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 Mar 5 2005, 04:38 AM
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That was a very nice quote, Oneiros. It nearly brought me to tears.
-------------------- "I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small pebble to content myself with." ~~ Plato
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 Mar 5 2005, 04:00 PM
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 I feel so small with all the prabhupada disciples in here, but...If there is a summon bonum, a supreme personality of Godhead, the absolute truth, and if someone is able to recognise it, that person needn't become puffed up and arrogant, but they might become humble and feel unworthy to be in such knowledge and wish to give it to others out of compassion. 
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Mar 5 2005, 09:14 PM
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 Pundit? Group: Full Member Posts: 5,503 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Sweden Member No.: 6 Irregular Member |
QUOTE (gopidust @ Mar 5 2005, 04:00 PM) I feel so small with all the prabhupada disciples in here, but...If there is a summon bonum, a supreme personality of Godhead, the absolute truth, and if someone is able to recognise it, that person needn't become puffed up and arrogant, but they might become humble and feel unworthy to be in such knowledge and wish to give it to others out of compassion.  This is a beautiful thought, gopidust. I believe this is what humility is about: not shrinking, making oneself artificially smaller than one is, but rather coming face to face with the greatness and wonder of things -- where one naturally feels small in comparison, is amazed and wishes to share with others. Feeling small without feeling useless. -------------------- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein)
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Mar 5 2005, 09:42 PM
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I agree with Dhyana, gopidust, that is a beautiful post.
No need to feel small--we Prabhupada disciples don't have a corner on the Truth. -------------------- "We have fallen into the place where everything is music." --Rumi he said change the channel/i've got problems of my own/i'm so sick of hearing about drugs/and aids/and people without homes/and i said, well,/i'd like to sympathize with that/but if you/don't understand/then how can you act --Ani DiFranco My LiveJournal |
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Jan 14 2007, 11:34 PM
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QUOTE (Homer @ Mar 3 2005, 08:01 PM) Thing is, I seem to have lost the ability to just play my own music! All I ever play is devotional songs and that darned Hare Krsna stuff! Am I a Zombie? NO! You are someone for to look up to. You rejected the dogma, and took the good. I am your follower. And a necroposter. Good ol' google was checking this out, so i did too, and i like, thanks homer. And thanks google. |
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Jan 16 2007, 09:49 PM
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I love to sing. Unfortunately others don't like my singing as much as I do.
ISKCON has the silly idea that singing should only be those born with a nice singing voice. The others should keep quiet. So to do what I loved, I had to leave ISKCON. And after that I was singing a lot. Everything possible, and never "devotional" music, which just reminded me of all past sillyness. Today I can sing "devotional" music too. Enough time has passed. Me and Ayyapan used to sing duets. Very, very devotional. So much devotional that the demigods mush have showered flowers, and all materialists must hold for their ears. |
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Jan 17 2007, 09:14 AM
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QUOTE (Prisni @ Jan 16 2007, 10:49 PM) I love to sing. Unfortunately others don't like my singing as much as I do. ISKCON has the silly idea that singing should only be those born with a nice singing voice. The others should keep quiet. So to do what I loved, I had to leave ISKCON. And after that I was singing a lot. Everything possible, and never "devotional" music, which just reminded me of all past sillyness. Today I can sing "devotional" music too. Enough time has passed. Me and Ayyapan used to sing duets. Very, very devotional. So much devotional that the demigods mush have showered flowers, and all materialists must hold for their ears. To sing bad and out of tune is not so easy, especially if done with devotion. You never know what is going to rain down from the sky. 
-------------------- It is healthy to react in a relevant way to the facts of life.
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Jan 17 2007, 01:06 PM
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i was told my singing was offensive to the deities... could have disastrous effects on the pick
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Jan 18 2007, 12:41 AM
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QUOTE (Prisni @ Jan 16 2007, 05:49 PM) I love to sing. Unfortunately others don't like my singing as much as I do. ISKCON has the silly idea that singing should only be those born with a nice singing voice. The others should keep quiet. So to do what I loved, I had to leave ISKCON. And after that I was singing a lot. Everything possible, and never "devotional" music, which just reminded me of all past sillyness. Singing with devotion and emotion is the essence in any tradition. If all temples are concerned about is appearance and superficiality, then let them hire professional singers and dancers and have them up in front of the deities. It’s like anything in this world, creative expression done with selfless desire and love will have more impact on those seeking the essential and not the superficial. Look at some of the best selling books, movies and music out there created for a mass audience, most are made without the soulful heartfelt expression that you find in smaller less conventional art-forms created to please a smaller audience. Sing Prisni sing, and don’t let anybody out there to say you can’t! 
-------------------- "It's not how many times you draw breath that counts in a lifetime, but how many time something takes your breath away."
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Jan 18 2007, 05:43 AM
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QUOTE (Kalisurfer @ Jan 18 2007, 01:41 AM) QUOTE (Prisni @ Jan 16 2007, 05:49 PM) I love to sing. Unfortunately others don't like my singing as much as I do. ISKCON has the silly idea that singing should only be those born with a nice singing voice. The others should keep quiet. So to do what I loved, I had to leave ISKCON. And after that I was singing a lot. Everything possible, and never "devotional" music, which just reminded me of all past sillyness. Singing with devotion and emotion is the essence in any tradition. If all temples are concerned about is appearance and superficiality, then let them hire professional singers and dancers and have them up in front of the deities. It’s like anything in this world, creative expression done with selfless desire and love will have more impact on those seeking the essential and not the superficial. Look at some of the best selling books, movies and music out there created for a mass audience, most are made without the soulful heartfelt expression that you find in smaller less conventional art-forms created to please a smaller audience. Sing Prisni sing, and don’t let anybody out there to say you can’t! I can't sing either, but I am good at remembering the words. A few times at Soho Street I led the kirtan because I was the only one there who could remember the words - LOL -------------------- The legal concept of a reasonable person is about as unreasonable as you can be.
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Jun 6 2009, 04:27 PM
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QUOTE (Prisni @ Jan 16 2007, 05:49 PM) I love to sing. Unfortunately others don't like my singing as much as I do. ISKCON has the silly idea that singing should only be those born with a nice singing voice. The others should keep quiet. So to do what I loved, I had to leave ISKCON. And after that I was singing a lot. Everything possible, and never "devotional" music, which just reminded me of all past sillyness. Today I can sing "devotional" music too. Enough time has passed. Me and Ayyapan used to sing duets. Very, very devotional. So much devotional that the demigods mush have showered flowers, and all materialists must hold for their ears. Prisni, I seem to remember a story about Bhaktisiddhanta in which he purposefully chose lead singers who could not hold a note. The point being the important thing was the devotional act of the singing, not the material, musical quality of it. Anyone else remember this anecdote? Homer, have you been recording? Where can I listen? |
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Jun 6 2009, 06:01 PM
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QUOTE (zvs @ Jun 6 2009, 04:27 PM) Prisni, I seem to remember a story about Bhaktisiddhanta in which he purposefully chose lead singers who could not hold a note. The point being the important thing was the devotional act of the singing, not the material, musical quality of it. Anyone else remember this anecdote? Homer, have you been recording? Where can I listen? I, too, recall hearing that anecdote. And I, too, want to hear Homer's recordings! |
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