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HAPPY KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI 2010
When is Janmashtami?
Janmashtami 20010 is on September Midnight from the 1. to the 2. of September.
Janmashtami celebrates the birth of one of the most famous Gods of Hindu religion, Bhagwan Krishna, on the eighth day (Ashtami) in the month of Sravana or Savana. Lord Sri Krishna was born on the 'Rohini' nakshatram (star). It is generally celebrated in the month of August-September according to the Christian Calendar. Legend has it that Sri Krishna was born on a dark, stormy and windy night to end the rule and atrocities of his maternal uncle, Kansa.
Position of Stars at the time of Birth
It was only on the eighth day of the second fortnight, in the month of Sravana when, the moon entered the house of Vrishabha in Rohini Nakshatra (star) that Lord appeared. According to Barhapatyamana, the month of Sravana corresponds to the month of Bhadrapada Krishnapaksha. Lord was born in the year of Visvavasu, appx. 5,227 years ago.
Celebrated for over Two Days
Janmashtami is celebrated for over two days as “Rohini” nakshatra and Ashtami may not fall on the same day. The first day known as Krishnashtami, as the birth of Bhagwan Krishna falls on the eighth day after Raksha Bandhan, which generally falls in the month of August. The second day is known as Kalashtami.
Welcome the Lord at Midnight
It is only at midnight between the first and the second day that birth of Sri Krishna took place. The actual festivities begin during midnight in this 48 hour period. The celebration reaches its peak at midnight, with the birth of Lord Krishna, with lot of hymns, arti taking place and blowing of the Conch (shankh), rocking the cradle of Lord. The idol of lord is bathed with Panchamrit (A mixture of milk, ghee, oil, honey and Gangajal). The Panchamrit is later distributed as Prasad to the devotees along with other sweets. While some Fast on the first day and break it at midnight for others the fasting continues for both days. The period coincides with rainy season.
Birth of Lord Krishna
Janmashtami is celebrated to welcome and enjoy Lord Krishna's birth. The birth of Lord Krishna took place when the various planets were in auspicious places. It is said that God chooses a particular time, as to when he will take birth as a human and the planetary systems are adjusted accordingly.
Auspicious Nakshatra (Constellation)
Around the time of Bhagwan Krishna's birth, Rohini Nakshatra was predominant as it is considered to be quite auspicious. This is so because it is under the supervision of Brahma, the creator of Universe. Sri Krishna was born in the month Of Sravana more than 5000 years ago.
Born in Dwapur Yug (Iron Age)
According to some scholars, Krishna was born on Wednesday,the eighth day of second fortnight in Sravana month in the year of Visvavasu around 3227 BC, also known as Dwapur Yug. July 19th 3228 BC to be more accurate. He lived for 125 years and disappeared on February 18th 3102 BC on the new moon night of Phalguna. His death was the onset of the current corrupt age known as Kaliyug.
Universal Happiness of all Forms of Life
From the time, Devki conceived Sri Krishna, she began to glow and exude divine light. The prison walls glowed with the aura of the new born infant. Atmosphere of peace and happiness prevailed all over, Forests were all green and full of trees with all kinds of beautiful flowers, rivers were all swollen due to joy, peacocks began to dance in sheer joy, people in all villages started being happy.
Objective of Krishna's Birth
The main objective of Lord Krishna's birth was to free Mother Earth from the wickedness of demons. Playing an important part in Mahabharata (legendary battle in Kurukshetra) and propagating the theory of bhakti and good karma were other important objectives.
Events Before The Birth of Sri Krishna
The people of Mathura were extremely unhappy with the wicked king Kansa who put his father, king Ugrasen in prison and declared himself the king of Mathura. It was to put an end to his evil ways and other demons that Lord Vishnu decided to take birth on Earth in human form. According to Akashvani (heavenly voice) at the wedding of his beloved sister Devki, Kansa got to know that the eighth child of his sister will take birth to kill him. So, in turn he rushed to kill his sister. Kansa gave up the idea of killing after being assured by Vasudev that he will handover all his children to him. He put them in Prison. Kansa killed all the six infants as soon as they were born. The seventh child (Balram) was saved due to divine intervention, when he was transferred from Devki's womb to that of Rohini's (other wife of Vasudev).
Events During the Birth of Lord Krishna
Lord Krishna was born in a prison cell in the captivity of King Kansa. He took birth in divine form with lotus like eyes,his palms bearing the signs of a lotus and discus. He had a swastika sign on his sole. Wearing a yellow colored silk cloth, adorned with precious diamond earrings and a crown made of emeralds. Soon after the birth, a chain of events astonished Vasudev,when he saw the gates of the cell flow open and all the guards fast asleep. He immediately thought of Nand ,his close friend in Gokul and decided to handover his child to him in order to save him from the clutch of Kansa.
River Yamuna Bows To The Feet of Sri Krishna
The night of birth was witnessed by heavy rains which led to River Yamuna being in floods. As soon as the feet of Lord immersed in the river, the flow became normal and Yamuna made way for the Lord. Sheshnag, the serpent formed an umbrella to save the new born baby from rain.
Exchange of the Babies
Vasudev kept his child next to fast asleep Yashoda and took the baby girl lying with him back to Mathura. The baby girl is believed to be the sister of Lord Vishnu.
Disappearance of The Divine Child
On hearing the news of birth of the eighth child of Devki and Vasudev, Kansa rushed to the prison-cell and lifted the baby girl to kill her despite pleadings from Devki. However, instead of hitting the stone, the child flew up in the air and announced that the annihilator of Kansa was born and in safe hands.
Krishna later grew in Gokul and finally killed his maternal uncle, King Kansa.
Hare Krishna
All Glories to Bhagavan Lord Gopala Hâri
Krishna Janmashtami, 2 of September 2010
In German:
Die Kosmische Geburt des Herrn der Welt.
Krishna Baby sweet
Eine wahrhaft himmlische Geschichte. Shri Krishnas Geburt
Liebe Freunde der (Ayur)-Vedischen Ess- und Lebensweise,
In diesem Jahr fällt das Geburtstagsfest (Shri Krishna Janmashtami) von Shri Krishna, dem höchsten Herrn der Welt (GOTT), auf Mittwoch-Donnerstag Mitternacht (0.00 Uhr), den 02. September 2010.
Nun erzähle ich Ihnen eine Geschichte über die Geburt Shri Krishnas. Es ist die Geburt der Höchsten Intelligenz der ganzen Welt, des Erhalters aller Lebewesen und Verwalters (DHARMA) des Universums (Der PARAMATMA oder auch Para-Brahma/Purrushottama genannt).
"Die Göttin Erde Bumi-Devi, wie Sie in Sanskrit genannt wird, begab sich zum Schöpfer der Welt, Shri Brahma/Padamabhavam, dem Lotusgeborenen. Sie nahm ihre natürliche Form einer wunderschönen Kuh an, und weinte bitterliche Tränen vor den gesegneten Lotusfüßen der Inkarnation des Veda. Lord Brahma fragte: "Oh du mein geliebtes Kind, wer bringt dir so viel Sorgen, ist das Licht des Dharma auf Deinem Planeten verschwunden, praktizieren die Menschen nicht mehr die rechte Meditation, und verwehren dir die Rishis ihren Respekt?" Oh Vater der Welt, Adharma/Unrecht und Leid überzieht langsam meine Welt, die Yogis vergessen zu transzendieren, die Rishis schauen in die Leere, und erkennen nicht, dass es mehr gibt, als nur das Funkeln der Sterne.
Ich fühle Schwere und Trägheit, keiner außer ein paar edler Seelen kennt das rechte Dharma, Dunkelheit umhüllt meinen Mantel. "Was soll ich machen?"
