Gopis are great devotees of Sri Krishna, who are simple minded yet very pure and deep in their love for Sri Krishna. They were the inhabitants of Vrindavan, and were farmers, housewives, and cowherds. Everything they did, they did with Krishna in their mind. You should begin your quest for Krishna with Bhagavatam. All the very best. Here is something about Krishna and the gopis.
jai hanuman gyan gun sagar jai kapis tihu lok ujagar
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Namaste Virajaji
Creativity flows from the Supreme Creative One, and His unlimited creative potency. (Who would know how creative Nandakishor is more than the residents of Vraja! including when it comes to telling tales and juggling truths)
while i was just the pen.
A few additions:
*C is also for chanting the Holy Names of BhagvAnH is for home worship - serve the Lord and your family with Him in the centre
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Y is for yama-niyama - yogic discipline and rules
*H is also for humility, a primary ornament of the devotee
*Y is in fact for Yoga with Nandanandan - joining the jivAtmA (devotee) to-with paramAtmA (BhagavAn). Yog --- Yuj = to join
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Jai Shri KRshNa ~
Last edited by smaranam; 10 February 2013 at 10:26 PM. Reason: C is for chanting
|| Shri KRshNArpaNamastu ||
Namaste
Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 5.93-106: Nityananda as Maha-Vishnu and the Supersoul
Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila 5: Nityananda Blesses Krishnadasa Kaviraja
'Nirvana' - isn't that a buddhist concept? I have heard of Buddha and Mahavira attaining Nirvana but in Hinduism, it is simply 'self-realization' that advanced yogis (and bhaktas) attain after a lifetime of efforts. There are supposed to be 7 spiritual centers of the body (called 'Chakras') and the self-realized yogi has his highest chakra known as 'Sahasrara chakra' open. He is the one who gets the divine power(s) of various kinds such as being able to cure others, foresee things and so forth. As such, he has no interest in materialistic life and is a man of god. Some examples of self-realized saints of Hinduism are saint Ramana, Ramakrishna paramahamsa, Sri Raghavendra and so forth. But these self-realization, as per what I know, is not a goal for after life. The self-realized yogi becomes released from chain of birth and death, or in other words, attains 'Moksha' after death. Attaining Moksha while still living is not possible even for someone who has attained self-realization.
jai hanuman gyan gun sagar jai kapis tihu lok ujagar
Word "nirvana" is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gītā 6.15
http://vedabase.net/bg/6/15/
śāntiḿ nirvāṇa-paramāḿ
nirvāṇa-paramām — cessation of material existence
See also Bhagavad-gītā 5.24
http://vedabase.net/bg/5/24/
brahma-nirvāṇam — liberation in the Supreme
regards
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