was called Bharat Versa or India until 5000 years ago.
* Born Indian * Born American * Born Chinese * Born Saudi Arabian * Born African etc..
Within each nationality of human beings there are different religions in which one takes birth into. Note that until 5000 years ago, there was only one religion in the whole world, the Vedic religion.
* Born Hindu (Vedic) * Born Muslim * Born Christian * Born Jewish etc..
Within each religion that a person is born into there are different health conditions that one takes birth into:
* Born healthy * Born diseased
Within each diseased or healthy body that one takes birth into, there are different financial situations:
* Born rich * Born poor
Within each financial situation that one takes birth into, there are different family situations that one can take birth into:
* Born with loving and caring parents
* Born with mean and un-caring parents
* Born without a parent (one parent died before your birth)
* Born with no parents (both parents died soon after your birth) Etc….
There are so many other permutations of conditions that one can be born into. Thus a good human birth is extremely rare.
So What Determines Our Next Body and It’s conditions at Birth?
People are mad after sense gratification. When a person considers sense gratification the aim of life, he certainly becomes mad after a materialistic life style and engages in all kinds of sinful activity.Every person takes birth in a particular country, in a particular city, on a particular street, to a particular mother with a particular religion and financial situation. Exactly according to what the person (the soul) deserves."When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets of the great sages. When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when one dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom." Lord Krishna (Bg. 14.14-15) "Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the abominable mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds." Lord Krishna (Bg. 14.18)Your consciousness at death will determine your next body "The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another as the air carries aromas. Thus he takes one kind of body and again quits it to take another." Lord Krishna (Bg. 15.8) "Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.6)
Life on all Planets is Miserable
"From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to my abode, O son of Kunté, never takes birth again." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.16)
So how do we become totally Happy and free from all miserable conditions?
First you need to know what is real happiness. Becoming free from the cycle of birth and death, and free from all diseases is real and everlasting happiness. This means taking birth in the spiritual universe called Vaikuntha. You cannot go to the spiritual universe with your present body, only when you quit it and also if you have the qualifications to enter it.
"That supreme abode of mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never return to this material world." Lord Krishna (Bg. 15.6) "
That which the Vedäntists describe as unmanifest and infallible, that which is known as the supreme destination, that place from which, having attained it, one never returns-that is My supreme abode." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.21)
How Can We Enter The Kingdom Of God?
"One can understand me as I am, as the supreme personality of Godhead, only by devotional service. And when, by such devotion, one is fully conscious of me, one can enter into the kingdom of God." Lord Krishna (Bg. 18.55) "Whoever, at the end of life, quits his body remembering me alone at once attains my nature without a doubt." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.5)
The Regulative Principles For Human Beings
It’s not easy to give up a materialist and lusty life style, which most people are engaged in. Controlling the senses is like controlling the wind, which is very difficult. But when you realize that if you waste this rare human birth then you will have to go through the evolutionary process of transmigrating from one body to the next for millions of births before you get another chance of human birth, then it becomes a little easy.
Here are some basic starting points to end a demonic life style.
1. Stop being a serial killer, become a vegetarian.
2. Stop behaving like the dogs on the street. No sex before marriage or outside marriage.
3. Stop losing your consciousness, no intoxications (no drugs, no alcohol etc..).
4. Don’t speculate on your wealth, stop gambling.
All humans dream of going to the kingdom of God (the spiritual universe).
The non-Vedic religions say it’s ok to kill animals (eat meat). But in the kingdom of God there is no killing. So why don’t you start this practice now?In the kingdom of God there is no sex, so why don’t you moderate your sex life now?In the kingdom of God there are no intoxications, then why don’t you stop it now?In the kingdom of God there is absolutely no speculation, so why don’t you stop speculating now
Don’t satisfy your desires
"A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires-that enter like rivers into the ocean, which is ever being filled but is always still-can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires. A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego-he alone can attain real peace." Lord Krishna (Bg. 2.70-71)
The Difference Between the Humans and Other Living Beings
The plants/animals are on a fixed cycle of transmigration from one body to the next in the plant/animal kingdom. They will have to go through 8 million births before they get another human birth. Yes the plants and animals are ex-humans. And most of the humans will be plants and animals in the future. The humans have been through the 8 million births in the plant and animal kingdoms. But if a human misuses or fails to utilize the higher consciousness, then he (the soul) will once again have to go through the 8 millions births in the plant and animal kingdoms. Only a fool would waste this rare human birth.
Where Will You Be in 50 years Time?
Where you will be in 50 years time is a serious thought to consider now, because you won’t be here.
Is There Life After Death?
What will happen to me after death?
The non-Vedic religions preach that this is the only life and after this life, we wait in our grave for the day of judgment and on that day we are either sent to hell or heaven forever. This means that for the sinners there is no second chance, as they will go to hell forever. They also preach that those who don’t follow their religion will go to hell forever.
This philosophy raises some serious questions:
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The good news is that there is a religion, which preaches that God is merciful to all and thus know-one, is sent to hell forever. Everyone gets not one but unlimited chances.According to the Vedic scriptures, the oldest known to mankind. There is hell, heaven, and something beyond them, the spiritual universe called Vaikuntha. Hell and heaven are temporary but the spiritual universe is permanent.
What happens to the sinners?
After this life the sinners will take birth on one of the hellish planets and after their punishment is over they will again return to this or other Earthly planets in a suitable body (human or animal) and conditions of life (rich, poor, diseased, healthy etc..).
What happens to the good?
After this life the pious will take birth on one of the heavenly planets and when their pious credit is over, they will again return to this or other Earthly planets in a suitable body (human) and conditions of life (rich, poor, diseased, healthy etc..).
What happens to those who are very good?
After this life those who are god conscious will take birth in the spiritual universe, Vaikuntha, and will never return to the material world unless they really want to. There is no death, no disease, no anxiety, no taxes, no killing (no meat), no sex, no speculation, and no intoxications in the spiritual universe.
We are not this Body
The main teaching of the Bhagavad-Gita is that we are not this body, but the soul, which is eternal."For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain."(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita)Living beings are souls covered in a particular material body. Being material, the body is by nature temporary, and must at some point deteriorate and die. The soul on the other hand is spiritual in nature, which can never be destroyed. Material life is temporary, full of ignorance, and suffering. The soul is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.What goes up will come down. Similarly, anything that has a beginning will also have an end. Thus the body, which has a beginning, will inevitably have an end, but the soul, which has no beginning, will continue to exist after the body is slain."One who has taken his birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again. Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 2.27) Lord Krishna describes death in the Bhagavad-Gita as being nothing more than a change of dress: "As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 2.22)This body is nothing but a vehicle, and the soul is the passenger. When this vehicle is no longer suitable for the soul, due to old age and decay, the soul is given a new vehicle. Thus death is simply the transition from one vehicle to the next."As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita) What determines the next body that one will get after this body?
Lord Krishna answers this question as follows:
"Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kunti, that state he will attain without fail." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 8.6) According to our consciousness at the time of death we receive a suitable body. What we remember at the time of death is not just a matter of the momentary thought that occurs. What we have done throughout our entire life will naturally come to our mind as we leave our body. Just prior to death, our entire life is flashed before our mind's eye in a split second. One particular event will be very attractive to us, and we will focus on that. Based on that desire we will be given our next body, sometimes higher and sometimes lower. If our mind focuses on an activity, which is very ignorant, we will receive a suitable body among the lower species of life - as a plant, a fish, a tree, or an animal.If our mind focuses on an activity, which is passionate, we will be given a body within the human categories of life.If our mind focuses on an activity, which is primarily within the mode of goodness, we will receive a body on one of the higher planets – Brahmaloka, Indraloka etc.At death our mind will focus on an activity based on how we have lived our entire life. It is not possible to suddenly make our consciousness pure if we have spent our entire life engaged in sinful activities.Lord Krishna describes this entire universe as temporary and full of suffering. No matter which body one has, these two qualities are there. But there is an alternative, a solution to this seemingly endless cycle. Lord Krishna says:"And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 8.5) If we are able to remember Lord Krishna at the time of death, we will become free from the external covering of the body and attain His eternal abode. This sounds very simple, but again it is not such an easy thing. Death is the ultimate test we must all face. What will be our consciousness at that moment? For those who are attached to the body due to identifying the body as the self, death is the most difficult occurrence.For a self-realized person the situation is completely different. He understands he is not the body. He knows the body is just a vehicle, a machine, and as such he has no attachment to the external body. And because his consciousness is always fixed on the Lord, his destination is complete freedom from the cycle of birth and death."After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita) "That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never return to this material world." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita) "Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita)
Is There Any Evidence of Reincarnation?
There is over whelming evidence to support the reincarnation theory. Millions of humans around the world have had past life memories. There are numerous books and video documentaries with supporting evidence. Some evidence is also on the home page of this site.
Bollywood Is Demonic
Most Bollywood Movies are filled with lusty and materialist scenes. These lusty and demonic scenes do not represent India, her culture or religion. The aim of Bollywood is simply to destroy morality and India. Please don’t support this rape on morality and righteousness by watching Bollywood Movies. Every time you watch a demonic Bollywood Movie, you unknowingly sink deeper into ignorance and the result will be a hellish life, even in this life. Please stop watching Bollywood Movies from today.Would you allow your wife or daughter to perform a silly dance, half naked on the street?No? Well then, why do you watch the daughters and wives of others dancing silly and half naked?According to Vedic culture, only a prostitute would dance half naked on the street? And those watching a prostitute are promoting prostitution.If you want to keep your righteousness values, avoid Bollywood Movies. Until around the late 70’s, Bollywood movies portrayed good values and promoted righteousness. The old Bollywood movies used to literally make everyone cry. But now, Bollywood movies have become stupid, silly, and demonic. The theme of most Bollywood movies is lust. Boy going after girl, and girl going after boy.The Bollywood movies of today promote irreligion, meat eating, drinking, gambling, materialism, partying, discoing, lust, and greed. These are the qualities that lead to hell.
What is Western culture?
Partying, discoing, meat eating, drinking, having relationships before marriage (boy friend/girl friend), having relationships after marriage, having no respect for the elders and no responsibility for ones actions. Enjoy today and forget about tomorrow, as though this is the only life.The Vedic culture is the richest and most peaceful of all cultures, but people watching Bollywood movies truly believe that they portray Vedic values, but this is completely false. Bollywood movies are nothing but demonic (anti-Vedic). The makers of Bollywood movies are taking part in destroying India, her culture and true identity.Bollywood promotes marriages based on lust. The simple fact is that many marriages end in a divorce today, because it was based on lust.
What are the Qualities of Demoniac People?
In the Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna defines the qualities of demonic people:"Pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance, these qualities belong to those of demoniac nature, O son of Påthä." (Bg. 16.4) Modern lifestyle of meat eating, drinking, partying, discoing, visiting gambling cities, sexual lust, lust for material things, greed, ego, arrogance, desires, and relationships before marriage and outside marriage turns a righteous and intelligent person into a person full of lust, greed, anger and ignorance. A demon.
Western culture, slowly and unknowingly drains away the righteousness qualities in a person. Lord Krishna states in the Bhagavad-Gita (2.67) "As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on the water, even one of the roaming senses on which the mind focuses can carry away a man's intelligence.""While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises. From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool." (Bg. 2.62-63)
So what causes one to engage in sinful acts?
This question was asked by Arjuna to Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna said: "It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world." (Bg. 3.36-37)
What are The Gates to Hell?
Lord Krishna answers this question in the Bhagavad-Gita (16.21) "There are three gates leading to hell. Lust, anger, and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the degradation of the soul."
What are the Alternatives to the Demonic Bollywood Movies and Serials?
Everyone needs some entertainment; simply give up demonic Bollywood for devotional CDs, DVDs, and channels.
Here are some recommendations:
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Chopra’s Mahabharata DVDs, just search on the Internet. There are many vendors. My family and I have seen these DVDs many times and my kids just love them.
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Vishnu Puran DVDs. Just excellent.
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Abhhay Charan. The story of Srila Prabhupada, excellent.
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Devotional movies on DVDs, the top most spiritual knowledge. I love Harishchandra, Malik with Rajesh Khanna, and That’s Life with Sanjeev Kumar. Available from www.krishna.com
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Devotional TV Channels
Aastha TV
This channel has 24/7 devotional programs in mainly Hindi and some in English. Bhagavad-Gita lectures and discourses, Krishna katha. Live devotional programs from India and so on. This channel is available on Direct TV in the USA.
Conclusion
The message of the Bhagavad-Gita is very clear. Give up the demonic qualities of meat eating, gambling, partying, discoing, boy friend/girl friend business, drinking, and take up Bhakti Yoga (devotional service onto Lord Krishna). Or you will take birth in the plant and animal kingdom after this life. Then for 8 million births, you will wonder from one species of plant and animal body to another. Only a complete fool would waste this rare human birth.
Western Culture Is Demonic
There are many divine qualities in the western people. Including honesty, cleanliness, self-confidence, leadership, courage, justice, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion.
But unfortunately the demonic qualities are dominant. What is worse is that the whole world is copying the demonic western values and totally ignoring the good values of the west.
Killing of Unborn Children
Before the birth of a child, there is good chance of being killed within the womb of the mother, by the mother herself. The abortion rate is highest in the Western countries.
Sexual Relationships Start Early
For the children who make it out of the womb alive, at age 14, the boys and girls start their sexual relationships, what they call girl friend, boy friend. In Vedic culture, a girl with a boyfriend is called a prostitute.
Partying To Find Mates
The partying habit that starts from birth with birthday parties grows into partying for real at age 16. The main aim for partying is to find mating partners. In parties, suitable mates are found and utilized.
Drugs and Alcohol
While partying they pick-up the habit of intoxications, alcohol, and drugs.
Bellies are Graveyards for Animals
They are brainwashed into thinking that meat eating is needed for good health. Their nutritional knowledge is very limited as they think that flesh is the only source of protein.
Sex With Multiple Mates Before Marriage
Most marriages are based on sex impulses only. Like a hunter who hunts in the forest for meat, they hunt for mates in parties. Most of the time, the catch turns out to be rotten, so they keep hunting.
Sex Outside Marriage
After a test drive with several mates, they think they have found a suitable mate for marriage. So then there is marriage, but the habit of hunting for mates is hard to get over. Some of them keep hunting after marriage. There are extra marital affairs in many marriages. After a few years of marriage, one or both of the couples find another mate, and then there is divorce. The Western countries have the highest divorce rate.
No Discrimination Between Sexual Partners
God made men and women for each other. But the West is very creative. Some think that men are made for men and women for women, gay and lesbian relationships. Thousands of gays and lesbians are officially married in western countries.
Parents Are Considered A Liability
As soon as they become young adults, earning money. They leave home and fend for themselves. The children visit their parents on annual occasions. This they call keeping in touch. When the parents are old and are unable to take care of them selves, they are sent to nursing homes. The children are unwilling to look after their own parents.It is very difficult to stop yourself from being influenced by the demonic customs of the West. Even a man of discrimination can be captured by the satanic values.Lord Krishna states in the
Bhagavad-Gita 2.67 -"As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on the water, even one of the roaming senses on which the mind focuses can carry away a man's intelligence.".
"While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises. From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool." Bhagavad-Gita 2.62-63
The Result of Western Culture
A westerner says “I am very happy partying, mating and living a very comfortable life to the full, I don’t need restrictions and rules to follow.” What is the use of this so-called comfortable life, if after this life, you become an animal?
What is Right and What is Wrong According to Vedic Culture?
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Killing is wrong, humans or animals. Thus no meat eating, no eggs, no leather goods like sofa, car seats etc. Leather is made from cows.
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Sex before marriage is wrong, sex outside marriage is wrong. Thus no girlfriends/boyfriends. In Vedic culture a girl with a boyfriend is called a prostitute.
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Gambling is wrong. This means no betting on horses. No playing cards/games for money. One should not even visit gambling cities (like Las Vegas). By visiting a gambling city, you are supporting gambling and thus gambling indirectly.
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Having disrespect for others is wrong. Everyone (regardless of religion, color, fat, thin, good looking, ugly looking, old etc.) should be greatly respected. The eldest should be given the greatest respect.
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Not being considerate of others is wrong. One should always be considerate of others at all times. Always consider the welfare, well-being, and safety of others before yours.
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Not being charitable is wrong. One should give a portion of all income in charity to competent temples and the poor on a regular basis (whenever the income is received). Giving charity to unworthy people or to in-competent temples is a waste.
Competent temples are those that give knowledge (preach) on a daily or weekly basis and have qualified Brahmans who are based on qualifications and not because of birth. The Bhagavad-Gita clearly states that one can only become a Brahman by qualifications and not by birth.
In-competent temples are those that give no knowledge (no preaching) and have Brahmans who are based on birth and not qualifications.
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The Divine Qualities - violence Truthfulness Simplicity Charity Self-control Austerity Cleanliness Forgivenes
The Demonic Qualities – Violence Untruthful Materialism Pride Arrogance Conceit Lust Anger Greed Harshness Ignorance Ego
VEDIC QUESTION AND ANSWER
Q1. Why are there many Gods in Hinduism?
A1.No. There is only one God.The Vedic scriptures clearly state that there is only one God, and his name is Krishna. But Krishna has many incarnations and so he is known with many names and descriptions. This is what confuses many people, including some Hindus.Here are some quotes from the Bhagavad-Gita, which is the essence of all Vedic knowledge.
“The whole cosmic order is under me. By my will it is manifested again and again, and by my will it is annihilated at the end” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.8)“Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being, moving or unmoving, that can exist without me” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.39)"I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.8)"Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both the origin and the dissolution" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.6)“With a single fragment of myself I pervade and support this entire universe” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.42)“O Arjuna, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.26)“I enter into each planet, and by energy they stay in orbit” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 15.13)As you can see above, there is only one person who is declaring himself and stating how he is God.
Q2. Why do Hindus worship idols?
A2.We don't worship idols but deities of God. God is a person with a form and he wants to be worshipped in an image form. This can be proven by the fact it's God who has been creating those who worship him in the image form for millions of years, the Hindus. And the same God has been creating those who don't worship him in the image form, the non-Hindus, for only a few thousand years at most. Thus it's God's will that those who worship him in the image form are eternal (the Hindus) and those who cannot understand God having a form or those who are against image worship are not eternal. if you read the history books, except for the Hindus, no other race or religious group has existed for more than a few thousand years. But the Hindus have eternally existed. This is by the will of God.The Muslims face the black stone in the Kebba when they pray. The Christians face the cross when they pray or make an image of the cross while praying. The learned Hindus, pray to a deity of Krishna when they pray. Krishna is a real person who has existed and seen my millions. Which is better; to face a black stone, a cross, or a real person while praying? Those who follow recently created, man made religions, cannot understand or know God. This is a fact as the Muslims believe that God is invisible. This basically means they cannot know God. Why should God be invisible? The humans have a form, the animals have a form, and the plants have a form. So why should God not have a form?A Muslim once told me that, since we have a form and we are not great, and God is great. So God cannot have a form, as he is great. This is very foolish mentality. Just because you are not a brain surgeon, does it mean that a brain surgeon cannot have a form, as you have a form?The Christians have to believe that God has a form, as Jesus declared himself as the son of God. And if Jesus has a form, then his father must also have a form. This is also confirmed in the Bible when it states that 'man is made in the image of God'. This means that God has 2 hands, 2 legs, a nose and so on. The Bible does not say who this God with a form is.The Muslims say God is great. If God is great then he has no limitations, and thus no limitations on where he can be present. He has to be present everywhere, otherwise we cannot say God is great. If God is present everywhere, then he has to be in every atom, otherwise we cannot say God is everywhere. Only the Vedic scriptures state that a person called Krishna is present in the atom.It's not just the non-Hindus who are forbidden to worship God in an image form. Hindus who eat meat are also forbidden to worship God in an image form. As animal killers are considered too sinful to worship God directly as a person. For this same reason that other animal killers (non-Hindus), are not allowed to worship God in an image form. The Abrahamic religions are recently created, man made religions and thus they cannot understand God as a person, as their knowledge is based on man's perception and limitations. The Vedic knowledge comes directly from God, in person. The Bhagavad-Gita has eternally existed and is the word of God in person."The sastras of the yavanas, or meat-eaters, are not eternal scriptures. They have been fashioned recently, and sometimes they contradict one another. The scriptures of the yavanas are three: the Old Testament, the New Testament and the Koran. Their compilation has a history; they are not eternal like the Vedic knowledge. Therefore although they have their arguments and reasonings, they are not very sound and transcendental." (Caitanya-caritamrita, Adi_Lila 169)
Q3. When was the Bhagavad-Gita created?