"Lass uns zu Nataraja gehen, dort oben auf dem Kailasha (Der heiligste Berg der Welt, er steht in Zentral Tibet), wo Er mit seiner Frau, der edlen UMA-PARVATI residiert, und zum Wohle der Welt, seine Transzendentale Meditation in voller Herrlichkeit ausübt", antwortete der erste Sohn LORD VISHNUS (Brahma, der Sohn Lord Narayanas).
So flogen sie gedankenschnell auf dem Hamsa/göttlichen Schwan, dem himmlischen Gefährt Brahmas zu diesem Ort der göttlichen Stille.
Sie sangen das Shiva-Suktam und brachten Ihm einen goldenen Lotus und die besten Früchte der Erde dar.
Ganz sanft öffnete der Herr aller Yogis seine segnenden Augen, und begann freudig zu singen: "OH mein Sohn, und Deine geliebte Tochter, was kann ich tun, um Euren Kummer zu vertreiben?"
So erzählte Brahma Mahesha alles, was der Erde so viel Leid zufügt hatte. Shiva antwortete: "Oh, was für eine Trübsal; ist auch auf diesem edlen Planeten, der dunkle Kali am wirken, aber seid voller Freude, schon bevor ihr zu mir kamt, trug mir der große Herr allen Seins und Nicht Seins auf, Euch zu trösten und Sein versprechen an Euch zu verkünden":
Das Geheimnis aller Geheimnisse, Das Feuer aller Askese, der Glanz aller Sonnen; der, der noch größer als selbst das BRAHMAN ist, und das ganze unendliche Universum, sagte in lieblichen Worten zu mir: "Oh mein geliebter Mahesha, sage meinen Kindern Brahma und Bhumi-Devi: Zu ihrer Freude, und zum Glücke der guten und edlen Rishis, und meinen Devoties nehme ich Gestalt als der 8. Sohn des reinen Königs Vasudevas und seiner geliebten Frau Devaki an. Es werden die letzten Jahre im Dwapara-Yuga sein, aber ICH werde den höchsten Yoga, den reinsten Bhakti-Yoga gepaart mit der kosmischen Transzendentalen Meditation der Welt bringen, damit das große Wunder geschieht, dass nach nur 5100 Jahren nach Meinem Weggang, wenn das ungeliebte Kali-Yuga ( Es begann vor ca. 5050 Jahren, als KRISHNA die Erde körperlich verließ) beginnt, es auch wieder verschwindet.“ Es wird der größte und bestaunenswerte Kampf in dieser Schöpfung auf Erden stattfinden, auch noch in Millionen von Jahren, wird diese himmlische Schlacht von Engel und Menschen staunend ihren Nachkommen erzählt werden. Auch werde ich die Form, des Veda-Vyasa annehmen, damit das höchste Wissen, selbst in der dunkelsten Zeit verweilt, und die Menschen zum höchsten Licht führt; durch die Bhagavat-Gita und das Shrimat-Bhagavatam; die Quelle des reinsten und erhabensten Wissen. Sie wird von mir in Vyasas Form für die Weisen von einem Weisen und über die Weisen verfasst. Oh welches Gut der Erde geschehen wird." Dann beauftragte SHRI MADHUSUDANA, MAHESHA am Ende des Kali-Yugas als erleuchteter Maha-Yogi mittels der Transzendentalen Meditation und den 40 Aspekten des Veda, nach 5060 Jahren, der Menschheit das volle Licht zu schenken.....
DIE GEBURT DES HERRN DER WELT:
Krishna sweetbaby
Als sich einige wenige Reine und Edle mit ihrer täglichen Meditation transformierten, und das höchste SELBST in sich vollkommen entwickelten, und sich bösartige Asuras, im Innern und außerhalb ihrer Körper Blockaden aufbauten, war es für den Ursprung allen Seins, SHRI HRISHIKESHA, der, der wunderbares schwarzes, glänzendes, edles Haar trägt; „zuviel des Guten“!!!!
Zur Freude seiner Devoties und zur Zerstörung der Asuras und deren Verbündeten, ging Er in Vasudevas reine Frau ein. Sie war mit dem 8. Kind Vasudevas schwanger, doch das HÖCHSTE braucht keine Übergangszeit um sich zu inkarnieren; d.h. innerhalb von kurzer Zeit war das Fötus voll ausgereift.....
Vasudeva und Dewaki waren in einem Kerker des Cousins von Dewaki, von Kamsa eingesperrt. Der bösartige Asura hatte das himmlische Königreich der Vrishnis und Yadavas unterjocht.
Viele guten Könige waren eingesperrt oder getötet, und vielen reinen Yogis und Rishis täglich unsägliches Leid zugefügt....
Obwohl Kamsa schon die ersten 6 Kinder Vasudevas & Dewakis getötet hatte, verließ die Beiden nicht der Mut, denn der Herr der Welt erschien Ihnen im Traum und sagte: "Verzagt nicht, ihr edlen Seelen, denn meine Geschwister sind nichts anderes als meine Kräfte, die sofort wieder zu mir zurück gekehrt sind, und werden bald in anderen Müttern Schoße eingehen; sie werden als die 5 Pandavas, meine Neffen wiedergeboren, und einer wird als Sohn Vyasas, als der göttliche Shukadewa zurück kommen.
Ich werde die Welt von der schweren der Last den Asuras (Dämonenrasse), euren Gegenspielern befreien, und meine Taten werden noch in Millionen von Jahren lobpreisend gesungen werden....
Am 8. Tage nach Vollmond, zu Beginn der Herbstzeit, wenn die Welt ihre Früchte trägt, und die Wälder ihre bunten Kleider zur Freude der Menschen und Tiere tragen, komme ich als Euer 8. Kind. Als die Zeit für das Erscheinen der ewigen Glückseligkeit, das Licht allen Lebens, der Herr der Welt heranreifte, bildeten die Gestirne glückverheißende Konstellationen. Die großen Yogis hörten in ihrer Selbstversunkenheit eine göttliche Stimme: „Wenn das verehrungswürdige Sternbild Rohini, der BHUMI/Erde segensreich entgegenblickt, und alle günstigen Planeten erhöht sind, die Ströme der Welt in dieser Nacht glasklar fließen und himmlischen Rosenduft verbreiten, und die Vögel in den Wäldern die lieblichsten Lieder zelebrierten; ja dann komme ICH zur eurer Freude und zur Freude aller guten Wesen.“
Zu jener Zeit herrschte überall- im Osten, Westen, Süden und Norden- eine Atmosphäre des Friedens und des Glücks.
Alle vorherigen Geburten wurden direkt von Kamsa in Empfang genommen, und sofort die Babys getötet, bis auf das 7. Kind!
Ein Wunder, oder doch nicht verwunderlich, war Dewaki doch Schwanger mit RAAMS Bruder, der in seiner vorherigen menschlichen Inkarnation LAKSHMANA hieß und als ADI-SHESHA (DIE WELTENSCHLANGE) die Welten trägt. Nach 9 Monaten Schwangerschaft verschwand plötzlich das Kind aus Dewakis Bauch, und wurde 50 KM weiter in das Dorf Gokula, nahe Brindaban transferiert, Er ging in Vasudewas zweite Frau Rohini ein, und wurde Balarâm genannt.
Nun, als der Herr aller Welten kam, fing plötzlich die gesamte Welt in einen himmlischen Schlaf zu fallen, und vergaß vollkommen ihre Unwissenheit, es existierte für 1 Stunde nur noch Vasudeva & Dewaki, sie strahlten das göttliche Kind an, das einfach ohne körperliche Wehen und Geburt, aus dem Bauch Dewaki herauskam.
Oh großer Herr, OH MAHA-VISHNU, Deine Herrlichkeit durchflutet die Welt, was für eine Freude, doch lass ab von Deinem kosmischen Glanze, es ist uns zu stark, wir können es nicht länger ertragen, nimm bitte wieder eine menschliche Gestalt an. .....
