Category: Conception

Satyam – Shivam – Sundaram

Satyam – Shivam – Sundaram Act I – IV 2016 Acrylic on paper 190 x 140mm This work is symbolises a scene in the conceptual reality described in the Brahma-saṁhitā, where the womb of Māyā is being penetrated by the glance of Śrī Viṣṇu. The fundamental fabric of reality revealed in the Veda is consciousness, […]

Klim Power

“Let Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī purify the whole world, because She has surrendered Herself completely unto Krishna. Out of Her ecstatic love for Him, She sometimes acted just like an addled person and attempted to churn curd, although there was no curd in the pot. And seeing this, Krishna became so enchanted by Rādhārāṇī that He began […]

Nostalgia

āmi ta’ tomāra, tumi ta’ āmāra,ki kāja apara dhane Feeling the happiness of Your service in my heart, I have completely forgotten all past history. I am Yours, and You are mine. What need is there for any other wealth? Śrīla Bhaktivinod Ṭhākur ~ Śaraṇāgati Ātma-Nivedanātmikā

Svaha

When Driving into Melbourne, graffiti starts to pop up on the freeway barriers and road signs, building in intensity the closer you get to certain suburbs.  This reminded me of an idea of a tag I had when talking to my son about street art. Taking  ” Svaha” an auspicious ending used when chanting certain […]

Cliché

The internet stole my momentAnd turned it into a cliché.

KYFC

kaler doṣa-nidhe rājannasti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ kīrttanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-bandhaḥ paraṁ vrajet ~Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.51 O King, this age of Kali is a reservoir of inauspiciousness, yet it has but one glorious quality: in this age, simply by chanting the Holy Name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the soul is freed from the bondage of Māyā and […]

Seven Up

Once in Vrindavan My spiritual master was drinking soft drink and joking with his devotees. Counting his fingers Like you do when you chant the Gayatri Mantra. “Maha Jana Tapa Satya, Seven up” We all laughed as he was referring to going beyond the upper planetary systems of the Vedic cosmology and entering the realm of […]

Krishna Hey!

matta-simha-praya prabhu karila gamana premavese yaya kari’ nama-sankirtana   Almost like a mad lion, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went on His tour filled with ecstatic love and performing sankirtana, chanting Krishna’s names as follows. The Lord chanted: Krishna! Krishna! Krishna! Krishna! Krishna! Krishna! Krishna! he Krishna! Krishna! Krishna! Krishna! Krishna! Krishna! Krishna! he Krishna! Krishna! […]