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Desi LGBT Fest 2023 (hosted by @desi-lgbt-fest)

Day 7 : Faith/Rituals of Love

Definitely geared heavily towards the 'Faith' part of this prompt as soon as I read it!

If being Queer is defying conventions and if being a part of the Queer community means going against heteronormativity and gender conformity, is it not Queer to forego materialistic ties and the love of a human partner and embrace the love of a greater being you have only heard about in stories?

All four individuals featured here were integral part of the Bhakti Movement and/or Sufism in South Asia. None were married other than Meerabai.

(Panel order from top to bottom)

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486-1534) : A key name of the Bhakti Movement and the Gauriya Vaishnav tradition in 15th Century Bengal, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was believed to have been a vessel for both Radha and Krishna. Bengali doesn't use pronouns or gendered language and we may never know what they would have preferred to be identified as in a language they didn't know (English), I will simply resort to using They/Them for them. Their written teachings are few and far between but the verse mentioned here is the seventh verse of the only written record of their teachings, the Shikshastakam - a collection of 8 total verses. The translation here is my own and quite literal so that the interpretation is left to the reader.

Meerabai (1498-1597) : [CW : IMPLIED QUEERPHOBIA/APHOBIA] Meerabai was born into Rajput royalty and was married off, also to Rajput royalty, in likely an arranged marriage. While most of the stories surrounding her are folklore whose historicity is yet to be confirmed, her marital status can be confirmed, and so can her devotion and affection for Krishna and the divine, which she has herself penned in numerous poems and songs. Folklore does strongly imply that she was non-committal to her marriage and that her in-laws tried to poison her to death multiple times for it.

Kabir (1398–1448 or 1440–1518) : Found as an orphan by a Muslim weaver couple, Kabir's religion grew to become somewhat of an enigma for future generations. His stance, however, on the topic romance and marital relationships is quite clear - he looked down upon them and a huge chunk of his couplets strongly imply that romantic and sexual relations simply obstruct spiritual enlightenment.

Bulleh Shah (1680-1757) : Bulleh Shah, though an ardent proponent of loving the divine, was declared a Kafir, a non-believer/non-Muslim by a quite a few Muslim clerics of the time. He was known for speaking up against existing power hierarchies of the time and used vernacular speech for his writings (Punjabi, Sindhi) which not only served to popularize his works, but also let people connect to his words.

A personal note on my motivations under the cut.

A while back when I was actively going through the anxiety of finding out that I am ace and that I will never fit into the current South Asian society that the wedding industry has a chokehold on, I desperately wanted to see people from my own culture living happily without a partner. During one of my history rabbit hole escapedes, I restumbled upon the story of Meerabai, how she always insisted on loving and devoting herself towards Krishna, despite being married into a normative and wealthy household and despite her in-laws repeatedly attempting to poison her for not committing to her husband. Most of us from India grow up hearing about Meerabai, her spiritual connections to Krishna, and her struggles. The moral of those stories is always framed as 'believe in god, he will help you through tough times'. But this was the first time I was making a different connection, I was drawing different morals. And when I took Meerabai's non-conformity to her married life and started looking for more examples like hers, I was overwhelmed by how many more individuals existed without a partner, condemned being in a normative, married relationship, admitted to having lost human connections and faced resistance even, and yet stayed true to their orientation and sounded HAPPY! It was extremely hard to narrow it down to these four, but these do make my point! Labels are hard to transpose across cultures and history. But if being queer means being nonconforming of marital structures and being aspec/arospec implies neutrality, indifference, or aversion to romance and intercourse, then no one fits the label if they don't.

#desilgbtfest23 #desi lgbt #desi lgbtq fest #long post #pride 2023 #pride #original art #my art #meerabai #meera bai #sant kabir #kabir #kabirdas #bullehshah #bulleh shah #chaitanya mahaprabhu #bhakti movement #sufism #sufi #tw implied aphobia #tw mild aphobia #tw implied homophobia #btw if someone notices errors in my Shahmukhi or Gurumukhi on the Bulleh Shah illustration pls let me know #I do not speark or read or write Punjabi and I copied

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सबसे मधुर Gaur Purnima Special Bhajan: Bhaja Gauranga Kaha Gauranga | Bh...

