Nivedh.S. Maheswaran Why Celebrate krishna's birthday Janmashtami celebrates the birth of krishna. Ashtami , the half- moon, indicates a perfect balance between the seen and unseen aspects of reality , the visible material world and invisible spiritual realm. Krishna's birth on ashtami signifies his mastery of both spiritual and material worlds. His teaching are most relevant to our times in the sense that they neither let you lost in material pursuits nor make you completely withdrawn. To celebrate gokulashtami is to imbibe extremely opposite yet compatible qualities and manifest them in your own life. Krishna simply means the most attractive - the self or the being . Radheshyam represents infinity. Radhe is individual life and shyam is infinite life. Krishna is the self of every being and when our true natural self shines through our personality, skills and abundance follow. It is said that krishna used to steal butter ; what does this signify ? Butter is
