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HERE COMES THE FOURTH SUCCESSFUL ISSUE OF  KRISHNAVEDHAM OUR SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE.

SATHGURU GEETHA

'Extracts from pravachans of our guruji'

 

For every student giving examination and getting through it seems to be a very tedious and boring task. Now- a –days studies have become result oriented immaterial of whether it adds to their knowledge or not. The mere thought of examination itself generates tension, fear and stress in the minds of the students. Even the students who are well prepared also experience some sort of tension and fear. For many students studies seem to be a burden and they have to do it under mere compulsion. Not only this but the fear of examination also affects the health of many students.

 

Every student can get a permanent relief from all these tensions and stress. The one and only remedy, which can relieve you students from this unwanted fear and stress is ------------------ CHANTING THE NAMA OF BAGAWAN KRISHNA CONTINUOUSLY. This will put you at ease and make you feel relaxed. It is a common phenomenon that most of the students go to temples before exams and before the declaration of results. This itself reveals that students have belief on God but they don’t know the correct way of surrendering their responsibilities at the Lotus Feet of Bagawan Krishna. Everyone has God Fear but lack God Faith.

Studies can also be enjoyed if done for Krishna. Before commencing your studies pray to Krishna to guide you, to be with you and help you to memorize and recollect the matters whenever necessary.  By chanting Krishna’s nama continuously you will get used to it and slowly you will start feeling the difference. Krishna will undoubtedly help you whenever you call HIM. If you surrender yourself at the Lotus Feet of Bagawan Krishna and study sincerely for HIM then the results won’t bother you. For you studies, exams and result would be a big headache but for Bagawan Krishna who is the creator of this universe all this is a very insignificant thing.

So it is your duty to call HIM and pray to HIM to guide you in your studies. Bagawan Krishna is always with you and is helping you in every single step of your life but unless you call HIM you cannot feel the grace of Bagawan Krishna in true and real sense.

These are not just words but this practice has been tested and found to be very effective by many disciples (students) of RadheKrishna Sathsangam. Practice this simple method and benefit yourself. Consider Krishna as your friend and see how beautifully HE guides you and helps you to get through your studies and exams and shower HIS grace on you by blessing you with colourful results.

So just chant the nama of Bagawan Krishna continuously, pray to HIM and do your duty sincerely. This will put a permanent full stop to all your fears, tensions, stress and burden. Krishna will definitely change your mentality towards studies and make you enjoy and experience it.

Archana and Revathy

  jay sathguru maharaj ki jay  

 

 GURU MAHIMA

hymns in praise of guru

|| UTHTHISHTATHA JAAGRATHA PRAAPYA VARAANNIBODHATHA |  

KSHURASYA DHAARAA NISHITHAA DHURATHYAYAA DHURAGAM PATHAS THATH KAVAYO VADHANTHI || 

 [katOpanishadh 1.3.1]

Arise! Awake! And attain a sathguru [spiritual master] and get anubhoodhi [sort of a spiritual experience].  The divine way is tough as walking on the sharp edge of a knife.  The great bakthaas who attained this stage says so.

Upanishads asks us to arise and awake. So are we sleeping? Yes. We are sleeping thanks to Bagawan Krishna's maya.We are ignorant towards Bagawan. God is the supreme truth. Realising him is the sole purpose of human birth.
But is realising him so easy? Definitely with the help of a sathguru. In the absence of a sathguru its the most difficult task. It is  like walking on the edge of a knife. Coming face to face with a sathguru is the first step in realising Bagawan. A sathguru will give divine experiences which will help a jeevathmaa to realise the paramathmaa. This method has been tested by great bhakthas and they have experienced the ultimate. Whats wrong in trying?

