Like to continual waves of the ocean, the Supreme Lord, as the Source of all energies and potencies, continually reaches out to every heart from within and without, inviting everyone to become happy in this present life and the next, by consciously seeking to go back home, back to Godhead.
Sacred texts in all spiritual traditions point to a loving Source of all life as well as the cosmic manifestation, who has endowed all humans with free will - options to choose one's desired direction. Time carries everyone in a direction, driven by one's choices and activities either towards spiritual unity, or towards continued material separation from Source, under the spell of illusion.
The Vedantic tradition stretching back more than 5,000 years, asserts that although there is only one God/Source, He can manifest in unlimited forms without restriction, and without any compromise to His status, as the Supreme Lord, known by countless names in different languages that allude to His qualities such as the Almighty, the All-Compassionate, and Krishna, the All Attractive. Lord Krishna explained his appearance, 5000 years ago in the Bhagavad-gita, a chapter in the Mahabharata; the history of India before 3,000 BC.
The Vedantic tradition stretching back more than 5,000 years, asserts that although there is only one God/Source, He can manifest in unlimited forms without restriction, and without any compromise to His status, as the Supreme Lord, known by countless names in different languages that allude to His qualities such as the Almighty, the All-Compassionate, and Krishna, the All Attractive. Lord Krishna explained his appearance, 5000 years ago in the Bhagavad-gita, a chapter in the Mahabharata; the history of India before 3,000 BC.
The Golden Avatar
Lord Krishna again appeared a little more than 500 years as predicted in West Bengal, India, in 1486 - in a golden hue signifying the mood of Sri Radha (the divine feminine aspect of God): the internal ecstatic devotional potency of the Supreme Lord. He appeared with a mission to freely distribute love of Godhead to anyone willing to embrace it.
kaleh prathama-sandhyayam laksmi-kanto bhavisyati
daru-brahma-samipa-sthah sannyasi gaura-vigrahah
In the first part of Kali-yuga, the Supreme Lord in the golden complexion will become the husband of Lakshmi. Then He will become a sannyasi and reside near Lord Jagannatha.
Garuda Purana
In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the holy name of Krishna. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krishna Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.
Srimad Bhagavatam 11.5.32
kaleh prathama-sandhyayam laksmi-kanto bhavisyati
daru-brahma-samipa-sthah sannyasi gaura-vigrahah
In the first part of Kali-yuga, the Supreme Lord in the golden complexion will become the husband of Lakshmi. Then He will become a sannyasi and reside near Lord Jagannatha.
Garuda Purana
In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the holy name of Krishna. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krishna Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.
Srimad Bhagavatam 11.5.32
antah krsnah bahir gaurah sangopangastra-parsadah
saci-garbhe samapnuyam maya-manusa-karma-krt
"Inwardly Krishna but outwardly of golden form, I will be accompanied by My associates, servants, weapons, and confidential companions. Taking My birth in the womb of Shachi, I will accept the role of a human being."
Skanda Purana
mundo gaurah su-dirghangas tri-srotas-tira-sambhavah
dayaluh kirtana-grahi bhavisyami kalau yuge
In the age of Kali, I will be golden colour. I will be tall and will have a shaven head. The place where I take birth will be a meeting point of three rivers. I will be very merciful and I will keenly engage in chanting the holy names.
saci-garbhe samapnuyam maya-manusa-karma-krt
"Inwardly Krishna but outwardly of golden form, I will be accompanied by My associates, servants, weapons, and confidential companions. Taking My birth in the womb of Shachi, I will accept the role of a human being."
Skanda Purana
mundo gaurah su-dirghangas tri-srotas-tira-sambhavah
dayaluh kirtana-grahi bhavisyami kalau yuge
In the age of Kali, I will be golden colour. I will be tall and will have a shaven head. The place where I take birth will be a meeting point of three rivers. I will be very merciful and I will keenly engage in chanting the holy names.
Lord Chaitanya revealed his identity to his intimate devotees, as a combination Sri Krishna - in the merciful golden mood of Sri Radha - the divine feminine manifestation of Himself, in order to experience the intense beauty and ecstasy of Radha's love.
"yadā yadā hi dharmasya
glānir bhavati bhārata
abhyutthānam adharmasya
tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham
Bg 4.7
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ
vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya
sambhavāmi yuge yuge?
Bg 4.8
Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself.
In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium.
glānir bhavati bhārata
abhyutthānam adharmasya
tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham
Bg 4.7
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ
vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya
sambhavāmi yuge yuge?
Bg 4.8
Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself.
In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium.
Lord Chaitanya freely gave love of Godhead, even to animals in the forest that he met during His travels, causing them to dance in ecstasy.
Each person has the innate capacity to give and receive love; it's a constitutional function and is only the object of one's affections that determines if love is gained or lost. In the material arena, everything is temporary - such as the physical body and family circumstance, but on the spiritual platform, there is no such loss due to time.
The expression of all love takes the form of service at some point - the mood of pleasing the beloved, whether displayed between parent and child, friend and friend, citizen and country, or romatic lover and beloved, to serve one's object of love, is the symptom of love itself.
The real identity, purpose and function of each person; each conscious spark of living spirit, was revealed by Lord Chaitanya: (More..)
The expression of all love takes the form of service at some point - the mood of pleasing the beloved, whether displayed between parent and child, friend and friend, citizen and country, or romatic lover and beloved, to serve one's object of love, is the symptom of love itself.
The real identity, purpose and function of each person; each conscious spark of living spirit, was revealed by Lord Chaitanya: (More..)
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