"Ja, meine geliebten Kinder zu Eurer Freude nehme ich mein liebliche dunkelblaue Natur an."
Wisst Ihr nicht, dass Ihr in einer früheren Geburt Manu, der erste Mensch, und seine geliebte Frau ward? Eure tiefe Meditation ließ euch so rein werden, dass Ihr mich gerne als Euren Sohn haben wolltet, nun erfülle ich Euren Herzenswunsch, doch auch zum Segen Deiner Diener und der guten Kuhhirten, lass ich mich als Sohn beim Herrn der Hirten Nanda und seiner Frau Yashoda nieder.
Auch will ich mit meinem Bruder Balarâm zusammen sein, zum Schutze der guten Menschen in Vrindavan und Gokula. Dort werden wir zur Freude der Götter, Engel, Gandharvas und der Menschen wie der Tiere Göttliche Taten vollbringen; böse Asuras töten, und wenn es an der Zeit ist, euch aus diesem Kerker befreien, wenn ich 16 Jahre alt bin.
Nun nehme ich menschliche Gestalt an, und es werden sich die Türe der Kerker öffnen, und dann bringe mich unverzüglich nach Gokula, tausche das neugeborene Kind von Nandan und Yashoda aus, bringe es hierher und lege mich in ihr Bett. Niemand wird das große Geheimnis lüften können. Habt keine Angst, denn gutes steht der Welt bevor.
Noch befand sich die ganze Welt in transzendentalem Schlaf, selbst die wachen Yogis, konnten dem Schlaf des Herrn der Welt, der ohne ein zweites existiert, nicht widerstehen!
Vasudewa nahm einen Brotkorb, zerriss sein Dothi, und legte Govindam, den Indra unter den Kuhhirten hinein, und nahm seine Decke und legte sie zum Schutze um IHN, Der, der doch allen Wesen ewigen Schutz und Wärme gewährt!!
Wie von Geisterhand öffneten sich alle schweren Eisentüren, er lief rasch und doch stetig in Richtung Gokula, das an der anderen Seite des Flusse Yamuna lag. Es war Herbstzeit, und der heilige Fluss war tief und voller Kraft, die Strömung riss selbst den stärksten Elefanten mit, doch welch Wunder: DIE HEILIGE YAMUNNA verbeugte sich geistig vor KRISHNA, den Namen, den später ihm der heilige Priester von Gokula geben sollte, und bespritze die Lotusfüße des Herrn von VRINDAVAN.
"Ich werde Dir den Weg frei machen, habe keine Angst lieber Vasudew!", sprach Yamuna-Devi.
So durchschritt Krishnas Vater, das Flussbett Yamunas, ohne einen Tropfen Wasser abzubekommen. Links und rechts umragten 12 Meter hohe Wassersäulen seinen Weg. Sobald das andere Ufer erreicht war, strömte Yamuna in großer Kraft dem Ozean wieder entgegen. Nach 1 Stunde erreichte er schließlich das Dorf, und ging direkt in das Schlafzimmer seines besten Freundes Nandan. Dort legte er SEINEN SOHN an die Seite von Yashoda, und nahm dessen Tochter mit. Schnell begab sich Vasudeva zurück des Weges, auch dieses mal gab Yamuna den Weg frei, und besprühte zart die Lotusfüße von Krishnas Kusine. Als Vasudeva wieder seine Zelle betrat, und der Säugling mit Wolllust aus Dewakis Brüsten fertig getrunken hatte, schlossen sich wieder alle Gefängnistore!
Und welch ein Wunder, Vasudeva und Dewaki vergaßen die göttliche Natur Krishnas, denn es war Sein Wille, auf diese Art Seine irdischen Eltern zu schützen.
Das zarte Baby begann bitter zu weinen an, sofort wurde der böse Kamsa geholt. Er wollte nun wieder das neugeborene Baby töten, doch dieses mal geschah etwas höchst verwunderliches: Er nahm das Baby am Fuße, und wollte es töten, doch dieses mal entflog es seiner Hand, nahm die Gestalt der HÖCHSTEN GÖTTLICHEN MUTTER an, und begann zu sprechen: "Oh, du Unhold, Deine Tage sind gezählt, mein Bruder, der Höchste Herr, der, der Undenkbar ist, und doch die Ursache aller Dinge ist, und doch hier und doch nicht hier ist, wird dich bald töten. Oh welch ein Segen für meine geliebte Tochter, die Mutter Erde, dass sie Seine Füße spüren darf, SEINE HERRLICHEN TATEN zu sehen bekommt, SEINEN KOSMISCHEN KÖRPER RIECHEN KANN, wenn ER sich als kleines Kind im Boden wälzt, ja IHN ZU SCHMECKEN darf, WENN ER IHRE FRÜCHTE ISST!"
"YOGA-MAYA ist mein Name, ich bin die SHAKTI aller Shaktis, der Ursprung aller Welten. OH, gesegnet sind alle jetzigen Wesen, wenn sie Seinen Glanz erhaschen dürfen, und alle zukünftigen Lebewesen, dass sie die Herrlichkeit meinen Bruders und Seiner TATEN, durch das Studieren der höchstheiligen Shrimat-Bhagavatam erleben können......"
Gesegnet, der Schüler, der Maharishi Mahesh Yogi als seinen Meister hat, denn durch Ihn und mit IHM, wird KRISHNA wieder in uns vollends lebendig....."
JAIA JAIA SHRI VASUDEVAM- JAI SHRI KRISHNA
OM NAMAH BHAGAVATE VASUDEVAJAH
Nacherzählt von Frank W. Lotz, aus dem Wissensschatz von SHRI VEDA-VYASAM, Seiner "GÖTTLICHEN" SHRIMAT BHAGAVATA MAHA PURANA
Krishna calls for Radha
„Der Mensch ist in seiner Natur wahrhaft kosmisch.“
Zitat von His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Die genaue Berechnung Shri Krishnas Geburt:
Dieses ist der Geburtstag von Lord Krishna, der 8. göttlichen Inkarnation. Er fällt auf den 8. Tag des Neumondes von Bhadrapada (August-September). Dieses ist eines der bedeutendsten vedischen Festtage.
Lord Krishna wurde um Mitternacht geboren. An diesem Tag wird ein 24-stündiges Fasten empfohlen, das um Mitternacht unterbrochen wird.
Die Tempel werden zu diesem Festtag besonders geschmückt. Kirtans werden gesungen, Glöckchen erklingen, Hörner werden geblasen und Sanskrit-Hymnen werden zu Ehren von Lord Krishna rezitiert. Bei Mathura, wo Lord Krishna geboren wurde, finden besondere Zusammenkünfte statt. Zu dieser Gelegenheit kommen die Pilger aus ganz Indien an diesem Ort zusammen. Der Herr erschien an einem Mittwoch, als der Mond das Haus von Vrishabha bei der Stern-Konstellation von Rohini betrat, dem achten Tag der zweiten Monatshälfte von Shravana, was wiederum dem Monat Bhadrapad Krishnapaksha entspricht und gemäß Barhaspatyamana im Jahr von Visvavasu, d.h. vor 5179 Jahren, ca. 3234 v. Chr.
Krishna lebte für 120 Jahre auf dieser Erde ein vollkommenes Leben, wurde nicht alt, bewahrte sein Schönheit, Stärke und Würde im den Körper eines 24 jährigen und ging dann wieder in Sein transzendentales Reich ein.
Herzlichst Ihr
Frank Lotz , TM-Lehrer
Maharishi Ayurveda Experte und Autor
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Janmashtami 20010 is on September Midnight from the 1. to the 2. of September.
Janmashtami celebrates the birth of one of the most famous Gods of Hindu religion, Bhagwan Krishna, on the eighth day (Ashtami) in the month of Sravana or Savana. Lord Sri Krishna was born on the 'Rohini' nakshatram (star). It is generally celebrated in the month of August-September according to the Christian Calendar. Legend has it that Sri Krishna was born on a dark, stormy and windy night to end the rule and atrocities of his maternal uncle, Kansa.