A sathguru is the basic need for a happy and a peaceful life. The definition of a peaceful life is not only restricted to a good family, good salary and a good house but it is something connected to the aathmaa. We see people well settled in their life. But are they really happy? Are they truly contended without any tension in life? Are they truly cleansed of all vices? No. Not at all. People are never satisfied with what they get. They want something more. That something is the inner peace. The peace, which the soul experiences is different from the temporary, pleasure which the material body experiences. Soul satisfaction is a permanent phenomenon. Now a big question. How to find this inner peace? Who will give this peace? The answer to all the queries lies in searching a sathguru. The next question. Who is a sathguru? How to find him? Sathguru is a person whose mind is constantly engaged in thinking about the Bagawan. He is a person who has come out of the shackles of maya or the lord’s veil.  

Bagawan Krishna says in Bhagavat Geetha “ my veil (maya) which consists of three gunas (modes of material nature) is extremely difficult to break through. Those who constantly think about me alone are able to cross it”. A sathguru possesses the power to pull the samsaris out of maya and show them the real light -- the light of Bagawan Krishna. The samsaaris are in a deep slumber, forgetting their real nature, not knowing the real purpose behind their existence and passing away their time drinking the poisonous nectar of materiality instead of enjoying the fresh and pure nectar of Bagawan Krishna. The more and more people entangle themselves in the web of materiality, the more difficult to come out of it.

People should wake up from their slumber and go in search of a sathguru. A sathguru can easily make people realise their true nature and the purpose of their existence knowing which the soul can be at peace.

The next question. How to attain a sathguru? We have an intense thirst to achieve everything in the material world. We put dedicated efforts and we are blessed with the fruits. A similar thirst should exist for a sathguru. If we long for a sathguru , he will definitely come to us.
Bagawan Krishna says in Geetha  approach a sathguru. Surrender to him. Serve them and question them submissively. The enlightened soul can impart the real knowledge since they have come face to face with the ultimate truth”.

Once a person submits to a sathguru , the sathguru enters the person’s heart and witnesses the person’s activities. The sathguru starts a fight with the vices present in the person like lust, anger, greed, jealousy, etc. And slowly defeat them. This is how a sathguru purifies a person and show the person the truth. One Mahan says “due to desire, people tend to do many karmas. But their life span slowly reduces and they don’t become aware of this fact”

A sathguru is the answer to all the problems. By chanting the Bagawan nama one can attain a sathguru. 

karthik and uma

  jay sathguru maharaj ki jay

 

 

 

ACHYUTHA PRIYAA

short stories to regain your faith

Bhakthi [devotion] is common to all. It has no discrimination. Those who aspire to do bhakthi [devotion] can realize Bagawan, be it a rich or poor. To prove this to the entire world, Bagawan Shri Krishna elevated a rich pawnbroker to purandharadhaasar and low caste businessman to kanagadhaasar. There is a sloka in Naaradha Bakthi Soothram which describes bakthi has no discriminations.

“ Naasthi thEshu jaathi vidhyaa kula roopa dHana kriyaadhi bHEdha:”

                                                                                   {Naaradha bakthi soothraam – 71}

"There is no discrimination among the bakthaas in caste, education, flock, outlook, wealth and work".

There are many such illustrations in the history of our Bhaaratha Bhoomi to reveal the fact that each and every jeevathmaa has the capability to do Bhakthi [devotion].

This sacred land India is not a Bhaaratha Bhoomi as many say but it is a Bhaagavadha Bhoomi. The great divine scripts like Raamaayana, Mahaabhaarathaa, Naaraayaneeyam, hymns and scriptures always resonate in Bhaaratha Bhoomi. Every single moment somewhere or the other, these divine scripts are recited and experienced by thousands of devotees and Krishna bhakthaas.

