Nepal in the Mahabharata Period,
Part 25
BY: SUN STAFF
Nov 14, CANADA (SUN) — The Yadava dynasty's presence in Nepal, and the events that preceded and followed.
Lalitpur has produced the greatest number of renowned artists and the finest craftsmen in all of Nepal's art history. Almost without exception, the focus of their artistic expression has been sacred, including both Vaisnava and Buddhist subjects. Not surprisingly, many images of Garuda are found that have been done in Buddhist iconography, rather than the traditional Vaisnava style. These are easily identified by the crown and flame motif on the stella or murti background.
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Tattva Sandarbha,
Part 12
BY: SUN STAFF
Nov 14, CANADA (SUN) — Sad Sandarbhas by Srila Jiva Goswami
SECTION TWELVE
But at present (the complete text of the Vedas is unavailable and owing to a decrease in human memory,) it is difficult to study the whole body of the Vedas. Further, because of their abstruse nature the available portions are difficult to understand. In addition great thinkers, commentators on the Vedas, give contradictory conclusions to the Vedic statements. Analyzing the Itihasas and Puranas is worthwhile, therefore, as they have the same nature as the Vedas and are decisive in giving the meaning of the Vedas.
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Prabhupada Padma-vakya
BY: SUN STAFF
Nov 14,
CANADA (SUN)
Audio files with transcripts recorded on this day.
November 14, 1972, Vrndavana
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.1
"… whenever there is something manufacturing, or creation, we do
not find automatically some matter comes into being. We don't, we
haven't such experience. Whenever there is anything manufactured or
created, there is a person behind it."
November 14, 1973, New Delhi
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.9-10
"If you eat only for yourself, for sense gratification, it doesn't
matter whether you are vegetarian or nonvegetarian. You are simply
eating sinful results of your life."
November 14, 1974, Bombay
Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.25.14
"By sentiment he comes to Krsna consciousness, and even if he falls
down, still, where is the loss? And contrary to this, a man who is
performing very perfectly his sva-dharma, but has no Krsna
consciousness, then what is the gain?" There is no gain."
November 14, 1975, Bombay
Morning Walk
"Nobody is authority. That is our first assertion. Nobody is
authority. Therefore we have placed Krsna consciousness. Krsna is only
authority. All rascals."
November 14, 1976, Vrndavana
Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.5.27
"Krsna has given us one chance, this ear. If we properly use it...
Therefore Vedic knowledge is to be heard, hearing. Listen. It is
therefore called sruti. The Vedic instruction has to be gotten from the
right person through aural reception."
 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
Nepal in the Mahabharata Period,
Part 24
BY: SUN STAFF
Nov 12, CANADA (SUN) — The Yadava dynasty's presence in Nepal, and the events that preceded and followed.
There are many remarkable and beautiful images of Sri Garuda found in Nepal. Several of them are described as being located in 'Durbar Square', which can be a little confusing. 'Durbar Square' is a generic name used to describe plazas opposite the old royal palaces of Nepal. Prior to the Unification, Nepal consisted of many small kingdoms, and the Durbar Squares are basically the locations of the most prominent remnants of those old kingdoms.
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Tattva Sandarbha,
Part 11
BY: SUN STAFF
Nov 12, CANADA (SUN) — Sad Sandarbhas by Srila Jiva Goswami
SECTION ELEVEN
This conclusion is confirmed by the following statements from the scriptures:
1. Reasoning has no sure basis (it cannot refute the conclusion of the Veda). (Brahma Sutra 2.1.11)
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Nepal in the Mahabharata Period,
Part 23
BY: SUN STAFF
Nov 10, CANADA (SUN) — Sri Krsna's liberation of Banasura, the Yadava dynasty's presence in Nepal, and the events that preceded and followed these pastimes.
One of the most recognizable divine personalities in Nepal who is associated with many pastimes in the Mahabharata Period is Sri Garuda, the winged vahana (carrier) of Sri Krsna/Visnu. Numerous beautiful shrines and pieces of statuary depicting Garuda are found throughout Nepal, with a concentration of them in the Kathmandu Valley.
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Bhagavad Arka
Marichi Mala, Pt. 24
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Nov 10, CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of Bhagavad Arka Marichi Mala by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur.
CHAPTER SIX
Tasting the Sublime Nature of Relationships with the Lord (bhagavad-rasa-tattvam)
10.43.17 Shukadeva Gosvami to Maharaja Parikshit
The various groups of people in the arena regarded Krishna in different ways when He entered it with His elder brother. The wrestlers saw Krishna as a lightning bolt, the men of Mathura as the best of males, the women as Cupid in person, the cowherd men as their relative, the impious rulers as a chastiser, His parents as their child, the King of the Bhojas as death, the unintelligent as the Supreme Lord's universal form, the yogis as the Absolute Truth and the Vrishnis as their supreme worshipable Deity.
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Tattva Sandarbha,
Part 10
BY: SUN STAFF
Nov 10, CANADA (SUN) — Sad Sandarbhas by Srila Jiva Goswami
SECTION TEN
For us who are inquisitive, therefore, about that which is beyond all, yet the support of everything, which is most inconceivable and wondrous in nature, direct perception, inference and so on are not suitable means. For this purpose we accept only the Vedas, whose words are transcendental, which is the source of all mundane and transcendental knowledge, and which have been passed down in humanity through unbroken chains of succession since time immemorial.
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