A3.The Koran was created 1400 years ago. The Bible was created 2000 years ago. But the Bhagavad-Gita wasn't created at some time point. It has always existed, it is eternal. The Bhagavad-Gita was first spoken by a person called Krishna, around 120 million years ago on another planet in this Universe, and last spoken 5000 years ago on the Earth planet, in the current day of Brahma. Each complete day of Brahma is 8.64 billion years. Krishna appears in his original form, once on this Earth planet in every day of Brahma and speaks the Bhagavad-Gita. Thus Krishna appears and speaks the Bhagavad-Gita on this planet, once every 8.64 billion years. There are cycles of creation and annihilation based on the life of Brahma. The duration of each cycle is 100 years of Brahma, which is 311 trillion Earth years. In the current cycle of creation and annihilation, we have existed for 155 trillion years. This means Krishna has appeared on this planet, at least 17,939 times (155*1000/8.64=17,939 ) in the current cycle alone. And before this cycle there were trillions of cycles. At the end of each cycle, there is complete annihilation of the Universe and all the material elements go back into the body of Maha Vishnu who is an expansion of Krishna. Krishna in the form of Maha Vishnu, is so BIG that when 311 trillion years pass on Earth, he just completes one inhalation or one exhalation. With every exhalation, millions of Universes come out of his body and with every inhalation, millions of Universes go back into his body. Just think how BIG and great Maha Vishnu must be. And Maha Vishnu is just a small expansion of Krishna.The Bhagavad-Gita is not a one off created scripture. It has been spoken by Krishna millions of times, right here on this planet and it has also been spoken millions of times, beyond this planet in this Universe, and in other Universes. The material creation is ever expanding and Krishna speaks the Bhagavad-Gita in every Universe, in every day of Brahma, in every cycle. This is how great Krishna (God) is.
Q4. According to the Koran and Bible, there is no rebirth. This is the first and last birth (no reincarnation).
A4. If this is the only birth, then why is everyone born in different situations?Why are some people born with cancer in their one and only life?Why do some people live for a day and die and some live to 100?Why are some people born in miserable places like Sudan and some in places like the USA?Why are some people born ugly, some good looking?Why are some people born male, and some female?Why are some people born to rich mothers, some to poor mothers? If this is the only life, then surely everyone should be born equal as God is fair and equal to all?The Bhagavad-Gita states that we are eternal. We have always existed and we will always exist. Just as the soul is residing in this body, when this body is finished. We will get a new body. This means that before this life, we existed in millions of bodies and after this body we will continue to exist in millions of bodies. The soul transmigrates from one body to another, life after life, reincarnation."Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be. As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change. " (Lord Krishna, Bg. 2.12-13) "As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 2.22)Why should the all merciful God, give us only one chance of life?The fact that God is all merciful is proof that he gives us unlimited lives and not just one (reincarnation).
Q5. According to the Koran and Bible, after death, the soul stays in the ground where the person is buried until the Judgment day.
A5.When is the Judgment day? Why should God keep the dead waiting?Some people have been dead for millions of years, why does God keep them waiting for so long?Why are some people living today, some lived millions of years ago and some will appear in the future. How does God determine when a person should live in their one and only life? The Koran and the Bible does not answer any of the above questions.The Bhagavad-Gita states that the Judgment day is immediately at death. God is very efficient, he does not keep the dead waiting. At death, based on the actions we have taken in our life (karma), we are instantly judged and the soul is immediately transferred to another body based exactly on what the person (the soul) deserves.
Q6. According to the Koran and Bible, on Judgment day, the soul is sent either to heaven or hell for eternity.
A6.If after only one life, on some unknown Judgment day, a person is eternally sent to hell. Then how can God be called all merciful?One of main qualities of God is that he is all merciful. Thus God cannot send anyone to hell eternally, and especially after only one chance. Someone who curses or threatens to send people eternally to hell cannot be God. As God is full of love and mercy.Krishna has appeared so many times in the past, and in each incarnation. He is attacked by so many demonic and atheistic beings, and Krishna very easily defeats them. But none of them are ever sent to hell. They all get liberation. This is how merciful Krishna (God) is.
Q7. Jesus is the only way.
A7.How many of these so-called followers of Jesus, actually follow his instructions?Jesus said 'thy shall not kill' but they kill by millions everyday (cows, pigs, chickens..).Jesus said 'Love God with your heart' but they don't even know God.Jesus said 'Love thy neighbor' but they go round cursing the neighbors (non-Christians) a life of hell if they don't become one of them.Jesus said 'live without sin' but they live in sin and expect Jesus to bail them out.Instead of giving love to Jesus. They give him their sins so Jesus can suffer eternally. These Christians who claim to follow Jesus, actually completely ignore the real teachings of Jesus. By following the Vedic scriptures, one completely follows the teachings of Jesus:Thy shall not kill – Vegetarianism,Love God with your heart - Worshiping Lord Krishna,Love they neighbor - Consider everyone as the children of God, thus we are all brothers and sisters,Live without sin - No illicit sex, no meat, no intoxication, no gambling,Give love to Guru - Serve the Guru by giving love, not pain
Q8. Why does everyone think their way is the best?
A8.They have the mentality of bacteria.The Vedic scriptures states that humans have existed for 155 trillion years in the current cycle of creation and annihilation and before this cycle there were trillions of cycles. The duration of each cycle is 311 trillion years. Beyond this planet, there are trillions of other planets with living beings. On this tiny insignificant planet, many races and religious groups of people have existed, and their followers think that their way is the only way. The Romans thought they were the best, the Egyptians thought they were the best, the ancient Chinese thought they were the best and so many other races of people have existed. None of them survived for more than a few thousand years. Today we still have races of people who think their way is the best. But like the others before them, they too will become extinct.Just think how foolish these people are for thinking that their way is the best. This is called bacteria mentality.The life span of certain bacteria is only a few hours and they live their entire life in a very small area. These bacteria cannot even imagine that there are trillions of other bacteria stretching for thousands of miles. The bacteria cannot imagine that there are other livings beings who live for hundreds of years (humans) and some who live for thousands of years (some trees). There are also livings beings who's life span is thousands and even trillions of years. The Brahma of this Universe, lives for 311 trillion years.Also since a race or group of people appeared on this tiny insignificant planet. It's impossible for anyone to be a follower of their way beyond this planet. So do the zillions of humans, living on millions of planets beyond this one, all live in ignorance as they don't follow the way of those live here on this Earth planet?God is all merciful and fair. This means he has to give everyone who is existing today, everyone who has existed in the past, and everyone existing beyond this planet. A chance to know, worship, and follow his teachings. The Vedic knowledge is given to the first created living being called Brahma, at the beginning of the Universe. Then Brahma passes the knowledge down to his children in disciplic succession, and in this way the teachings of Krishna (God) are passed down from generation to generation. Krishna also appears many times in different forms to establish religious principles. Thus God is merciful and fair as he gives all human beings living on any every planet, in every Universe, a chance and not just those who lived recently on one tiny planet. Only the Vedic religion is existing on every planet, from the beginning of creation to the end in each cycle of creation and annihilation.
Q9. Do you agree that the purpose of religion is to go to Heaven and enjoy virgins?
A9.No. The Koran states that by following Islam, on judgment day. The soul will be eternally sent to Heaven. Where there are many virgins to enjoy sex with and wine for those who drink."In them will be bashful virgins neither man nor Jinn will have touched before" (Koran 55.56)"(Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink" (Koran 47.15)
The Vedic scriptures state that the purpose of religion is to engage in devotional service onto Krishna. The result of this will be that we will go back to the spiritual realm called Vaikuntha. Where we all originally originated from. Krishna is the father of all living beings as stated in the Bhagavad-Gita and thus we are all his children. We are all brothers and sisters, including the animals.The Vedic scriptures state that there is a spiritual and material creation. The material creation represents 25% of God's creation. Consisting of millions of Universes, and within each Universe there are numerous planets. This Universe that the planet Earth is in is the smallest one. There are other Universes which are millions of times bigger than our Universe.The material creation is made up of Heavenly, Earthly, and Hellish planets. On these material planets, there is birth, old age, disease, misery, death, and re-birth. This is very clearly stated in the Bhagavad-Gita as follows.
"From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunti, never takes birth again." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 8.16)
What this means is that even if we go to Heaven, we will still suffer, become diseased and die one day. Then we come back to this Earth or another similar planet again. The highest planet in the material creation is called Satyaloka, where the living beings live for trillions of years. But still there is old age, disease, misery, and death. The other 75% of God's creation is the spiritual creation called Vaikuntha. There are millions of spiritual planets in Vaikuntha and the humans beings living on these Vaikuntha planets, are full of bliss, full of knowledge. They have a body that is four handed and eternal, free from disease; old age; anxiety; death. Krishna is present on all the Vaikuntha planets in the form of Narayan who has four hands. God is so merciful and kind that that he gives us his opulence. A body that is four handed and eternal. The top most planet in Vaikuntha is called Goluka Vrindavan, and there the original form of God called Krishna resides. Krishna has 2 hands and so the humans beings on Goluka Vrindavan are also two handed.Thus going to heaven is temporary and miserable like on Earth. Those with a higher consciousness will not want to go to Heaven or any material planet. They will aim for the spiritual creation, especially the abode of Krishna, Goluka Vrindavan.
Sanatan Dharma is for those who want to:
Follow the real religion of Peace. The most peaceful of all religions.
Follow an eternal religion founded by God himself and not a man
Follow a religion with unlimited Prophets of God and not just one
Follow a scripture spoken by God himself in person
Follow a religion that has existed for millions of years and not just a few thousand
Follow the original religion of man
Stop killing all together (vegetarianism)
Know and love God as a person, rather than just a name
Know exactly who the person God is. His description, history, scheduled incarnations and so on
Consider all living beings including the animals as brothers and sisters
Believe that God created all living beings and thus we are all his sons and daughters
Know when exactly is the Day of Judgement
Know exactly why some are born poor/diseased/rich and so on
Follow scientifically proven ideologies (Vegetarianism, Karma, Reincarnation, Yoga…)
Know all the answers and no speculation
Follow an eternal religion founded by God himself and not a man
Follow a religion with unlimited Prophets of God and not just one
Follow a scripture spoken by God himself in person
Follow a religion that has existed for millions of years and not just a few thousand
Follow the original religion of man
Stop killing all together (vegetarianism)
Know and love God as a person, rather than just a name
Know exactly who the person God is. His description, history, scheduled incarnations and so on
Consider all living beings including the animals as brothers and sisters
Believe that God created all living beings and thus we are all his sons and daughters
Know when exactly is the Day of Judgement
Know exactly why some are born poor/diseased/rich and so on
Follow scientifically proven ideologies (Vegetarianism, Karma, Reincarnation, Yoga…)
Know all the answers and no speculation
Sanatan Dharma - The Religion Created by God
God is eternal, meaning he has always existed.The laws created by God for man to follow (religion) must be eternal.God’s teachings (scriptures) must have eternally existed.If God has eternally existed then Man must have known him eternally.That eternal religion which was created by the eternal God is called Sanatan Dharma (the eternal religion). Which is also known as the Vedic religion or Hinduism. The eternal teachings of God or scriptures are known as the Vedic scriptures.That person who has eternally been known by man to be God is Lord Krishna.The Vedic religion has been proven to be the oldest in the world and the oldest scriptures on the Planet are the Vedic scriptures. Which are written in the oldest language known to man, Sanskrit. The most systematic language in the world.Don’t follow a cheap God or one that was recently created by man. Don’t follow an invisible God because the real God is a visible person who has been seen and proven.The scientists estimate the age of the Universe to be at least 15 Billion years. So why did it take God 15 Billion years to create his religion and send just one Prophet?The truth is that God already created his religion at the beginning of creation and not just a few thousand years ago and that religion is the Vedic religion.
The Simple Way to Determine the Truth
The truth is that which has always existed.2+2=4 is true today, it was true 5000 years ago, it was true 5 trillion years ago, and it will be true in 5 trillion years time. Thus that which is existing today but did not exist 5000 years ago cannot be the truth. Sanatan Dharma is existing today, it existed 5000 years ago, it existed 5 trillion years ago and it will exist in 5 trillion years time. Sanatan Dharma is the truth.
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Does God Want Man to Eat Meat?
When discussing the topic of killing (meat eating) with Christians and Muslims. They ultimately justify killing animals for food by pointing to their scriptures. Thus the main reason why man kills for a living (meat eating) is religion. The Bible and Koran both state that animals are food. They both claim that their scripture is the word of God and thus there is absolutely nothing wrong in killing innocent animals.This raises the question would God want man to eat meat?This question can be answered by looking at the health, economic, and violence issues.
1. Health
Is meat good for us?It’s a scientific fact that vegetarians are healthier than meat eaters. Scientific studies show that vegetarians have a much lower risk of suffering from diseases like cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure and other health disorders compared to meat eaters.
Scientific Studies Support a Vegetarian Diet
A major study reported in the British Medical Journal found that, of 5000 meat-eaters and 6000 non-meat eaters, vegetarians had 40% less risk of cancer and 30% less risk of heart disease than the meat-eaters and were 20% less likely to die of any cause (Oxford Vegetarian Study).A US study of 50,000 vegetarians showed a very low rate of cancer (Seventh Day Adventist Study, Massachusetts). It has been estimated that by following a low-fat vegetarian diet, the risk of food poisoning is decreased by 80%.A balanced vegetarian diet is better for humans than one that includes meat (from TIME magazine, July 2002).An 11-year study of 1,900 German vegetarians has found mortality from cardiovascular disease to be 61% lower in male vegetarians and 44% lower in female vegetarians than the general population.Hypertension can contribute to heart disease, strokes, and kidney failure. A number of studies have shown vegetarians to have lower blood pressure than meat eaters (Sacks 1974, Armstrong 1977).The British Medical Association (1986) stated that vegetarians have lower rates of obesity than meat eaters.Vegetarians have lower rates of colon cancer than meat eaters (Phillips 1980).There is overwhelming scientific evidence to prove that a vegetarian diet is much more healthier than a meat based diet. Eating meat can seriously damage your health.
What about Protein?
Most people are brainwashed into thinking that meat is the only source of protein. The simple fact is that there is plenty of protein in a vegetarian diet too.Would God want man to eat food that will increase the chances of suffering from major diseases, reduce the quality of life, and reduce the life span?
Absolutely not.
Would you want your children to eat food that is not good for them? No?Similarly God doesn’t want his children, you and me, to eat food that is bad for our health.
2. Economic
Does it make economic sense to raise animals for food?It takes at least 17 kg of corn, beans, grains etc., many gallons of water, and some time to produce just 1 kg of beef. This is like investing $17 in a bank term deposit and withdrawing $1 at maturity.The 17 kg of corn, beans, and grains would feed at least 20 people while the 1 kg of beef would feed at most 2 people.Does it makes any sense to feed an animal 17 kg of vegetation, many gallons of water, provide shelter, allow some time, and then cut it’s throat and kill it to produce 1 kg of meat?Would it be better just to take the 17 kg of vegetation and feed on it directly rather than having it go through an animal and then feeding on the animal a much reduced quantity of food?The reason why somewhere in the World a child dies of starvation every two seconds is because of slaughterhouse mentality as described above. If the millions of acres of land, which is used to grow food for animals, were used to grow food for humans directly then there would be at least 10 times more food than currently. Thus there would be no poverty in the World.About 70% of the crops grown in the US are fed to animals and not to humans. The mentality is that convert 17 kg of vegetarian food into 1 kg of meat so that at most 2 people can eat instead of at least 20. Also there is the thrill of killing the animals, which is very much liked by the followers of the non-Vedic religions.If everyone in the world became a vegetarian, there would be no such thing as poverty. But unfortunately the majority of the humans simply can’t give up the thrill of killing innocent animals and so the children will have to continue dying due to starvation at the rate of 2 every seconds.Would God want man to turn 17 kg of vegetarian food into1 kg of non-vegetarian food (meat).Absolutely not.
3. Violence
Is violence related to meat eating?What do all the terrorists have in common?What do all the violent criminals have in common?What do all the murderers have in common?The simple answer is that they are all killers of animals (meat eaters).Have you heard of vegetarian terrorists?Have you heard of vegetarian criminals?Have you heard of vegetarian murderers?How does meat eating make one violent?
By killing for a living (meat eating), the human mind develops a taste for killing, which leads to a mentality of violence. The mentality of killing animals spreads to killing humans too. People who kill animals are much more likely to kill people too. This is a fact as the terrorists, and the most violent criminals are animal killers (meat eaters).The vegetarians don’t kill for a living (no meat) and so their mind develops a taste for non-violence, thus a mentality of non-violence. The mentality of a vegetarian is that killing is totally wrong, thus the killing or even injuring of humans is totally unthinkable.The US government spends billions of dollars each year on combating terrorism. They think by going after those with guns and bombs will solve the problem. They totally ignore the root cause of violence. Which is human mentality of violence, caused by killing for a living (meat eating).
The simple formula for stopping terrorism and violence in the world is:
No Meat= No killing = No mentality of violence = No terrorism/No violence
What about killing the plants?There is a big difference between cutting grass and cutting the necks of chickens. Killing plants and animals is not the same.
Would God want man to kill for a living (meat eating) so that they can develop a mentality of violence and become killers of humans too?Absolutely not.
Why is the Cow Sacred to the Hindus?
The human mother drinks cows milk, and from it produces her milk, which we humans drink at birth. Then at 3 months we start drinking cows milk in a bottle then in cups. We also eat delicious foods made from cows’ milk. Foods like ice cream, yogurt, cheese, and curd. From our birth to our death we rely on cows milk. Thus the cow is considered a mother as she provides us with nourishing food for life. How can you kill such a motherEvery time you eat pizza, ice cream, yogurt, and other foods made from cow’s milk, you should be very great full to the cow.How can you kill a mother that provides nourishing food to you for life?The cow is also the favorite animal of God, Lord Krishna. Why? Since the cow provides nourshing food to Lord Krishna’s children, you and me. Lord Krishna is very much greateful to her. Would you be greateful to someone who feeds your children, or would you order them to be killed and eaten?
Lord Caitanya, who was an incarnation of Lord Krishna states in the Caitanya Caritamrta, Adi-lila chapter 17, verses.165-167.“Cow-killers are condemned to rot in hellish life for as many thousands of years as there are hairs on the body of the cow.”
Lord Krishna’s References
The Vedic scriptures are the only scriptures that have existed since the beginning of time, and thus are eternal and the absolute truth. There is no higher authority than that of the Vedic scriptures.
Lord Brahma who is the first created living being states in the Brahma Samhita:
“Krishna who is known as Govinda is the supreme godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and he is the prime cause of all causes.” (Brahma Samhita 5.1)
Lord Shiva in the Gita Mahatmya states:
“Only one God – Krishna, the son of Devaki (verse 7)
In the Padma Purana it is stated:
“By scrutinizingly reviewing all the revealed scriptures and judging them again and again, it is now concluded that Lord Narayana is the supreme absolute truth, and thus he alone should be worshipped”
In the Skanda Purana it states:
“In the material world, which is full of darkness and dangers, combined with birth and death and full of different anxieties, the only way to get out of the great entanglement is to accept loving transcendental devotional service to Lord Vasudeva.”The position of Krishna as God is confirmed by great personalities like Narada, Asita, Devela, Parasara, Brahma, and Shiva.
Conclusion
Everyone is looking for God; well here is the person God, Lord Krishna. Since you do not know anyone else with the details and proof just mentioned. You should surrender onto him if you want to escape from the fangs of material life; birth, old age, disease, and death.
As you can see above, there is only one God.
The Christians say ‘Jesus is the only way’. Thus the non-Christians go to hell.
The Muslims say ‘Islam is the only way’. Thus the non-Muslims go to hell.