In a small village a preacher was reciting the divine Srimadh Bhaagawatham in a house and a big crowd was enjoying the sweet nectar. Today we are blessed with this great, divine Shrimadh Bhaagawatham only because of the spiritual thirst, which king Pareekshith had. When king Pareekshith realized that he had only seven days remaining in his life he decided to spend it in a most effective manner and went in search of ultimate happiness. This thirst brought the great Sathguru Sukha Brahma Maharishi in front of king Pareekshith. Sukha Brahma Maharishi understood the intense thirst of king Pareekshith and recited the great divine script Shrimadh Bhaagawatham to give Moksha [salvation] to king Pareekshith. King Pareekshith was so much engrossed in this Srimadh Bhaagawatham that even hunger and thirst did not disturb him. For the seven whole days this recitation went on day and night and neither Sukha Brahma Maharishi nor king Pareekshith was aware about their surroundings. This is the right way of listening to such divine scripts. Such is the grace of Bagawan Shri Krishna who pulls and attracts us towards HIM and makes us get engrossed in HIS leelaas with an intention to bless us with ultimate happiness.

Srimadh Bhaagawatham is a puraan, which reveals the life history of great bhakthaas like Prahlaadh, Dhruva and many others, and leelaas performed by Bagawaan Shri Krishna on this great Bhaaratha Bhoomi. Sapthaaham means seven days. It is believed that one who attends this sapthaaham and listens to it sincerely, definitely attains Moksha. By listening to this divine script, one automatically derives happiness and absolute peace of mind. Listening to the leelaas of Bagawan Shri Krishna automatically gives the mind total happiness. So, many villagers had gone to attend the sapthaaham.

At that time a gang of thieves entered in that village. All of them got scattered at different places with an intention to loot as much wealth as possible. One of the thieves was roaming around when suddenly he came near the house where the recitation of Shrimadh Bhaagawatham was going on. He saw that everyone was engrossed in listening to somebody's speech but was not aware of what was going on.

On seeing the villagers engrossed in this speech, he thought that this was the right chance and right place to steal. As a huge crowd was present in that house, he suspected that he could surely gather a good amount of wealth. So he quietly entered the house and sat amongst the crowd as if listening to the discourse. After some time the thief went inside some rooms in search of money and ornaments.  But he didn't get anything.  He felt tired and frustrated.  So once again he joined the crowd and started listening to the preacher's words. 

Exactly at that point of time the preacher was describing the beauty of Bagawan Krishna. The thief neither knew anything about Shrimadh Baagawatham nor was he aware of Bagawan Shri Krishna. He was not bothered about what the preacher was saying but kept on noticing the crowd. Along with the beauty of Bagawan Shri Krishna, the preacher also started describing the ornaments of Bagawan Shri Krishna. The preacher was describing the beauty of Lotus like delicate feet of Bagawan Shri Krishna and the rings that HE wore in each of HIS toes. Fortunately this fell onto the ears of that thief. When the thief noticed that the preacher was giving some description about the ornaments he immediately became alert and started showing interest in the speech of that preacher.

Such is the Krupai (grace) of Bagawan Shri Krishna. HE knows the right tactics of attracting each jeevathmaa towards HIM. Once Bagawan Shri Krishna decides to bless us with eternal happiness then irrespective of what we are, what we do, or what we think HE will by some way or the other, definitely pull us towards HIM. This is HIS sole intention. The jeevathmaas have no rights to challenge and change the decision of Bagawan Shri Krishna. Now Bagawan Shri Krishna has given an opportunity to that thief to realize HIM, understand HIS grace and enjoy and experience the eternal happiness. This proves the indiscrimination of Bagawan Shri Krishna. For Bagawan Shri Krishna all the jeevathmaas are one and the same, be it a thief or a normal person. Everyone is given an opportunity to realize Bagawan Shri Krishna at least once in his or her lifetime.

