Thursday, December 25, 2008

Small talk on Jesus Christ's birth: Christmas!

Appearance Day of Jesus Christ: Today is a very Holy Day.
He is a shakytavesha avatara. He is a jiva, a vaishnava, sent to this world to mainly prevent insist in the society at that time.

Most of the people were shepherds, did not know the principles of God. Jesus Christ was sent as an acharya, Guru to help them all understand love of God. Srila Prabhupada says in Australia, that he came there not to convert, but to make them better Christians, better lovers of God.

Jesus Christ and his pastimes: It all happened in Jerusalem. It was a place of humility.
Point: Mary Magdalene, a prostitute, was condemned to death for her sins. She genuinely agreed that she has done sins and now wanted to reform, took the shelter of Jesus. Jesus accepted her and saved her from her imminent death. She became a follower of Jesus Christ's teachings.
Her firm commitment to her Guru, her service attitude, willingness to risk the life for her spiritual master, she is even now worshiped with her statue being erected in various churches.

Jesus Christ and his followers were arrested and crucified by the Romans and others. But still he prayed from the cross that please my Lord, excuse them from all these sins.

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Compassion is another quality that Jesus Christ has exhibited. But today, his teachings are diluted.

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He came at the time when stealing, killing, insist was common in the society. He came to preach these basic principles of humanity to people of that society. And even for such basic teachings, they crucified him. Jesus Christ said he knew a lot of things, but the people at that time were not in a position to understand all that, so he just gave them what they could understand.

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