The Hindus wish for all living beings to go to the kingdom of God. This is the result of following the religion created by God and not one man, the real religion of mercy, peace, and love.Before 2000 years ago, there was no such thing as the Bible or Jesus. So did the zillions of humans who lived for millions of years before Jesus, all went to hell through no fault of their own as they did not follow Jesus?It's impossible for Christianity to exist beyond this Planet. So do the zillions of living beings living on millions of other Planets all go to hell as they don't follow Jesus?Before 1400 years ago, there was no Islam, no Koran, no muhammad. So did the zillions of humans who lived for millions of years before Islam, all went to hell as they did not follow Islam?
Muhammad is the sole Prophet of Islam who appeared on this Planet only, and he is no longer around. Thus it's impossible for Islam to exist beyond this Planet. So do the zillions of living beings living on millions of other Planets all go to hell as they don't follow Islam?The Vedic scriptures state that this is the smallest Universe and there are trillions of other Universes. Within each Universe there are numerous Planets with living beings. Just think how insignificant this tiny Planet is in God's creation. And how insignificant are a group of people who have existed for a few hundred or few thousand years out of the trillions of years that humans have existed on this Planet.
Every second, God is creating the Hindus. This is simple proof that God wants the Hindus to exist. Thus it's dumb for Christians and Muslims to say their way is the only way. The existence of non-Christians and non-Muslims clearly proves that it's Gods will that they exist. And God has been creating the Hindus for millions of years and the non-Hindus (Christians and Muslims) for less than 2000 years. Thus it's God's will that Hindus exist and God wants the Hindus to exist much more than the non-Hindus. This means that by the will of God, the Hindus have eternally existed and the non-Hindus are not eternal.if you read the history books, you will know that except for the Hindus. No other race, religion or creed of people have existed for more than a few thousand years. But the Hindus have existed for millions of years. This is the will of God. Thus it's absolutely ludicrous for the Muslims and Christians to say their way is the only way.
The Koran is based on Muslims Verses Non-Muslims
"Slay the unbelievers wherever you catch them." (Koran 2:191)
"Fight them, until there is no more dissent and religion is that of Allah" (Koran 2:193)
"I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their fingertips off them" (Koran 8:12)
"Believers, take neither Jews nor Christians for your friends. They are friends with one another. Whoever of you seeks their friendship shall become one of their numbers. Allah does not guide the wrong-doers." (Koran 5:51)
How can the all loving God make these kind of statements? God is the father of all living beings. What kind of a father would order some of his children to hate and behead their other brothers and sisters? The fact that the Koran is based on believers (Muslims) and unbelievers (non-Muslims) is simple proof that the compiler of the Koran is not in control and would like to be. The all mighty God is in full control and thus every second he is creating the Jews, Hindus, Christians, Muslims and others at his own will. The existence of the non-Muslims clearly proves that the all mighty God very much wants the non-Muslims to exist. And the fact that the non-Muslims have existed for millions of years and the Muslims for only 1400 years, clearly proves that the all mighty God wants the non-Muslims to exist more so than the Muslims. The Muslims should have faith in God, who is creating the non-Muslims every second and has been doing so for millions of years. Thus it's God's will that non-Muslims exist.
The fact that humans have existed for millions of years and the Koran for only 1400 years is simple proof that the Koran is not the only way. The fact that Islam is created by one man who no longer exists is proof that it's impossible for Islam to exist beyond this Planet. The Vedic scriptures state that there are millions of other Planets with living beings. And none of the living beings on other Planets can be Muslim. The Koran forbids image worship, but it's the all mighty God who wants to be worshipped in the image form. That's why he has been creating those who worship him in the image form for millions of years (the Hindus).The Muslims can become peaceful and full of love if they accept the will of God by living in harmony with all of God's creation. The Muslims, non-Muslims, and animals.Despite so many merciless statements in the Koran, the complier of the Koran finally cools down and admits there is only one God who is worshipped by the Muslims and the non-Muslims.
“We believe in that which has been revealed unto us and revealed unto you; our God and your God is One, and unto Him we surrender." (Koran 29:46)
Thus the all merciful and all loving God is Lord Krishna, who is referred in the Koran as Allah.
The Bible is based on Christians Verses Non-Christians
“Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” (Exodus 34.14)
Man can be jealous because man is not in control, but how can God be jealous? “Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the LORD must be destroyed.” (Exodus 22:20)
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ." (Ephesians 6:5)
Would the all merciful and loving God order humans to be enslaved?"Animals are food for humans"
It can be seen from the above verses from the Bible that it's based on us verses them. Thus the Bible is the word of man and not God. It's obvious that the above and other merciless statements in the Bible were made by envious man and not the all loving God.Think how insignificant are a race of people who have existed for only 2000 years out of the trillions of years that humans have existed on this Planet.
The Bhagavad-Gita is not based on Hindus Verses Non-Hindus
"I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 9.23)
"Nonviolence; freedom from anger; compassion for all living entities. These qualities belong to godly men endowed with divine nature." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 16.1-3)
"Thus I have explained to you knowledge still more confidential. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 18.63)
These are the beautiful words of God. He loves us all equally. Lord Krishna is not a bully, he does not incite hate, anger or violence towards any living being. God means the all-merciful, all loving person. Only Lord Krishna full fills these qualities. After speaking the Bhagavad-gita to Arjuna, Lord Krishna gives Arjuna freedom to do whatever he wishes. Lord Krishna doesn't tell Arjuna that he will go to hell or hell fire if he doesn't follow him. Lord Krishna is the real God of love, mercy, and forgiveness.The Bible is based on Christians verses Non-Christians, the Koran is based on Muslims verses non-Muslims. But the Bhagavad-Gita is not based on Hindus verses non-Hindus. There is no mention of Hindu or Hinduism in the Vedic scriptures including the Bhagavad-Gita. As God is the creator of all living beings and thus he does not discriminate between living beings. The Bible and Koran are man made and thus it's based on us verses them. The Bhagavad-Gita was spoken by God himself and written by God himself and thus it's not based on us verses them. Lord Krishna states in the Bhagavad-Gita that he is equal to all living beings. This proves that he is the God of all living beings, the God of love and peace and he is in full control.A father may have several children, only an evil father would tell some of his children to hate the others. Lord Krishna is the father of all living beings and thus he preaches that we should not even kill our unfortunate brothers and sisters, the animals (be vegetarian). The so-called God of the Bible and Koran orders the killing of animals and humans who don't follow their religion. What kind of a father would order the killing of some of his children?From the above statements and pictures, it can be seen and understood that there is only one known God, Lord Krishna. And Lord Krishna is not a bully or hater of anyone, he loves all his creatures including the Hindus, Christians, Muslims and the animals. Lord Krishna is most loving and caring, he doesn’t hate anyone. He is the God of love, the real God.
God Is Not Christian, Not Muslim, And Not Hindu. God Is God.
It’s God who creates the Christians and it’s the same God who creates the Muslims, and the same God who creates the Hindus and others. At his own will. It’s God’s will that every second Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and others are born.Before 2000 years ago there was no Jesus, no Christianity, and no Islam. Did the zillions of humans who lived before 2000 years ago live in ignorance and went to hell, as they did not follow these religions, as they did not exist?
Thus how can they say their way is the only way?
It has been scientifically proven that Humans have existed for millions of years. The Hindus have existed for millions of years. The Christians have existed for 2000 years and the Muslims for 1400 years. This is proof that God created his religion millions of years ago and not just 2000 years ago or 1400 years ago. And he very much wants the Hindus to exist more so than the non-Hindus. Thus it's ludicrous for the Christians and Muslims to say their way is the only way.
So Why Does God Allow Different Religions To Exist?
God created his religion at creation, trillions of years ago. But recently in the last few thousand years. Many religions have been created by man. Although God would like all humans to follow the religion created by him (sanatan dharma). God allows the man made religions to exist due to the differing desires and mentality of humans.
“Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only me, O son of Kunti, but they do so in a wrong way. I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices. Therefore, those who do not recognize my true transcendental nature fall down” (Spoken by Lord Krishna first in this Universe some 120 million years ago, Bhagavad-Gita 9.24)
Does everyone drive the same make and model of car? Does everyone like the same color clothes? Does everyone like the same food? The answer is No. People have differing tastes in cars, clothes, food, and beliefs (religion). To satisfy everyone, God allows different religions to exist.Human life means freedom and thus God allows humans to create and practice whatever religions humans want. Even though the teachings may be against God’s will. However, when the humans become too degraded. God incarnates himself to again establish the correct principles of religion and to destroy the demonic.
"Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion-at that time I descend myself. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I myself appear, millennium after millennium." (Bg. 4.7-8)
What Determines The Religion A Person Is Born Into?
A person is born into a particular religion according to the mentality of the person (the soul) at the time of death.A person who believes killing and eating animals pleases God, has the mentality of a Muslim, thus the person (the soul) resides in a Muslim body. The Muslim mentality is that God is formless and does not have to be seen to believe. The majority of Muslims go to the Mosque to pray for a place in heaven with material opulence (women and wine), and some (the terrorists) kill in the name of Allah as they think they will go to heaven and get beautiful virgins and wine.
"In them will be bashful virgins neither man nor Jinn will have touched before" (Koran 55.56)
"Here is a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink" (Koran 47.15)
A person, who believes killing is totally wrong, has the body of a Hindu. The Hindu mentality is that if there is a God then I want to see him. It's pointless to believe in something without proof. The Vaisnava sect of the Vedic religion go to the temple to worship God for no material desires, just to give love to God. They offer food to God (bogh) then eat the offered food (parsadam). The Hindus believe in giving love to Guru and God and not their sins or the blood of living beings.A person who believes killing and eating animals is ok and he can sin, and the reactions will be taken on by God’s one and only son has the mentality of a Christian. The Christians go to the Church on Sunday and ask for their daily bread and to give their sins to Jesus. The Christians want to live in sin, so that Jesus can live in pain.The Hindus offer food to God and then eat the remnants called parsadam, the Muslims slaughter animals in the name of God as they think this pleases him, and the Christians offer their sins to God.At the time of judgment, a sinful Hindu says ‘I will pay for my own sins (karma)’. A sinful Christian says ‘I will let Jesus pay for my sins’.These are some examples of the mentality of Christians, Muslims, and Hindus. The particular mentality of a person at death determines what his religion will be in his next human body. The mentality may change after birth, that’s why people change religions.
“According to one's existence under the various modes of nature, one evolves a particular kind of faith. The living being is said to be of a particular faith according to the modes he has acquired.” (Bg. 17.3)
"The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another as the air carries aromas. Thus he takes one kind of body and again quits it to take another." (Bg. 15.8)
The non-Vedic religions don’t preach the theory of karma and reincarnation. They believe everything happens by chance. Thus it’s just too bad if one is born diseased or suffers more than others. It’s by chance that one is born into a particular religion in his only life and so on. Those who have some intelligence will not buy this.
Anyone Who Surrenders Onto God Can Be Liberated
“When one's intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of liberation.” (Bg. 5.17)
“By following his qualities of work, every man can become perfect.” (Bg.18.45)
“By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading, man can, in the performance of his own duty, attain perfection.” (Bg.18.46)
“One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God.” (Bg. 18.55)
How Can A Dog Go To The Kingdom Of God?
Every living being, including the plants and animals are souls covered in a particular material body. The plants and animals are on an evolutionary process of transmigration of the soul from one body to the next. Eventually they will get a human birth. Then if they surrender and engage in devotional service onto God, they will attain the kingdom of God at death. Those humans do not surrender and engage in devotional service onto God, will fall down in the animal kingdom at death.
“When one dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom." (Bg. 14.15)
Krishna and Christ
What is the Link between Jesus and Krishna?
What is the Link between Jesus and Krishna?
Jesus was one of the son's of Lord Krishna.Once when Jesus was asked if he had anything to declare, he stated 'Only my father, who is in my heart'.
"I am the Super soul, seated in the hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 10.20)
Jesus declared himself as the son of God. So who is his father, the God?
"It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 14.4)
Jesus is the only way?
How many of these so-called followers of Jesus, actually follow his instructions?
* Jesus said 'thy shall not kill' but they kill by millions everyday (cows, pigs, chickens..).
* Jesus said 'Love God with your heart' but they don't even know God.
* Jesus said 'Love thy neighbor' but they go round cursing the neighbors (non-Christians) a life of hell if they don't become one of them.
* Jesus said 'live without sin' but they live in sin and expect Jesus to bail them out.
* Instead of giving love to Jesus. They give him their sins so Jesus can suffer eternally.
These Christians who claim to follow Jesus, actually completely ignore the real teachings of Jesus.
By following the Vedic scriptures, one completely follows the teachings of Jesus:
Thy shall not kill - Vegetarianism
Love God with your heart - Worshiping Lord Krishna
Love they neighbor - Consider everyone as the children of God, thus we are all brothers and sisters
Live without sin - No illicit sex, no meat, no intoxication, no gambling
Give love to Guru - Serve the Guru by giving love, not pain
Humans have existed for millions of years and Jesus has been known for only 2000 years. Also it's impossible for Jesus to be known beyond this Planet. There are millions of other Planets with living beings. This very clearly proves that Jesus cannot be the only way. One should follow the main teachings of Jesus, which is to love God with your heart and they shall not kill (vegetarianism). Only the Vedic scriptures say who the person God is and thus one has to love Lord Krishna to truly follow Jesus.
Jesus is a Savior? Jesus was a man of peace and non-violence and so he should be respected and humans can become better humans by following the instructions of Jesus which is to 'Love thy neighbor', 'Thy shall not kill', and 'Love God with all your heart'. But to think that he was God so the real God can be neglected or anything like that, is very foolish.
Wasn't Jesus crucified?
Weren't many of his earlier followers also crucified? So who did he save? If you read the Vedic scriptures then you will know of a person who actually saved his followers in this life. That person is Lord Krishna. One example of who he saved are the 5 pandava brothers. They were attacked so many times by their cousin brothers who were headed by Durodan. But they could not be killed. Even in the Mahabharat war, although millions of soldiers were killed. The 5 Pandavs could not be killed. This is because Lord Krishna was always protecting them. Thus only Lord Krishna can be called a savior. Also, Lord Krishna himself was attacked so many times, but still he could not be killed. Lord Krishna has appeared so many times in the past and in each incarnation, so many demons try to kill him. But he has never been defeated. The Christian believe that although Jesus cannot save his followers in this life. On the day of judgment, Jesus will come and save them. This is like a post dated check. Who would accept a post dated check that is dated millions of years or so in the future? There is a company that is offering a salary of $1 billion per year. But you only get paid on the day of judgment. Is anyone foolish enough to work for such a company? After the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York. If the American president says "I will let the Americans be terrorized by the Taliban and other Islamic terrorists now, but on the day of Judgment. I will come and save the Americans." Would the American public accept this or be happy with such a President?
Only Lord Krishna can Save You
God is the creator of millions of Universes, does it make any sense for the almighty God to come to one insignificant planet billions of years after creation to be tormented, harassed, and then be crucified by some insignificant people? Absolutely not.Man can be tormented, harassed, and crucified, but god cannot be. Lord Krishna proved that he was the supreme controller (he was always in control) and all-powerful. Many attempts were made on his life, but he very easily defeated all those who tried to kill him. People were being tormented and harassed by evil Kings and rulers, but Lord Krishna put a stop to that by killing them all. People were saved in their very own lifetime.During the time of Jesus, people were also being tormented and harassed by evil Kings and rulers (mainly the Romans) but he could not stop them. In fact, Jesus himself was being tormented and harassed by the Romans and was eventually crucified.One should follow the main teachings of Jesus which is to love God, love the eighbors, and thy shall not kill (no killing of humans or animals). Instead of making him into a God and neglecting his teachings and neglecting the real God.
God is the creator of millions of Universes, does it make any sense for the almighty God to come to one insignificant planet billions of years after creation to be tormented, harassed, and then be crucified by some insignificant people? Absolutely not.Man can be tormented, harassed, and crucified, but god cannot be. Lord Krishna proved that he was the supreme controller (he was always in control) and all-powerful. Many attempts were made on his life, but he very easily defeated all those who tried to kill him. People were being tormented and harassed by evil Kings and rulers, but Lord Krishna put a stop to that by killing them all. People were saved in their very own lifetime.During the time of Jesus, people were also being tormented and harassed by evil Kings and rulers (mainly the Romans) but he could not stop them. In fact, Jesus himself was being tormented and harassed by the Romans and was eventually crucified.One should follow the main teachings of Jesus which is to love God, love the eighbors, and thy shall not kill (no killing of humans or animals). Instead of making him into a God and neglecting his teachings and neglecting the real God.
Krishna Consciousness is the only way
Millions of years before Jesus, a person called Krishna appeared and he declared himself as the absolute truth.
"There is no truth superior to me." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 7.7)
“The whole cosmic order is under me. By my will it is manifested again and again, and by my will it is annihilated at the end” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.8)
“Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being, moving or unmoving, that can exist without me” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.39)
"I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts"(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.8)
"Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both the origin and the dissolution" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.6)
Every living being thinks his life and way is the best, this is the illusionary energy of Lord Krishna, called Maya. The hogs think that their life is best, the Christians think they are the best, the Muslims think their life is best and so on. The scientists estimate the age of the Universe to be at least 15 Billion years. So why did it take God 15 Billion years (2000 years ago) to create his religion and appear?The truth is that God already created his religion at the beginning of creation, billions of years ago, and not just 2000 years ago. That religion which was created by God and has eternally existed is the Vedic religion. And the person who has eternally been known to man, to be God, is Lord Krishna. The position for God and religion was filled billions of
years ago by Lord Krishna and Hinduism. The fact that man has existed for Billions of years and Jesus for 2000, clearly proves that Jesus is not the only way.
Jesus Died for the Sins of Man?
The Christians seem to think that Jesus was a fool as he lets his followers live in sin so he can live in pain. When a Christian murderer goes to court, can he say to the Judge, hang Jesus, he will pay for my sins?If after 9/11, the President of America states that he will allow the Islamic terrorists to kill him. So that the American public can say the President died for the sins of Americans. Would the American public think of him as a savior and the only way?In Hinduism, we believe in giving love to a Guru and love to God, not pain. This is real religion, to give love to Guru and God, not our sins. The Vedic scriptures teach that the purpose of life is to live without sin and give love to the Guru and God.
Jesus was the only son of God?
Even the pigs have many children, so why should the almighty God only have one Son? God is unlimited, he has created millions of Universes. So when it comes to creating sons, he can only create one son? The Bhagavad-Gita states that God is the father of all living beings. Thus based on the Bhagavad-Gita, even a pig can say “I am the son of God”.
Jesus Performed Miracles
The Christians seems to think that because Jesus walked on water and multiplied food. That makes him God. This is foolish mentality. The Vedic scriptures are full of details on millions of humans who performed miracles. Here the details on some of these great Vedic sages:There is a species of living beings called Brahmas. There are millions of Brahmas, and each Brahma can walk on air and multiply a whole Universe with food. Jesus only multiplied a bucket or two of food. The Brahma can create a whole Universe with food. The Brahma is not God, but a demigod. Demigods are powerful living beings who are above the humans. The life span of Brahma is 311 trillion years.There is a species of living beings called Sidhi Yogis. There are millions of Sidhi yogis and each of them can travel from one Planet to another without any machine. There are millions yogis who can walk on water or air. There are millions of yogis who can create a whole Planet. There are millions of yogis who can bring back the dead. There are millions of yogis who can live without food or air for years. There are millions of yogis who can make them selves lighter than a cotton swab.Narade Muni is a yogi who spends his life traveling from one Universe to another and his life span is trillions of years.Lord Shiva is a demigod who swallowed an Ocean full of poison and he can turn an old person into young and he can make a woman into a man and vice versa. He can also destroy this whole Universe just by opening his third eye.You think Boeing is great for creating the 747 planes? There are yogis who can make a whole City into an aero plane.The master of all mystic yogis is called Yogeshwar, Lord Krishna. He performed miracles like lifting a mountain, multiplying his body into 16,108 forms, showing the Universe in his mouth, transformed himself into others, protected his followers in this life, put out a forest fire by swallowing it and so on. Lord Krishna in his Maha Vishnu form has millions of Universes coming out of the pores on his body with every exhalation. And when he exhales or inhales once, 311 trillion years pass on Earth. Lord Krishna can make himself small enough to enter the atom and so on.
