Sri Krishna Janmastami Special!!!

Volume II Issue 13

APPETIZER

“There is no God but there is Godliness!” claims a well known (so-called) spiritual guru and fake incarna-
tion of God. Many people have similar beliefs. For many, God Himself is not that much important then
what He provides them to make them feel Godliness in pursuing their material goals. God has created
everything with beauty and qualities, “Why would He not possess those qualities?”

MAIN COURSE

Different Scriptures of world address God by different names like-

Allah (All Powerful), Jehovah (All Strong), Buddha (All Enlight-
ened), Rama (All Joyful), Vishnu (All Pervasive), and so on. These
are some of the many attributes that the God possesses. That‟s what
make Him all-attractive!

Someone may ask - Can God fall in love? Does He have friends?
Does He ever do anything naughty? And if He does the same things
we do, is He still God? The Vedic scriptures say yes to all of these,
but to see this side of God to the fullest, one must worship Him as
Krishna. The name Krishna means „the all-attractive one‟ (sarva
akarshiti iti krishna), describes all-attractiveness of the Lord and
thus is the most complete name of God.

The Vedas tell us that God Himself has come to this world many times. He came as Rama, the perfect
king, Vamana, the small boy who recaptured the universe with just three steps of his feet, Narasimha,
half-man half-lion, the protector of His devotee; and so on. So far, we haven't read of any incarnation
who just sat around all day and night because God is active. He does extraordinary things, and He comes
into this world to let us see Him, so that we get attracted to His pastimes and go back to Godhead!

"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." [Bhagavad-gétä 4.6]
We get the most intimate view of God when He comes Himself in His original form of Krishna, also
known as Govinda, the original source of all incarnations.
"All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of
the Lord, but Lord Sri Krishna is the original Personality of Godhead." [Srimad Bhagavatam, 1.3.28]
The name Krishna describes The Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A person having
intelligence, beauty, fame, wealth, power or who is renounced attracts us in this world. We can‟t find
even one person who can claim to have all these six opulence fully and together. Being Supreme by defi-
nition, Krishna possesses all these opulence fully and eternally! He possesses incomparable intelligence,
wealth, fame, strength, beauty and renunciation.
Another doubt that may arise in this dirty mind “Does Krishna fall in
love?” answer is “Yes!” He loves the cowherd girl Radharani. Well, one
may ask now, "What's extraordinary about that?"Radharani is not an
ordinary girl. She is the embodiment of love of God, and She is as divine
as Krishna. Her body, mind, and senses are made of love of God, so
Krishna's love for her is a normal reciprocation. Although the love of
Radharani and Krishna looks like a romance of this world, however;
there is no sex desire in it. Great sages who have no interest in sex stories
spend lifetimes trying to fathom the profundity of the relationship be-
tween Radharani and Krishna!!

When Krishna danced at midnight in the forest with Radharani and

thousands of her girlfriends, each girl thought she was alone with Krishna. It hardly seems to be an ordi-
nary romance!!

Once Krishna went to a forest with thousands of cowherd

boys and calves and demigod Brahma stole away the
calves and boys by his mystic power, Krishna expanded
Himself into as many forms as there were boys and calves
and imitated each one so perfectly that even their moth-
ers could not tell. This continues for about one year and
thus He defeated the mystic power the great Brahma.

As a small child, Krishna would eat the butter and yogurt

stored in His house and the houses of neighbors, just like
an ordinary
naughty little boy, but at the same time He defeated and killed
powerful demons who had come to make Him their victim.
DESSERT

This is just the tip of an iceberg and we need no jazzy and fancy
things to make God interesting. He is so attractive that He does-
n’t need such tantrums. Just by chanting His holy names with
love we can attain him. Janmastami, the divine appearance of
Lord Krishna in this world, is approaching. Let’s all welcome
our Blissful Lord by chanting loudly:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare

Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare
Welcome the Supreme Personality of Godhead and Godliness will automatically follow!!!

the HIGHER TASTE

An ISKCON Delhi Publication
In loving service to
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Magazine Committee: Director: Mohan Rupa Das, Author & Editor: Nandagopal Jivan Das, Design & Layout: Avyanga Das