Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Not Eye Deep, Heart Deep


When I was in Hawaii, I would often tune in to the Alachua webcam at krishna.com/alachua for Sayana Arati, the last Arati of the day, which is also my favorite. It is soft and sweet, like singing a lullaby to Krishna before He goes to sleep.

One day, I tuned in to the webcam and the above picture flashed on my screen. I quickly saved it to my computer. The mood of this picture reminds me of the aphorism, "Don't go to the temple to see Krishna; be sincere and serve so that Krishna wants to see you." That is the meaning of "darshan".

I believe that this woman truly saw Lord Krishna in His deity form... and Krishna saw this woman.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Reminds me of what HH Sacinandana Swami says about chanting as well. We should chant heart deep, not lip deep.

Bhakti lata said...

that saying was what I was playing off of :) glad someone caught it.


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