Bhakti Yoga Meditations

Monday 8 February 2010

from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin, Texas USA
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Today's Thought:

Unperturbed by Death

The pure devotee of the Lord is so advanced in his Krishna consciousness that he is completely undisturbed at the time of death. Because he is completely free from bodily identification, death for him is nothing more than going from one room into another room. In other words, it is not a traumatic, anxiety-ridden experience. It is simply another routine activity in the service of the Lord, that yesterday I was serving the Lord in that place, and now today I am serving the Lord in this place. While for the materialist death means the complete total destruction of all his plans, for the devotee death simply means that he continues with his service with the added benefit of better facilities.

In this connection there is the example of Parikshit Maharaja. According to the description in the Srimad Bhagavatam because he fully realized that he was separate from his body he did not notice when the snake-bird Taksaka approached him to kill him nor did he even see his dying body. In this way being fully absorbed in blissful Krishna consciousness he was completely unperturbed by his death. We also can be equally unperturbed by death, if we seriously adopt the principles of Krishna consciousness in our daily lives.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Maharaja Parikshit Being Bitten by the Snake-bird

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: How Can Alaskans Be Vegetarians?

If I give the argument that Krishna says in the Bhagavad-Gita, "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.", someone might ask, "Then why are you eating grains and milk products as well?" How could I explain?

And also, I have been asked, "What should the people who live in Alaska do? How could they become vegetarian?

Your servant,

Anda

Answer: With 100 Pound Cabbages They Already Have Full Facility.

Botanically speaking grains are a type of dry fruit so they are included in this verse. And we know from Krishna's pastimes that He loves all varieties of milk products.

Alaska has a profuse growing season during the summer months. Even though it only lasts for 105 days, they have 24 hours of sunlight from June through August. Because of non-stop sunlight they get amazing vegetables such as 80 to 120 pound cabbages or zucchinis the size of baseball bats. Gardening is so popular in Alaska that in Anchorage, Alaska's biggest city encompassing more than half the state's half-million population--virtually everyone has big gardens. So an Alaskan vegetarian can easily grow enough vegetables for the entire year by preserving from the sunny growing season even to last him through the 260 days of the the cold season.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Giant Alaskan Cabbage

Sunday 7 February 2010

from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin, Texas USA
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Today's Thought:

Always Prepared for the Unexpected

In this world we never know what is going to happen at any particular moment. Although things normally go on in a more or less routine way, sometimes apparently out of the blue we are hit by a devastating experience which completely overrides our normal life style. But a Krishna conscious person maintains his equilibrium in all circumstances without being disturbed because he sees how everything is going on under the perfect arrangement of Krishna.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Who is an Advanced Devotee?

How do you recognize who is an advanced devotee or a senior devotee? Is he the one who joined ISKCON before others? Or is it or something else? Please explain.

Your humble servant

Isvara Puri Dasa

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Answer: The One Who is the Most Krishna Conscious

There are a number of ways by which a devotee may be considered our senior:

1. He is physically older than us
2. He was initiated before we were initiated
3. He is in a higher spiritual position than us such as temple president or sannyasi
4. He is more spiritually advanced than us, ie. more Krishna conscious

If he is more spiritually advanced than us, he is naturally our senior, even if we are senior to him according to one of the first three items. But in spite of this, one of the symptoms of the spiritually advanced devotee is that he is always eager to offer all respect to others. He honors as his seniors all those who are engaged in devotional service and are senior to him according to any of these four items.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Saturday 6 February 2010

from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin, Texas USA
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Today's Thought:

Better than Being Comfortable

These periodic stops throughout the year at our headquarters, Bhaktivedanta Ashram in Austin, Texas, are a very important component of our around-the-world lecture tours. Because we are currently doing our service while being situated within material bodies we have to take proper care of them to keep them in proper operating condition so that we can continue traveling and spreading this supreme knowledge all over the world for many, many years to come. We always come back here to celebrate Gaura Purnima (the appearance day of Lord Caitanya), Janmastami (the appearance day of Lord Krishna), and Srila Prabhupada's Vyas Puja day (appearance day.) These breaks are a welcome respite from the rigors of regularly traveling around the globe, but as soon as we arrive here we are immediately preparing our next tour because what is even more enlivening than being comfortable is to spread the supreme comfort formula, Krishna consciousness, to all the living beings throughout the entire world.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Leading Hare Krishna Kirtan at Austin's Bhaktivedanta Ashram

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: If Guru's Order Is Potent, Why Can't I Follow It?

