Every Town and Village
18 Jul 2022 Leave a comment
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“Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion.” (Bhagavad-gita 18.78)
Traditional Indian Art Paintings By B.G. Sharma
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30 Dec 2021 Leave a comment
in A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Art, Govinda dasi Tags: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, bhava, Govinda dasi, picture of vrndavan, Srila Prabhupada, Swamiji, Transcendental Art
A Painting Full of Bhava
by Govinda Dasi
Govinda Dasi: It was at that time, when Swamiji was recovering from stroke in Vrindaban, feeling great separation from Swamiji, that I designed a drawing of Krishna returning home from the forest with thousands of cows. It was indeed a special drawing, for though I had never seen Vrindaban, or even photographs of it, just from Swamiji’s many descriptions of Vrindaban, I was able to create a picture that did indeed look very much like Krishna’s Vrindaban.
While doing this drawing, I was seeing cows and cowlads in my minds’ eye for weeks! I selected one particular cowlad to be Swamiji, and sent him a copy of the picture, denoting that the cowlad on the far right of Krishna was my depiction of him.
Years later, this early drawing of Krishna’s Vrindaban was artfully colored in by some of the later BBT artists, and is still used today in many of the books and temples. It is a painting that is full of bhava. That is because it is Swamiji’s drawing – not mine. It is full of his devotion. Remember, I had never even seen Vrindaban. But he was able to convey it to me so perfectly that the mood of Vrindaban is indeed present in that picture!
And he was also able to guide me from within my mind and heart just how he wanted it done. This is the deeper, more spiritual, understanding of transcendental art. It doesn’t come from us; as artists, we have to open ourselves so that Srila Prabhupada’s devotion comes through us. This mood requires surrender of the arrogant and rebellious attitude that, “I am the doer.” Or, “I am the artist.“
10 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Art, Bhagavad-gita As It Is 1972 Edition Tags: A. C. Bhakthvedanta Swami Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, picture index, picture index bhagavad-gita, Picture Index to Bhagavad-gita
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
PICTURE INDEX
The illustrations of Bhagavad-gītā As It Is were painted by members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness working under the personal direction of the author, their spiritual master, In the following descriptive index, the numbers in boldface type which follow each plate number refer to the chapter and verse of the Gītā that the picture illustrates.
01 Oct 2019 Leave a comment
in Art, Govinda dasi, Srila Prabhupada Tags: Govinda dasi, mother earth, Srila Prabhupada, the world acharya dream, visionary dream, Vyasasana
His Divine Grace
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
The following is the written memories and description by Govinda dasi, of her dream which inspired the above picture and her description of the painting.
About “The World Acharya Dream”
by Govinda dasi
Some time after Srila Prabhupada left this world, I had a very powerful dream….In that visionary dream, I saw Srila Prabhupada sitting on a huge lion-flanked and jewel-bedecked Vyasasana. His Vyasasana rested on the brightly shimmering globe of Mother Earth, and was positioned just above the sacred land of India. Behind him, the vast curvature of the earth planet was visible. A silvery bluish-white light emanated from the center of the vision, forming a giant oval, in which Srila Prabhupada sat.
Below him were many crowds of people–all races, nationalities, and all ages–all the people of the world, reaching out from darkness. They were pointing toward Srila Prabhupada, in awe and wonder, exclaiming, reaching out, praising, and acknowledging him according to their various abilities. Many were in darkness, in worldly life, yet they were all reaching out toward Srila Prabhupada, seeking his mercy.
Above Srila Prabhupada, in the shimmering silver-blue sky, many swan-shaped airplanes circled. In these airplanes, devas were singing praises and showering flowers. Cascades of colorful blossoms tumbled down from their swan planes, as they glorified Srila Prabhupada. With sweet sounding instruments, and heavenly chorus, they sang “Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare. Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare…” Their joyful mood spread throughout the universe.
07 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in Art, Muralidhara das, The Hare Krishna Movement, Uncategorized Tags: Krishna consciousness, Muralidhara ds, philosophy, philosophy of Krsna Consciousness, Spiritual Practice
06 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Art, Back to Godhead, Devotee's, Uncategorized Tags: Back to Godhead Magazine, I have no capacity to repay you, ISKCON artists, Srila Prabhupada, Yadurani devi dasi
“I Have No Capacity to Repay You”
by Yadurani Devi Dasi
Excerpted from Back to Godhead Magazine
Vol. 26, No. 2, 1992
Srila Prabhupada placed great spiritual value on the sometimes crude paintings of ISKCON’s first artists.
TWENTY-SIX SECOND AVENUE, New York City, 1967: Govinda Dasi had recently painted Srila Prabhupada’s quarters—blue walls with gold borders. His desk was his trunk from India. He sat on second-hand mats donated by his disciples.
Prabhupada showed me a beautiful print of Radha and Krsna with the eight principal gopis, standing together in the moonlight in a garden in the Vrndavana forest. He wanted me to copy the scene onto a large canvas.
Prabhupada told me that the gopis in the picture had Bengali beauty because they’d been painted by a Bengali artist. The flowers at Krsna’s feet didn’t seem very clearly painted to me. They looked like colored blobs. I asked Prabhupada what kind of flowers I should paint. “You can take any flower and transport it to Vrndavana,” he answered.
