The power of concentration and the power of dedication

There are some devotees who want to show off. For hours they meditate, for hours they chant, for hours they repeat the name of Lord Krishna. They look down upon others who do not spend so much time meditating and chanting. Arjuna happened to be one of these. If you remember, one of Arjuna’s brothers, whose name was Bhima, was the in strongest in the family. Bhima never, never prayed to any god. He used to eat and he used to fight. He was a voracious eater and at the same time a great fighter.

But Arjuna used to pray to this god and that god; he had to please all the gods on earth. The Lord Shiva had to be worshipped every day. For two hours daily Arjuna used to collect hundreds of flowers and offer them to Lord Shiva one by one. Each time while offering the flowers he used to utter the name of Lord Shiva. Then pride entered.

What Bhima did was very simple. He would put his fingers on his forehead and concentrate for a couple of minutes before each meal. Then he would eat voraciously. This was his meditation! Poor Arjuna would spend hours gathering flowers, but Arjuna’s pride could not escape Sri Krishna.

Sri Krishna said to Arjuna, “Come, let us go for a walk.” As they were walking, they saw a man drawing a cart. The cart was loaded with flowers. All kinds of flowers. Arjuna said to the man, “What are you doing with these flowers? And where are you going?” The man had no time to respond to Arjuna. Sri Krishna said, “Arjuna, let us follow him.”

When the man reached his destination, there were many more carts of flowers. “What are you going to do with all these thousands and millions of flowers?” Arjuna inquired. “I have no time to speak to you. I am now in serious concentration. I can speak only to one person on earth, and that is Bhima, the second Pandava. He is the greatest spiritual seeker. When he meditates before his meals just for a minute or two, saying ‘O mighty Lord Shiva,’ thousands of flowers are offered by him to Lord Shiva. His concentration is most intense. His meditation is most sincere. Arjuna only throws flowers at Lord Shiva. He just shows off.”

Poor Arjuna went back with Lord Krishna and was extremely angry with him for subjecting him to this humiliation. Lord Krishna said to Arjuna, “I wanted to teach you that it is not the number of hours, it is not the number of flowers, but it is the power of concentration, it is the power of dedication that counts.

Sri Chinmoy, Commentary on the Bhagavad Gita: the Song of the Transcendental Soul, Agni Press, 1971

Kuber utsav

 Lord küber gets worshipped in Devi bhoomi along with badri vishal when badri dham  is open
From May to October,  he is regarded as lord badrinaths treasurer.
 After the closure of badri temple he is shifted to pandukeshwar  which is 20 kms away from badri nath ,where there is a a temple for him.worship of this lord provides with abundance  of wealth.m
This year utsav of lord kuber is being celebrated at pandukeshwar after 100 years.

Experts from bhagavat pravachan rendered by a reputed acharya

Bagavata is one among 18  Puranas. ,
18 is a spritual number. There are 18 Puranas 18 chapters in bagavad Gita ,bhagavat has 18,0000 sholakas. Mahabharat war took place for 18 days ,
Gayatri mantra contains all 10 avataras of vishnu and 24 namas of The Lord.
Behind the creation of this world there is a creator ,
Vishnu is not the name of lord but it is an attribute .
Hinduism is the only philosophy which provides democracy for people .
We worship innumerable number of gods and goddess but ultimately there is only one god
He is omnipotent and omniscent ,and he is Seif dependent and paripurna.
We all fear death because we are ignorant about birth and death .
In material life just as we change the buses when we we want to reach different destinations , so also god changes our body and gives us another body .
There is no violence in gods creation ,.either in birth or death.

Is this world real or not .?
Yes it cannot be unreal so many people are experiencing it
World is real  and it has a creator.        12 feb 2015 at govardanagiri temple

Lord of seven hills

http://www.lordofsevenhills.com/img/sevenhills.pdf
This is a post I found on  the net . I thought it was worth reading . I request all you to go through this on lord balaji

Visit to kambada narasimha swamy , magadi venkatachlapathi, and kamadhenu kshetra

On 5th February 2015 we visited kambada narasimha swamy temple situated at kammasandra main road . This temple is reported 4000, yr old and is topobhommi of agastha rushi.                                        
Once upon a time when the rushi was praying to lord on the bank  a river he found a pillar and on icy shanku chakra ang face of lord Nara simha was visible . Later on chola kings found this and built this temple over night , this is  a swayambu temple of lord narasimha and it is west facing. All problems relating to sanchita karmas get dissolved if you pray to lord narasimha drishti dohas also get dissolved. The adddress of the temple. Sree kshetra kambada lakshmi narasimha Temple
Kammasandra  dasanapura hobli tumkur road bangalore north taluk  phone number of archaka8050983345
On the way back with in 1 km distance there is kamadhenu kshetra a temple of ragavendra swamy . Since it was Thursday the mata was open for the whole day. Prasada was served  hot  . We lighted ghee lamps to rayaru . And left for bangalore .
In the same trip you can also cover magadi Ranganatha or west facing venkatachlapathi which is 23 kms from there, food is served on weekends and holidays  the temple is open fron 8.30 to 1.30 in the morning . There is a Saligrama shile in front of The Lord

Saligramain on dispay

Photos of kamadhenu kstra and kambada narasimha temple

Kalki. Avatar

At the end of kaliyuga ,The Lord will assume kalki avatar ,when adharma,would have grown out of proportion,with little or no value for morality. The Lord would then be born at chap pals in a poor family. He will come riding on a horse with a garland of tulsi around his neck and a sword in his hand to put an end to the evil deeds of Kalipurusha.When he appears in such form ,those using TULSI and worshipping it for its sanctity ,will be saved , according to the Puranas,

Panduranga temple at hoskote