Jesus went to India?
The reason why Jesus had some yogic powers like millions of yogis in India is that he went to India during the so-called, lost years. And he got the knowledge to perform mystic Yoga (miracles) from Vedic yogis. The fact that outside India, Jesus is the only person who performed miracles that millions of Vedic sages can perform, is simple proof that Jesus went to India. Jesus got his spiritual and mystic yogic (miracles) knowledge from Vedic sages.
Jesus Was God?
Absolutely not. This is one of the most ridiculous statement that Christians make. God is the controller and creator of millions of Universes. So does it make any sense for God to appear on this tiny insignificant planet called Earth. Millions of years after creating it so that he can be tormented, harassed, and crucified?The basic quality of God is that he is all powerful. Jesus clearly proved that he was all powerless.
Jesus said “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone” (Mark 10.8)
“My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me” (John 7:16)
Jesus said “I go unto my father: for my father is greater than I” (John 14.28)
"I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself" (John 5.19)
Jesus said “Father forgive them, they know not what they are doing”
“I and my Father are one" (John 10.30) – The Christians use this statement to justify that Jesus is God, but this actually proves that Jesus is not God.The definition of God is that one who is the greatest, one who has know one equal to him, one who has know one above him. Such a person is called God. If Jesus and his father are equal then neither of them can be God.The Bhagavad-Gita states that everything is a part and parcel of God, thus even a dog can say ‘I and my father are one’. We are all parts of God according to the Bhagavad-Gita. The Bhagavad-Gita is the word of God in person and it’s the oldest scripture known to man.
What is God According to Christianity?
It is a fact that Jesus was not God, even Jesus himself proved that he was not God. So who exactly is God?The Christian scriptures do not answer this very basic and most important question. Even Jesus, who declared himself as the only son of God, did not actually say who his father was. Thus he did not answer the question ‘What is God?’ What is God’s name, his address, what does he look like, his history, exactly when and where will he appear next on this Planet, how he creates and maintains and so on. These are the questions, which one should ask. You will only find the answers to these questions in the Vedic scriptures and not in any other scriptures.
It is a fact that Jesus was not God, even Jesus himself proved that he was not God. So who exactly is God?The Christian scriptures do not answer this very basic and most important question. Even Jesus, who declared himself as the only son of God, did not actually say who his father was. Thus he did not answer the question ‘What is God?’ What is God’s name, his address, what does he look like, his history, exactly when and where will he appear next on this Planet, how he creates and maintains and so on. These are the questions, which one should ask. You will only find the answers to these questions in the Vedic scriptures and not in any other scriptures.
Thy shall love your Neighbor
Just as a father loves all his children, in a similar way, the supreme father (Lord Krishna), loves all his children including the animals. Jesus taught that we should love our neighbors, the Bhagavad-Gita also teaches that we should love our neighbors, but the neighbors also include the animals. Thus we should not eat our neighbors, the animals.The Bible teaches that animals are just food. But when you realize that all living beings are the children of God, then how can you kill and eat your brothers (the animals)?If one accepts that God is the father of all living beings and he is loving and caring, then why would he order the killing of the most innocent of all his children, the animals?Lord Caitanya (an incarnation of Lord Krishna) states in the Caitanya Caritamrta that the Abhramic scriptures are the scriptures of the Yavanas (meat eaters). They are not eternal like the Vedic scriptures. Their compilers not knowing the essence of knowledge, gave orders that were against reason and argument.
Just as a father loves all his children, in a similar way, the supreme father (Lord Krishna), loves all his children including the animals. Jesus taught that we should love our neighbors, the Bhagavad-Gita also teaches that we should love our neighbors, but the neighbors also include the animals. Thus we should not eat our neighbors, the animals.The Bible teaches that animals are just food. But when you realize that all living beings are the children of God, then how can you kill and eat your brothers (the animals)?If one accepts that God is the father of all living beings and he is loving and caring, then why would he order the killing of the most innocent of all his children, the animals?Lord Caitanya (an incarnation of Lord Krishna) states in the Caitanya Caritamrta that the Abhramic scriptures are the scriptures of the Yavanas (meat eaters). They are not eternal like the Vedic scriptures. Their compilers not knowing the essence of knowledge, gave orders that were against reason and argument.
Did Lord Krishna declare himself as God?
Absolutely yes, without any doubt.
Supreme Father:“It should be understood that all species of life, o son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed giving father” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 14.4)“I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire”(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.17)
Supreme Creator: Lord Krishna is the origin of all.
“The whole cosmic order is under me. By my will it is manifested again and again, and by my will it is annihilated at the end” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.8)“Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being, moving or unmoving, that can exist without me” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.39)"I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts"(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.8)"Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both the origin and the dissolution" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.6)
Supreme Controller: Lord Krishna is the supreme controller.
"I give heat, and I withhold and send forth the rain" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.19) “With a single fragment of myself I pervade and support this entire universe”(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.42)
Supreme Maintainer:
“The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of the whole world, comes from me. And the splendor of the moon and the splendor of fire are also from me” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 15.12)“I enter into each planet, and by energy they stay in orbit” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 15.13)“This material nature, which is one of my energies is working under my direction”(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.10)
Omnipresent: Lord Krishna is omnipresent, meaning he is present everywhere.
“I am the supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities, I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.20)
Omnipotent: Lord Krishna is omnipotent, meaning he is the greatest.
"There is no truth beyond Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.7)
Omniscient: Lord Krishna knows the past, present, and the future.
“O Arjuna, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.26)“Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot!" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 4.5)
There is Only One God:
“Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only me, O son of Kunti, but they do so in a wrong way. I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices. Therefore, those who do not recognize my true transcendental nature fall down” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.24) "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear." (Bhagavad-Gita 18.66)
Description of God: What does God look like?
- Lord Krishna has a form just like a human being, but his body is spiritual and thus eternal.- His complexion is dark-blue, like that of a rain filled cloud.- His eyes are like lotus petals.- He is ever youthful.- He is full of bliss and his beauty excels that of thousand of cupids. - He likes to play the flute,- He wears a peacock feather in his crown.- He wears the Kaustubha jewel around his neck.- He wears yellow garments.
Did Lord Krishna Prove his Divinity?
Absolutely yes, without any doubt.Anyone can claim to be God, but who can actually prove it?Lord Krishna performed miracles that only God can perform.
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When Lord Krishna was 7 years old, he lifted a mountain (26 miles in perimeter) and held it up with his one hand for 7 days. Witnessed by tens of thousands of people who were standing underneath the mountain.
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Lord Krishna expanded his body into 16,108 forms. Which means he duplicated his body into 16,108 identical bodies.
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Lord Krishna in his Ram incarnation built a bridge between India and Sri Lanka by making stones float on the sea. NASA has satellite images of this bridge built by Lord Ram around 2 million years ago.
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Lord Krishna showed the whole Universe in his mouth several times.
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Many atheists tried to kill Lord Krishna, but Lord Krishna very easily defeated them all and also gave them on the spot liberation. Lord Krishna is most merciful; he gives liberation even to those who try to kill him. The Lord can give on the spot liberation; one does not need to wait for the Day of Judgment.
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Lord Krishna brought back to life many dead people including the six children of Devaki.
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Lord Krishna cured diseased people including transforming a hunchback woman into a most beautiful woman in return for offering sandalwood pulp to the Lord.
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Lord Krishna destroyed all the wicked Kings and evil people who were tormenting and harassing the public. People were saved in this very life.
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Lord Krishna put out a big forest fire, simply by swallowing it whole.
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Lord Krishna transformed himself into exact copies of others.
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Lord Krishna granted Arjuna divine vision and reveled his spectacular unlimited form as the cosmic universe. In which Arjuna could see the various forms of Lord Krishna, and unlimited Planets while being seated in one place. He was also shown the past, present, and future.
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When a woman called Draupadi was disrobed in a court of kings, she called out to Lord Krishna for help and he supplied her with an unlimited sari and thus she could not be disrobed.
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Lord Krishna in his Maha Vishnu form, is so big that millions of Universes are coming out from his body with every exhalation, and with every inhalation, millions of Universes enter his body. When Maha Vishnu inhales or exhales just once, 311 trillion years pass on Earth.
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Lord Krishna can make himself so small that he can enter the atom.
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What is Reincarnation?
The soul is eternal but the body is temporary. Thus when the body is finished (death), the soul must continue to exist in another body.If a person kills and soon after dies himself. How can he be punished unless he takes birth again? If a sinner is sent to hell forever then how can God be merciful unless he is given another chance?Once you had the body of a baby and now an adult. The baby body is gone but you still exist. This is reincarnation, changing bodies.Just as you change bodies in this life, you will also change bodies after this life. Is this hard to accept?Reincarnation is the passing of the soul from one body to the next. Life is truly a circle of birth, death and re-birth. We never die; we merely change our physical form. There are 8.4 million different forms of bodies; we have been through them all. Being Human is the highest form of Life on this planet.So why do we keep coming back to life? We are re-born to exhume our Karma. We build our Karma during our life and we must come back to face the reactions to all our actions.
So you still don't believe in reincarnation?
Well, if you do not believe in reincarnation, then it means that you believe that we are only born once, right? If we are only born once, then surely everyone should be born equal. By believing in God, we accept that God must be fair, and thus everyone would be born equal if we only have one chance of life. Well, is everyone born equal?
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Why are some born healthy and some diseased?
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Why are some born ugly and some good looking?
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Why do some children suffer from birth and die at very young age?
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Why are some born poor and some rich?
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Now that you accept everyone is not born equal. So how does God decide on the above matters for us? Well, God's decisions are based on knowing our history, our previous lives. God is very fair, God does not make us happy for no reason, and God does not make us suffer for no reason. Based on our Karmic actions, some people are happy because they have good Karma and are now facing good reactions to their good actions taken in their past. Some people suffer because they have bad Karma and are now facing bad reactions to their bad actions taken in their past.A person is born again and again to reap the fruits of his or her own actions. This cycle of birth and death continues until the person attains moksha or freedom from the cycle of birth and death. Moksha can only be achieved through Krishna consciousness.Sanatan Dharma is the only religion, which preaches the reincarnation and Karma theories. There is scientific evidence to prove the reincarnation and Karma theories.“Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be. As the embodied soul continuously passes, in the body from childhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change." Lord Krishna (Bg. 2.12-13)"As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." Lord Krishna (Bg. 2.22)"When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets of the great sages. When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when one dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom." Lord Krishna (Bg. 14.14-15)
What Is Karma ?
Do you have the answers to the following questions?
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Why are some born healthy and some with severe health problems?
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Why do some people suffer more than others?
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Why do some people live a good life and some a miserable one?
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Why is life full of ups and downs? One day we are happy, another day we are sad
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Why do some people die from diseases like cancer and some naturally?
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Why are some people born more fortunate than others?
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Why is there a difference between each person's lives?
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Why do some children suffer from birth and die at very young age?
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Sanatan Dharma is the only religion which can answer all of the above questions, and with complete satisfaction.A Christian woman went to a Christian preacher and asked him why her young son had died at a young age. The Christian preacher could not give her an answer. She found the answer to her satisfaction in the Bhagavad-Gita.
The answers to all the above questions is:
The Law of Karma
For every action you take there will be a reaction in the future. This is the law of Karma.Whatever activity we do, good or bad, brings us good or bad reactions. For every action you take, you will face a reaction in the future, which could be a few seconds away or 20 years away or your next incarnation. If you take good actions, you will face good reactions. This may come in the form of good health, wealth or birth on higher planets etc. If you take bad actions, you will face bad reactions in the future. The bad reactions may come in the form of disease, poverty or birth on one of the hellish planets etc.When we suffer, we are facing the bad reactions to our bad actions taken in the past.Our actions include everything we do, including our physical deeds, our words and thoughts. There will be a reaction to all our actions.Taking good actions builds our good karma (joy and happiness in the future).Taking bad actions builds our bad karma (disease and suffering in the future).Actions, which result in bad Karma: Eating meat, violence, ignorance, harshness, untruthfulness, lust, anger, greed, attachments, desires, gambling, ego, and alcohol.Actions, which build good Karma: Vegetarianism, non-violence, generosity, charity, self-control, truthfulness, simplicity, forgiveness, religiousness, and cleanliness. Free from attachments, desires and ego.Your destiny is in your own hands. You are held responsible for all your actions.The reason why some people suffer more than others is that they sinned more than others in their past and thus they are now facing the bad reactions to the bad actions taken in their past.The reason why some good people suffer all their life is because although they are now good. They still suffer because they are now facing the bad reactions to the bad actions taken in their previous lives. But because they are now taking good actions they will face good reactions (be happy) in their next life.The reason why some really rotten people enjoy a good life despite being rotten, is that they are now facing the good reactions to the good actions they took in their previous lives. However, because they are taking bad actions now (being rotten), they will face bad reactions in the future (suffer).God does not make one happy for no reason nor does God make one suffer for no reason. Karma is a very just law.If a person takes good actions in life and thus builds good karma, he or she will be born into a better life in the next incarnation. A sinner who leads an immoral life may be born as a poor person or as an animal in the next incarnation. A person is born again and again to reap the fruits of his or her own actions. This cycle of birth and death continues until the person attains moksha or freedom from the cycle of birth and death. Moksha can be achieved through Krishna consciousness.
Karma and the Human Law and Order System.
Why do we have the police, judges, courts and jails? We have a system of Law and Order in each and every country, which makes us responsible for our actions. If we break the Law, we are arrested, taken to court and the Judge decides on the punishment we receive, which will be in proportion to the crime committed, then sent to jail, punishment for our crimes.Without the Law and Order system that we have, without the police enforcing the law, life would be pure hell. People would go round killing, looting, stealing, raping and vandalizing property. Simply because people, would not be held responsible for their actions.Without the Law and Order system there would be no peace and justice in the world.We have the human Law and Order System in every country and the citizens of each country are held responsible for the actions they take; those who break the law are punished.Just as we have the Human Law and Order system. God has a Law and Order system, the Law of Karma. We are held responsible for all our actions. The differences between the human system and God's system are:
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With Karma, we are responsible for all our actions, including words and thoughts.
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With Karma, there is no escape; you will face reactions to each and every action you take in the future, that is guaranteed. With the human system, some people do get away with murder and other crimes.
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With Karma, we are punished for our bad actions and rewarded for good actions, in the human system we are punished if we are caught breaking the law, but we are not rewarded for abiding by the laws.
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If you accept that we cannot live peacefully and be treated fairly without the human system of Law and Order, then you must accept that God also has a Law and Order system, the Law of Karma.Sanatan Dharma is the only religion, which preaches the Law of Karma as this knowledge comes from God and man.
Forensic Evidence of Reincarnation
Is there a scientific basis for reincarnation? Indian forensic scientist Vikram Raj Singh Chauhan is trying to prove reincarnation is real. He has presented his findings at the National Conference of Forensic Scientists in India.Chauhan has discovered a six-year-old boy named Taranjijt Singh who says he remembers his previous life. According to his parents, he’s been talking about this since he was two years old and used to run away from home. The boy knew the village he lived in during his former life, as well as his and his father’s names. He knew the name of the school he attended as well. On September 10, 1992, he was riding his bike home when he was hit by a motor scooter. He received head injuries and died the next day. His present father, Ranjit Singh, says as the boy became more and more insistent, so he and his wife went to the village where he claimed to have lived in the past. At first, they couldn’t find anyone who resembled the descriptions of his former parents. Then someone told him to go to another nearby village, where they met a teacher at the local school who confirmed the story of the motor scooter accident. They found out where the boy had lived and went there to meet the parents.When they told the family their story, Ranjit Singh mentioned that his son claimed the books he was carrying when the accident occurred had gotten blood on them. He also described how much money he had in his wallet. When the woman heard this, she began to cry and said she had saved the blood-stain books and the money in memory of her dead child. Taranjit Singh’s parents and siblings from his former life soon came to his new home to meet him. The boy recognized a wedding picture his former parents brought with him.At first, Vikram Chauhan refused to believe this story but he eventually became curious and decided to investigate. He visited both villages and found the boy and both sets of parents repeated the same story. He spoke to a shopkeeper who told him that the boy had owed him the money that was in his wallet when he was hit, and was probably bringing it to him to pay for a notebook he’d gotten on credit.Chauhan took samples of both boys’ handwriting and compared them. He found they were identical. It’s a basic tenet of forensic science that no two handwriting styles can be identical, because each person’s handwriting has specific characteristics. Experts can usually spot even expertly forged handwriting. A person’s handwriting style is dictated by individual personality traits. Chauhan’s theory is that if the soul is transferred from one person to another, then the mind – and thus the handwriting - will remain the same. A number of other forensic experts examined the handwriting samples and agreed they were identical."I have some scientific basis to claim rebirth is possible", says Chauhan, "but I wish to do more research on the subject and am closely monitoring the development of the child." Singh’s former parents wanted him to move back with them, but his current family still claims him, even though they are poor. Chauhan says, "In his present birth, Taranjit has never gone to school as he belongs to a poor family, but yet when I told him to write the English and Punjabi alphabet, he wrote them correctly."The above is just one of thousands of cases on reincarnation.
Death Is Just Around The Corner"One who has taken his birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again."(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 2.27)
But for some reason, you are unwilling to accept this fact?
You may think that while death may come to others, you will some how continue to live forever. You will hear about others dying, but it never comes to your mind that you could be next. The whole situation is like that of a slaughterhouse where one animal is being slaughtered and another one is busy munching grass and doesn't realize that it will be next. This is ignorance."From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one, who attains to my abode, O son of Kunté, never takes birth again."(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 8.16)Material life is full of calamities. The less intelligent persons try to adjust to those calamities, as they have no information on the abode of the Lord, which is full of bliss and without a trace of calamity. The intelligent persons try to give up attachment for this material world.You may think that your life is very comfortable as you have money, big house, nice cars, beautiful partner etc.. But what is the value of this so-called comfortable life, if one day you are going to lose everything and be slaughtered by nature? What to speak of your next life, which may be in the animal kingdom?The animals in the slaughterhouse live very comfortably, but they are only waiting to be hacked to death. The same goes for you too.The animals cannot escape the wrath of the butcher, and you cannot escape the wrath of nature. But you have a choice of either going through the whole drama of material life (birth, old age, disease, death) again, again, and again, or become free from material life (no death, no marital problems, no taxes, no disease, no poverty, no wars, no terrorism, no anxiety and so on)
The souls in the plants and animals are on a fixed cycle of transmigration from one body to the next in the plant and animal kingdoms. They will have to go through 8 million births before they get a human birth.The humans have been through the 8 million births in the plant and animal kingdoms. But if a human being misuses or fails to utilize the higher consciousness, then he (the soul) will once again have to go through the 8 millions births in the plant and animal kingdoms. Only a complete fool would waste this rare human birth.Only by engaging in Bhakti Yoga (devotional service onto Lord Krishna) can a human being become free from material life and go to the kingdom of God, called Goluka Vrindavan, the abode of Lord Krishna. Where there is no old age, no disease, no taxes, no wars, no terrorism, no depression.Where you will be in 50 years time is a serious thought to consider now, because you won’t be here.
Why is life full of Ups and downs?
Why is life full of Ups and downs?One day we are really happy, another day we are really upset. Why? Why aren't we happy all the time or sad all the time?The answer is 'Due to the Law of Karma'.When we are happy, we are reaping the benefits of our good actions, which we took in the past. When we suffer, we are being punished for the bad actions, which we took in the past. It's common sense really. You get what you deserve. No one is happy all the time or sad all the time, because everyone takes some good actions and some bad actions every day, the result of our good and bad actions will be happiness and suffering in the future which will be in proportion to our actions. Thus life is full of ups and downs.
