{"id":1159,"date":"2023-09-07T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vnn.org\/vaisnava-news\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2023-09-07T10:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T13:26:58","slug":"sri-krishna-janmastami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/sri-krishna-janmastami\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Krishna Janmastami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/janma1-f.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1164\" src=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/janma1-f-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"janma1-f\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/janma1-f-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/janma1-f.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>(VNN) A lecture delivered by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja on \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Janm\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dami 18th August 1995 in Bhubaneswar, India.<\/p>\n<p>The Bh\u0101gavata says, to hear this transcendental l\u012bl\u0101-k\u0101h\u0101\u1e47\u012b of Bhagav\u0101n K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is all-auspicious. If you hear with full faith and concentrated attention, all of the material contamination in your heart will be purified. No other means is there.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason Bhagav\u0101n \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a descends here, though Bhagav\u0101n K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a has His eternal abode in the spiritual sky, known as sac-cid-\u0101nandamaya-dh\u0101ma, a dh\u0101ma that is sanmaya, cinmaya, and \u0101nandamaya \u2013 full of eternality, full of knowledge, and full of bliss. He is always there, engaged, completely absorbed in transcendental l\u012bl\u0101, especially in r\u0101sa-l\u012bl\u0101 He enjoys and relishes the mellow.<\/p>\n<p>Why will He come to this material world which is not His dh\u0101ma, abode? It is completely opposite to that transcendental sac-cid-\u0101nandamaya-dh\u0101ma. This material world is asat-, acit-, and nir\u0101nanda-maya\u2014it is temporary, full of ignorance and misery. Why will He come here? What business does He have coming here?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tvpbooks.com\/2013\/08\/sri-krishna-janmastami\/\">Read Full Story &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(VNN) A lecture delivered by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja on \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Janm\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dami 18th August 1995 in Bhubaneswar, India. The Bh\u0101gavata says, to hear this transcendental l\u012bl\u0101-k\u0101h\u0101\u1e47\u012b of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/sri-krishna-janmastami\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[15,7],"tags":[448],"class_list":["post-1159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-philosophy-commentary","tag-sri-ka-janmaami","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sri Krishna Janmastami - VNN - Vaishnava News Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/sri-krishna-janmastami\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"VNN Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/sri-krishna-janmastami\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/sri-krishna-janmastami\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"VNN Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/#\/schema\/person\/697219dd9c21dd216a0ea9f7de1cc9c9\"},\"headline\":\"Sri Krishna Janmastami\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-07T10:00:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-07T13:26:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/sri-krishna-janmastami\/\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/sri-krishna-janmastami\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/janma1-f.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Janm\u0101\u1e63\u1e6dami\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"PHILOSOPHY &amp; 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