Happy Janmashtami 28 August 2013!

[ShivaFan]

Namaste

Janmashtami is celebrated on 28th August 2013. I want to wish all happiness and love! The Birth of Krishna is wonderful. Here is my FAVORITE artwork of Krsna! >

Wishing all a Happy Janmashtami! ( I know it is “too early”, but I want to be the first! )

m: Namah Sivaya

 

[Poeticus]

( I know it is “too early”, but I want to be the first! )

"He who thinks he is first, and he who thinks he can be first, both mistake."

-Lord Shri Krishna

 

[ShivaFan]

Opps! Sorry! I'm "second" - or something.
Anyway .... :162:

 

[Viraja]

Hare Krishna!

Wishing a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful Janmashtami to all!

 

[Poeticus]

Opps! Sorry! I'm "second" - or something.
Anyway .... :162:

Brother, I was just teasing (click me to understand).

 

[ShivaFan]

Quote मैत्रावरुणि

- [ Well, now you can say pretty much anything in line with the structure of that revelation/statement: "he who thinks _______ , and he who thinks _______ , both are mistaken (or: both mistake)". ] -

I am forever a student.

He who thinks he can go to 5 meetings with technologists from 7 different technical platforms over a 9 hour period and come out of this mire without looking like a hairball coughed up by an owl, and he who thinks looking like a hairball coughed up by an owl is the face of human advancement, both are mistaken.

HAPPY JANMASHTAMI 2013!

Om Namah Sivaya

 

[Poeticus]

Quote मैत्रावरुणि

- [ Well, now you can say pretty much anything in line with the structure of that revelation/statement: "he who thinks _______ , and he who thinks _______ , both are mistaken (or: both mistake)". ] -

I am forever a student.

He who thinks he can go to 5 meetings with technologists from 7 different technical platforms over a 9 hour period and come out of this mire without looking like a hairball coughed up by an owl, and he who thinks looking like a hairball coughed up by an owl is the face of human advancement, both are mistaken.

HAPPY JANMASHTAMI 2013!

Om Namah Sivaya

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See!? You got it, brah!

 

[Sb1995]

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE!!!!​

These are two of my favourite photos!

 

[Viraja]

The festive mood has already set-in for me! I already started to have Janmashtami plans! Tonight I will soak rice in little water, tomorrow morning I will have ground it to make into a paste for drawing Sri Krishna's feet and for drawing 'Kolam' (Rangoli without the colour) using the ground rice paste. When it dries, it will stay put without anyone walking on it. So that is for tomorrow. Then tomorrow I am to make a list of recipes to prepare (although I know what dishes I'm going to prepare already) and I will purchase those needed items for the recipe. I've already printed an 8 by 10 picture of Sri Krishna as a child eating laddoos and got it framed today, placed in the shrine.

On Tuesday, I will prepare 2 or 3 of the savory items in my list.

On Wednesday morning, after my usual cooking, I will have first a garland made for Sri Krishna with flowers from the local supermarket. Then at 11:00, I will start making the recipes - about 5 - 6 of them in all. In the evening, using the printout of Sri Krishna Sahasranama, I will arrange everything in front of Sri Krishna, recite the Sahasranama, recite 108 ashottara reciting the names of Sri Krishna offering him flower petals and do puja.

Thus ends my plan for Janmashtami!

I am eager to listen to what other members have in storage for their plans... :namaste

 

[KrsnaDasa]

JAI ŚRI KRSNA!!!

Oh and Viraja, my humble plans are to chant. Haha

 

[Poeticus]

I am eager to listen to what other members have in storage for their plans...

Imma be drinkin' n partyin' n chillin' like a villain. I shall consume a lot of Soma for Lord Shri Krishna.

Jai Damodara Mādhaveti!

 

[Viraja]

Imma be drinkin' n partyin' n chillin' like a villain. I shall consume a lot of Soma for Lord Shri Krishna.

Jai Damodara Mādhaveti!

Happy Janmashtami!

Also happy chanting to Krsna Dasa ji.

 

[Sb1995]

Me and MV got the same plans..except I don't drink Soma i just drink alcohol lol..and go to the temple for a few hours and ask Krishna for forgiveness and guidance to the right path

 

[Poeticus]

Me and MV got the same plans..except I don't drink Soma i just drink alcohol lol..and go to the temple for a few hours and ask Krishna for forgiveness and guidance to the right path

What do you think I meant when I said "Soma"? Frubal me, brah!

 

[Vinayaka]

Have fun, guys. Enjoy the bhakti.

 

[Poeticus]

Have fun, guys. Enjoy the bhakti.

Can you imagine "drunk" Bhaktas? I can! Just wait until it's Shivratri! Bhang Bhang Bhang!

 

[Vinayaka]

Can you imagine "drunk" Bhaktas? I can! Just wait until it's Shivratri! Bhang Bhang Bhang!

I hope you're not serious. Please don't try to come to our temple stoned. We'll call the cops if you don't leave on your own volition.

 

[Poeticus]

I hope you're not serious. Please don't try to come to our temple stoned. We'll call the cops if you don't leave on your own volition.

What a buzzkill! Besides, I meant temples in India where Bhang is offered as prasad; sometimes, the Priests offer Bhang cool-drinks in large cups.

 

[Sb1995]

Hey, as long as you're not disturbing anyone I'm sure nothing will happen lol

 

[Poeticus]

Hey, as long as you're not disturbing anyone I'm sure nothing will happen lol

Hehe. It was surely a joke, though. I would never defile the temple grounds by entering it high on alcohol. I'm not an idiot. Maybe Vinayaka took it way too seriously. No true Hindu is that dumb that he/she will enter the temple, yet alone the temple grounds, drunk. It's adharmic on so many levels.

The closest thing to being "high" on temple grounds would be in India when devotees are requested to consume Bhang - the favorite drink of Lord Shri Sadā-Shiva (which isn't alcohol by the way). Bhang does have some interesting effects. It's very popular in Varanasi and Rajasthan and even Tamil Nadu (Thiruvannamalai at Arunachala has some of the best bhang production in the South). It's popularly consumed in Gujarat on Shivratri as well. Everyone forgets about it and rightly so when it isn't Shivratri. But on Shivratri, it's "Har Har Mahadeva" all through morning till evening. The celebrations are also very colorful.

Some will even tell you that the celebration of Shivratri isn't complete unless one consumes Bhang-prasad.

Heck, it's widely consumed in many various parts of India on Holi as well. It's not only a part of Indian culture, but a part of Hinduism as well due to it being an integral part of Ayur Dharma (the Dharma of Medicine) since Vedic times.