Practically Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared to glorify the significance of the holy name. ~Srila Prabhupada Lecture; October 16, 1972 सबसे मधुर Gaur Purnima Special Bhajan: Bhaja Gauranga Kaha Gauranga | Bhojo Gourango (ভজ গৌরাঙ্গ) https://youtube.com/watch?v=uzv_Oi379G0  

#youtube #ISKCON #Hare Krishna #Krishna #Bhakti #Vedic #Vishnu #Vaishnava #Kirtan #Bhajan #Gaura Purnima #Happy Holi 2024 #Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

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nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro nāhaṁ varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vanastho yatir vā kintu prodyan-nikhila-paramānanda-pūrnāmṛtābdher gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ

“ ‘I am not a brāhmaṇa, I am not a kṣatriya, I am not a vaiśya or a śūdra. Nor am I a brahmacārī, a householder, a vānaprastha or a sannyāsī. I identify Myself only as the servant of the servant of the servant of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the maintainer of the gopīs. He is like an ocean of nectar, and He is the cause of universal transcendental bliss. He is always existing with brilliance.’ ”

CC Madhya 13.80

#chaitanya mahaprabhu #srilaprabhupada #vaishnava #hare krishna #dharma #meditation #bhakti yoga #againstthestream #vedic culture #bhagavadgītā #wisdom #reincarnation #dharmapunx

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#spirituality #consciousness #chaitanya mahaprabhu #Krishna

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नवद्वीप, समाजबाड़ी और मायापुर

ब्लॉग:- नवद्वीप, समाजवाड़ी और मायापुर प्रेमसागर ने मुझे बताया - "फोन पर पिताजी ने मायापुर के लॉज वाले से कहा कि मेरा लड़का है, तीर्थ यात्रा पर निकला है। कोई गलत काम नहीं कर रहा। उन्हें कोई आपत्ति नहीं है। तब जा कर लॉज वालों ने कमरा दिया है।"

27 मार्च 2023 सवेरे आठ बजे प्रेमसागर का फोन था। वे गंगा किनारे के स्थान समाजबाड़ी में थे। हुगली नदी पार कर उन्हें उसपार मायापुर के लिये जाना था। रात वे इसी स्थान के आसपास रहे होंगे। अपना सामान अपनी पीठ पर लिये प्रेमसागर रात्रि विश्राम वाले लॉज से निकल चुके थे| समाजबाडी प्रेमसागर ने मुझे बताया कि समाजबाडी वह जगह है जहां केतुग्राम से रात्रि में पत्नी, मां और मित्रों को सोता छोड़ कर, पत्नी के आंचल…

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#chaitanya mahaprabhu #mayapur #navadweep #padyatra #prem pandey #Shaktipith

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#dharma #chaitanya mahaprabhu #image

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#chaitanya mahaprabhu #iskcon

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♥ Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ♥

Jagannatha swami nayana-patha-gami bhavatu me “May that Sri Jagannatha-deva be the object of my vision.”

#krishna #radha #govinda #gopal #radha krishna #mahaprabhu #chaitanya #jagannath

[ajanarahasya]

https://sthapatya.co/murder-mystery-of-shri-chaitanya-and-death-of-joydeb-mukhopadhyay-in-puri

#jara chaitanya mahaprabhu r mrityu rahasya samparke jante chan tader janno

[iskconraichur]

#iskconraichur​ #dailydarshan #iskcon #raichur #krishna​ #devotional #chaitanya #gauranga #darshan #shringar #peaceofmind #mahaprabhu #music #blissful #happiness #mesmerizing #deity #krishnaconsciousness #beautiful #dance #religion #trending

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Chaitanya Bhagavata

My dear teacher Jma sent me this link to this nectarian audio book on Gaura Purnima 2022 (Lord Chaitanya's appearance day). Couldn't resist distributing the nectar!

I thought posting it would be a transcendental first post AND a good way to archive it incase the link becomes difficult to find online otherwise...

Jaya Nimai, Jaya Nitai!