The Result of Devotional service, offering charity, eating meat and lust
"The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another as the air carries aromas." (Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita 15.8) "As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change."(Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita 2.13 "When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when he dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom."(Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita 14.15) "When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets."(Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita 14.14) Top section: On the left, a boy is dancing before the Deities of Radha-Krsna. The result of such devotional consciousness is shown on the right, where he is dancing with Krishna as a playmate in the Lord's spiritual abode. Second section: On the left a man is offering charity; on the right he has taken the body of a demigod and is enjoying heavenly delights. Third section: A man is eating meat and other abominable foods; in his next life he is seen in the body of a hog who eats anything and everything. Bottom section: A man is approaching a women with lust. This bestial consciousness carries him to a dog's body.The individual soul transfers from one body to another, the present body and activities are the background of the next body. At the time of death, the consciousness our body has created during this life will carry us on to the next type of body.If the consciousness we have created in this life is like that of a cat or dog, the next body will be that of a cat or dog.If our consciousness is godly, the soul will be transferred to Krsnaloka in the spiritual world and will associate with Lord Krishna.
The Variety of Food for Humans
In China and Taiwan, some people eat dogs, cats, snakes, snails, and other abominable animals.
In France some people eat frogs.
In Arabia people eat cows and goats.
In Australia, the aborigines eat lizards.
In the Western countries people eat pigs, and lobsters.
In Mexico some people eat rats.
In Africa some eat monkeys.
In France some people eat frogs.
In Arabia people eat cows and goats.
In Australia, the aborigines eat lizards.
In the Western countries people eat pigs, and lobsters.
In Mexico some people eat rats.
In Africa some eat monkeys.
There are so many other varieties of abominable animals that humans around the world eat.It’s due to ignorance that humans who are made of flesh and blood engage in eating the flesh and blood of other living beings.
Vegetarian Food – The Higher Taste.Those humans who have a higher consciousness will not engage in flesh eating. They will only eat food that is healthy, nutritious, and karma free: Grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, milk, and preparations made from milk.Only the beast will eat another beast.
Why Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism, known in Sanskrit as Shakahara, was for thousands of years a principle of health and environmental ethics throughout India. Though Muslim and Christian colonization radically undermined and eroded this ideal, it remains to this day a cardinal ethic of Hindu thought and practices. A subtle sense of guilt persists among Hindus who eat meat.Hinduism is the only religion which preaches vegetarianism, as a way to live with a minimum of hurt to other beings, for to consume meat, fish, fowl or eggs is to participate indirectly in acts of cruelty and violence against the animal kingdom.The meat-eater's desire for meat drives another to kill and provide that meat. The act of the butcher begins with the desire of the consumer. Meat eating contributes to a mentality of violence. India's greatest saints have confirmed that one cannot eat meat and live a peaceful, harmonious life. Man's appetite for meat inflicts devastating harm on the earth itself, stripping its precious forests to make way for pastures. How can one who eats meat practice true compassion by eating the flesh of an animal to fatten his own flesh?A vegetarian diet does not include meat, fish or eggs. For good health, even certain vegetarian foods are minimized: frozen and canned foods, highly processed foods, such as white rice, white sugar and white flour; and "junk" foods and beverages-those with abundant chemical additives, such as artificial sweeteners, colorings, flavorings and preservatives.Vegetarian families have far fewer problems than those who are not vegetarian. If children are raised as vegetarians, every day they are exposed to nonviolence as a principle of peace and compassion. Every day they are growing up they are remembering and being reminded to not kill. They won't even kill another creature to eat, to feed themselves. And if they won't kill another creature to feed themselves, they will be much less likely to do acts of violence against people.When a man realizes that meat is the butchered flesh of another creature, he must abstain from eating it.You must not use your God-given body for killing God's creatures, whether they are human or animal.The greatness of a civilization and its moral progress can be measured by the way, in which its animals are treated. The Hindus are by far the most peaceful humans that ever existed on this Earth.
Cow Killing-The cow gives us milk, without which we cannot survive. From birth, we depend on milk for our good health and our survival. For the first 3 months, we drink the milk of the cow through our mother and then directly for the rest of our lives. How can you kill a mother, which nourishes you with good health for life?
Reasons to Be a Vegetarian-Millions of meat-eaters have made the personal decision to stop eating the flesh of other creatures. Here are some major motivations for such a decision.
1) The SCRIPTURAL LAW reason
Your consciousness at death will determine your next body.If you have eaten animals (meat) all your life, your final thoughts will be that of animals, you will take birth in the animal kingdom. If you have lived a life of charity and generosity (helping people), your final thoughts will be that of helping people, you will take birth on one of the heavenly planets."The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another as the air carries aromas. Thus he takes one kind of body and again quits it to take another." Lord Krishna (Bg. 15.8) "Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.6) Ahimsa, the law of non-injury, is the Hindu's first duty in fulfillment of his religious obligations to God and God's creation as defined by the Vedic scriptures.
2) The KARMIC CONSEQUENCES reason
All of our actions including our choice of food have karmic consequences. By involving oneself in the cycle of inflicting injury, pain and death, even indirectly by eating other creatures, one must in the future experience in equal measure the suffering caused. If you eat animals now, you build bad karma, which will result in punishment in the future. This is guaranteed. The law of Karma is a reality.
3) The SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS reason
Food is the source of the body's chemistry, and what we ingest affects our consciousness, emotions and experiential patterns. If one wants to live in higher consciousness, in peace and happiness and love for all creatures, then he cannot eat meat, fish, shellfish, fowl or eggs. By ingesting the grosser chemistries of animal foods, one introduces into the body and mind anger, jealousy, fear, anxiety, suspicion and a terrible fear of death, all of which are locked into the flesh of butchered creatures. For these reasons, shakaharis (vegetarians) live in higher consciousness and mansaharis (meat eaters) abide in lower consciousness.
4) The HEALTH reason
Medical studies prove that a vegetarian diet is easier to digest, provides a wider range of nutrients and imposes fewer burdens and impurities on the body. Vegetarians are less susceptible to all the major diseases that afflict contemporary humanity, and thus live longer, healthier, more productive lives. They have fewer physical complaints, less frequent visits to the doctor, fewer dental problems and smaller medical bills. Their immune system is stronger, their bodies are purer, more refined and skin more beautiful.Those who eat flesh are far more likely to contract cancer than those following a vegetarian diet are.Meat-eaters ingest excessive amounts of cholesterol, making them dangerously susceptible to heart attacks.Many scientific studies have concluded that eating meat can seriously damage your health.
5) The ECOLOGICAL reason
Planet earth is suffering. In large measure, the escalating loss of species, destruction of ancient rain forests to create pasturelands for livestock, loss of topsoils and the consequent increase of water impurities and air pollution have all been traced to the single fact of meat in the human diet. No single decision that we can make as individuals or as a race can have such a dramatic effect on the improvement of our planetary ecology as the decision to not eat meat. Many seeking to save the planet for future generations have made this decision for this reason and this reason alone.
6) The Economic reason
The simple fact is that to produce 1 lb of meat, it requires over 16 lbs of grain and many gallons of water. Millions of animals are breed for meat production, if they were not breed and the vegetation was used to feed people. There would be no poverty in the World.Which would you choose; 1 lb of meat, which involves killing and maybe disease (cancer, heart or mad cow) Or 16 lbs of grain, many gallons of water with no killing and good health?
I GAVE YOU NOURISHING FOOD FOR LIFE AND THIS IS WHAT YOU DO TO ME
1. YOU DRINK THE MILK OF A COW THROUGH YOUR MOTHER FOR THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF LIFE, THEN DIRECTLY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
2. YOU EAT CHEESE WHICH IS MADE FROM COWS MILK.
3. YOU EAT YOGURT WHICH IS MADE FROM COWS MILK
4.YOU EAT ICE CREAM WHICH IS MADE FROM COWS MILK.
5. YOU EAT BUTTER AND MARGARINE WHICH ARE MADE FROM COWS MILK.
6. YOU EAT OTHER FOOD PRODUCTS WHICH ARE MADE FROM COWS MILK, LIKE PIZZA (CHEESE).
DID YOU KNOW THAT WITHOUT THE COW, HUMANS CANNOT EXIST.
Despite knowing the above, you kill and eat your mother, the cow. Shame on you.You think the above is disgusting? Well, you are the cause of the above, do you realize that? Or have you been brainwashed too much into believing that killing is not wrong?
Donate Your Money or Waste It?
The fact of life is that money comes in one hand and soon after it leaves from the other. Money does not stay with us for long. So you have a choice of either wasting it on material possessions or spend it wisely in the service of Lord Krishna.It is important to realize that everything, including your money, belongs to Lord Krishna. You are just a caretaker for a very short time. You can either spend it in the service of Lord Krishna by donating to his temples or devotees who are engaged in his service or spend it on yourself and live in sin.
“One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the supreme God, is not affected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 5.10)A vegetarian diet does not include meat, fish or eggs. For good health, even certain vegetarian foods are minimized: frozen and canned foods, highly processed foods, such as white rice, white sugar and white flour; and "junk" foods and beverages-those with abundant chemical additives, such as artificial sweeteners, colorings, flavorings and preservatives.Here Lord Krishna recommends that one should work for him. This means that we should offer the results (pay checks) of our sacrifice (job) to him (some of it at least). If we just enjoy the fruits (pay checks) of our sacrifice (job) results by ourselves, we are living in sin.When should you donate?
Well, whenever you receive the fruits (pay check) of your sacrifices (job), you should offer the results (money) to Lord Krishna.
Are you going to take your Material Possessions with you?
At death you will leave behind everything you own, the money in the bank, the nice cars, the big houses, the gold jewelry and so on, and you will get another body according to your work. Every tiny bit of service to Lord Krishna will count towards determining your next body (human or animal) and it’s conditions of life (rich, poor, healthy, diseased etc.). If you have spent your life in serving Lord Krishna, then at the end you will go back to him. If you have not served him, then you will have to go through all the pains of life again, again, again, and again until in one of your future incarnations you finally realize that life is meant only for serving Lord Krishna and not for self-gratification. A materialist life is a wasted life. You then engage in the service of Lord Krishna and at death you are liberated from material existence.“The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all activities to me; whereas a person who is not in union with the divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 5.12)
Donating money gives one the opportunity to become free from material attachments and thus material life. Those who do not donate simply waste the money on material possessions and become attached to a materialist life and become bonded to material life for many lifetimes.It is not that you should give up everything in the service of Lord Krishna and live in a hut. One can live in a Taj Mahal and drive a Mercedes, and not live in sin. Provided the same was given to Lord Krishna too, via donations of equal value to his temples or devotees engaged in his service.A foolish person works hard all his life, accumulating a big bank balance, properties, jewelry, fast cars, and other material possessions. Then he quits his body to take another, leaving behind everything. Because he spent the money on himself and did not offer the results of his work (money) to God, he lived in sin and his next body will be that of a beggar.A wise person spends his hard earned money on himself and gives a portion of it in charity. Thus when he quits his body, he will be able to enjoy his wealth in his next body too. He will be born in a rich family.Do you ever wonder why some are born in rich families and some in poor families? Well now you know why.
Krishna Consciousness - The Solution To All Our modern Day Problems
The problems in the World today are: Drugs, alcoholism, terrorism, violence, cancer, poverty, divorce, AIDS, conservation, global warming, droughts, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and financial ruin.A Krishna conscious person follows the following principles; Krishna consciousness, No Intoxication, No Meat eating, No elicit sex, No gambling, Accepting the law of karma and reincarnation:
1. Krishna (God) consciousness.
Do you follow a God with no name, unknown address, unknown description, and unknown history, not seen, or not proven?In the Vedic religion (Hinduism) God is a real person with a name, address, description, and history dating back to the beginning of creation (billions of years), seen by millions of humans (the forefathers of all of us), and proven. Lord Krishna is the Supreme Being (God) who last appeared in his original form, only 5000 years ago. He declared himself and proved that he was the Supreme Being, God, to millions of humans.The life of a Krishna conscious person (a devotee) is centered on God (Krishna), which results in liberation from the cycle of birth, death, and re-birth after this life. The life of non-devotees is centered on materialism, lust, attachments, greed, or illusion. Which only result in bondage to material life for countless lifetimes. Material life is conditioned with misery, old age, disease, and death. There are 8.4 million bodies in which the soul keeps circulating. Out of these, only 400,000 are human species in various conditions of life. Not all the species are present on this planet. Thus human birth is rare, and one should utilize the higher consciousness to the fullest potential to break free from the wheel of birth, death, and re-birth, by becoming Krishna conscious.When ones life is not centered on God, then it becomes centered on lust and materialism, which leads to anger and hatred as desires are unlimited and thus can never be satisfied. Couples should first love God, which will automatically lead to love for one another. If they just center their life around each other then their desires will never be satisfied and their relationship will end in misery, divorce.Krishna consciousness people are totally non-violent (vegetarian), not materialist (simple), don’t behave like dogs on the street (no elicit sex), drug free (no intoxications), and don’t gamble with their life. The result of which is no mentality of violence, no AIDS, no druggies, and no financial ruin.
If you are serious about stopping terrorism, drugs, and AIDS. Then become Krishna conscious now
2. No intoxications.
Drugs are the biggest worry for parents of children. In the US alone, millions of people are addicted to drugs.Millions of people are addicted to alcohol. Alcohol causes health problems and human suffering due to un-controlled consciousness.Cigarettes cause diseases like cancer and lung disorders.Tea and Coffee are intoxicants, which are addictive and can affect the consciousness in a negative way.
3. No Meat Eating.
A man works all his life and gets a pension to live out his remaining days. The cow gives milk all her life, and then people kill and eat her. It's wrong. Man does not need to kill to live but he kills by the millions each day.Animal killing, destruction of forests, and pollution is killing nature, which takes revenge in the form of droughts, floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes. In this age (Kali Yuga) things will only get worse by the day.Scientific research has shown that eating meat can seriously damage your health. Meat eaters are much more likely to suffer from cancer, heart disease, and other diseases than vegetarians. Killing animals is inhumane and uncivilized. They too are God’s creatures.Meat eaters have a mentality of violence, a person who kills animals is much more likely to kill people too. Than a person who is a vegetarian. The most violent humans on Earth are animal killers. In this time of terrorism, it is important to know that all terrorists are meat eaters. It would be extremely rare to find a vegetarian terrorist. If everyone in the world were a vegetarian, there would be no terrorism.It makes no economic sense to produce meat for human consumption. It takes at least 16 lbs of grain and many gallons of water to produce just 1 lb of meat. The 16 lbs of grain can feed at least 16 people while the 1 lb of meat can only feed 1 person. If everyone in the world were a vegetarian, there would be enough grain to feed twice the number of people in the world; there would be no poverty.The forests of the world are being decimated by conversion to grazing lands, ruining the lungs of mother earth- that convert the carbon- di-oxide in the air back to oxygen. Global warming would be reduced considerably if there were no meat consumption. The contribution to global warming by automobiles is insignificant compared to the damage caused by breeding animals for meat consumption.
4. No Illicit Sex.
Millions of people around the world are dying from sexually transmitted disease like AIDS. Which is caused by humans behaving like dogs on the street.In this age, relationships and marriages are often based on sex impulses only. This can be proven by the fact that most marriages end in a divorce. It is the children that suffer the most, all due to the lusty parents. Marriage often end due to one or both the partners wanting to move onto another mate. Just like the dogs on the street.If there was no sex before marriage, and if humans did not behave like dogs on the street then the number of divorces and thus single parent families would dramatically reduce. Sexual lust only leads to misery.Marriage beak-ups are costly in terms of human suffering and financially to both the partners.
5. No Gambling.
Millions of people gamble in various ways. Often most are losers. Gambling destroys the financial well being of many families and causes suffering. Mostly to women and children.The gamblers don’t realize that it’s the bookies who win and not them.
6. Accepting the law of karma and reincarnation.
If a person kills and soon after dies himself. How can be punished unless he takes birth again? If a sinner is sent to hell forever then how can God be merciful unless he is given another chance? Reincarnation and karma explain why some people are born into misery and others into good fortune. Why some are born healthy and some diseased and so on.By knowing that we are responsible for all our actions, one does not take actions, which causes suffering to others. This makes one very compassionate to all living beings. The law of karma makes one realize that by engaging in violence against other living beings will result in punishment, in equal proportion to the action.Giving charity now will result in receiving charity in the future. If you give today to the needy, then in the future when you are in need, you will receive.At death, all our actions taken during in life are taken into account to determine our next body (human or animal) and it’s conditions of life (rich, poor, healthy, diseased).If all humans accepted that this life isn’t the only one and that for every action there will be a reaction, there would be no terrorism, violence, and criminals in the world. Also, if all humans were charitable and shared their wealth (take pious actions), there would be no poverty in the world.People say “I want peace’. If you remove the ‘I’ (ego) and the ‘want’ (desires), you will be left with peace. Men and women must give up false ego, attachment to material objects, desires, and lust. This will result in everlasting peace and happiness.Reincarnation and Karma are scientific facts.
Beliefs and Facts of Hinduism
Hinduism is for those who want to:
- Follow the real proven religion of Peace
- Follow an eternal religion founded by God himself and not a man
- Follow a religion with unlimited Prophets of God and not just one
- Follow scriptures spoken and written down by God himself in person
- Follow a religion that has existed for millions of years and not just a few thousand
- Follow the original religion of man
- Stop killing all together (vegetarianism)
- Know and love God as a person, rather than just a name
- Know exactly who the person God is. His description, history, scheduled incarnations and so on
- Consider all living beings including the animals as brothers and sisters
- Believe that God created all living beings and thus we are all his sons and daughters
- Know when exactly is the Day of Judgment
- Know exactly why some are born poor/diseased/rich and so on
- Follow scientifically proven ideologies (Vegetarianism, Karma, Reincarnation, Yoga…)
- Know all the answers and no speculation
- Follow an eternal religion founded by God himself and not a man
- Follow a religion with unlimited Prophets of God and not just one
- Follow scriptures spoken and written down by God himself in person
- Follow a religion that has existed for millions of years and not just a few thousand
- Follow the original religion of man
- Stop killing all together (vegetarianism)
- Know and love God as a person, rather than just a name
- Know exactly who the person God is. His description, history, scheduled incarnations and so on
- Consider all living beings including the animals as brothers and sisters
- Believe that God created all living beings and thus we are all his sons and daughters
- Know when exactly is the Day of Judgment
- Know exactly why some are born poor/diseased/rich and so on
- Follow scientifically proven ideologies (Vegetarianism, Karma, Reincarnation, Yoga…)
- Know all the answers and no speculation
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Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world, dating back to millions of years.
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Hinduism is the most peace-loving Religion of all. This can be proven by the fact that Hindustan (The Land of the Hindus) or India has never attacked or invaded another nation. The Hindus have never stolen land belonging to others. The Hindus have never used force to convert others. The Hindus have never treated other humans as slaves. The other religions certainly cannot say the same.
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The Hindus have the richest culture of all.
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The Hindu scriptures are the oldest known to man. There main scripture of Hinduism is the The Bhagavad-Gita. The Bhagavad-Gita is the only word of God in Person. It is the conversation between a man called Arjun and God himself in the human form, Lord Krishna.
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Hinduism preaches that there is only ONE god, who has many different manifestations. Hinduism is the only religion based on following a God who was actually seen by millions of people in the past and who will be seen again by millions in the future. God appeared as Lord Ram about 2 million years ago, as Lord Krishna 5000 years, as Lord Buddha 2500 years ago, and will appear again as Lord Kalki in 427,000 years time.
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Hinduism is the only religion, which clearly states that there is life on other Planets, and actually gives description of life and the names of other Planets with living beings. This information can be found in the Shrimad Bhagavatam.
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Hinduism preaches that the universe undergoes endless cycles of creation, preservation and dissolution.
There are four ages (Yugas):
Satya Yuga: The age of the truth and true religion. The yuga lasts 1.728 million years.
Treta Yuga: The introduction of ignorance takes place in this age. The yuga lasts 1.296 million years.
Dvapara Yuga: Increased decline in the truth and religious values takes effect in this age. The yuga lasts 864,000 years.
Kali Yuga: The age of irreligion and ignorance. The truth being virtually non-existent. The yuga lasts 432,000 years.We are now 5000 years into the Kali Yuga, after another 427,000 years. The Satya Yuga will start, and true religion (Hinduism) will once again be the only religion of the world.
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Hindus believe in the law of Karma.Karma is the Law of action and reaction. For every action we take, we face a reaction in the future. Do good today, and tomorrow will be good day. Do bad today, and tomorrow will be a bad day. Nothing happens by chance or luck. Everything happens according to our karma.