The preacher continued his description about the beauty of Bagawan Shri Krishna. After the lotus feet, he described the anklet which Bagawan Shri Krishna was wearing; the beauty of HIS knees, thighs, the rich silk peethaambar {yellow cloth}; the belt made up of ruby and pearls on HIS slim waist; HIS wide, broad shoulders, the kausthuba mani (a kind of stone) on HIS chest; necklace of opal, gold, emerald, pearls, gems, ruby, which added to HIS beauty; HIS lotus like lips; beautiful, sharp nose; Lotus like big, wide, attractive eyes which are always filled with love and mercy; the bow shaped eye-brows, kasthoori thilakam on HIS fore head; the curly hairs, the crown made up of diamonds on HIS head; the rich earrings in HIS ears; HIS long hands to lift all the jeevathmaas from this samsaara saagaram; the bracelet on HIS hand and the rings on all HIS fingers. Thus the preacher described Bagawan Shri Krishna from toe to head. While describing each ornament the preacher also simultaneously stated it's worth. This reveals the interest of the preacher in ornaments and money. This description of ornaments added to the interest of that thief.

The thief forgot everything and whole-heartedly started concentrating on the speech of that preacher. He started calculating the total worth of all the ornaments of Bagawan Shri Krishna. The imagination of looting the ornaments of Bagawan Shri Krishna made him feel overjoyed. Finally the greed of that thief led him to make up his mind to loot Bagawan Shri Krishna. He was totally unaware of the fact that Shri Krishna is the ultimate creator of this universe. On hearing the speech of the preacher the thief was of the opinion that Bagawan Shri Krishna is a small child who wears all this ornaments. The sole intention of him was to steal the ornaments from that child. He thought it would be very easy to frighten a child and steal his ornaments. Radhekrishna! What a great faith! 

Will the thief succeed in his plan? Do keep chanting till we come with the rest of the story in our next issue.

 

 

abhilash and anuja

  jay sathguru maharaj ki jay

 

 

 

HRUDHAYAANJALI

the power of divine grace

Sri Gurubhyonamaha!

Radhekrishna!!

Before I begin I would like to place my namaskaram at the feet of Poojyashree Shree Amma and to Brahmashree Gopalavallidasar.

It is because of their grace and extreme karuna that I have been able to experience the greatness of Krishna and namajapam.

I am a Class X student studying in Uganda- East Africa. I happen to be learning Bhraratanatyam and on a few occasions I have had the opportunity of performing on stage. It is one such performance that is highly unforgettable due to our Guru's karuna and the strength of namajapam that I am going to talk about.

It was the evening before Ugadi, the Telugu New Year and the Telugu people here had organized a celebration with lots of cultural performances that were supposed to go on until midnight after which they would cut a cake and start the New Year. Quite a westernized way of celebrating Ugadi, but that was it. I was one of the performers. I was doing two bits; one solo and another with one other girl. Due to Krishna's grace I finished both my items quite successfully. When I went to change my costume, my mother stopped me and told me to wait for a few minutes. All the events planned had come to an end but there was still half an hour before midnight. The organizers began to ask around the crowd for some on the spot performers. They came to my mother and asked her if my sister or I could sing. When she replied that we could sing only devotional songs, they backed out saying that they wanted film songs. Then, my mom suggested that I could perform another Bharatnatyam piece. They were a bit reluctant but agreed.  I was sitting with my sister and some friends, so I was completely unaware of what was going on. Then, suddenly, they called out my name on the microphone and my mother hurried up to me and told me that I was going to dance. I was unnerved as I was completely unprepared. I rushed up to the stage. When the song started, I saw it was a song that I knew but had lost practice. There was no time to even mentally recall the steps. I just let go of everything and gave myself up to Krishna and started chanting his name feverishly. I walked on stage and began. All I remember is that my limbs were moving and there was a kind of shanthi (peace) in my heart. I kept on chanting and the only disturbance was when my throat became parched and I was trying to keep a smiling face while suppressing a cough. After it was over I could hear a lot of applause but as I walked off, I was not sure whether I had done the dance without mistakes. The next day, when I watched the video, it struck me to see that even if a few steps were not in the right order, the timing was perfect and I had managed to smile throughout the performance. What is more, there was a grace, which I had never been able to master before. The realization came to me like a blow that it was not actually I dancing out there.

