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31 March 2010
Divya-vani news service, part 4
Mathura prepares for royal wedding, Kamsa to drive a chariot in traditional right
Mathura, India. “A king’s doter and a king’s son will soon marry here in the land that is home to their ancient dynasties”, a spokesman for the royal palace announced today.
The marriage will be celebrated in grand traditional style. The bride groom is Vasudev, son of Surasena. King Surasena is a head of extensive kingdom that bears his name. He is the leader of the Yadu dynasty, an important royal family in the area. The bride to be, named Devaki, is the daughter of Devaka. Memebers of the royal family here are known simply by one name. Devakas brother Ugrasena is the king of Bhoja dynasty, another influential royal family.
The wedding will be celebrated with pageantry, with processions, with rights and fanfare. And at the end of the ceremonies, the bride’s brother, following an old traditional custom, will drive the bride by chariot to her new home.
“A girl here lives sheltered at home with her family till marriage”, explained Dr Satish Trivedi, head of the sociology department at Mathura university. “Then at marriage, she moves in with her husband and becomes as if wore a part of his family. By driving the chariot”, Dr Trivedi explained, “the brother responds sympathetically to the sisters natural feeling of missing the home where she has grown up. It is really a heart touching custom”, Dr Trivedi said.
The brother of the bride is Kamsa, who has recently been singled out for the criticism by the United Demigods, as cruel and oppressive. But the spokesman for the Mathura palace, Mr Trigun Mohit gave a different picture. “They just do not know Kamsa at all”, Mr Mohit said. “They got him all wrong. You should see him close up, like with his family, how caring and gentle he is.”
“Technically, Kamsa and Devaki are not brother and sister their fathers are brothers, so Kamsa and Devaki are cousins. But in this part of the world”, Mr Mohir said, “that technicality hardly matters. First cousins are like brothers and sisters. Apart from that”, he said, “Kamsa really sees her like his sister. I just cannot tell you how much he loves that girl.”
The entire kingdom thoroughly excited is giring up for the wedding. On the streets and in the cafes’, wherever you go, it is the topic of everyone’s talk. In Mr Mohit words, “This is going to be a wedding that people will long remember.”
HH Jayadvaita Swami, Seminar: Preaching from the news, Radhadesh 2002
Mathura, India. “A king’s doter and a king’s son will soon marry here in the land that is home to their ancient dynasties”, a spokesman for the royal palace announced today.
The marriage will be celebrated in grand traditional style. The bride groom is Vasudev, son of Surasena. King Surasena is a head of extensive kingdom that bears his name. He is the leader of the Yadu dynasty, an important royal family in the area. The bride to be, named Devaki, is the daughter of Devaka. Memebers of the royal family here are known simply by one name. Devakas brother Ugrasena is the king of Bhoja dynasty, another influential royal family.
The wedding will be celebrated with pageantry, with processions, with rights and fanfare. And at the end of the ceremonies, the bride’s brother, following an old traditional custom, will drive the bride by chariot to her new home.
“A girl here lives sheltered at home with her family till marriage”, explained Dr Satish Trivedi, head of the sociology department at Mathura university. “Then at marriage, she moves in with her husband and becomes as if wore a part of his family. By driving the chariot”, Dr Trivedi explained, “the brother responds sympathetically to the sisters natural feeling of missing the home where she has grown up. It is really a heart touching custom”, Dr Trivedi said.
The brother of the bride is Kamsa, who has recently been singled out for the criticism by the United Demigods, as cruel and oppressive. But the spokesman for the Mathura palace, Mr Trigun Mohit gave a different picture. “They just do not know Kamsa at all”, Mr Mohit said. “They got him all wrong. You should see him close up, like with his family, how caring and gentle he is.”
“Technically, Kamsa and Devaki are not brother and sister their fathers are brothers, so Kamsa and Devaki are cousins. But in this part of the world”, Mr Mohir said, “that technicality hardly matters. First cousins are like brothers and sisters. Apart from that”, he said, “Kamsa really sees her like his sister. I just cannot tell you how much he loves that girl.”
The entire kingdom thoroughly excited is giring up for the wedding. On the streets and in the cafes’, wherever you go, it is the topic of everyone’s talk. In Mr Mohit words, “This is going to be a wedding that people will long remember.”
HH Jayadvaita Swami, Seminar: Preaching from the news, Radhadesh 2002
Divya-vani news service, part 3
Lord Vishnu- mysterious power behind the United Demigods
Washington. Ever since the delegation of the United Demigods expressed alarm over global military build ups and returned from the milk ocean with reported assurances of help from Lord Vishnu, Lord Vishnu has been very much in the news. Multinational corporations worry about Him. Think tanks try to figure out His next move. Kings have said to fear His power. Everyone, it seems, has heard of Him.
But who is He?