Position of Stars at the time of Birth
It was only on the eighth day of the second fortnight, in the month of Sravana when, the moon entered the house of Vrishabha in Rohini Nakshatra (star) that Lord appeared. According to Barhapatyamana, the month of Sravana corresponds to the month of Bhadrapada Krishnapaksha. Lord was born in the year of Visvavasu, appx. 5,227 years ago.
Celebrated for over Two Days
Janmashtami is celebrated for over two days as “Rohini” nakshatra and Ashtami may not fall on the same day. The first day known as Krishnashtami, as the birth of Bhagwan Krishna falls on the eighth day after Raksha Bandhan, which generally falls in the month of August. The second day is known as Kalashtami.
Welcome the Lord at Midnight
It is only at midnight between the first and the second day that birth of Sri Krishna took place. The actual festivities begin during midnight in this 48 hour period. The celebration reaches its peak at midnight, with the birth of Lord Krishna, with lot of hymns, arti taking place and blowing of the Conch (shankh), rocking the cradle of Lord. The idol of lord is bathed with Panchamrit (A mixture of milk, ghee, oil, honey and Gangajal). The Panchamrit is later distributed as Prasad to the devotees along with other sweets. While some Fast on the first day and break it at midnight for others the fasting continues for both days. The period coincides with rainy season.
Birth of Lord Krishna
Janmashtami is celebrated to welcome and enjoy Lord Krishna's birth. The birth of Lord Krishna took place when the various planets were in auspicious places. It is said that God chooses a particular time, as to when he will take birth as a human and the planetary systems are adjusted accordingly.
Auspicious Nakshatra (Constellation)
Around the time of Bhagwan Krishna's birth, Rohini Nakshatra was predominant as it is considered to be quite auspicious. This is so because it is under the supervision of Brahma, the creator of Universe. Sri Krishna was born in the month Of Sravana more than 5000 years ago.
Born in Dwapur Yug (Iron Age)
According to some scholars, Krishna was born on Wednesday,the eighth day of second fortnight in Sravana month in the year of Visvavasu around 3227 BC, also known as Dwapur Yug. July 19th 3228 BC to be more accurate. He lived for 125 years and disappeared on February 18th 3102 BC on the new moon night of Phalguna. His death was the onset of the current corrupt age known as Kaliyug.
Universal Happiness of all Forms of Life
From the time, Devki conceived Sri Krishna, she began to glow and exude divine light. The prison walls glowed with the aura of the new born infant. Atmosphere of peace and happiness prevailed all over, Forests were all green and full of trees with all kinds of beautiful flowers, rivers were all swollen due to joy, peacocks began to dance in sheer joy, people in all villages started being happy.
Objective of Krishna's Birth
The main objective of Lord Krishna's birth was to free Mother Earth from the wickedness of demons. Playing an important part in Mahabharata (legendary battle in Kurukshetra) and propagating the theory of bhakti and good karma were other important objectives.
Events Before The Birth of Sri Krishna
The people of Mathura were extremely unhappy with the wicked king Kansa who put his father, king Ugrasen in prison and declared himself the king of Mathura. It was to put an end to his evil ways and other demons that Lord Vishnu decided to take birth on Earth in human form. According to Akashvani (heavenly voice) at the wedding of his beloved sister Devki, Kansa got to know that the eighth child of his sister will take birth to kill him. So, in turn he rushed to kill his sister. Kansa gave up the idea of killing after being assured by Vasudev that he will handover all his children to him. He put them in Prison. Kansa killed all the six infants as soon as they were born. The seventh child (Balram) was saved due to divine intervention, when he was transferred from Devki's womb to that of Rohini's (other wife of Vasudev).
Events During the Birth of Lord Krishna
Lord Krishna was born in a prison cell in the captivity of King Kansa. He took birth in divine form with lotus like eyes,his palms bearing the signs of a lotus and discus. He had a swastika sign on his sole. Wearing a yellow colored silk cloth, adorned with precious diamond earrings and a crown made of emeralds. Soon after the birth, a chain of events astonished Vasudev,when he saw the gates of the cell flow open and all the guards fast asleep. He immediately thought of Nand ,his close friend in Gokul and decided to handover his child to him in order to save him from the clutch of Kansa.
River Yamuna Bows To The Feet of Sri Krishna
The night of birth was witnessed by heavy rains which led to River Yamuna being in floods. As soon as the feet of Lord immersed in the river, the flow became normal and Yamuna made way for the Lord. Sheshnag, the serpent formed an umbrella to save the new born baby from rain.
Exchange of the Babies
Vasudev kept his child next to fast asleep Yashoda and took the baby girl lying with him back to Mathura. The baby girl is believed to be the sister of Lord Vishnu.
Disappearance of The Divine Child
On hearing the news of birth of the eighth child of Devki and Vasudev, Kansa rushed to the prison-cell and lifted the baby girl to kill her despite pleadings from Devki. However, instead of hitting the stone, the child flew up in the air and announced that the annihilator of Kansa was born and in safe hands.
Krishna later grew in Gokul and finally killed his maternal uncle, King Kansa.
Hare Krishna
All Glories to Bhagavan Lord Gopala Hâri
Krishna Janmashtami, 2 of September 2010
In German:
Die Kosmische Geburt des Herrn der Welt.
Krishna Baby sweet
Eine wahrhaft himmlische Geschichte. Shri Krishnas Geburt
Liebe Freunde der (Ayur)-Vedischen Ess- und Lebensweise,
In diesem Jahr fällt das Geburtstagsfest (Shri Krishna Janmashtami) von Shri Krishna, dem höchsten Herrn der Welt (GOTT), auf Mittwoch-Donnerstag Mitternacht (0.00 Uhr), den 02. September 2010.
Nun erzähle ich Ihnen eine Geschichte über die Geburt Shri Krishnas. Es ist die Geburt der Höchsten Intelligenz der ganzen Welt, des Erhalters aller Lebewesen und Verwalters (DHARMA) des Universums (Der PARAMATMA oder auch Para-Brahma/Purrushottama genannt).
"Die Göttin Erde Bumi-Devi, wie Sie in Sanskrit genannt wird, begab sich zum Schöpfer der Welt, Shri Brahma/Padamabhavam, dem Lotusgeborenen. Sie nahm ihre natürliche Form einer wunderschönen Kuh an, und weinte bitterliche Tränen vor den gesegneten Lotusfüßen der Inkarnation des Veda. Lord Brahma fragte: "Oh du mein geliebtes Kind, wer bringt dir so viel Sorgen, ist das Licht des Dharma auf Deinem Planeten verschwunden, praktizieren die Menschen nicht mehr die rechte Meditation, und verwehren dir die Rishis ihren Respekt?" Oh Vater der Welt, Adharma/Unrecht und Leid überzieht langsam meine Welt, die Yogis vergessen zu transzendieren, die Rishis schauen in die Leere, und erkennen nicht, dass es mehr gibt, als nur das Funkeln der Sterne.
Ich fühle Schwere und Trägheit, keiner außer ein paar edler Seelen kennt das rechte Dharma, Dunkelheit umhüllt meinen Mantel. "Was soll ich machen?"
"Lass uns zu Nataraja gehen, dort oben auf dem Kailasha (Der heiligste Berg der Welt, er steht in Zentral Tibet), wo Er mit seiner Frau, der edlen UMA-PARVATI residiert, und zum Wohle der Welt, seine Transzendentale Meditation in voller Herrlichkeit ausübt", antwortete der erste Sohn LORD VISHNUS (Brahma, der Sohn Lord Narayanas).
So flogen sie gedankenschnell auf dem Hamsa/göttlichen Schwan, dem himmlischen Gefährt Brahmas zu diesem Ort der göttlichen Stille.