#Chaitanya Bhagavata #Gauranga #Gaura #Nimai #Nitai #Nityananda #Hare Krishna #Internet archive #Vrindavana dasa Thakura #ISKCON #Mahaprabhu #Lord #Chaitanya Charitamrita #Sri Siksastakam

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Some sketches I did for TDOV! Had 3 more planned but couldn't finish them in time. Alas, they remain WIPs. Maybe next year?

P.S: The Ardhanarishwar is a redraw of a 11th Century Chola bronze. Original under the cut

#trans day of visibility #tdov23 #tdov #tdov 2023 #happy tdov #shikhandi #chaitanya mahaprabhu #ardhanarishwar #ardhanareeshwar #hinduism #hindu mythology #original art #fanart #my art

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Happy Gaura Purnima 2024 

❤Nityananda Gauranga 💥Kishori Mohan Das💥 Music Of Yoga❤

#youtube #Gaura Purnima #Kirtan #Chaitanya mAHAPRABHU

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Remembering SHRI CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU, on his Punyatithi His teachings are eternal and are still relevant to people from all sections of society. 🌸🌸 #potterycandlebar #chaitanya #chaitanyamahaprabhu #avatar #radhakrishna #radhakrishn #radha #krishna #srikrishna #vaishnavism #nabadwip #hindu #hinduism #temple #hindufestival #hindutva #hindutemple #mahaprabhu #gaudiyavaishnavism #shikshashtakam #hareramaharekrishna #kirtan #bhaktiyoga #gauranga #illustration #illustrationartists #illustragram #illustrationart #sketch #viralpost (at Pottery, The Candle Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce0HmqUr8e5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#potterycandlebar #chaitanya #chaitanyamahaprabhu #avatar #radhakrishna #radhakrishn #radha #krishna #srikrishna #vaishnavism #nabadwip #hindu #hinduism #temple #hindufestival #hindutva #hindutemple #mahaprabhu #gaudiyavaishnavism #shikshashtakam #hareramaharekrishna #kirtan #bhaktiyoga #gauranga #illustration #illustrationartists #illustragram #illustrationart #sketch #viralpost

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Hare Krishna ॐ Talon Abraxas

The Hare Krishna mantra is a chant meant for enhancing consciousness to the greatest possible degree. Chanting the Hare Krishna mantra can give peace, happiness, God realization, freedom from repeated birth and death, and total self-fulfillment. Also known as the maha-mantra—great chant—it consists of three Sanskrit names of the Supreme Being; "Hare," "Krishna," and "Rama."

The mantra is most commonly translated as, "O Lord, O Energy of the Lord, please engage me in Your service." It was popularized in the sixteenth century by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and spread worldwide in the late twentieth century by Srila Prabhupada and his followers in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

#Bandcamp

[gyandutt]

योगद्या शक्तिपीठ और नवद्वीप

ब्लॉग:- योगद्या शक्तिपीठ और नवद्वीप उन्हें रात्रि गुजारने के लिये कोई स्थान नहीं मिला। वे इस उहापोह में थे कि क्या नवद्वीप जा कर चैतन्य महाप्रभु के जन्मस्थान का दर्शन करें या अपनी शक्तिपीठ यात्रा पर चलते रहें। उन्होने नवद्वीप जाने का निर्णय किया।

26 मार्च 2023 सवेरे उजानी के शक्तिपीठ से आगे रवाना होने में देर हुई। मंदिर का मुख्य दरवाजा बंद था। पुजारी जी सो रहे थे। उन्हें उठाया और तब दरवाजा खुला। सवेरे पांच बजे प्रेमसागर निकल लेते पर एक घण्टा देरी से निकल सके। “भईया, यह हमें समझ नहीं आया। शक्तिपीठ के पुजारी हो कर भी सवेरे ब्रह्म मुहूर्त में नहीं उठते। सवेरे भोर का समय ही तो पूजा-आराधना का होता है।” – रास्ते में चाय के लिये रुके प्रेमसागर…

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#chaitanya mahaprabhu #kala pahad #kshirsagar #navdveep #padyatra #prem pandey #Shaktipith #yogodya shaktipeeth