Guruji On Janmashtami

[ρяєιty thoмαs]

Janmashtami is a very juicy day; Get absorbed in your own juice, juice of your own self! You cannot be dry on this day!! (Laughter!!) On the Janmashtami day you get immersed in the being. Some of us who are very closely sitting or standing in the front may go back and dance! It's a day to dance, sing.. you cannot be dry on this occasion!!

It is said that when Krishna did the *raas *with the Gopis then He took as many forms as the number of the Gopis. Janmashtami is the day of chaos and bliss amidst charm and childhood. Children play with water guns and through water at each other and here you have it all naturally!! (Laughter!!)

Jnamashtami is not the time to be serious. It is the time to dance and celebrate. The legend goes that Krishna multiplies into so many forms of his own self and dances with all the Gopis! So you all can actually go back and dance. Krishna says, "Yomaan pashyantiâ¦." Which means, One who sees me in everybody and also sees everybody in me, to such a devotee I cannot leave. I cannot leave that person ever.

You know Lord Sri Krishna was not just a person; Krishna is also a consciousness, which is all bliss and all permeating. It is a tatwa. Krishna is a tatwa.

- Sri Sri

|| Jai Guru Dev ||