Sie sangen das Shiva-Suktam und brachten Ihm einen goldenen Lotus und die besten Früchte der Erde dar.
Ganz sanft öffnete der Herr aller Yogis seine segnenden Augen, und begann freudig zu singen: "OH mein Sohn, und Deine geliebte Tochter, was kann ich tun, um Euren Kummer zu vertreiben?"
So erzählte Brahma Mahesha alles, was der Erde so viel Leid zufügt hatte. Shiva antwortete: "Oh, was für eine Trübsal; ist auch auf diesem edlen Planeten, der dunkle Kali am wirken, aber seid voller Freude, schon bevor ihr zu mir kamt, trug mir der große Herr allen Seins und Nicht Seins auf, Euch zu trösten und Sein versprechen an Euch zu verkünden":
Das Geheimnis aller Geheimnisse, Das Feuer aller Askese, der Glanz aller Sonnen; der, der noch größer als selbst das BRAHMAN ist, und das ganze unendliche Universum, sagte in lieblichen Worten zu mir: "Oh mein geliebter Mahesha, sage meinen Kindern Brahma und Bhumi-Devi: Zu ihrer Freude, und zum Glücke der guten und edlen Rishis, und meinen Devoties nehme ich Gestalt als der 8. Sohn des reinen Königs Vasudevas und seiner geliebten Frau Devaki an. Es werden die letzten Jahre im Dwapara-Yuga sein, aber ICH werde den höchsten Yoga, den reinsten Bhakti-Yoga gepaart mit der kosmischen Transzendentalen Meditation der Welt bringen, damit das große Wunder geschieht, dass nach nur 5100 Jahren nach Meinem Weggang, wenn das ungeliebte Kali-Yuga ( Es begann vor ca. 5050 Jahren, als KRISHNA die Erde körperlich verließ) beginnt, es auch wieder verschwindet.“ Es wird der größte und bestaunenswerte Kampf in dieser Schöpfung auf Erden stattfinden, auch noch in Millionen von Jahren, wird diese himmlische Schlacht von Engel und Menschen staunend ihren Nachkommen erzählt werden. Auch werde ich die Form, des Veda-Vyasa annehmen, damit das höchste Wissen, selbst in der dunkelsten Zeit verweilt, und die Menschen zum höchsten Licht führt; durch die Bhagavat-Gita und das Shrimat-Bhagavatam; die Quelle des reinsten und erhabensten Wissen. Sie wird von mir in Vyasas Form für die Weisen von einem Weisen und über die Weisen verfasst. Oh welches Gut der Erde geschehen wird." Dann beauftragte SHRI MADHUSUDANA, MAHESHA am Ende des Kali-Yugas als erleuchteter Maha-Yogi mittels der Transzendentalen Meditation und den 40 Aspekten des Veda, nach 5060 Jahren, der Menschheit das volle Licht zu schenken.....
DIE GEBURT DES HERRN DER WELT:
Krishna sweetbaby
Als sich einige wenige Reine und Edle mit ihrer täglichen Meditation transformierten, und das höchste SELBST in sich vollkommen entwickelten, und sich bösartige Asuras, im Innern und außerhalb ihrer Körper Blockaden aufbauten, war es für den Ursprung allen Seins, SHRI HRISHIKESHA, der, der wunderbares schwarzes, glänzendes, edles Haar trägt; „zuviel des Guten“!!!!
Zur Freude seiner Devoties und zur Zerstörung der Asuras und deren Verbündeten, ging Er in Vasudevas reine Frau ein. Sie war mit dem 8. Kind Vasudevas schwanger, doch das HÖCHSTE braucht keine Übergangszeit um sich zu inkarnieren; d.h. innerhalb von kurzer Zeit war das Fötus voll ausgereift.....
Vasudeva und Dewaki waren in einem Kerker des Cousins von Dewaki, von Kamsa eingesperrt. Der bösartige Asura hatte das himmlische Königreich der Vrishnis und Yadavas unterjocht.
Viele guten Könige waren eingesperrt oder getötet, und vielen reinen Yogis und Rishis täglich unsägliches Leid zugefügt....
Obwohl Kamsa schon die ersten 6 Kinder Vasudevas & Dewakis getötet hatte, verließ die Beiden nicht der Mut, denn der Herr der Welt erschien Ihnen im Traum und sagte: "Verzagt nicht, ihr edlen Seelen, denn meine Geschwister sind nichts anderes als meine Kräfte, die sofort wieder zu mir zurück gekehrt sind, und werden bald in anderen Müttern Schoße eingehen; sie werden als die 5 Pandavas, meine Neffen wiedergeboren, und einer wird als Sohn Vyasas, als der göttliche Shukadewa zurück kommen.
Ich werde die Welt von der schweren der Last den Asuras (Dämonenrasse), euren Gegenspielern befreien, und meine Taten werden noch in Millionen von Jahren lobpreisend gesungen werden....
Am 8. Tage nach Vollmond, zu Beginn der Herbstzeit, wenn die Welt ihre Früchte trägt, und die Wälder ihre bunten Kleider zur Freude der Menschen und Tiere tragen, komme ich als Euer 8. Kind. Als die Zeit für das Erscheinen der ewigen Glückseligkeit, das Licht allen Lebens, der Herr der Welt heranreifte, bildeten die Gestirne glückverheißende Konstellationen. Die großen Yogis hörten in ihrer Selbstversunkenheit eine göttliche Stimme: „Wenn das verehrungswürdige Sternbild Rohini, der BHUMI/Erde segensreich entgegenblickt, und alle günstigen Planeten erhöht sind, die Ströme der Welt in dieser Nacht glasklar fließen und himmlischen Rosenduft verbreiten, und die Vögel in den Wäldern die lieblichsten Lieder zelebrierten; ja dann komme ICH zur eurer Freude und zur Freude aller guten Wesen.“
Zu jener Zeit herrschte überall- im Osten, Westen, Süden und Norden- eine Atmosphäre des Friedens und des Glücks.
Alle vorherigen Geburten wurden direkt von Kamsa in Empfang genommen, und sofort die Babys getötet, bis auf das 7. Kind!
Ein Wunder, oder doch nicht verwunderlich, war Dewaki doch Schwanger mit RAAMS Bruder, der in seiner vorherigen menschlichen Inkarnation LAKSHMANA hieß und als ADI-SHESHA (DIE WELTENSCHLANGE) die Welten trägt. Nach 9 Monaten Schwangerschaft verschwand plötzlich das Kind aus Dewakis Bauch, und wurde 50 KM weiter in das Dorf Gokula, nahe Brindaban transferiert, Er ging in Vasudewas zweite Frau Rohini ein, und wurde Balarâm genannt.
Nun, als der Herr aller Welten kam, fing plötzlich die gesamte Welt in einen himmlischen Schlaf zu fallen, und vergaß vollkommen ihre Unwissenheit, es existierte für 1 Stunde nur noch Vasudeva & Dewaki, sie strahlten das göttliche Kind an, das einfach ohne körperliche Wehen und Geburt, aus dem Bauch Dewaki herauskam.
Oh großer Herr, OH MAHA-VISHNU, Deine Herrlichkeit durchflutet die Welt, was für eine Freude, doch lass ab von Deinem kosmischen Glanze, es ist uns zu stark, wir können es nicht länger ertragen, nimm bitte wieder eine menschliche Gestalt an. .....
"Ja, meine geliebten Kinder zu Eurer Freude nehme ich mein liebliche dunkelblaue Natur an."
Wisst Ihr nicht, dass Ihr in einer früheren Geburt Manu, der erste Mensch, und seine geliebte Frau ward? Eure tiefe Meditation ließ euch so rein werden, dass Ihr mich gerne als Euren Sohn haben wolltet, nun erfülle ich Euren Herzenswunsch, doch auch zum Segen Deiner Diener und der guten Kuhhirten, lass ich mich als Sohn beim Herrn der Hirten Nanda und seiner Frau Yashoda nieder.