There is no end to the gratitude that we could offer to our divine Guru. We are indeed blessed to have such wonderful guidance from our Guru whenever it is asked for.

And last of all, I would just like to say that this e-magazine is a great resource and outlet for we youngsters.

Radhekrishna!!

Sivaramya Medur (Preethi) – Uganda

jay sathguru maharaj ki jay

 

 

DIVYA DARSHAN

the feast for your soul

             

  Shri Poojya Shree Shree Amma 

Mahan Brahma Shri Gopallavallidasar

jay sathguru maharaj ki jay

 

 

PUNYA KAAL

sathsang programmes

 

In chennai pravachans on Shri Ramanujar vaibhavam is being continued by Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar. Due to the whole hearted desire  the disciples have got an  oppurtunity to hear the pravachan on Ramanujar vaibhavam daily formerly which was only for two days in a week. The Great sathguru has paid heed to the thirst of disciples.

 

With the blessings of Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar the celebrations of Radhaasthami on 22nd of September  was done by the disciples all over.

 

At the residence of Poojya Shree Shree Amma the weekly saturday Bhajans are going on.After the Bhajans the disciples are blessed to hear  the pravachan on guru mahima by Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar. Even weekly Bhajans are done by the disciples all over.

Dear bhakthaas, RadheKrishna Sathsang invites you for a great devotional discourse on various headings in tamil by

Mahaan |Brahma Shree Gopalavallidasar

(disciple of poojya shree shree amma)

Venue:

Mr. Aananth Janakiram’s residence

114 – 4th cross, 3rd Main, Mysore Bank Colony,

Anand nagar, Near rt. Nagar,

Bangalore

2.11.2004 Udupi Sri Krishna Leela
3.11.2004 Yaksha Prasnam In Mahabaratha
4.11.2004 Melkottai Mahimai
5.11.2004  Srimath Bagawath Geetha 12th chapter
6.11.2004  Srimath Bagawath Geetha 12th chapter
7.11.2004  Sundhara Kaandam  
8.11.2004  Raasa Kreeda  

 

Come and enjoy the discourse and receive the blessings of Bagawan Shri RadheKrishna and  Poojya Shree Shree Amma 

 

 

GOODNEWS! WANT TO HEAR THE DIVINE VOICE WHICH WILL SOOTH YOUR SOUL AND WASH AWAY ALL YOUR SORROWS.Here is an oppurtunitity -- Sathsangs by Poojya Shree Shree Amma and Mahan Brahma Shri Gopalavallidasar will be uploaded on 5th, 15th and 25th of every month.Be sure to logon to "radhekrishnaamma.tripod.com" and experience the magic.

 

jay sathguru maharaj ki jay

 

 

SHRADHAARPANAM

our wholehearted dedication

 The great acharya bhaktha of this kaliyuga from thirukoloor (south tamilnadu, south india) born      in dhwaapara yuga.

 The great devotee who was an amsam (incarnation) of periya thiruvadi garuda alwar. And otherwise known as an amsam of kumudhar.

 The aged sathsishyan of swami nammaazhwar, whose intense quest for a sathacharyan brought him from ayodhya in the north to thirukurugoor in the south.

 The only alwar who considered his acharyan to be the supreme paramathma himself and sang his praise alone through the pasurams "kanni nun chiruthambu".

 The foremost amongst the bhakthas to do acharyabhakthi.

 The sathsishyan who showed it to the world that acharyabhakthi is the simplest and highest form of bhakthi.

        || MADHURA KAVI AAZHWAAR THIRUVADIGALE SHARANAM || 

kulashekaran

jay sathguru maharaj ki jay

 

jay shree radhekrishna sathsang

jay shree poojyashree amma

jay mahan braham shri gopalavallidasar