Remember the incident involving an intruder at George Harrison's home:- '"I made the decision to shout back at him to distract him. I looked down and shouted Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna." The tactic did not work and the intruder advanced up the stairs.' http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2000/nov/15/stevenmorris
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "min.pige" <min.pige@> wrote: > > > > > > yes please post and thanks! > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > To All: > > > > > > > > In my reading of the Shrimad Bhagavatam, I found a passage > > > > relating to mantras for protection. I found that the > > > > Narayana Kavach is similar to the TM initiation puja. > > > > If anyone is interested, I'll post it. > > > > ****** > > > > John, I am going to link to the translation I like, from the > > Concise Srimad Bhagavatam: > > > > http://snipurl.com/nejba [books_google_com] > > Curious, I clicked on this excerpt and read it and found: > > Visanipa said: "When confronted by danger a devotee > should bathe, sit facing the north and recite the > prayer sacred to Narayana. By the mystic process known > as nyasa he should transmute his body into the holy name > of the Lord. Contemplating the self as the supreme being > endowed with power, knowledge, austerity and respledence, > he should pray: > > "May sri Hari protect me in all ways. May the divine fish > protect me in water; the divine dward on land; the lord > of colossal form in the air; lord Narasimha in the forest > and in battle; the divine boar on the road; lord Rama on > mountain peaks and other places. May Narayana protect me > from violent actions..." > > etc., ad nauseum > > Now here's my question for John (jr_esq) and others who > actually profess to believe that the "vedic literature" holds > all the cosmic wisdom and knowledge in life, and that if > we want to live a long, fruitful, and enlightened life we > should do exactly what this "vedic literature" says: > > Assume that you find yourself in danger. Assume > further that the danger is in the form of an intruder > in your house who is waving a knife and acting crazy. > Are you going to follow the advice of the "scripture" > above to protect yourself? > > If so, might I suggest that you will be dead before you've > had time to fill the bathtub, much less bathe and sit facing > the north and chant this crap. The "divine fish" and the > "divine dwarf" don't enter into it; they are non-starters in > this game, no matter how long you pray to them. The other > "gods" are going to be similarly absent. > > You can go the "scriptural" route if you want. Me, I consider > it rank superstition. I'd look around for the nearest Louisville > Slugger and try my best to put the intruder's head over the > fences. > > There may be a time for enjoying fairy tales. When one is in > danger does not strike me as one of those times. > > Besides, fairy tales are not always what people think they are: > > > :-) >
