Posted in Avataras, General, Krishna on Jul 7th, 2010 Comments Off
Q. I completely agree with Krishna’s being the source of all identities of God, including Lord Vishnu (Bg. 10.8). However, I have a different explanation for the identity of Lord Narayana. Etymologically, Narayana consists of two parts: nara, “living beings,” and ayana, “ultimate goal.” Thus, Narayana means the ultimate goal for all living beings, namely [...]
Posted in Avataras, Deity Worship, General, Krishna, Practices In ISKCON on Jul 2nd, 2010 Comments Off
Q. Why do you worship idols? A. We don’t worship idols. Idolatry is the worship of an imagined form of God. Deity worship is not idol worship, but is worship of the Lord according to His instructions.It is an incarnation of the Lord just like many other incarnations like Lord Nrisimhadev,Lord Vamana & Lord Ramchandra. [...]
Posted in Avataras, General, Krishna, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu on Nov 2nd, 2009 Comments Off
Q. Is it true that amongst Their Lordships Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Gaura means Lord Gauranga who is considered Lord Krishna himself and Nitai means Lord Nityananda, incarnation of Lord Balarama? – Anil Sathe A. Yes. Lord Gauranga is Lord Krishna Himself and Lord Nityananda is Lord Balarama. Both of them appeared in Kaliyuga to [...]
Posted in Avataras, General, Krishna, Scriptures on Sep 8th, 2009 Comments Off
Q. Why we assume that Krishna is the only Lord while infact Krishna is also one of the incarnations of Vishnu?Krishna has also taken birth & if we think that in Bhagavad Gita Krishna is declared as God,then in Shiv purana,Shiva is the Lord and in Vishnu purana Vishnu is the Lord.Then how can we [...]
Q. I’ve heard many people saying ‘sai ram sai shyam’,whereas sai baba himself use to say ‘sabka maalik ek’while pointing his finger in the sky.On the other hand people also call him sadguru,so if sai baba is sadguru how can people call him by the name of ram and shyam?It is a humble request to [...]
Posted in Avataras on Aug 7th, 2009 Comments Off
Q. Why all the spiritual pastimes of Lord Krishna, Lord Rama, Lord Balaji, Mahadev Sankar happened in different places of India and not of other country? Please explain. – Jigu A. Many people feel that the Lord appears only in India and not in other places. But to understand the activities of the the Supreme [...]
Posted in Avataras, General, Krishna, Scriptures on Jul 23rd, 2008 Comments Off
Q. Can you let me know what is the difference between Vishnu and Krishna? I do agree that Krishna is the supreme but can you answer me that how Krishna is supreme than Vishnu. Please provide me with some references from Srimad Bhagavatam. – Jignesh A. Krishna in Vrindavan is like God at home, while [...]
Q. Why do we assume that Krishna is the only Lord while infact Krishna is also one of the incarnations of Vishnu? Krishna has also birth. If we think that in Bhagavadgita, Krishna is recommended as the Lord, then in the same way in Shiv Puran, Shiv is the Lord and in Vishnu Puran, Vishnu [...]
Posted in Avataras on Dec 11th, 2007 Comments Off
Q. Is Buddha the 9th incarnation of Lord Vishu? If so Balarama is not the incarnation of Vishnu? Please tell me the quotes from Bhagavatham / Vishnu purana where it describes that Buddha is the 9th incarnation. – Sandeep A. Srimad Bhagwatam mentions the following about the incarnations. TEXT 1.3.23 ekonavimshe vimshatime vrishnishu prapya janmani [...]
Posted in Avataras on Sep 28th, 2007 Comments Off
Q. If Lord Buddha & Jesus Christ were yuga avataras of Krishna Himself then why did’t they preach like Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ? – Mahesh Naik A. Lord Jesus declared Himself as the son of God and Vedas accept Lord Buddha as the incarnation of God. Lord Buddha & Jesus Christ are not Yuga avataras. They [...]