🌿​​​​☀️SHUBH JANAMASHTAMI☀️🌿

This is the birthday of Lord Krishna, the 8th Divine Incarnation. It falls on the 8th day of the dark half of the month of Bhadrapada [Aug-Sept]. This is one of the greatest of all Hindu festivals. Lord Krishna was born at midnight. A 24-hour fast is observed today.

The Lord appeared when the moon entered the house of Vrishabha at the constellation of the star Rohini, on Wednesday, the 8th day of the second fortnight of the month of Sravana, which corresponds to the month of Bhadrapada Krishnapaksha according to the Barhaspatyamana, in the year of Visvavasu, i.e. 3227 BC.

Study the Bhagavatam and the Pancharatras, which are equal to the Upanishads. You will know all about the glory of Lord Krishna, His Lilas and superhuman deeds. The eighth avatara, Krishna, who has become the Beloved of India and the world at large, had a threefold objective :-

🌿To destroy the wicked demons.

🌿To play the leading role in the great war fought on the battlefield of Kurukshetra [where he delivered His wonderful message of the Gita].

🌿To become the centre of a marvellous development of the Bhakti schools of India.

There is no true science except devotion to Lord Krishna. That man is wealthy indeed who loves Radha and Krishna. There is no sorrow other than lack of devotion to Krishna. He is the foremost of the emancipated who loves Krishna. The Name, virtues and Lilas divine pastimes of Krishna are the chief things to be remembered. The Lotus Feet of Radha and Krishna are the chief objects of meditation.

Devotion is the chief means of attaining Lord Krishna. Bhakti kindles love for the Lord. When love is directed towards Krishna, man is freed from the bondage of the world. Though Lord Krishna appeared in a human body, He had a divine body not composed of the five elements. He did not take any birth here in the usual sense of the term. He did not die. He appeared and disappeared through His Yoga Maya as He has declared in the Gita. This is a secret, known only to His devotees, yogis and sages.

Avatars of God appear for special reasons under special circumstances. Whenever there is much unrighteousness, confusion and disorder set in on account of adharma and baffle the well-ordered progress of mankind, whenever the balance of human society is upset by selfish, ruthless and cruel beings, whenever adharma and unrighteousness prevail, whenever the foundations of social organisations are undermined, the great Incarnation of God appears in order to re-establish righteousness and to restore peace.

An Incarnation is the descent of God for the ascent of man. The work done by the Incarnation of God and His teachings produce a benign influence on human beings and help them in their upward divine unfoldment and Self-realisation. The Incarnation comes to reveal the divine nature of man and makes him rise above the petty materialistic life of passion and egoism.

Krishna has played various roles in His Life. He was Arjuna’s charioteer. He was an excellent statesman. He was a master musician; he gave lessons even to Narada in the art of playing the veena. The music of His flute thrilled the hearts of the Gopis and everyone else. He was a cowherd in Vrindavan and Gokul. He exhibited miraculous powers even as a child. He killed many demons. He revealed His Cosmic Form to His mother, Yasoda. He performed the Rasa Lila, the secret of which can only be understood by devotees like Narada, Gauranga, Radha and the Gopis. He taught the supreme Truth of Yoga, Bhakti and Vedanta to Arjuna and Uddhava. He had mastered every one of the sixty-four fine arts. Therefore, He is regarded as the full manifestation of God.

~Swami Sivananda

✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

@HinduismAsItIs wishes you all a very auspicious Janamashtami. Today, meditate on the divine form of Sri Krishna, read Sri Bhagvatam, sing His stotras, hymns and do japa of His name, to whatever extent possible. May by His grace, we all be blessed with the highest good, bliss and wisdom! Hare Krishna! 🙏😇

✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

🎞@HinduismAsItIs🎞
✈️@HinduismAsItIs || @SpiritualGroup✈

🎞@HinduismAsItIs🎞
✈️@HinduismAsItIs || @SpiritualGroup✈

🕯Sri Ramakrishna says: The Divine Mother revealed to me in the Kāli temple that it was She who had become everything. She showed me that everything was full of Consciousness. The image was Consciousness, the altar was Consciousness, the water-vessels were Consciousness, the door-sill was Consciousness, the marble floor was Consciousness - all was Consciousness.

I found everything inside the room soaked, as it were, in Bliss - the Bliss of God. I saw a wicked man in front of the Kāli temple; but in him also I saw the power of the Divine Mother vibrating. That was why I fed a cat with the food that was to be offered to the Divine Mother. I clearly perceived that all this was the Divine Mother – even the cat.

~Excerpt From: The Gospel of Sri Paramahamsa Ramakrishna

🎞@HinduismAsItIs🎞
✈️@HinduismAsItIs || @SpiritualGroup✈

MUST WATCH❗️

🌿Why is Kashi called the Eternal City of Shiva?🌿

In this video we will learn:

➡️The divine creation and eternal nature of Kashi
➡️Why is the city called "Kashi"?
➡️Why Kashi is inseparable from Lord Shiva
➡️The mysteries of Moksha and why death in Kashi is unique

✨ From: Shiva Maha Purana ✨

•Duration - 8:08 minutes

👉Video Link - https://youtu.be/Oy1wxXrYuzw?si=lIi-xSIvKg6MetIN

‼️Subscribe to our Youtube Channel for more such videos!‼️

🎞@HinduismAsItIs🎞
🖼@HinduismAsItIs🖼||✈️@SpiritualGroup✈️

#hinduism #sanatandharma #dharma #advaita #hindutva #vedanta #vedas #hindu #yoga #bhakti #karma #spirituality #spiritual #enlightenment #awareness #consciousness #truth #devotion #meditation #wisdom #nonduality #god

🌿☀️ Wishing you all a very auspicious Ganesh Chaturthi! ☀️🌿

🎞@HinduismAsItIs🎞
🖼@HinduismAsItIs🖼||✈️@SpiritualGroup✈️

#hinduism #sanatandharma #dharma #advaita #hindutva #vedanta #vedas #hindu #yoga #bhakti #karma #spirituality #spiritual #enlightenment #awareness #consciousness #truth #devotion #meditation #wisdom #nonduality #god