Auch will ich mit meinem Bruder Balarâm zusammen sein, zum Schutze der guten Menschen in Vrindavan und Gokula. Dort werden wir zur Freude der Götter, Engel, Gandharvas und der Menschen wie der Tiere Göttliche Taten vollbringen; böse Asuras töten, und wenn es an der Zeit ist, euch aus diesem Kerker befreien, wenn ich 16 Jahre alt bin.
Nun nehme ich menschliche Gestalt an, und es werden sich die Türe der Kerker öffnen, und dann bringe mich unverzüglich nach Gokula, tausche das neugeborene Kind von Nandan und Yashoda aus, bringe es hierher und lege mich in ihr Bett. Niemand wird das große Geheimnis lüften können. Habt keine Angst, denn gutes steht der Welt bevor.
Noch befand sich die ganze Welt in transzendentalem Schlaf, selbst die wachen Yogis, konnten dem Schlaf des Herrn der Welt, der ohne ein zweites existiert, nicht widerstehen!
Vasudewa nahm einen Brotkorb, zerriss sein Dothi, und legte Govindam, den Indra unter den Kuhhirten hinein, und nahm seine Decke und legte sie zum Schutze um IHN, Der, der doch allen Wesen ewigen Schutz und Wärme gewährt!!
Wie von Geisterhand öffneten sich alle schweren Eisentüren, er lief rasch und doch stetig in Richtung Gokula, das an der anderen Seite des Flusse Yamuna lag. Es war Herbstzeit, und der heilige Fluss war tief und voller Kraft, die Strömung riss selbst den stärksten Elefanten mit, doch welch Wunder: DIE HEILIGE YAMUNNA verbeugte sich geistig vor KRISHNA, den Namen, den später ihm der heilige Priester von Gokula geben sollte, und bespritze die Lotusfüße des Herrn von VRINDAVAN.
"Ich werde Dir den Weg frei machen, habe keine Angst lieber Vasudew!", sprach Yamuna-Devi.
So durchschritt Krishnas Vater, das Flussbett Yamunas, ohne einen Tropfen Wasser abzubekommen. Links und rechts umragten 12 Meter hohe Wassersäulen seinen Weg. Sobald das andere Ufer erreicht war, strömte Yamuna in großer Kraft dem Ozean wieder entgegen. Nach 1 Stunde erreichte er schließlich das Dorf, und ging direkt in das Schlafzimmer seines besten Freundes Nandan. Dort legte er SEINEN SOHN an die Seite von Yashoda, und nahm dessen Tochter mit. Schnell begab sich Vasudeva zurück des Weges, auch dieses mal gab Yamuna den Weg frei, und besprühte zart die Lotusfüße von Krishnas Kusine. Als Vasudeva wieder seine Zelle betrat, und der Säugling mit Wolllust aus Dewakis Brüsten fertig getrunken hatte, schlossen sich wieder alle Gefängnistore!
Und welch ein Wunder, Vasudeva und Dewaki vergaßen die göttliche Natur Krishnas, denn es war Sein Wille, auf diese Art Seine irdischen Eltern zu schützen.
Das zarte Baby begann bitter zu weinen an, sofort wurde der böse Kamsa geholt. Er wollte nun wieder das neugeborene Baby töten, doch dieses mal geschah etwas höchst verwunderliches: Er nahm das Baby am Fuße, und wollte es töten, doch dieses mal entflog es seiner Hand, nahm die Gestalt der HÖCHSTEN GÖTTLICHEN MUTTER an, und begann zu sprechen: "Oh, du Unhold, Deine Tage sind gezählt, mein Bruder, der Höchste Herr, der, der Undenkbar ist, und doch die Ursache aller Dinge ist, und doch hier und doch nicht hier ist, wird dich bald töten. Oh welch ein Segen für meine geliebte Tochter, die Mutter Erde, dass sie Seine Füße spüren darf, SEINE HERRLICHEN TATEN zu sehen bekommt, SEINEN KOSMISCHEN KÖRPER RIECHEN KANN, wenn ER sich als kleines Kind im Boden wälzt, ja IHN ZU SCHMECKEN darf, WENN ER IHRE FRÜCHTE ISST!"
"YOGA-MAYA ist mein Name, ich bin die SHAKTI aller Shaktis, der Ursprung aller Welten. OH, gesegnet sind alle jetzigen Wesen, wenn sie Seinen Glanz erhaschen dürfen, und alle zukünftigen Lebewesen, dass sie die Herrlichkeit meinen Bruders und Seiner TATEN, durch das Studieren der höchstheiligen Shrimat-Bhagavatam erleben können......"
Gesegnet, der Schüler, der Maharishi Mahesh Yogi als seinen Meister hat, denn durch Ihn und mit IHM, wird KRISHNA wieder in uns vollends lebendig....."
JAIA JAIA SHRI VASUDEVAM- JAI SHRI KRISHNA
OM NAMAH BHAGAVATE VASUDEVAJAH
Nacherzählt von Frank W. Lotz, aus dem Wissensschatz von SHRI VEDA-VYASAM, Seiner "GÖTTLICHEN" SHRIMAT BHAGAVATA MAHA PURANA
Krishna calls for Radha
„Der Mensch ist in seiner Natur wahrhaft kosmisch.“
Zitat von His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Die genaue Berechnung Shri Krishnas Geburt:
Dieses ist der Geburtstag von Lord Krishna, der 8. göttlichen Inkarnation. Er fällt auf den 8. Tag des Neumondes von Bhadrapada (August-September). Dieses ist eines der bedeutendsten vedischen Festtage.
Lord Krishna wurde um Mitternacht geboren. An diesem Tag wird ein 24-stündiges Fasten empfohlen, das um Mitternacht unterbrochen wird.
Die Tempel werden zu diesem Festtag besonders geschmückt. Kirtans werden gesungen, Glöckchen erklingen, Hörner werden geblasen und Sanskrit-Hymnen werden zu Ehren von Lord Krishna rezitiert. Bei Mathura, wo Lord Krishna geboren wurde, finden besondere Zusammenkünfte statt. Zu dieser Gelegenheit kommen die Pilger aus ganz Indien an diesem Ort zusammen. Der Herr erschien an einem Mittwoch, als der Mond das Haus von Vrishabha bei der Stern-Konstellation von Rohini betrat, dem achten Tag der zweiten Monatshälfte von Shravana, was wiederum dem Monat Bhadrapad Krishnapaksha entspricht und gemäß Barhaspatyamana im Jahr von Visvavasu, d.h. vor 5179 Jahren, ca. 3234 v. Chr.
Krishna lebte für 120 Jahre auf dieser Erde ein vollkommenes Leben, wurde nicht alt, bewahrte sein Schönheit, Stärke und Würde im den Körper eines 24 jährigen und ging dann wieder in Sein transzendentales Reich ein.
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The New York Times Comments on "The Man Who Saved the Beatles" —in response to the passing of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (February 5, 2008)
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The Beatles discovered Maharishi in 1968 and spent a few weeks studying meditation with him in Rishikesh. Much has been made in the news media and blogosphere of the Beatle's association with Maharishi and the rise of popularity that followed for Maharishi and his form of meditation. Yet many people believe that Maharishi had a greater effect on the Beatles than they had on him and his worldwide Transcendental Meditation Movement.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi died on February 5, 2008, almost 40 years after the Beatles left Rishikesh. John Lennon would never again see Maharishi in person, but would phone him years later to apologize for his youthful mishap of publicly accusing Maharishi of improprieties—accusations that had nothing to do with Maharishi, but, seemingly, everything to do with John’s personal temperament (it was "an error in judgment," Lennon later commented). George Harrison would continue to have contact with Maharishi through the worldwide TM Movement, and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr would maintain their connection with meditation and eventually re-establish association Maharishi’s organization.