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Hindus believe in Reincarnation.The soul passes from one body to the next. We never die we just keep changing bodies. What you will be in your next life will depend on your karmic actions taken in this and previous lives.
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Hinduism preaches that God is present in the heart of every living being, including animals, as the super soul, accompanying the individual soul.
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Hinduism is the only religion, which preaches vegetarianism. All life is sacred, to be loved and revered, and therefore practice non-injury.The action of killing and eating animals is very bad karma and will have equal opposite reactions in proportion. Due to the law of Karma, if you kill and eat animals now, you will be killed and eaten in the future. You will be treated the same way you treat others, including animals.
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The oldest and most systematic language in the World is a Hindu language, Sanskrit.
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Hinduism preaches that all living beings have a soul. The only religion, which preaches that animals too have a soul.
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The Worlds first University was established by the Hindus in Takshila (India) in 700 B.C. It had more than 10,000 students from all over the World studying more than 60 subjects.
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Ayurveda is the oldest medical science.
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The most intellectual game of all, Chess. Was invented by the Hindus.
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Martial Arts and Meditation originate from the Hindus.
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Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism are branches of Hinduism.
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Please note that the word Hindu on this site refers to a Vaisnava, one who follows the original unadultarated Vedic scriptures, thus one who is Krishna conscious.
What is The Hindu Caste System?
We all work. At work we have a boss. Your boss is higher than you and you are lower than your boss. Does this mean that your company is bad for making you lower than your boss? No. You are lower than your boss, because your boss deserves to be higher than you. He is better qualified and experienced and thus he deserves to be higher than you. You are less qualified and experienced and thus you deserve to be lower than your boss.The Hindu caste system is exactly like this example.Basically the Hindu caste system is that, based on the qualifications a person has developed. He/She should be given an appropriate role in society. Every organization in the World is following the Hindu caste system. As the employees in every organization are given a role in the organization according to the qualifications of the employee.The current caste system practiced in India is based on birth and not qualifications and thus it should be rejected. As stated in the Bhagavad-Gita.Just think if all the Politicians were assigned according to the Hindu caste system. How wonderful the whole World would be. As only those who are truthful and caring would be qualified to become Politicians. Currently the whole World is in a chaotic condition as nearly all the Politicians are liars, ruthless, and thieves.In ignorance, the Christians and Muslims often attack the Hindu caste system. Why is Bill Gates the CEO of Microsoft and not the Janitor of Microsoft? This is the Hindu caste system in action. Bill gates has developed the qualifications of a CEO and thus he is the CEO and not the Janitor.Just like in a family, one child may become a Doctor based on the qualifications acquired. And another child may become a Janitor.The Bible openly advocates enslaving human beings. Is this not far worse than the Hindu caste system?
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ." (Ephesians 6:5)
The Muslims also have a history of enslaving human beings. And the Koran divides human beings into believers (Muslims) and non-believers (non-Muslims), and orders the killing of unbelievers, especially the Jews. Is this not barbaric and uncivilized and far worse than the Hindu caste system? "Slay the unbelievers wherever you catch them." (Koran 2:191) "Fight them, until there is no more dissent and religion is that of Allah" (Koran 2:193) "I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their fingertips off them" (Koran 8:12) "Believers, take neither Jews nor Christians for your friends. They are friends with one another. Whoever of you seeks their friendship shall become one of their numbers. Allah does not guide the wrong-doers." (Koran 5:51)
Every second, the unbelievers are born and this is simple proof that the all mighty God very much loves the unbelievers. Also the fact that the unbelievers have existed for millions of years and the believers for only 1400 years, is proof that God wants the unbelievers to exist more so than the believers.The real God (Lord Krishna) is full of love and mercy, he is not a bully or dictator or hater of any living being.Enslaving or killing human beings just because they don't follow a particular religion is barbaric and uncivilized. The Hindus have never made other humans into slaves.The all mighty God is in full control and every second he is creating Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Jews and others. In the eyes of God, we are all his children. And just as a father would never order one of his sons to kill another of his sons. The real God would also never order such a thing. The Bhagavad-Gita is the spoken word of God (Lord Krishna) in person and it was also written down by God himself in person. Thus there is no hatred or violence towards any living being. God is in full control and thus he is the creator of all living beings."I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 9.23) "Nonviolence; freedom from anger; compassion for all living entities. These qualities belong to godly men endowed with divine nature." (Lord Krishna, Bg. 16.1-3)
Is everyone of the same intelligence? Is everyone very clean? Is everyone very honest? Is everyone very religious? Is everyone very peaceful and non-violent?The simple answer to the above questions is NO. Thus this proves that everyone is not equal. The Hindu caste system states that there are 4 categories to which a person belongs to, according to his/her qualification.
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Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity, and leadership are the qualities of Ksatriyas. They should be the administrators of society.
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The Qualities of a Real Hindu - A Vaisnava
A Vaisnava is one who has surrendered onto the one and only God, Lord Vishnu (Krishna).
Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja, the author of Caitanya-caritamrta, says that all good qualities become manifest in the body of a Vaisnava and that only by the presence of these good qualities can one distinguish a Vaisnava form a non-Vaisnava. Krsnadasa Kaviraja lists the twenty-six good qualities of a Vaisnava:
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We are 5000 years into Kali Yuga, we still have another 427,000 years to go before Lord Krishna appears on a white horse as Lord Kalki to end this age. The following statements are from the Srimad Bhagavatam canto 12, which was written more than 5000 years ago. These are the predictions for the current age of Kali Yuga. Having read the predictions you will see that the Vedic scriptures are infallible. Every prediction is becoming a reality. The recent Tsumani, and Katrina natural disasters, and global terrorism is just the beginning of a long period of pain and suffering for the sinful man. As predicted, mankind is engaged in sinful activities like meat eating, intoxications, illicit sex, gambling, and irreligiosity. The result is that man will suffer more and more. Only those who are fortunate enough to realize this will stop engaging in sinful activities and thus be saved. For them the cycle of birth, old age, disease and death will end after this life. The others will take countless births to face the wrath of nature and evil man.
The Symptoms of Kali Yuga
Religion, truthfulness, cleanliness, tolerance, mercy, duration of life, physical strength and memory will all diminish day by day.
The Qualities of Men and Women in Kali Yuga
In the Kali age people tend to be greedy, ill behaved and merciless, and they fight one another without good reason. Unfortunate and obsessed with material desires, the people of Kali-yuga are almost all barbarians.The women will freely wander from one man to the next.Women will become much smaller in size, and they will eat too much, have more children than they can properly take care of, and lose all shyness. They will always speak harshly and will exhibit qualities of thievery, deceit and unrestrained audacity.Men and women will live together merely because of superficial attraction, and success in business will depend on deceit. Womanliness and manliness will be judged according to one's expertise in sex.Servants will abandon a master who has lost his wealth, even if that master is a saintly person of exemplary character. Masters will abandon an incapacitated servant, even if that servant has been in the family for generations.Family ties will extend no further than the immediate bonds of marriage.In Kali-yuga men will be wretched and controlled by women. They will reject their fathers, brothers, other relatives and friends and will instead associate with the sisters and brothers of their wives. Thus their conception of friendship will be based exclusively on sexual ties.In Kali-yuga men will develop hatred for each other even over a few coins. Giving up all friendly relations, they will be ready to lose their own lives and kill even their own relatives.Men will no longer protect their elderly parents or their children. Thoroughly degraded, they will care only to satisfy their own bellies and genitals.The occupations of men will be stealing, lying and violence.People will be tormented by quarrels, hunger, thirst, disease and severe anxiety.The maximum duration of life for human beings in Kali-yuga will become fifty years.The humans will gradually come to appear like ghostly, haunted creatures.
The Future Food of Humans
Harassed by famine and excessive taxes, people will resort to eating leaves, roots, flesh, wild honey, fruits, flowers and seeds.
The Environment in Kali Yuga
The citizens will suffer greatly from cold, wind, heat, rain and snow. By the time the age of Kali ends, the bodies of all creatures will be greatly reduced in size. Most plants and herbs will be tiny, and all trees will appear like dwarf trees. Clouds will be full of lightning. Struck by drought, they will become completely ruined.
Description of Life On The Hellish Planets
What exactly is hell? The Vedic scriptures describe hell as planets where the sinners are taken after this life for their punishment.The following are statements from the Srimad Bhagavatam canto 5.There are thousands of hellish planets. Here are the names and details of life on some of these hellish planets. Each planet is meant for punishing the humans according to their sins.
What Punishment Awaits Animal Killers?
In this life, an envious person commits violent acts against many living entities. After death, such a person is taken to hell by Yamarāja. And those living entities that were hurt by him appear as animals called rurus to inflict very severe pain upon him. This hell is called Raurava. Not generally seen in this world, the ruru is more envious than a snake.Punishment in the hell called Mahāraurava is compulsory for a person who maintains his own body by hurting others. In this hell, ruru animals known as kravyāda torment him and eat his flesh.For the maintenance of their bodies and the satisfaction of their tongues, cruel persons cook poor animals and birds alive. Such persons are condemned even by man-eaters. In their next lives they are carried by the Yamadūtas to the hell known as Kumbhīpāka, where they are cooked in boiling oil.If a human being kills or torments insignificant creatures. The Supreme Lord punishes such a person by putting him into the hell known as Andhakūpa, where he is attacked by all the birds and beasts, reptiles, mosquitoes, lice, worms, flies, and any other creatures he tormented during his life. They attack him from all sides, robbing him of the pleasure of sleep. Unable to rest, he constantly wanders about in the darkness. Thus in Andhakūpa his suffering is just like that of a creature in the lower species.Those who hunt and kill animals unnecessarily, he is placed after death into the hell known as Prāṇarodha. There the assistants of Yamarāja make him their targets and pierce him with arrows.
What Is The Punishment For Sex Outside of Marriage?
A man or woman who indulges in sexual intercourse with an unworthy member of the opposite sex is punished after death by the assistants of Yamarāja in the hell known as Taptasūrmi. There such men and women are beaten with whips. The man is forced to embrace a red-hot iron form of a woman, and the woman is forced to embrace a similar form of a man. Such is the punishment for illicit sex.
What is the Punishment For Thieves?
A person who appropriates another's legitimate wife, children or money is arrested at the time of death by the fierce Yamadūtas, who bind him with the rope of time and forcibly throw him into the hellish planet known as Tamisra. On this very dark planet, the sinful person is chastised by the Yamadūtas, who beat and rebuke him. He is starved, and he is given no water to drink. Thus the wrathful assistants of Yamarāja cause him severe suffering, and sometimes he faints from their chastisement.
What Punishment Awaits The Misers and Those Who Are Not Charitable?
A person is considered no better than a crow if after receiving some food, he does not divide it among guests, old men and children, but simply eats it himself, or if he eats it without performing the five kinds of sacrifice. After death he is put into the most abominable hell, known as Kṛmibhojana. In that hell is a lake 100,000 yojanas [800,000 miles] wide and filled with worms. He becomes a worm in that lake and feeds on the other worms there, who also feed on him. Unless he atones for his actions before his death, such a sinful man remains in the hellish lake of Kṛmibhojana for as many years as there are yojanas in the width of the lake (thus 800,000 years).
What Punishment Awaits Those Who Lie?
A person who in this life bears false witness or lies while transacting business or giving charity is severely punished after death by the agents of Yamarāja. Such a sinful man is taken to the top of a mountain eight hundred miles high and thrown headfirst into the hell known as Avīcimat. This hell has no shelter and is made of strong stone resembling the waves of water. There is no water there, however, and thus it is called Avīcimat [waterless]. Although the sinful man is repeatedly thrown from the mountain and his body broken to tiny pieces, he still does not die but continuously suffers chastisement.
What Punishment Awaits Those Who Are Not Friendly or Compassionate?
A householder who receives guests or visitors with cruel glances, as if to burn them to ashes, is put into the hell called Paryāvartana, where he is gazed at by hard-eyed vultures, herons, crows and similar birds, which suddenly swoop down and pluck out his eyes with great force.
Why Lord Krishna Is The Only God
Do you know God’s name, qualities, address, description, history dating back to billions of years, witnessed by millions, and proven?If you can answer these questions, only then can you truly say you know God. Otherwise you are simply living in darkness.The Vedic scriptures are the oldest scriptures in the World and the only scriptures that can answer all these questions and in detail.The Vedic scriptures completely describe God. His history, address, qualities, description, how he creates and maintains and so on. That God is Lord Krishna.
1. The first requirement is that the contender for the position of the supreme has been seen.
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Lord Krishna has incarnated at least 9 times so far in the current cycle of creation. In each incarnation millions saw him. There is scientific evidence to prove that he existed 5000 years ago, as stated in the Vedic scriptures. Scientists have found the city where Lord Krishna lived in Dwarka, India, as described in the Vedic scriptures. NASA has taken satellite pictures of the bridge between India and Sri Lanka that Lord Krishna built in his Lord Ram incarnation, some 1.7 million years ago.
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2. The second requirement is that the contender’s description is known.
How can you believe in someone without actually seeing them or knowing what they look like?
* Lord Krishna has a form just like a human being. Even the Christian Bible states that man is made in the image of God. This means that God is a person with two hands, 2 legs and so on. That person is Lord Krishna.
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Lord Krishna is complete in six kinds of opulence – wisdom, beauty, fame, power, wealth, and renunciation.
3. The third requirement is that the contender’s divinity is proven.
Anyone can claim to be God, but who can actually prove it?To protect innocent people from imposters, Arjuna asked Lord Krishna to prove his divinity. Lord Krishna granted Arjuna divine vision and revealed his spectacular unlimited forms as the cosmic universe. Thus he conclusively established his divinity.“Arjuna saw in that universal form unlimited mouths, unlimited eye, unlimited wonderful visions. The form was decorated with many celestial ornaments and bore many diving upraised weapons. He wore celestial garlands and garments, and many divine scents were smeared over his body. All was wondrous, brilliant, unlimited, all expanding.If hundreds of thousands of suns were to rise at once into the sky, their radiance might resemble the effulgence of the supreme person in that universal form.”(Bhagavad-Gita 11.10-12)
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In each incarnation, Lord Krishna proved that he was God, all the details can be found in the Srimad Bhagavatam. Here we will focus on his incarnation 5000 years ago.
Lord Krishna performed miracles that no other being can perform.
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4. The fourth requirement is that the contender’s qualities are known and proven.Lord Krishna has 64 qualities, which are all mentioned in the Vedic scriptures.
Supreme Father:
“It should be understood that all species of life, o son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed giving father” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 14.4) “I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire”(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.17)
Supreme Creator: Lord Krishna is the origin of all.
“The whole cosmic order is under me. By my will it is manifested again and again, and by my will it is annihilated at the end” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.8)“Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being, moving or unmoving, that can exist without me” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.39)"I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts"(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.8)"Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both the origin and the dissolution" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.6)
Supreme Controller: Lord Krishna is the supreme controller.
"I give heat, and I withhold and send forth the rain" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.19)“With a single fragment of myself I pervade and support this entire universe”(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.42)
Supreme Maintainer:
“The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of the whole world, comes from me. And the splendor of the moon and the splendor of fire are also from me” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 15.12)“I enter into each planet, and by energy they stay in orbit” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 15.13)“This material nature, which is one of my energies is working under my direction”(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.10)
Omnipresent: Lord Krishna is omnipresent, meaning he is present everywhere.“I am the supersoul, O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all living entities, I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 10.20)
Omnipotent: Lord Krishna is omnipotent, meaning he is the greatest."There is no truth beyond Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread"(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.7)
Omniscient: Lord Krishna knows the past, present, and the future.“O Arjuna, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities" (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 7.26)“Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot!"(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 4.5)
There is Only One God:
“Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only me, O son of Kunti, but they do so in a wrong way. I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices. Therefore, those who do not recognize my true transcendental nature fall down”(Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 9.24)
5. The fifth requirement is that the contender’s history dating back to Billions of years is known.
Full details on the pastimes of Lord Krishna in each of his incarnations can be found in the Srimad Bhagavatam.The Vedic scriptures contain the history of Lord Krishna dating back to billions of years.
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6. The sixth requirement is that the contender’s supremacy is mentioned in authorized scriptures.
The Vedic scriptures are the only scriptures that have existed since the beginning of time, and thus eternal and the absolute truth. There is no higher authority than that of the Vedic scriptures.Lord Brahma who is the first created living being states in Brahma Samhita:“Krishna who is known as Govinda is the supreme godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and he is the prime cause of all causes.” (Brahma Samhita 5.1)After Describing various incarnations of the Lord such as Rama, Balrama, Vamana, Nrsimha, and Vishnu, Sukadeva Goswami states:“All of the above mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions of portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Krishna is the original Personality of Godhead” (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.28)
Lord Shiva in the Gita Mahatmya states:“Only one God – Krishna, the son of Devaki (verse 7)
In the Padma Purana it is stated:“By scrutinizingly reviewing all the revealed scriptures and judging them again and again, it is now concluded that Lord Narayana is the supreme absolute truth, and thus he alone should be worshipped”
In the Skanda Purana it states:“In the material world, which is full of darkness and dangers, combined with birth and death and full of different anxieties, the only way to get out of the great entanglement is to accept loving transcendental devotional service to Lord Vasudeva.”The position of Krishna as God is confirmed by great personalities like Narada, Asita, Devela, Parasara, Brahma, and Shiva.
7. The seventh requirement is that the contender’s address is known.
The Srimad Bhagavatam gives the address of Lord Krishna as:The top most Planet shaped like a Lotus called Goluka Vrandavan in the spiritual universe called Vaikuntha.
Conclusion-Everyone is looking for God, well here is the person God, Lord Krishna. Since you do not know anyone else with the details and proof just mentioned. Why don’t you accept him?
Proof That God is Present in Hindu Deities
On 21 September 1995, the whole World witnesses the Hindu milk miracle in which Hindu deities, known as idols to the non-Hindus, were drinking milk offered to them. Never before in the history of mankind such a miracle occurred on such a global scale.The Milk Miracle was reported Worldwide, from: Edmonton, Canada, San Francisco, USA, Los Angeles, USA, Trinidad, Guyana, Toronto, Canada, New York, USA, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Dubai, UAE, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Kenya, and many other countries.The miracle took place in thousands of Hindu temples and was witnessed by millions of Hindus and many non-Hindus.Many of the Media reporters (mostly Christians) held their milk filled spoons to the Hindu deities and watched with total surprise and excitement, the milk being drunk by the idols.Scientifically it’s impossible for a statue made of stone or metal to absorb even one drop of milk. The Hindu deities made of stone and metal, and some of them smaller than the hand. Drank many gallons of milk within a few hours, absorbing the milk instantly on contact.The non-Hindus and scientists have tried to explain what happened on September 21, 1995 in terms of science. Some have repeatedly said that this so-called "Milk Miracle" was caused by something as simple as capillary action.If the milk miracle was attributed to capillary action, then why is it that the deities never drank a single drop of milk before 21 September 1995 and after? If you offer a Hindu dieties milk today, it will not absorb even a single molecule. Please explain this first and then doubt later. Where is the capillary action gone today?The Hindu milk miracle conclusively proves that Hindus worship God, who is present in the deities. It was God who was drinking the milk and not the stone or metal. The miracle also proves that God does take a form, which is totally rejected by other religions.Read eyewitness accounts of many who witnessed the miracle and more at: http://www.milkmiracle.com
Conclusive Proof That Lord Ram Existed
Space images taken by NASA reveal a mysterious ancient bridge in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka. The recently discovered bridge currently named as Adam's Bridge is made of chain of shoals, c.18 mi (30 km) long.The bridge's unique curvature and composition by age reveals that it is man made. The legends as well as Archeological studies reveal that the first signs of human inhabitants in Sri Lanka date back to the a primitive age, about 1,750,000 years ago and the bridge’s age is also almost equivalent.This information is a crucial aspect for an insight into the Hindu legend called Ramayana, which was supposed to have taken place in the age of treta yuga (0.869 to 2.165 million years back).In this epic, it is stated in the Hindu scriptures that a bridge was built between Rameshwaram (India) and Srilankan coast under the supervision of a dynamic and invincible figure called Lord Ram, who was the incarnation of the supreme. The bridge was built by Lord Ram with the help of his army of monkeys to cross over to Lanka to rescue his wife Sita, who was captured by the demon king of Lanka, Ravana.
