The Olympic Games are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. This year Olympic Games are played in Rio, Brazil. Practically everyone's eyes are on their country's player, who is winning which medal?
Now someone may ask what's the relation between God and Olympic Games, yes there is relation, because sporting tendency also comes from God only, He has this tendency in fullest but in minute quantity within us. Srimad Bhagavatam explains when Lord Krishna was in Vrindavan, as a young boy He would play so many games with his cowherd friends. Prabhupad writes in Krishna book, "The boys played at catching ball with fruits such as bael and amalaka. They played blindman’s buff, challenging and touching one another. Sometimes they imitated the forest deer and various kinds of birds. They joked with one another by imitating croaking frogs, and they enjoyed swinging underneath the trees. Sometimes they would play amongst themselves like a king and his subjects. In this way, Balarama and Krsna, along with all Their friends, played all kinds of sports and enjoyed the soothing atmosphere of Vrndavana, full of rivers, lakes, rivulets, fine trees and excellent gardens filled with fruits and flowers."
Such a innovative and interesting sports Krishna and his friends played. In Vrindavan no one did 'Doping' but still everyone was enthusiastic and energetic because their aim was to please God and not to win the medals. In Vrindavan sports no one is looser, but everyone is gold medalist, everyone gets an opportunity to please the Krishna. Prabhupad was always against the frivolous sports, which were made for only sense gratification and which included exposing the body parts(in case of women), but he encouraged the sports where there was some connection with Krishna. History tells devotees of lord like Uddhava and King Parikshita would play with doll of Krishna when they were small kids.
Today's sports are nothing but imitation of these real games, they are filled with passion and impurities, I just heard a news saying, in game village, Rio, they have distributed around 5 lac contraceptive pills packets and condoms to athletes, means encouraging illicit sex. Also most of these athletes are non-vegetarians, some of them even eat dog(Ki-ko Bay, female archer from Korea), that means violence, cruelty and mercilessness towards poor animals for own benefits.
So it's our choice to play a game which will eventually purify and elevate us to God consciousness or to support and play the games which are degrading human values.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
Now someone may ask what's the relation between God and Olympic Games, yes there is relation, because sporting tendency also comes from God only, He has this tendency in fullest but in minute quantity within us. Srimad Bhagavatam explains when Lord Krishna was in Vrindavan, as a young boy He would play so many games with his cowherd friends. Prabhupad writes in Krishna book, "The boys played at catching ball with fruits such as bael and amalaka. They played blindman’s buff, challenging and touching one another. Sometimes they imitated the forest deer and various kinds of birds. They joked with one another by imitating croaking frogs, and they enjoyed swinging underneath the trees. Sometimes they would play amongst themselves like a king and his subjects. In this way, Balarama and Krsna, along with all Their friends, played all kinds of sports and enjoyed the soothing atmosphere of Vrndavana, full of rivers, lakes, rivulets, fine trees and excellent gardens filled with fruits and flowers."
Such a innovative and interesting sports Krishna and his friends played. In Vrindavan no one did 'Doping' but still everyone was enthusiastic and energetic because their aim was to please God and not to win the medals. In Vrindavan sports no one is looser, but everyone is gold medalist, everyone gets an opportunity to please the Krishna. Prabhupad was always against the frivolous sports, which were made for only sense gratification and which included exposing the body parts(in case of women), but he encouraged the sports where there was some connection with Krishna. History tells devotees of lord like Uddhava and King Parikshita would play with doll of Krishna when they were small kids.
Today's sports are nothing but imitation of these real games, they are filled with passion and impurities, I just heard a news saying, in game village, Rio, they have distributed around 5 lac contraceptive pills packets and condoms to athletes, means encouraging illicit sex. Also most of these athletes are non-vegetarians, some of them even eat dog(Ki-ko Bay, female archer from Korea), that means violence, cruelty and mercilessness towards poor animals for own benefits.
So it's our choice to play a game which will eventually purify and elevate us to God consciousness or to support and play the games which are degrading human values.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
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