On Maharishi’s passing, the New York Times published a “reassessment” of the Beatles interaction with Maharishi. It’s good to see, after all these years, the press beginning to get it right.
The “India experience”—the Beatles' time with Maharishi and their practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique—opened a floodgate of creativity for the band—“and got them out of what threatened to be a creative rut,” said the Times article.
Describing their time with Maharishi as the most productive period in the Beatles’ lives, the article says:
"That may seem an odd assertion, given that the group had only recently released 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.' But part of the point of that album was to overcome the inertia imposed by the stress of being the Beatles by posing as someone else: the Sgt. Pepper band. And although it includes some of the Beatles’ most extraordinary music ('A Day in the Life,' for starters), it had been a struggle to fill it. Lennon, after all, had based one song on the text of a circus poster ('Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite') and another on a Corn Flakes commercial ('Good Morning, Good Morning'), simply, he later said, as a way of fulfilling his quota. After Rishikesh the group found itself with more new songs than it knew what to do with."
Beatles connoisseurs, audiophiles and music writers typically hold the White Album as the Beatles' masterpiece, but not that many fans have made the connection with the Beatles' India experience and the influence that "turning within" had on renewing their creative and lyrical power.
The process of meditation, as taught by Maharishi, is an effortless way of accessing "the infinite field of energy, creativity and intelligence that resides within everyone," as Maharishi has explained. Now, 40 years after the Beatles demonstrated the rejuvenating, creativity-enlivening effect of 'transcending,' hundreds of scientific research studies have further verified the many ways in which the practice can stimulate creativity and intelligence and benefit all aspects of life.
But most media attention concerning the Beatles experience in India has dwelt on the sensational episode surrounding John Lennon's abrupt departure from Maharishi's ashram. What really happened?
Most press accounts claimed that the Beatles left because they were disappointed with Maharishi. The Beatles themselves each told varying stories about why they left. A recent Times of India article quotes George Harrison as saying that Maharishi asked the Beatles to leave because of their drug use at his Transcendental Meditation Academy. But Maharishi refrained from ever publicly shaming the Beatles.
There's no question that John's experience turned sour. Lennon wrote—in the original lyrics of the White Album song "Sexy Sadie"—“Maharishi, what have you done? You made a fool of everyone.” But the claims of Maharishi's misbehavior, however overblown in the press, turned out to be baseless.
In the years since Lennon’s death in 1980, Harrison and McCartney publicly commented on the accusations against Maharishi. McCartney has noted that the rumors of impropriety were raised by Alexis Mardas, who, says The Times, was "a supposed inventor and charlatan who had become a Beatles insider." “Magic Alex,” as he was known, apparently had agendas of his own (which included wanting to be known as "the Beatles' guru"), and according to many sources Mardas flat out fabricated the story. During the 1990s both Harrison and McCartney, convinced of Maharishi’s innocence, reconciled with their meditation teacher and offered apologies. Cynthia Lennon believed that Mardas invented the story to undermine Maharishi's influence on the Beatles. Harrison, years later, commented, "Now, historically, there's the story that something went on that shouldn't have—but nothing did... There were some flaky people around back then and we were four of them."
McCartney, in his biography, says that he did not believe the allegations and likewise attributes them to Mardas. In a statement released on Maharishi's passing, McCartney said: "I was asked for my thoughts on the passing of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and I can only say that whilst I am deeply saddened by his passing, my memories of him will only be joyful ones. He was a great man who worked tirelessly for the people of the world and the cause of unity. I will never forget the dedication that he wrote inside a book he once gave me, which read ’radiate bliss consciousness,’ and that to me says it all. I will miss him but will always think of him with a smile."
Ringo, who was said to be the Beatle least "into" meditation, commented favorably on his experience with Maharishi in his book "Postcards from the Boys," stating that he still meditates with the mantra Maharishi gave him and that his time in Rishikesh was one of the best experiences of his life. In February 2008, Ringo said of Maharishi, "One of the wisest men I met in my life was the Maharishi. I always was impressed by his joy and I truly believe he knows where he is going."
Were the Beatles responsible for Maharishi's great fame and success as a meditation teacher, or were Maharishi's achievements the results of his own abilities as a teacher—and due to the positive effects of TM practice in people's lives? After 50 years of the Transcendental Meditation program being taught to millions of people around the world, with more than 600 scientific studies verifying its benefits—studies conducted at Harvard Medical School, UCLA, Stanford, Yale and over 230 other institutions—it is unlikely that the success of the Transcendental Meditation program has been due merely to a rock band. The National Institutes of Health has funded over $24 million for scientists to further research the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique on brain function and cardiovascular health, and this research funding has nothing to do with rock and roll. Or does it?
It's true that the Beatles involvement brought much attention to Maharishi and to meditation in general. Although meditation has been around for thousands of years, and is still rising in recognition as a means to reduce stress, improve health and promote self-development, many people did learn the Transcendental Meditation technique when they first heard about the practice through publicity surrounding the Beatles. But one problem with claiming that "Beatles publicity" led to Maharishi's success, as some people have claimed, is that this publicity was mostly negative—having more to do with Lennon's short-lived criticism of Maharishi than with the benefits of meditation.
It is obvious after all these years that Maharishi and his Transcendental Meditation practice were not "made" by the Beatles. But the Beatles are still bringing people to meditation: Paul and Ringo played a benefit concert to promote the Transcendental Meditation program in schools—at Radio City Music Hall, April 4, 2009—along with their meditating friends Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Ben Harper, Moby, Jim James, Paul Horn, Mike Love of the Beach Boys, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Jerry Seinfeld, Howard Stern and others.
Yoko Ono was also there—in the audience. If Lennon were alive were alive today, she said, he probably would have reconciled with Maharishi, she told Rolling Stone magazine: "John would have been the first one now, if he had been here, to recognize and acknowledge what Maharishi has done for the world and appreciate it," she says.
If Maharishi Mahesh Yogi can be said to have made a fool of everyone, as the ill-conceived song goes, it could only be because, compared to his immense, practical wisdom of higher stages of human development, the rest of us human beings can indeed look like a bunch of fools. Paul, George and Ringo—with their varying degrees of appreciation for Maharishi—insisted that John change the chorus and title of the song. George suggested "Sexy Sadie." Perhaps in his heart John knew the truth and that's why he acquiesced. Of course there were many other, more positive Beatle songs inspired by Maharishi—such as "Across the Universe," which John considered the best lyrics of his career.
Maharishi himself never harbored any ill will towards the Beatles. The Times of India article about Harrison's trip to visit Maharishi in the Netherlands in 1991 added another facet to the story. Maharishi had known that part of "the Beatles lore" was that when they made their first appearance on American TV, on the Ed Sullivan show, there was said to have been no crime in the US for that one hour. "When I heard this," Maharishi said to Harrison during this visit, "I knew the Beatles were angels on earth. It doesn't matter what John said or did, I could never be upset with angels." On hearing that, says the article, George broke down and wept.
Maharishi expounded for over 50 years on the nature of life from the perspective of a great Vedic sage. Often referred to as “the Einstein of consciousness,” he established the life-transforming benefits of meditation on the empirical grounds of science and opened the doors of higher states of consciousness to the scientific age.
And he opened the Beatles' minds and heart to a much greater reality than Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Their lives were changed forever.
