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Permanent link to archive for 27/5/06. Saturday, May 27, 2006

The Stuff of Flutes

From Bhurijana Prabhu...

Hare Krsna.This picture of bamboo was taken early one morning in Sri Dhama Mayapura.

Srila Prabhupada glorifies Krsna and His transcendental flute in the Krsna Book:

Krsna was very expert in playing the flute, and the gopis were captivated by the sound vibration, which was attractive not only to them but to all living creatures who heard it. One of the gopis told her friends, "The highest perfection of the eyes is to see Krsna and Balarama entering the forest and playing Their flutes and tending the cows with Their friends."

Bamboo forests grew upon Govardhana Hill. The sound of the wind rushing through the bamboo reassured the grazing cows that water was indeed nearby. Krsna's bamboo flute, despite it being faulted with many holes, was the treasure of Vraja. Once, after the gopis stole away Krsna's flute, leaving Him lamenting and unable to find it, Kundalata gopi spoke to Krsna: "Because Your bamboo flute was so full of holes, it was defective, and was hardly worth half a conch-shell when it was new, what to speak of now that it is old and battered. That such a flute was stolen from Your hand is actually a blessing. You are the prince of the cowherds, why should You lament the loss of an insignificant bamboo flute? All the gopis are very happy to hear the flute is lost."

The pastimes of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are indeed amazing and unfathomable.



# Posted by Aniruddha at 27/5/06; 8:46:45 PM to the Mayapur dept.
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Srimad Bhagavatam 10.29.10-11 continuation by H.G Janananda Prabhu on transforming lust into love.
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# Posted by Nanda Mandira Dasa at 27/5/06; 9:23:44 AM to the Daily Class dept.
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