This bridge conclusively proves:
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The Vedic religion is the oldest religion in the world, dating back to at least 1.7 million years.
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The Vedic scriptures are the oldest known to man, dating back to at least 1.7 million years.
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According to Genesis, Adam and Eve were the first humans and they lived 6000 years ago. This bridge proves that man has existed for millions of years and not just 6000.
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The Bhagavad-Gita is the divine conversation between a man named Arjuna and God himself in the human form, Lord Krishna. It is literally the word of God in person. The conversation took place in the middle of a battleground, 5000 years ago, just before the start of a great war in Kurukshetra, India. The Bhagavad-Gita gives information regarding God (Ishwar), the living entities like you and me (the jivas), time (Kala), activities (karma), and material nature (Prakrati). No other scripture in the Universe provides this information.
1. What does the Bhagavad-Gita teach?
Spiritual realization is the subject matter of the Bhagavad-Gita.
* We are the soul, which is eternal. This means that just as we exist now, we existed before this life, and we will continue to exist after this body.
* All living beings are the children of God. This means we all brothers and sisters and so we should not kill (humans or animals) or hate any living being. We have to love all living beings.
* We have to live a sinless life. This means; no meat eating, no gambling, no drinking, no smoking, no boyfriend/girlfriend, no sex outside marriage.
* Why we suffer or enjoy. * How we move up or down in life. * How Krishna is God. * How we can get through this miserable life. * How is life on the heavenly planets and on God's planet.
2. Who is Krishna?
Krishna is the human incarnation of the Almighty God. Millions of people actually witnessed the glory of God in person, with their own eyes. Lord Krishna revealed himself as the origin of everything."The whole cosmic order is under Me. Under My will it is automatically manifested again and again, and under My will it is annihilated at the end." Lord Krishna (Bg. 9.8) "All opulent, beautiful, and glorious creations spring from a spark of my splendor." Lord Krishna (Bg. 10.41)
Lord Krishna proved he was the one true God
To protect innocent people from imposters, Arjuna asked Krishna to prove his divinity by exhibiting his universal form, a form that anyone who claims to be God should be prepared to show. Lord Krishna then proves his divinity by revealing his universal forms to Arjuna. Arjuna sees the brilliant, glaring unlimited universal manifestations of Lord Krishna. Who reveals in one place, everything that ever was or now is or will be.
3. Lord Krishna is The God
"Those who are devotees of other gods and who worship them with faith actually worship only me, but they do so in a wrong way." Lord Krishna (Bg. 9.23) "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear." Lord Krishna (Bg. 18.66)
4. Who are we?
We are not the physical body but the soul. The soul is present in the heart of every living being, including animals. The soul is 1/10,000th of the upper point of a single hair. Although so minute the soul is so powerful that it animates the entire body with consciousness. It is situated in the heart and when it leaves the body, the heart stops beating, as a result the blood stops circulating and the entire body disintegrates. There are 8.4 million different bodies; the individual soul can reside in. Unlike the physical body, the soul can never be destroyed. "For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." (Bg. 2.20)
5. God is present in every living being
Accompanying every individual soul is God, as the super soul. "I am the Super soul, seated in the hearts of all living entities. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings." Lord Krishna (Bg. 10.20)
6. Materialism carries away the Righteousness qualities in a person
Modern lifestyles (partying, sexual lust, lust for material objects, greed, ego, desires, relationships), western culture and bollywood culture (copying the west), western pop music and Indian pop music (copy of western music) turn a person of intelligence into a person of ignorance. Materialism slowly and unknowingly drains away the righteousness qualities in a person.
"As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on the water, even one of the roaming senses on which the mind focuses can carry away a man's intelligence." (Bg. 2.67) "While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises. From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool." (Bg. 2.62-63)
7. What causes one to engage in sinful acts?
It is lust, which induces one to sinful acts. Lust bewilders and entangles one in the material world. Lust presents itself in the senses, mind and intelligence. Self-control and Yoga practice can counteract lust. "Arjuna said: by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force? Lord Krishna said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world." (Bg. 3.36-37)
8. There is Life on other Planets
"The seven great sages and before them the four other great sages and the Manus [progenitors of mankind] come from Me, born from My mind, and all the living beings populating the various planets descend from them." (Bg. 10.6)
9. Cycles of Creation and Desolation
Brahmaloka is the highest planet in the material universe; the living entities there are called the Brahma.
One day on the planet of Brahma (Brahmaloka) is 1000 cycles of four ages (Yugas) on the planet Earth.
Satya Yuga: The age of the truth and true religion. The yuga (age) lasts 1.728 million years.
Treta Yuga: The introduction of ignorance takes place in this age. The yuga (age) lasts 1.296 million years.
Dvapara Yuga: Increased decline in the truth and religious values takes effect in this age. The yuga lasts 864,000 years.
Kali Yuga: The age of irreligion (following false religions) and ignorance. The truth is being virtually non-existent. The yuga lasts 432,000 years.
Thus, one single day (12 hours) on the planet of Brahma is:
1000*(1,728,000+1,296,000+864,000+432,000)=1000*(4,320,000)=4320,000,000 human years
The night is also of the same duration. A Brahma lives up to a 100 years. The life of Brahma is truly fantastic by comparison to the life of humans on Earth."By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together form the duration of Brahma's one day. Any such also is the duration of the night. At the Beginning of Brahma's day, all living entities become manifest from the unmanifest state, and thereafter, when the night falls; they are merged into the unmanifest again. Again and again, when Brahma's day arrives, all living entities come into being, and when with the arrival of Brahma's night hey are helplessly annihilated." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.17-19)
10. This is the age of Kali Yuga
We are 5000 years into the age of Kali Yuga, which has a duration of 432,000 years. Thus we still have 427,000 years to go, before Lord Krishna incarnates himself as Lord Kalki to end Kali Yuga by destroying all the demonic people and start the next age called 'Satya Yuga'. The Kali Yuga is the age of darkness, irreligion, and ignorance. No one can argue with this. The whole world is full of violence and truth being virtually non-existent. Greed, lust, anger, ignorance, materialism, and violence have covered the minds of most people."Fools deride me when I descend in the human form. They do not know my transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord of all that be." Lord Krishna (Bg. 9.11)
12. The Lord Appears in Every Millennium
Millennium in the Bhagavad-Gita means one Yuga, (Kali Yuga is 432,000 years). See 9 above."Although I am unborn and my transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all living entities, I still appear in every millennium in my original transcendental form." Lord Krishna (4.6).
The incarnations of God:
Matsya, the fish incarnation, is saving the Vedas.
Kurma, the tortoise incarnation, is holding the hill on His back.
Varaha, the boar incarnation, is fighting with the demon Hiranyaksa.
Nrsimhadeva, the lion incarnation, is killing the demon Hiranyakasipu.
Vamanadeva, the dwarf incarnation, is begging some land from King Bali.
Parasurama is killing the demoniac ksatriyas.
Lord Ramacandra is going off into exile with His wife, Sita, and brother, Laksmana.
Krsna is lifting Govardhana Hill, and beside Him is His brother Balarama.
Lord Buddha.
Lord Kalki is riding on His horse, killing all the demons and thus liberating them.
13. There is life after death
"Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be. As the embodied soul continuously passes, in the body from childhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change." Lord Krishna (Bg. 2.12-13) "As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." (Bg. 2.22) "One who has taken his birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again. Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament." (Bg. 2.27)
14. What will you be in your next life?
The Result of Devotional service to Lord Krishna, offering charity, eating meat and lust. Praying to the deities of Lord Krishna: The result of such devotional consciousness is shown on the right, where he is dancing with Krishna as a playmate in the Lord's spiritual abode.Offering charity: One gets the body of a demigod and is enjoying heavenly delights.Meat eating: In his next life he is seen in the body of a hog that eats anything and everything.Lust: This bestial consciousness will carry one to a dog's body in his next incarnation."One who, at the time of death, fixes his life air between the eyebrows and, by the strength of yoga, with an undeviating mind, engages himself in remembering the Supreme Lord in full devotion, will certainly attain to the Supreme Personality of Godhead." (Bg. 8.10) If you have studied well through a course, you will remember the subject matter during the final exams and pass. If you did not study well, you will not know and fail.
Being Free from the Cycle of Birth and Death
"Whoever, at the end of life, quits his body remembering me alone at once attains my nature without a doubt." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.5) If you think of Lord Krishna during your life, you will think of Lord Krishna at the end of life and attain Moksha or freedom from the cycle of birth and death. "After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable aum, the supreme combination of letters, if one thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and quits his body, he will certainly reach the spiritual planets." (Bg. 8.13)
Attaining Higher and Lower Life Forms
"When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets of the great sages. When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when one dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom." (Bg. 14.14-15) "Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the abominable mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds." (Bg. 14.18)
Your consciousness at death will determine your next body
If you have eaten animals (meat) all your life, your final thoughts will be that of animals, you will take birth in the animal kingdom. If you have lived a life of charity and generosity (helping people), your final thoughts will be that of helping people, you will take birth on one of the heavenly planets. "The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another as the air carries aromas. Thus he takes one kind of body and again quits it to take another." (Bg. 15.8) "Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail." (Bg. 8.6)
15. Why Does the Lord Appear?
"Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion-at that time I descend myself. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I myself appear, millennium after millennium." Lord Krishna (4.7-8) Lord Krishna appeared 5000 years ago for two reasons, firstly to destroy the ignorant people of that time to uphold righteousness and truth, and to teach the science of God, the Bhagavad-Gita to Arjuna and mankind. Even before the war started, Lord Krishna told Arjuna that apart from him and his four brothers, all the soldiers on both sides would be killed. Arjuna was merely an instrument used by the Lord to destroy the ignorant men.
16. Life on Material Planets is Miserable
"From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to my abode, O son of Kunté, never takes birth again." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.16)
17. Attaining peace from the miseries of material life
A person in full consciousness of me, knowing me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries.” Lord Krishna (Bg. 5.29)
18. The Mind can be the greatest enemy or the best friend
"One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well. For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy." (Bg. 6.5-6)
19. The qualities of a self-realized person (A Yogi)
"A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a Yogi, when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcendence and is self-controlled. He sees everything – whether it be pebbles, stones or gold – as the same. Lord Krishna (Bg. 6.8)
20. Being happy in this life
"Before giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material senses and check the force of desire and anger, he is well situated and is happy in this world." (Bg. 5.23)
21. Every being is equal
A Krishna conscious person does not make any distinction between species or castes. All beings are equal. "The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle Brahman, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater." (Bg. 5.18) "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am qual to all. But whoever renders service unto me in devotion is a friend, is in me, and I am also a friend to him." (Bg. 9.23)
22. What is real knowledge?
"Humility; pridelessness; nonviolence; tolerance; simplicity; approaching a bona fide spiritual master; cleanliness; steadiness; self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification; absence of false ego; the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; detachment; freedom from entanglement with children, wife, home and the rest; even-mindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me; aspiring to live in a solitary place; detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth-all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance." (Bg. 13.8-12)
23. Who is a miser?
Those who think only of themselves, those who enjoy while aware of those who cannot, those who are greedy, and those who have no consideration for others and those who do not share are misers."Those who want to enjoy the fruits of their work are misers." (Bg. 2.49)
24. A person of steady mind
"One who is not disturbed in mind even amidst the threefold miseries or elated when there is happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a sage of steady mind." (Bg. 2.56)
25. A person in a state of perfect knowledge
"In the material world, one who is unaffected by whatever good or evil he may obtain, neither praising it nor despising it, is firmly fixed in perfect knowledge." (Bg. 2.57)
26. A person in a state of perfect consciousness
"One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws its limbs within the shell, is firmly fixed in perfect consciousness." (Bg. 2.58)
27. A person of steady intelligence
"One who restrains his senses, keeping them under full control, and fixes his consciousness upon me, is known as a man of steady intelligence." (Bg. 2.61)"Therefore, O mighty-armed, one whose senses are restrained from their objects is certainly of steady intelligence." (Bg. 2.68)
28. Don’t satisfy your desires
"A person who is not disturbed by the incessant flow of desires-that enter like rivers into the ocean, which is ever being filled but is always still-can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires. A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship and is devoid of false ego-he alone can attain real peace." (Bg. 2.70-71)
29. Those who will be liberated from material existence soon
"Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-realized, self-disciplined and constantly endeavoring for perfection, are assured of liberation in the Supreme in the very near future." (Bg. 5.26)
30. What is the Kingdom of God like?
The kingdom of Lord Krishna is a place without anxiety. It lies far beyond the material planets. It is eternal, full of countless spiritual planets where Krishna's Vishnu expansions reside. The kingdom is called Vaikuntha. A planet shaped like a lotus flower, stands in the midst of Vaikuntha. There, the trees fulfill all desires, palaces are made of touchstones, and cows supply unlimited milk. Lord Krishna enjoys life there with his loving devotees. Those who reach the supreme abode of Lord Krishna, never return to the material planets."That supreme abode of mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never return to this material world." (Bg. 15.6)"That which the Vedäntists describe as unmanifest and infallible, that which is known as the supreme destination, that place from which, having attained it, one never returns-that is My supreme abode." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.21)
31. How does one attain salvation?
"One can understand me as I am, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of me by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God." Lord Krishna (Bg. 18.55)"Whoever, at the end of life, quits his body remembering me alone at once attains my nature without a doubt." Lord Krishna (Bg. 8.5)
32. Surrender the result of all activities to Lord Krishna
"One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water. The yogis, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, and intelligence and even with the senses, only for the purpose of purification. The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all activities to me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled. " Lord Krishna (5.10-12)
33. Engage in Yoga
Engage in Buddhi Yoga - Work (Actions) without attachment to the results. Offer the results of all work to Lord Krishna. By working without attachment, one attains the Supreme. Play for enjoyment, not to win or lose.Engage in Karma Yoga - Actions in Krishna consciousness. One who works in devotion, with the mind and senses controlled, is in divine consciousness. Although the senses are engaged with sense objects, one is aloof from them if engaged in Krishna consciousness, situated in peace and happiness.Engage in Dhyana Yoga - Work (Actions) without a desire for reward. Give, but do not expect anything in return. Offer your services with love and generosity, without expecting a reward. Give, but do not take.
34. Famous people should set a good example
"Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues." (Bg. 3.21)
35. God helps from within
Devotees engaged in pure devotional service to Lord Krishna, even if lacking education or knowledge of the Vedic principles, are helped from within by Lord Krishna, who is present in the heart of all living beings as the super soul. Lord Krishna personally destroys the darkness born of ignorance.
36. The Three Modes of Nature
One is in one of three modes of nature, goodness, passion and ignorance. These modes compete in exerting their influence upon us. By understanding that the three modes are active and not we. By realizing that we are separate from the modes of nature. In this way, the influence of material nature gradually diminishes from us."Material nature consists of three modes-goodness, passion and ignorance. When the eternal living entity comes in contact with nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he becomes conditioned by these modes." Lord Krishna to Arjuna (Bg. 14.5)
The Mode of Goodness - A person in the mode of goodness is free from all sinful reactions and is in a condition of happiness and knowledge. One who dies in the mode of goodness attains the higher planets.
"O sinless one, the mode of goodness, being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it frees one from all sinful reactions. Those situated in that mode become conditioned by a sense of happiness and knowledge." Lord Krishna to Arjuna (Bg. 14.6) "Charity given out of duty, without expectation of return, at the proper time and place, and to a worthy person is considered to be in the mode of goodness." (Bg. 17.20)
Simple Food is dear to those in the mode of Goodness
"Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one's existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart." (Bg. 17.8) The Mode of Passion - A person in the mode of passion is plagued by unlimited desires for material enjoyment, greed and lust (especially sexual pleasures). To satisfy these desires, one is always forced to engage in hard work that binds the person to sinful reactions, resulting in misery. A person in this mode is never satisfied with the position already acquired. One, who dies in the mode of passion, takes birth again on Earth among persons engaged in material desires, greed and lust."The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kunté, and because of this the embodied living entity is bound to material fruitive actions." Lord Krishna to Arjuna (Bg. 14.7) "Charity performed with the expectation of some return, or with a desire for fruitive results, or in a grudging mood, is said to be charity in the mode of passion." (Bg. 17.21)
Hot and salty food is dear to those in the mode of Passion
"Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and burning are dear to those in the mode of passion. Such foods cause distress, misery and disease." (Bg. 17.8) The Mode of Ignorance - A person in the mode of ignorance is in a delusion. It fosters laziness, foolishness and madness. One who dies in the mode of ignorance takes birth in the animal kingdom or on the hellish planets."O son of Bharata, know that the mode of darkness, born of ignorance, is the delusion of all embodied living entities. The results of this mode are madness, indolence and sleep, which bind the conditioned soul. " Lord Krishna to Arjuna (Bg. 14.8)
Processed, frozen, un-fresh food and meat is dear to those in the mode of Darkness
"Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed and putrid, and food consisting of remnants and untouchable things is dear to those in the mode of darkness." (Bg. 17.9)
37. The Classes of Beings
"There are two classes of beings, the fallible and the infallible. In the material world every living entity is fallible, and in the spiritual world every living entity is called infallible." (Bg. 15.16)
38. The Qualities of Godly People
"Fearlessness; purification of one's existence; cultivation of spiritual knowledge; charity; self-control; performance of sacrifice; study of the Vedas; austerity; simplicity; nonviolence; truthfulness; freedom from anger; renunciation; tranquility; aversion to faultfinding; compassion for all living entities; freedom from covetousness; gentleness; modesty; steady determination; vigor; forgiveness; fortitude; cleanliness; and freedom from envy and from the passion for honor-these transcendental qualities, O son of Bharata, belong to godly men endowed with divine nature." Lord Krishna to Arjuna (Bg. 16.1-3)
39. The Qualities of Demonic People
"Pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance-these qualities belong to those of demoniac nature, O son of Påthä." Lord Krishna to Arjuna (Bg. 16.4)
40. The Demonic do not accept Lord Krishna as the Supreme Being
It is known that God is all-merciful, but God is never merciful to the demoniac. The demoniac people, life after life, are put into the wombs of similar demons."Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demons become envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in their own bodies and in the bodies of others, and blaspheme against the real religion. Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, I perpetually cast into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life. Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life, O son of Kunté, such persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down to the most abominable type of existence." Lord Krishna (Bg. 16.18-20)
41. The Three Gates to Hell
"There are three gates leading to hell-lust, anger and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the degradation of the soul." (Bg. 16.21)
42. Study the Bhagavad-Gita, the only word of God in person
"And I declare that he who studies this sacred conversation of ours worships Me by his intelligence. And one who listens with faith and without envy becomes free from sinful reactions and attains to the auspicious planets where the pious dwell." Lord Krishna (Bg. 18.70-71)
43. Truth Alone Triumphs
"Wherever there is Krishna, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion." Sanjaya told the King (Bg. 18.78)
44. Conclusion
The above is just a brief summary of the Bhagavad-Gita; study the complete book for guidance on life and to re-affirm you to righteousness. Practice non-violence, be a vegetarian. Practice Yoga. Always seek the truth, and spread the word of Lord Krishna to your friends and family. Do not become materialist; don’t get in-tangled in the modern culture of partying, discoing, and pop music. Realize the law of karma and build good karma by taking only good actions.
Applying The Bhagavad-Gita Today
Why should I bother with the Bhagavad-Gita?
How does it apply to me today?
Why should I bother with the Bhagavad-Gita?
How does it apply to me today?
What is the Bhagavad-Gita?
The Bhagavad-Gita is the only word of God in person. It is the conversation between a man called Arjuna and God himself in the human form, Lord Krishna. The conversation took place in Kurukshetra (India), more than 5000 years ago.Arjuna was a typical person in the material world. He was in a dilemma as he was forgetful of his real duties in life. Therefore Krishna spoke the sacred teachings of the Bhagavad-Gita for the upliftment and purification of Arjuna and all humanity.