“We got a huge file on Lord Vishnu”, said a highly placed official at the Central Intelligence Agency speaking under condition of anonymity. “I would say we have more on Him
than on anyone else. Tons of data! But all of it is contradictory. Take His whereabouts for example: Lord Vishnu is supposed to have His headquarters in the milk ocean. But where the hack is that?” the official said. “Sometimes we hear that He is Russia, sometimes we hear China, sometimes the Middle East, South America… and forget rumors- I am talking highly reliable reports. So what are we supposed to think? It is like He is everywhere! And for that matter- What is He Lord of? No one seems quite sure”, the CIA official said. “You ask these demigod people, and they just smile and say, “Oh, everything!” what are we supposed to do with that?”
“Vishnu’s age? No one seems to know. His nationality? No one knows. His looks? From most accounts He is exceedingly handsome. But some reports say He is a dwarf. He seems to be the master of disguises. Whatever He may look like, and wherever He may be, at least some information about Lord Vishnu seems fairly consistent: For one thing He is incredibly wealthy”, the CIA official said.”He has got gold, He has got oil, He has got diamonds, He has got timber, He is into biotech. I cannot tell you how much He owns. Anything He wants to do- He has always got the resources. He does not seem to have any limits.”
“And He is astonishingly well informed. He has got eyes and ears everywhere”, said the source at the National Security Agency. “It is like He knows in advance our every move. It is uncanny.”
“And He has power. How much”, said the source at MI5, the British Security Agency, “We do not know. But we have seen His forces wipe out the whole armies just like that. We believe He has nuclear weapons, and maybe even weapons we do not know about. Yet He does not fit the profile of the terrorist. From His track record it seems He supports all the best causes”, said the source at MI5. “But you could say that He is outright benevolent. But He is not all sweet and nice. He has also got this other side to Him- If He thinks you are wrong- watch out.”
Still more puzzling, some reports say the Vishnu is indifferent to opulence and hardly cares about world affairs at all. According to French intelligence sources, what Vishnu most likes to do- despite His money, despite His power, despite everything- is just forget it all and live like a nomad in cow pastures somewhere in India. The French sources hinted, He has a fascination with local village girls.
Two months ago, top level security officials from fourteen countries attended the conference, focused entirely on sharing information about Lord Vishnu. What they found out is that everyone has a different idea. According to one theory- it is all a bluff- Vishnu is just an ordinary man. Others say He is the single most powerful person there is. Another theory says there is no such person as Vishnu at all, an organization maybe, but not a person. And then others say that there are many Vishnus, perhaps something like a Vishnu family, all working together.
The official from the CIA summed it up, “Who is Vishnu? At the end of the day we do not really know.”
HH Jayadvaita Swami, Seminar: Preaching from the news, Radhadesh 2002
Washington. Ever since the delegation of the United Demigods expressed alarm over global military build ups and returned from the milk ocean with reported assurances of help from Lord Vishnu, Lord Vishnu has been very much in the news. Multinational corporations worry about Him. Think tanks try to figure out His next move. Kings have said to fear His power. Everyone, it seems, has heard of Him.
But who is He?
“We got a huge file on Lord Vishnu”, said a highly placed official at the Central Intelligence Agency speaking under condition of anonymity. “I would say we have more on Him
than on anyone else. Tons of data! But all of it is contradictory. Take His whereabouts for example: Lord Vishnu is supposed to have His headquarters in the milk ocean. But where the hack is that?” the official said. “Sometimes we hear that He is Russia, sometimes we hear China, sometimes the Middle East, South America… and forget rumors- I am talking highly reliable reports. So what are we supposed to think? It is like He is everywhere! And for that matter- What is He Lord of? No one seems quite sure”, the CIA official said. “You ask these demigod people, and they just smile and say, “Oh, everything!” what are we supposed to do with that?”“Vishnu’s age? No one seems to know. His nationality? No one knows. His looks? From most accounts He is exceedingly handsome. But some reports say He is a dwarf. He seems to be the master of disguises. Whatever He may look like, and wherever He may be, at least some information about Lord Vishnu seems fairly consistent: For one thing He is incredibly wealthy”, the CIA official said.”He has got gold, He has got oil, He has got diamonds, He has got timber, He is into biotech. I cannot tell you how much He owns. Anything He wants to do- He has always got the resources. He does not seem to have any limits.”
“And He is astonishingly well informed. He has got eyes and ears everywhere”, said the source at the National Security Agency. “It is like He knows in advance our every move. It is uncanny.”
“And He has power. How much”, said the source at MI5, the British Security Agency, “We do not know. But we have seen His forces wipe out the whole armies just like that. We believe He has nuclear weapons, and maybe even weapons we do not know about. Yet He does not fit the profile of the terrorist. From His track record it seems He supports all the best causes”, said the source at MI5. “But you could say that He is outright benevolent. But He is not all sweet and nice. He has also got this other side to Him- If He thinks you are wrong- watch out.”
