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Prahlada Maharaja, while praying to Lord Nrsimha, said, "O my Lord, I am very much afraid of the materialistic way of life, and I am not the least afraid of Your present ghastly ferocious feature as Nrsimhadeva. This materialistic way of life is something like a grinding stone, and we are being crushed by it. We have fallen into this horrible whirlpool of the tossing waves of life, and thus, my Lord, I pray at Your lotus feet to call me back to Your eternal abode as one of Your servitors. This is the summit liberation of this materialistic way of life. I have very bitter experience of the materialistic way of life. In whichever species of life I have taken birth, compelled by the force of my own activities, I have very painfully experienced two things, namely separation from my beloved and meeting with what is not wanted. And to counteract them, the remedies which I undertook were more dangerous than the disease itself. So I drift from one point to another birth after birth, and I pray to You therefore to give me a shelter at Your lotus feet."
Srimad-bhagavatam 1:19:20 Purport
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Probably the first real, completed painting I've done since high school days. It was started a little over a year ago I think, and it's progress phased in and out a few months here, a few months there, etc. Finally got up the initiative to finish it over the past two weeks. (Sorry for the inconsistency of the image, the original painting is bigger than my scanner bed and had to piece it together
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Acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24".
Srimad-bhagavatam 1:19:20 Purport
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Probably the first real, completed painting I've done since high school days. It was started a little over a year ago I think, and it's progress phased in and out a few months here, a few months there, etc. Finally got up the initiative to finish it over the past two weeks. (Sorry for the inconsistency of the image, the original painting is bigger than my scanner bed and had to piece it together
)Acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24".
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The tale of Narasimha is one of my favorite and beautiful tales I ever heard . Narasimha was one of the most interesting and badass deities I have ever met . This shows us also how many patterns of hero there is . Narasimha is not an knight in white armor as we westerners . At first glance it is an ferocious monster ( lion was and is one of the most feared creatures after all ) as he not only butchers Hiranyakashipu , but before that he mercilessly crushes all his dreams and believes that not even ashes remained , that this demon never had any power , was perhaps that , aside death , was the biggest cruelty Hiranyakashipu had experienced from his hand . But like on this picture we meet a different site of Narasimha . He came for Prahlada , for one defenceless boy , defends him with all his might and power , he uses his intellect and cunning since when Hiranyakashipu received this boon the Brahmin made , then the wise Brahmin made this to have a catch . Narasimha represents something that modern art forgot completely . First - Hero must be a cunt . Second - He must be good to everyone . Three - He must submit himself/herself to the world . Four- He can't do a damn thing to a villain . Five - He can't be cunning , intelligent enough to smell a rat or to see through people and must suffere every blow . Narasimha crushed all of this dumb patterns like a true boss and in my heart he will be forever an inspiration how to be a badass hero