From China

Dear teacher:

Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

The spiritual master's instruction contains in itself the potency for the practitioner's successfully executing it, so all we have to do is fully embrace that instruction with our heart and soul. However, it does make me puzzled. For example, one of the instructions is to chant Krishna's holy names constantly and be fully focused on the sound vibration, and to chant with love. However, the mind wanders away more or less, and there's no natural love / attraction. If there's the potency in the instruction, why am I not able to follow it? The thing is, the spiritual master's instruction is on the level of pure bhakti while I am not on the level of pure bhakti, so I'm not able to follow. Of course I'm trying with my heart and soul.

In fact, I never think / feel I'm a devotee, because I never reach the depth and purity that is required & contained in the spiritual master's instructions. Is it that it needs time for the potency in guru's instruction to take effect, just like Srila Prabhupada received the instruction of preaching Krishna consciousness in western countries at a young age but did not accomplish until he reached the advanced age of 70? Could you kindly clarify this?

Your humble servant,

Yechen

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Answer: By Your Sincere Attempt Gradually You'll Become Perfect.

In any field of study it takes time to learn how to master the knowledge and its application. This is why all over the world there are so many thousands of colleges and universities with degree programs that go on for so many years. The Krishna consciousness branch of knowledge is the most highly advanced of all fields of study. Therefore it is natural that if other fields of study require so many years to master, the bhakti science will also take a substantial amount of time to master. So that the neophyte devotee does not immediately become an advanced devotee does not mean that the spiritual master's order is not fully potent. Sri Guru's instructions are fully invested with Krishna shakti and are therefore fully potent. It is simply that the disciple has to master the art of how to fully connect himself with that divine Krishna potency by faithfully, patiently serving the spiritual master's order in all times, places, and circumstances.

The seed of the bhakti has been planted by the spiritual master in your heart. But you cannot expect to have a fully grown tree of bhakti immediately. Just like if we plant an apple seed in the ground, can we realistically expect to have an apple tree full of apples appear before us immediately? No, it takes time. We must patiently nurture the small plant while it gradually grows into a large tree full of apples. So you must faithfully execute the process of Krishna consciousness with patience just like a gardener under the instructions of the bona fide spiritual master. Then in due course of time within the garden of your heart you are sure to achieve the exalted state of divine enlightened Krishna consciousness that you desire.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Friday 5 February 2010

from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin, Texas USA
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Today's Thought:

Be Steady in All Circumstances

Due to our materially conditioned natures the pathway back to home, Godhead is not always smooth. Therefore we sometimes face tests that are so severe that they can even be emotionally devastating. So how to deal with this? The key is to be always steady in one's devotional practices through thick and thin. Just like when we are sick and the doctor prescribes some medicine for us, even though we feel sometimes very bad, we faithfully take the medicine every day on the doctor's order. In this way we gradually recover from our diseased condition. In a similar way if we will faithfully execute the orders that we receive from the spiritual master in all circumstances, we will gradually emerge from the dark night of the cycle of birth and death into the beautiful fully illuminated existence of ecstatic divine consciousness, Krishna consciousness. Therefore we should be steady in our practice of Krishna consciousness in all circumstances never allowing anything, no matter what it is, to divert us to even the slightest extent from this wondrous golden road of unlimited devotion.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Be Steady in Your Practice of Krishna Consciousness
Krishna and His Associates are Waiting for Your Glorious Return
to His Eternal Transcendental Kingdom, Goloka Vrindavan

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Do You Really See God?

Dear Gurudeva!

I wish to ask you one thing. Do you really see God? If so, please tell me how you see Him. Or do you only see His presence in feelings? It's my humble request.