“What color should I paint Krsna’s eyes?” I asked. Sometimes we read that Krsna’s eyes are red.
“They are reddish, reddish black,” he said.
13 Aug 2017 Leave a comment
in Art, B. G. Sharma Art, Krishna, Krishna Consciousness, Krsna, Krsna Consciousness Tags: Artist B. G. Sharma, B.G. Sharma, Krishna art, krishna pastimes, Transcendental Art
Today we are posting some some of the Transcendental Art work of B.G. Sharma.
19 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in Art, B. G. Sharma Art, Krishna Consciousness Tags: Artist B. G. Sharma, B.G. Sharma, gallery of Krishna pastimes, Krishna art, The Krishna Art of B. G. Sharma, Traditional Indian Art
Today we are posting a gallery of pictures by one of my favorite Traditional Indian Artists; B. G. Sharma. This particular gallery is of Krishna’s childhood pastimes.
15 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in Art Tags: Govinda, image of Krsna, Krsna
I was surfing the other day and I ran across this really cool image of Krsna. I just wanted to see if I could make it work from our page. It works!
I found the image at http://www.prabhupada-iskcon.de/. Thanks!
22 May 2014 Leave a comment
in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Art, Lectures
The Supreme Artist
A lecture given in February 1972 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, at an art gallery in Auckland, New Zealand.
Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for coming here and giving us a chance to speak about the Supreme Artist. The Vedas describe how great an artist Krsna is: na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate na tat samas cabhyadhikas ca drsyate. Nobody can be found who is greater than the Supreme Personality of Godhead or equal to Him, and although He is the greatest artist, He doesn’t have to do anything personally.
In this world every one of us knows somebody lesser than us, somebody equal to us, and somebody greater than us. That is our experience. However great you may be, you will find somebody equal to you and somebody greater than you. But as far as the Supreme Personality of Godhead is concerned, great sages have concluded by research and experiment that nobody is equal to Him or greater than Him.
God is so great that He has nothing to do, no duties He must perform (na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate). Why? Parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate: His energies are multifarious and they are working automatically, according to His desire (svabhaviki jnana-bala-kriya ca). Suppose you are an artist. To paint a picture of a very nice rose, you have to take your brush, mix your colors on the palate, and tax your brain to make the picture beautiful. But in a garden you can see not only one rose but many thousands of roses blooming. They have been very artistically “painted” by nature.
10 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
in Art, Uncategorized Tags: garden, moving image, Peacock, rasammoves
We ran across this image one day while searching for garden images. Liked it very much and thought we would share it with our readers. Thanks to the unknown artist.
28 Jan 2013 1 Comment
in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Art, Free Audio Books, Free Downloads, Free eBooks, Krishna Path, Prahlada-Nrsimha das Tags: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, audio books, free download, free eBooks, Internet, ISKCON Press, Krishna art, Krsna Book, Krsna The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Prahlada-Nrsimha das, Transcendental Art
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I am always glad to hear from my friend Prahlada-Nrsimha Prabhu over at Krishna Path because it usually means he has another book ready to be uploaded onto the Internet. For instance today this message arrived in our mailbox:
Haribol! We are very happy to announce that KrishnaPath.org has now completed the scanning of the original 1970 ISKCON Press edition (Volume one) of KRSNA The Supreme Personality of Godhead and is available for free download! We are working hard to get you the second volume as well. By your prayers and blessings the second volume KRSNA book will be ready and available for free download soon.
18 Dec 2012 1 Comment
in Art, Back to Godhead, Srila Prabhupada Tags: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Back to Godhead Magazine, Bharadraja das, bona fide spiritual master, Devahuti devi, Govinda dasi, ISKCON Press, Jadurani devi, Krishna art, Krishna Consciousness Artists, Lord Visnu, Maralidhara das, Srila Prabhupada, Transcendental Art, transcendental devotional service, utilize whatever talent in the service of the Lord
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This is perhaps the first picture I ever saw of Radha & Krishna. I remember thinking at the time: “This is the most beautiful picture I have ever seen in my life.” Since then I have been fortunate to have relished so many other beautiful pictures of Radha and Krishna, but one always remembers his first love. Srila Prabhupada by his causless mercy, has given us so much in the way of Art, Music, Knowledge, etc. that I am simply in awe!
Transcendental Art
Excrpted from Back to Godhead Magazine 1971, Vol. 1, No. 39
One of the basic principles of Krsna consciousness is that one may utilize whatever talent he has in the service of the Supreme Lord. And it is a symptom of a bona fide spiritual master that he is expert in engaging everyone in practical transcendental devotional service. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has thus engaged a number of very talented artists in the service of the Lord by asking them to use their natural artistic inclination in painting pictures of the Supreme Godhead. According to all the revealed Vedic scriptures, God is not formless or void, but on the contrary He has the most attractive personal form. In fact He has many transcendental forms. Krsna appears and expands Himself in multi expansions and incarnations, and these are described in Vedic literatures such as Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam.
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