{"id":49478,"date":"2024-08-16T09:38:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T07:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/163862399926"},"modified":"2024-08-16T09:38:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T07:38:38","slug":"sri-balarama-the-savior-from-the-labyrinth-of-maya-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=49478","title":{"rendered":"Sri Balarama &#8211; The Savior From The Labyrinth Of Maya!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/www.krishnatemple.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Festival_Balarama_Appearance.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sri Balarama &#8211; The Savior From The Labyrinth Of Maya! <br \/>\nBy Sacinandana Swami <!--(August, 2017)<br \/><!-- --><br \/>\nTo complete our spiritual journey we need strength \u2013 much spiritual strength \u2013 so that we can act upon our higher convictions. But how and where do we find this strength?<br \/>\nThe answer is we need to go to the Lord Himself! He is the reservoir of everything, including infallible spiritual strength, the \u201cacyuta balah\u201d. The aspect of Lord Krishna who is particularly responsible in granting spiritual strength is Lord Balarama, who acts in the pastime of Lord Krishna as His beautiful older brother.<br \/>\nLord Balarama has a brilliant complexion, like a mountain of crystal with camphor, and wears ocean-blue garments. A stunning contrast! His voice is very grave and His powerful arms reach down to His thighs. He is not only Krishna\u2019s elder brother but also His dearest friend who \u2018comes to life\u2019 fully and only in Lord Krishna\u2019s association.<br \/>\nWhen Lord Krishna steps to His right side He is Balarama \u2013 the same Personality but with a slightly other role. He acts differently; amongst others, He gives His devotees the required strength to attain His brother Krishna (Himself). Srila Prabhupada wrote,<br \/>\n\u201cOne cannot attain the goal of life without the mercy of Balarama\u2026When one receives the mercy of Lord Balarama, Nityananda, one can attain the lotus feet of Radha and Krishna very easily.\u201d (Shrimad Bhagavatam, 7.15.45, purport). <br \/>\nThe easiest way to get in contact with the Lord is to get in contact with someone who is very dear to Him, i.e. a pure devotee who acts as the spiritual master. When one serves the spiritual guru, Balarama gives one strength \u2013 an experience all faithful disciples everywhere and at all times have made.<br \/>\nToday at Balarama\u2019s Appearance Day, let us pray to Lord Balarama:<br \/>\n\u201cThe splendor of Your transcendental form eclipses many millions of glistening rising moons. The slightest scent of Your boundless strength is sufficient to destroy many armies of demons. I offer my prayers to You, O Balarama.\u201d (Sri Vraja-vilasa-stava)<br \/>\nFollowing the mood and footsteps of Srila Raghunatha Gosvami, I offer my personal prayer to Lord Balarama:<br \/>\n\u201cO Lord Balarama, please if You so desire, give me strength to conquer my restless mind with its armies of useless thoughts which sometimes run away and get lost in the labyrinth of this world.\u201d<br \/>\nMay Lord Balarama shower you all with His mercy of spiritual strength so that you can act on your deepest spiritual desires, convictions, and understandings.<br \/>\nLord Balarama ki jaya!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Mm62c34.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p>To complete our spiritual journey we need strength &ndash; much spiritual strength &ndash; so that we can act upon our higher convictions. But how and where do we find this strength?<br \/>\nThe answer is we need to go to the Lord Himself! He is the reservoir of everything, including infallible spiritual strength, the &ldquo;acyuta balah&rdquo;. The aspect of Lord Krishna who is particularly responsible in granting spiritual strength is Lord Balarama, who acts in the pastime of Lord Krishna as His beautiful older brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49478"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112762,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49478\/revisions\/112762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}