krishna Mantra

King  Kulashekara [a great devotee of Krisna] says ' o tounge, please chant constantly the mantra composed of Sri Krisna's names.This is  the only mantra for destroying our enemies[our own negative thoughts],The mantra worshipped by every word of the upanishads, the mantra that uproots smsara, the mantra that drives away all darkness of ignorance, the mantra for attaining all prosperites, the mantra for curing those bitten by  poisonous snake of worldly distress, and the mantra for making one,s  birth in this world sucessful.[HARE KRISHNA,HARE KRISHNA, KRISNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE] Today is Kishna janmashtami, his birth is peculiar He was born  on ashtami, which is  the rainy season  which has dark clouds, and his birth looked like rays of brilliance emanating from his  lustrous body, covering the sky..When all the quarters had been cooled well by rain waters and people were overwhelmed with joy and they had been wishing for Lord's incarnation, the remover of sorrows  of all three worlds[ manushya,asura, deva, lokas] did appear ojn the earth at mid night, when the moon was rising.Let us rejoice his birth with pure joy and purity of heart and enjoy this great festival.

BHAKTI YOGA[FROM SHVETASHVATARA-UPANISHAD.

LORD is the soul of the universe. He is immortal. He  is the ruler of this vast universe. He is All-pervading, protector of vishvam the universe., the eternal ruler. none else is there to govern the world eternally. He who at the begining of creation projected Brahma[universal consciousness] and who delivered the vedas unto him, i am seeking liberation and i am taking shelter unto the effulgent one, whose light turns the understanding towards atman.------Bhakthi yoga is a real search after the Lord, a search tht begins, continues, and end in love. As per  Narada it is intense love towards god.[ PARAMA PREM BAKTHI ]                                                When a man gets it he loves all, hates none. becomes satisfied for ever. This love is not earthly  benefits, because so long as worldly desires last, that kind of love does not come. Bhakthi is greater than karma, yoga, because these are intended for an object in view. while Bakthi is it,s own fruition, it,s own means and it,s own end.

KOTHAMBIR VADI[ A MAHARASHRIAN FOOD]

Dear guys, i tried  a maharashtrian dish called Kothambirvadi. It's very easy to make. take 1 cup of  besan powder, add 1 cup of water and add dhaniya leaves[Kothamalli leaves] pl note that kothamalli must be cut into fine small pieces and steer well till a fine batter like that of idli mavu. u can add little of Eno salt for little fermentation- keep the batter for 1 hour.  Take a flat vessel put some oil at bottom and side portion of the vessel, so that batter that is transferred will not stick the vessel. pressure cook the batter for 4 or 5 wistles and remove the vessel from pressure cooker cut the batter. it will come as square pieces. fry this pieces in oil and Kothambir vadi is ready. This i tried today' and it came  out to be very much  successfull. pl note u should add salt, little of mirchi powder etc to the batter before pressure cooking. YOU MAY TRY. THIS VERY EASY TO MAKE.

KATHOPANISHAD[DIALLOUGES BETWEEN YAMA ANDNACHIKETA]

Yama is the lord of death. It is his duty to see that people are rightly judged.He sits in judgement on the actions of all living beings.A young seeker after truth dares go to to the god of death for knowing the truth about nature of human soul and it's destiny. BY constant questioning and by a simple straight forward question of his own, he persuades Yama to part with mystic knowlrdge about soul and supreme spirit. He also gets the course of the pathway to the realization of great truth.It is this pathway that later devoloped into the more scientific Yoga school of Patanjali. This story describes the adventure of young Nachiketa.