Still more puzzling, some reports say the Vishnu is indifferent to opulence and hardly cares about world affairs at all. According to French intelligence sources, what Vishnu most likes to do- despite His money, despite His power, despite everything- is just forget it all and live like a nomad in cow pastures somewhere in India. The French sources hinted, He has a fascination with local village girls.
Two months ago, top level security officials from fourteen countries attended the conference, focused entirely on sharing information about Lord Vishnu. What they found out is that everyone has a different idea. According to one theory- it is all a bluff- Vishnu is just an ordinary man. Others say He is the single most powerful person there is. Another theory says there is no such person as Vishnu at all, an organization maybe, but not a person. And then others say that there are many Vishnus, perhaps something like a Vishnu family, all working together.
The official from the CIA summed it up, “Who is Vishnu? At the end of the day we do not really know.”
HH Jayadvaita Swami, Seminar: Preaching from the news, Radhadesh 2002
Divya-vani news service, part 1
Delegation seeks relief from arms build up
New York. Responding to what many perceive needles global build up of weapons and military forces, a delegation of dignitaries has gone to the milk ocean, the reputed headquarters of Lord Vishnu to seek relief. The specifics of their requests have not been disclosed. “The delegation went to express extreme alarm about the oppression and exploitation by presidents, kings and other heads of state”, a delegation spokesman said today. “These kings, dictators and presidents are unfit to be in charge of anything”, he said. “They squeeze their citizens for every tax dollar they can, spend billions on so called military defense (in plain world- on war), and could not care less about the welfare of their people.”
According to sources close to the delegation, which has yet to return, the dignitaries are acting in sympathy with Bhumi, The Earth welfare organization known by its symbol of a cow. “The delegates are convinced”, the source said, “that Bhumi authentically represents the welfare of The Earth.” “The stories Bhumi told us were appalling”, one delegate was quoted to have said, “whole country is devastated, villagers driven from their homes, innocent people killed and tortured, and this- it is so sickening, all over the world- And for what? So handful of politicians and money-man can suck up as much oil and gold and power as they can. If you ask me they are just demons.”
“This murder for money”, the spokesman alleged, “is going on practically worldwide- in Africa, South America, the Middle East, the Far East. And is Europe exempt?” he asked, “Name me a place- I will show you the terror and oppression. “
The delegates, reporters were told, were headed by Lord Brahma, the eminent scientist, engineer, philanthropist and scholar. Lord Vishnu, it is believed, Has yet to respond. The delegation spokesman was very optimistic, “We are confident that He will.”
Only Lord Vishnu, the delegation has said to think, is powerful enough to intervene. “Without Him,” the spokesman said, “we are hopeless.”
In Washington the state department declined to comment. But in London the spokesman for the foreign office dismissed the delegation as “a pack of extremists and fanatics”. In India a spokesman for a king Kamsa of Mathura, characterized by Bhumi as particularly cruel and despotic, said, “The king is unaware of any such delegation.”
Whatever the outcome,” Bhumi’s spokesman said, “Bhumi is extremely grateful to the delegation.”
“What can I say”, the spokesman told the reporter, “They are demigods.”
HH Jayadvaita Swami, Seminar: Preaching from the news, Radhadesh 2002
29 March 2010
Speaking Pleasing Words
Speech should be beneficial, the most beneficial speech is to talk about Krishna. And ‘Priya’ that speech will be very pleasing also, the speech about Krishna will be pleasing to the ear and heart. There is nothing ultimately more pleasing than the message of spiritual realisation, the message of Krishna. Sometimes the message may not be so pleasing, but truth is not always pleasing but better to speak the truth as pleasingly as possible. But sometimes even if it’s not pleasing if it’s true and beneficial then it will ultimately be pleasing.
Sometimes we speak very harshly - someone’s flying a kite on the roof and is about to run off the edge:
‘HEY, you crazy or something!’
The person: ‘ He’s calling me crazy’, what is this!’
So you’re speaking harshly. But later if the man meets you he says:
‘Thank you so much’ because it was for his welfare. You weren’t trying to merely agitate him for no purpose but you were speaking the truth for his ultimate welfare.
So sometimes at the expense of being pleasing, we’ll speak beneficially and truthfully but if you can also be pleasing when you speak, that’s very good.
(Jayadvaita Swami 02/2010)
16 March 2010
Transforming crows into swans...
We want to give people the opportunity to be transformed from crows into swans and for that purpose we want to publish so many books.We need to not only publish but distribute the books, and that is preaching! In that sense, book distribution can be seen as a kind of tide that raises all ships, because it creates a need for us to go out and meet people, to preach to people, to engage people...
(HH Jayadvaita Swami, 04 March 2010, Durban, SA)
15 March 2010
The fire of peaching...
In the fire of Preaching all problems melt away(HH Jayadvaita Swami, 12 March 2010, Durban)
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