Life is a War
This world is full of suffering for everyone, either today or tomorrow, know-one can escape pain and suffering. Especially in the current age, which is called Kali Yuga. Which literally means the dark ages. The age of ignorance and irreligion. The result of ignorance and irreligion is pain and suffering. Suffering is caused by Nature in the form of natural disasters like flooding, earthquakes, droughts, crop failures, and so on. Suffering caused by other humans, like terrorists. Suffering caused by personal relationship with others, like marital problems, brother/ friend/family problems and suffering caused by work/business problems and so on. Whether you are Bill Gates, the President, or a dog on the street. Life is full of calamities and anxiety. And even if you get through this life with fewer problems. You have to go through the whole thing (life), millions of times. In one life you will be the CEO and in another life you will be a dog and so on for millions of life times.Ignorance, materialism, lust, greed, and violence, represents the soldiers on the opposing side in our war.Everyone is experiencing turmoil and confusion in their lives, the result of which is living a lusty, materialist, and ignorant life, a wasted rare human birth.
Everyday we are faced with decisions in our lives
Shall I do this or do that? Will he/she be ok? Shall I buy now or wait? How much shall I spend?
When will I do it? When will I go? Which should I choose? Who should I choose? When will I retire?
Will it work out? And so on…..
When will I do it? When will I go? Which should I choose? Who should I choose? When will I retire?
Will it work out? And so on…..
The real enemy of Arjuna was his mind rather than the soldiers on the other side. We are faced with the same situation. Our own mind is the greatest enemy, which is constantly tricking us into thinking that life is all about material enjoyment and sense gratification. Everyday we are faced with decisions, which will affect our future. Thus everyday is a battle with ignorance, materialism, lust, greed, and anger. If we can win the daily battles for some time then we have entered into spiritual life and the war over ignorance, materialism, lust, greed, and anger has been won. And at the end of this life we will enter into the kingdom of God with eternal spiritual life.In order for us to win our war, we need the same knowledge that Arjuna was given by Lord Krishna. The Bhagavad-Gita.By understanding the Bhagavad-Gita, the decisions we make in everyday life will alter our lives for the better and the result will be peace and happiness even in this life. And after this life there is guaranteed eternal peace for those who understand and practice the Bhagavad-Gita. If we don’t have the knowledge of the Bhagavad-Gita than all our decisions are simply based on speculation and thus the result will be speculative. Sometimes the decision we made earlier will turn out to be correct, and sometimes incorrect. More often our speculative decisions will turn out to be wrong and we will continue with a life of ignorance, materialism, lust, greed, and anger. At the time of death if we have a materialist mindset then we will once again have to go through this hellish life with all the problems. We may even fall down again into the animal kingdom and then have to go through 8 million births before we get another human birth.By understanding and practicing the principles outlined in the Bhagavad-Gita we can minimize the affects, control, and avoid some of the problematic situations in our life.
The Problems in Our Lives
Your spouse may be cheating you.Your spouse may not be happy.Your marriage may end at any time
You may lose your job at any time.Your business may go down at any time.You may be kicked out of your house at any time.Your savings will run out at any time.Your health may deteriorate at any time.You may develop cancer at any time.You may catch AIDS at any time.Your children may become diseased at any time.Your loved one may die at any time.And so on..The above list of decisions and problems are real and affects everyone. The Bhagavad-Gita can truly help us all overcome the complexities of material life.
You may lose your job at any time.Your business may go down at any time.You may be kicked out of your house at any time.Your savings will run out at any time.Your health may deteriorate at any time.You may develop cancer at any time.You may catch AIDS at any time.Your children may become diseased at any time.Your loved one may die at any time.And so on..The above list of decisions and problems are real and affects everyone. The Bhagavad-Gita can truly help us all overcome the complexities of material life.
What Difference Will The Bhagavad-Gita Make?
Whether you understand and practice the Bhagavad-Gita or not will make a significant difference to your current lifestyle and the next. If you think life is all about mating, eating and enjoying, then your next body will be in the animal kingdom and then your life will be to simply eat, sleep, mate, and defend. If you like exposing your body to others then your next body will be that of a tree and you will be able to stand naked in one place for thousands of years, exposed to all. If you eat anything and everything then your next body will be that of a hog who eats anything and everything, including stool.
WHO ARE YOU?
YOU ARE NOT THE BODY BUT A SOUL COVERED IN A MATERIAL BODY.
This is the main teaching of the Bhagavad-Gita.“As the embodied soul continously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.” Lord Krishna, Bg. 2.13
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You are a soul covered by a material body.
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Your are bewildered by maya, the illusion of identifying the self with the body.
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In this material body you will suffer the pangs of birth, old age, disease, and death.
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You will reincarnate from body to body, life after life. At death you will take on another body in the animal kingdom, or again in the human species. What your next body will be is dependent on your karmic actions (good and bad actions) taken in life.
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Just as we change worn out clothes, furniture, cars, shoes, houses, jobs, and even partners. We will change our body at death. Just as a manufacturing company designs products today to make tomorrow. You are designing your next body today with your current actions.There are 8.4 Million different material bodies that the individual soul keeps circulating in. So don’t get too attached to this body.Once again you are "too busy" in eating, sleeping, mating, and making a career. Once again you have "no time" to enquire into the absolute truth. Once again you cling to temporary material enjoyment in your short life span. You keep running like mad after the mirages in the desert, castles made of sand, and the gifts of Santa Claus. (Mirages are seeing things which are not there, castles made of sand take hours to make but come down with a single blow, and there is no Santa Claus).Most people are very busy in the Modern Lifestyle of partying, discoing, meat eating, intoxication, and relationships. While engaging in these demonic activities, you forget the naked truth of death, which you will have to meet.Like animals, you do not realize that you are going to be slaughtered, by the laws of nature. You are busy in material enjoyment, the so-called jolly life, but actually you are like the chickens, cows, and goats waiting in the slaughterhouse. Death is certain and it can take you at anytime. At death, the laws of nature will act, and will you get another body according to your work.Human birth is rare and now that you have attained a human form of life, you should utilize your developed consciousness to inquire into the Absolute Truth. Yet most humans engage in the life style of eating, sleeping, mating and defending, which is available even in the animal kingdom without the hassle of nine-to-five jobs, marital problems, medical operations, and the bother of tax returns.A person in the mode of goodness knows that death is born along with his birth. He knows that he is dying at every second. He therefore prepares himself for the next life or for liberation from the cycle of birth and death all together. He enquries: Who am I ? Where have I come from? Where am I going after this life?An ignorant person is ‘too busy’ with materialist life, satisfying only his genetals and belly. He forgets that death is certain and just around the corner.
Beauty is Temporary
Is the material body, simply a bag of stool, urine, blood, mucus, and other horrible things?Once upon a time a prince met a very beautiful young girl. Immediately upon seeing her beauty, the prince decided to marry the beautiful girl. But she didn't want to marry him, as she knew that the prince was only interested in her material senses, her beauty, and not her real self.The girl said to the prince “If I remove my beauty, will you still marry me?” The prince said “Yes, I am ready to marry you under any circumstances.” The prince thought that a beautiful girl would always remain beautiful. Then the beautiful girl said, "All right, come back in ten days and I will marry you”.As soon as the prince left, the beautiful young girl started to take very strong purgatives [medicine which would cause her to vomit and pass stool]. She kept all the vomit and stool in a big pot. She didn't eat anything, she was simply passing stool and vomiting, so within ten days her whole beautiful body was destroyed. She was a gray color, she was very skinny, very weak, you couldn't recognize her as the same person.After ten days the prince came back to visit the beautiful young girl. She opened the door for him. When the prince saw her he said, "I have come to see one very beautiful lady who I am about to marry." So the girl said, "I am that beautiful young lady." He replied, "No it isn't true. How could it be possible?" She said, "Yes I am that beautiful young lady, I have distilled my beauty, come and see it." She took the prince to the place where she was keeping the big pot containing all of her stool, vomit and urine and she said, "Here is my beauty."The girl said “Do you still want to marry me?” The prince ran away.This is the story of real beauty. In reality the material body is simply a bag of pus, stool, urine, blood, mucus, so many horrible things. And we are simply attracted to the beautiful skin and as soon as the skin is no longer beautiful we are not attracted any more.Our society is simply going on the basis of this "skin disease." So we see so many divorces and so many marriages. A man is being attracted to a woman on the basis of the skin. He thinks, "Oh, here is a very nice woman. She has very nice hair, a very beautiful complexion, a very nice bodily structure. She is a very beautiful woman." The woman is thinking in the same way, "This is a very handsome man, he is very strong, very beautiful, a very attractive man." Then they come together and for a short time enjoy sex life and soon there is some problem with the sex life, some difficulty, so they say, "I'm sorry it's just not working any more, the magic has gone from our relationship. I have to find somebody else." Then there is a divorce.Modern mentality is that everything is based on the beauty of the skin. But we fail to realize that we can never be satisfied with a relationship based on the skin because the beauty of the skin is temporary. Just as the flowers blossom and fade away, similarly the beauty of the skin will also fade away after some time.
Modern Day Mentality – Ignorance and Foolishness
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We have bigger houses, but no room for our parents.
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We build though houses, but live in broken homes (single parent families).
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We are quick to start a relationship, but also quick to end it (divorce).
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We have more conveniences, but still less time.
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We have more degrees, but less common sense.
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We have more knowledge, but less judgment.
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We are more expert at solving problems, but we create more problems,
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We have more medicine, but less health (millions dying from cancer, AIDS, heart disease).
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We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.
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We've added years to life, but not life to years.
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We conquered outer space, but not inner space (who we are).
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We've learned to rush, but not to wait.
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We live on fast foods, but have slow digestion.
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We have big men, but small character.
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We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers.
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We have wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
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We spend more, but have less.
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Modern Education – The Breeder of Demons
“Modern Education - Making them Demons, That's All.” Srila Prabhupada.Having myself studied in the West and coming across so many Indian origin children who are western educated. I totally agree with Srila Prabhupada.I was very fortunate, I did not join the crowd, as I was given the Bhagavad-Gita at a young age and that’s what saved me from becoming a demon. I got modern western education and also the highest spiritual knowledge from the Bhagavad-Gita and utilized my education for self-realization and helping others, rather than engaging in a materialist and non-sense life.
The following are quotes from Srila Prabhupada.
Indeed, it seems that the more educated one becomes, the less he believes in God, in God's law, in the next life, and in sinful and pious activities. Thus modern education is simply preparing men to become animals. If there is no education to teach a human being what he is and whether or not he is this body, he remains no better than an ass. (MG 3)Unfortunately, human beings, although they have the bodies of men, are becoming less than animals in their behavior. This is the fault of modern education. Modern educators do not know the aim of human life. They are only concerned with how to develop the economic condition of their countries or of human society. (Cc. Adi 9.42)By the modern education we have become so dull-headed, we cannot understand the simple truth that we have to change this body. (750702SB.Den)The modern education, they think this body is everything. No. (730722Bg.Lon)After changing this body, I will have to accept another body. This is the fact. But the modern education, they do not know it, neither they believe, even the practical example is there. (740418pc.Hyd)The purpose of education is to make man the highest of the mankind, but modern education is teaching lowest of the mankind. (661126Cc.NY)So therefore the modern education system is to create dogs. He will never be happy unless he gets a good master. (731215SB.LA)We accept one kind of body and struggle for existence, suffer so much, again we get another body, and new chapter of suffering begins. This knowledge is lacking in modern education. And they are very much proud of becoming advanced in knowledge. What is the advancement of knowledge? (750625SB.LA )So-called modern educators claim that the purpose of education is to solve the problems of life. But in actuality they are teaching their students how to increase sense gratification more and more, thereby creating more and more paths to degradation. (JSD 4.2)You become animal. That's all. More or less, you become animal. The modern education is like that, preparing so many animals. (710724SB.NY)This life is preparation for the next life. That they do not know. The modern education and its universities are completely in darkness about this simple knowledge. (PQPA 9)Therefore the cow is also our mother. Just as we drink breast-milk from our mother, we drink milk from mother cow. You must not kill your mother; that is a great sin. Therefore meat-eating is prohibited. But people have become so sinful that they do not consider, when I was young this cow supplied her blood in the form of milk to feed me, to keep me alive. But now that I am grown up, I am so ungrateful that I am going to kill her and eat her flesh. This is the advancement of modern education: that people have learned how to kill their mother. (N98:TQE 7)What is the problem of our lives? That we do not know. Modern education never gives enlightenment about the real problem of life. (SSR 5)
Do you have Human or Animal Consciousness?
If you simply eat, sleep, mate, and enjoy material life. Then you are no different from the animals. The animals also eat, sleep, mate, and enjoy material life. In fact, if you simply want to engage in these activities, then you are better off in the animal kingdom. The animals engage in all these activities without the bother of jobs, bills, marital problems and other humanly conditions of life.Those humans who spent their life simply eating, sleeping, mating, and enjoying material life will be upgraded to a higher level at death. So they can continue with these activities but without the hassle of jobs, bills, marital problems and other humanly conditions of life in their next life. They will be born in the animal kingdom. God is very fair and merciful, he satisfies all our desires. If you behave like an animal then you will be one in your next life, at your own request.The difference between human and animal consciousness is that humans are inquisitive.
Real human beings enquire:
- Who am I? - Where have I come from? - Where am I going after this life? - Who exactly is God?
- How can I escape from the cycle of birth, old age, disease, and death? - How can I become immortal?
- How can I escape from the cycle of birth, old age, disease, and death? - How can I become immortal?
Animals do not enquire. They simply eat, sleep, mate, and enjoy material life.Humans are compassionate, they always think of others. The animals mind their own business and don’t think of others.Humans are charitable. It is the duty of every human being to perform welfare activities for the benefit of those who are less fortunate with their wealth, intelligence, and words. The animals are not charitable; they simply enjoy everything for them selves.Are you human or animal?
Modern Man Thinks He is more Civilized Then Ever Before?
Modern day life is all about:
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Materialism (lust for material things like fast cars, big houses, expensive clothing, costly parties etc...)
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Sexual lust (relationships, sex before marriage, marriages based on lust (love marriages) extra marital affairs etc..)
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Easy and quick dinners (eating frozen, un-fresh, micro-waved foods etc..)
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Material education (learning to conquer outer space, make nuclear weapons etc..)
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The result of Modern day life is depression, divorce, disease, and ignorance.Did you know that our great grand parents had nothing compared to what we have, but they were a lot happier than us.Did you know that people are more depressed today then ever before? We actually have drugs specially made for people who are depressed, to help them overcome depression.Did you know that many marriages end in a divorce? Divorce was extremely rare in the days of our great grand parents.Did you know that we have more diseases today then ever before? Fifty years ago there was no such thing as AIDS, today millions are dying from AIDS. Cancer is a common disease today. In was very rare in the days of our great grand parents.Our great grand parents lived on freshly cooked foods, they never ate food cooked the day before or even several hours before. Modern man can only dream of the taste our grand parents tasted.We want our children to go to the best Universities. To learn what? Does any educational institute teach anything about us? Who we are? Where we come from? Where we are going after this life? Why we suffer? How to truly advance in life? etc...The truth is that Modern Man is more uncivilized than ever before.Life in Kali Yuga: Humans Will Eat Leaves and Become Asses in the Future.
Scientific studies support the beneficial aspects of Yoga
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According to the Journal of Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America. Yoga helps with pain associated with osteoarthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome.
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According to the Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. Yoga may be effective as drug therapy in controlling hypertension.
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A Stanford University review of the research on complementary treatments found that Yoga was efficacious primarily as complementary treatments for musculoskeletal disease and related disorders.
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Studies at the Roosevelt University Stress Institute in Chicago have found that yoga stretches reduce physical stress while increasing physical relaxation.
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The above is the result of a few scientific studies into the benefits of Yoga. There are hundreds of other studies, which also come to the same conclusion that the ancient Hindu science of Yoga is very beneficial for the mind and body.
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Yoga is a scientifically proven system of purifying the body and mind, for making each of us the master of our senses so that we may develop our emotions and intellect to a level at which we function healthfully and in perfect harmony.
Yoga is a scientifically proven system of purifying the body and mind, for making each of us the master of our senses so that we may develop our emotions and intellect to a level at which we function healthfully and in perfect harmony.
〉 Yoga is the practice of various physical positions, breathing techniques, meditation, chanting of mantras, and taking good karmic actions.
〉 Yoga is the surest, most reliable, the safest, and the best aid to self-improvement.
〉 Yoga improves the circulatory, glandular, and nervous and muscle systems.
〉 Yoga can be used to deal with stiffness, aches and arthritic pain.
〉 Yoga can strengthen bones and muscles, improve posture, breathe better, relax, and improve their overall health.
〉 Yoga helps students perform well in exams. Scientific studies have proven this.
〉 Yoga is preventative measure for a wide range of conditions.
〉 Scientific studies conducted in India, USA and Europe support the benefits of Yoga.
〉 Yoga will reaffirm you to righteousness.
〉Physiological Benefits of Yoga 〉Pulse rate decreases 〉Respiratory rate decreases
〉Physiological Benefits of Yoga 〉Pulse rate decreases 〉Respiratory rate decreases
〉Blood pressure decreases 〉Cardiovascular efficiency increases 〉Gastrointestinal function normalizes
〉Endocrine function normalizes 〉Excretory functions improve 〉Musculoskeletal flexibility and joint range of motion increase
〉Posture improves 〉Strength and resiliency increase 〉Endurance increases
〉Energy level increases 〉Weight normalizes 〉Sleep improves 〉Immunity increases 〉Pain decreases
〉Psychological Benefits of Yoga 〉Awareness increase 〉Mood improves 〉Anxiety and depression decrease 〉Hostility decreases 〉Attention improves 〉Concentration improves 〉Memory improves 〉Learning efficiency improves
〉Psychological Benefits of Yoga 〉Awareness increase 〉Mood improves 〉Anxiety and depression decrease 〉Hostility decreases 〉Attention improves 〉Concentration improves 〉Memory improves 〉Learning efficiency improves
Vedic Health Advice-"Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one's existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart." (Bg. 17.8)"Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and burning are dear to those in the mode of passion. Such foods cause distress, misery and disease." (Bg. 17.9)“Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed and putrid, and food consisting of remnants and untouchable things is dear to those in the mode of darkness." (Bg. 17.10)
Scientific studies support the beneficial aspects of Yoga
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Drink 2-4 glasses of warm water every morning. This will flush out the toxins in your body.
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No meat eating. Apart from the fact that it’s wrong to kill (religious reasons), there are good health reasons for going vegetarian. Many scientific studies have concluded that meat eaters are much more likely to suffer from cancer, heart disease, and other diseases than vegetarians.
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No intoxications. No Drugs, no alcohol, no soft drinks, no coffee, no tea. These are intoxicants, which are addictive, and intoxicants affect the human consciousness in a negative way. Soft drinks contain too much sugar and caffeine, which are both bad for the body.
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No microwave ovens. Scientific studies have shown that food cooked or heated in a microwave oven causes cancer, genetic damage to cells, and other disorders. Also the taste is not the same as food cooked in a real wood fire or even on a gas cooker.
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Reduce salt in all foods. If you put salt on ice, the ice will melt. In a similar way, too much salt slowly destroys the organs of the body.
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No hot food. Hot food increases acidity in the body and is especially bad for the intestines and annul. Not good for the skin either.
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No Pickles. Very bad for the skin and especially the face (causes spots etc.).
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Reduce oily foods. Reduce food that is fried in oil. Oil is bad for the body.
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Eat vegetables everyday. Eat salad everyday (no added salt). One glass of carrot juice everyday is best.
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Eat fruits everyday. Apples, bananas, pears, grapes etc..
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Cook and eat fresh everyday. Avoid frozen foods. Avoid eating canned foods.
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In the western countries, there are organic and in-organic foods available in super markets. Avoid in-organic foods. In-organic foods are created by scientists’ medalling with nature. They are unhealthy and tasteless. Buy organic foods whenever possible.
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Keep your shoes out of the house. We walk with our shoes on the filthy streets and if we then walk in our homes with the same shoes, our home becomes stuck with the filth of the streets. It’s disgusting to wear shoes in the home.
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The Vedic scriptures state that there are 4 animals, which should not be touched. Dogs, donkeys, lizards, and pigs. This obviously means don’t keep these animals as pets. In fact we should not keep any pets at all. The animals belong in their own homes and environment, the wild. Not our homes. Keeping of birds in cages as pets is very sinful. How would you like to kept locked up in a cage?
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