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The New York Times Comments on "The Man Who Saved the Beatles" —in response to the passing of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (February 5, 2008)
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The Beatles discovered Maharishi in 1968 and spent a few weeks studying meditation with him in Rishikesh. Much has been made in the news media and blogosphere of the Beatle's association with Maharishi and the rise of popularity that followed for Maharishi and his form of meditation. Yet many people believe that Maharishi had a greater effect on the Beatles than they had on him and his worldwide Transcendental Meditation Movement.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi died on February 5, 2008, almost 40 years after the Beatles left Rishikesh. John Lennon would never again see Maharishi in person, but would phone him years later to apologize for his youthful mishap of publicly accusing Maharishi of improprieties—accusations that had nothing to do with Maharishi, but, seemingly, everything to do with John’s personal temperament (it was "an error in judgment," Lennon later commented). George Harrison would continue to have contact with Maharishi through the worldwide TM Movement, and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr would maintain their connection with meditation and eventually re-establish association Maharishi’s organization.
On Maharishi’s passing, the New York Times published a “reassessment” of the Beatles interaction with Maharishi. It’s good to see, after all these years, the press beginning to get it right.
The “India experience”—the Beatles' time with Maharishi and their practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique—opened a floodgate of creativity for the band—“and got them out of what threatened to be a creative rut,” said the Times article.
Describing their time with Maharishi as the most productive period in the Beatles’ lives, the article says:
"That may seem an odd assertion, given that the group had only recently released 'Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.' But part of the point of that album was to overcome the inertia imposed by the stress of being the Beatles by posing as someone else: the Sgt. Pepper band. And although it includes some of the Beatles’ most extraordinary music ('A Day in the Life,' for starters), it had been a struggle to fill it. Lennon, after all, had based one song on the text of a circus poster ('Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite') and another on a Corn Flakes commercial ('Good Morning, Good Morning'), simply, he later said, as a way of fulfilling his quota. After Rishikesh the group found itself with more new songs than it knew what to do with."
Beatles connoisseurs, audiophiles and music writers typically hold the White Album as the Beatles' masterpiece, but not that many fans have made the connection with the Beatles' India experience and the influence that "turning within" had on renewing their creative and lyrical power.
The process of meditation, as taught by Maharishi, is an effortless way of accessing "the infinite field of energy, creativity and intelligence that resides within everyone," as Maharishi has explained. Now, 40 years after the Beatles demonstrated the rejuvenating, creativity-enlivening effect of 'transcending,' hundreds of scientific research studies have further verified the many ways in which the practice can stimulate creativity and intelligence and benefit all aspects of life.
But most media attention concerning the Beatles experience in India has dwelt on the sensational episode surrounding John Lennon's abrupt departure from Maharishi's ashram. What really happened?
Most press accounts claimed that the Beatles left because they were disappointed with Maharishi. The Beatles themselves each told varying stories about why they left. A recent Times of India article quotes George Harrison as saying that Maharishi asked the Beatles to leave because of their drug use at his Transcendental Meditation Academy. But Maharishi refrained from ever publicly shaming the Beatles.
There's no question that John's experience turned sour. Lennon wrote—in the original lyrics of the White Album song "Sexy Sadie"—“Maharishi, what have you done? You made a fool of everyone.” But the claims of Maharishi's misbehavior, however overblown in the press, turned out to be baseless.
In the years since Lennon’s death in 1980, Harrison and McCartney publicly commented on the accusations against Maharishi. McCartney has noted that the rumors of impropriety were raised by Alexis Mardas, who, says The Times, was "a supposed inventor and charlatan who had become a Beatles insider." “Magic Alex,” as he was known, apparently had agendas of his own (which included wanting to be known as "the Beatles' guru"), and according to many sources Mardas flat out fabricated the story. During the 1990s both Harrison and McCartney, convinced of Maharishi’s innocence, reconciled with their meditation teacher and offered apologies. Cynthia Lennon believed that Mardas invented the story to undermine Maharishi's influence on the Beatles. Harrison, years later, commented, "Now, historically, there's the story that something went on that shouldn't have—but nothing did... There were some flaky people around back then and we were four of them."
McCartney, in his biography, says that he did not believe the allegations and likewise attributes them to Mardas. In a statement released on Maharishi's passing, McCartney said: "I was asked for my thoughts on the passing of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and I can only say that whilst I am deeply saddened by his passing, my memories of him will only be joyful ones. He was a great man who worked tirelessly for the people of the world and the cause of unity. I will never forget the dedication that he wrote inside a book he once gave me, which read ’radiate bliss consciousness,’ and that to me says it all. I will miss him but will always think of him with a smile."
Ringo, who was said to be the Beatle least "into" meditation, commented favorably on his experience with Maharishi in his book "Postcards from the Boys," stating that he still meditates with the mantra Maharishi gave him and that his time in Rishikesh was one of the best experiences of his life. In February 2008, Ringo said of Maharishi, "One of the wisest men I met in my life was the Maharishi. I always was impressed by his joy and I truly believe he knows where he is going."
Were the Beatles responsible for Maharishi's great fame and success as a meditation teacher, or were Maharishi's achievements the results of his own abilities as a teacher—and due to the positive effects of TM practice in people's lives? After 50 years of the Transcendental Meditation program being taught to millions of people around the world, with more than 600 scientific studies verifying its benefits—studies conducted at Harvard Medical School, UCLA, Stanford, Yale and over 230 other institutions—it is unlikely that the success of the Transcendental Meditation program has been due merely to a rock band. The National Institutes of Health has funded over $24 million for scientists to further research the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique on brain function and cardiovascular health, and this research funding has nothing to do with rock and roll. Or does it?
It's true that the Beatles involvement brought much attention to Maharishi and to meditation in general. Although meditation has been around for thousands of years, and is still rising in recognition as a means to reduce stress, improve health and promote self-development, many people did learn the Transcendental Meditation technique when they first heard about the practice through publicity surrounding the Beatles. But one problem with claiming that "Beatles publicity" led to Maharishi's success, as some people have claimed, is that this publicity was mostly negative—having more to do with Lennon's short-lived criticism of Maharishi than with the benefits of meditation.
It is obvious after all these years that Maharishi and his Transcendental Meditation practice were not "made" by the Beatles. But the Beatles are still bringing people to meditation: Paul and Ringo played a benefit concert to promote the Transcendental Meditation program in schools—at Radio City Music Hall, April 4, 2009—along with their meditating friends Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Ben Harper, Moby, Jim James, Paul Horn, Mike Love of the Beach Boys, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Jerry Seinfeld, Howard Stern and others.
Yoko Ono was also there—in the audience. If Lennon were alive were alive today, she said, he probably would have reconciled with Maharishi, she told Rolling Stone magazine: "John would have been the first one now, if he had been here, to recognize and acknowledge what Maharishi has done for the world and appreciate it," she says.
If Maharishi Mahesh Yogi can be said to have made a fool of everyone, as the ill-conceived song goes, it could only be because, compared to his immense, practical wisdom of higher stages of human development, the rest of us human beings can indeed look like a bunch of fools. Paul, George and Ringo—with their varying degrees of appreciation for Maharishi—insisted that John change the chorus and title of the song. George suggested "Sexy Sadie." Perhaps in his heart John knew the truth and that's why he acquiesced. Of course there were many other, more positive Beatle songs inspired by Maharishi—such as "Across the Universe," which John considered the best lyrics of his career.
Maharishi himself never harbored any ill will towards the Beatles. The Times of India article about Harrison's trip to visit Maharishi in the Netherlands in 1991 added another facet to the story. Maharishi had known that part of "the Beatles lore" was that when they made their first appearance on American TV, on the Ed Sullivan show, there was said to have been no crime in the US for that one hour. "When I heard this," Maharishi said to Harrison during this visit, "I knew the Beatles were angels on earth. It doesn't matter what John said or did, I could never be upset with angels." On hearing that, says the article, George broke down and wept.
Maharishi expounded for over 50 years on the nature of life from the perspective of a great Vedic sage. Often referred to as “the Einstein of consciousness,” he established the life-transforming benefits of meditation on the empirical grounds of science and opened the doors of higher states of consciousness to the scientific age.
And he opened the Beatles' minds and heart to a much greater reality than Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Their lives were changed forever.
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