Thanks,

Your humble listener,

Lisasaji

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Answer: Here's How to Make a Proper Discernment.

You have asked me if I see God, and the answer is certainly that I am seeing God at every minute. Because God is omnipresent, everyone is seeing God at every minute. But the God-seeing of the Krishna conscious person and the materially conditioned person are quite different. The conditioned soul sees God in
His not so pleasant form of death. That Krishna is death is confirmed as follows in the Bhagavad-gita:

mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham

"I am all-devouring death."
--Bhagavad-gita 10.34

The conditioned person in the material energy sees God in a very fearful way because when God appears in the form of death He takes away everything that the conditioned person holds to be near and dear.

But the Krishna conscious person sees God within and without in His beautiful all-attractive feature as the all-merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead at every minute. Therefore the Krishna conscious person does not live within the material energy like the materialists. He is living within the Lord's spiritual energy experiencing the Lord's unlimited absolute benevolence at every minute.

You are asking how I am seeing God. Am I seeing him indirectly as a materialist, or am I seeing directly him as a Krishna conscious person? In this regard please understand that many people have claimed that they can see God. But how can we confirm whether they are telling the truth or not? So the real point is that we have to become learned in the science of the Bhagavad-gita to know who is actually Krishna conscious and who is not. So if we want to know if a particular person can see God or not, we have to carefully study the Bhagavad-gita as it is and carefully study the particular person also. In this way we can know whether he can directly see God or not.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Thursday 4 February 2010

from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin, Texas USA
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Today's Thought:

Stepping Over the Puddle of Material Existence

Since death can come at any moment we should always be prepared for it by being in a constant mood of pure devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This will assure our passage into the Lord's transcendental kingdom upon leaving our present bodies. By constant bhakti we will always be on the safe side in this world where there is danger at every step. In this connection it is very nicely stated in the Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.58 as follows:

samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavaṁ
mahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo murāreḥ
bhavāmbudhir vatsa-padaṁ paraṁ padaṁ
padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām

"For those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murari, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf's hoof-print. Their goal is param padam, Vaikuntha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every step."

In this way the devotees are at all not bewildered by this dangerous material existence. Rather than being in anxiety about it, they step over it as easily and effortlessly as stepping over a tiny puddle of water.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Step Over this Material Existence
Take Shelter of the Boat of Krishna's Lotus Feet

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Do Muslims Have to Take Birth as Hindus to Be Liberated?

It is enlightening and inspiring reading your daily thoughts and the questions and answers through your daily emails. Thank you very much. I have a close Muslim friend who is religious and takes interest in studying spiritual science. I am not competent and qualified to answer his questions. You are requested to kindly advise me on the subject.

His Questions:

We Muslims worship Nirgun-Nirakar God (God without qualities and form) and most of you Hindus worship Sagun-Sakar God (God with qualities and form) although some of you worship Nirgun-Nirakar too.

We consume non-vegetarian food, which is authorized by our faith and is as per religious injunctions. Since you say God is only one and has same rules for all living entities:

1) What is the ultimate fate of people who follow the Muslim faith ?

2 )What is the ultimate fate of Hindus who follow Sagun-Sakar worship?

3 ) What is the ultimate fate of Hindus who worship Nirgun-Nirakar?

4 ) God according to Hindus has said that He is both Sagun-Sakar and Nirgun-Nirakar and that people have choice to worship either. He is equal to all. How can you say Sagun-Sakar Deity worship alone will lead to pure realization stopping the birth and death cycle?

5 ) Do Muslims have to take birth again to become Hindus and worship Sagun-Sakar to realize the Ultimate Truth, which as you say is realizing one's true relationship with God?

Your humble servant,

Anil

Answer: They Simply Have to Be Pure Lovers of God

Here are your questions with answers:

You mentioned, "We Muslims worship Nirgun-Nirakar God (God without qualities and God without form) and most of you Hindus worship Sagun-Sakar God (God with qualities and God with form) although some of you worship Nirgun-Nirakar too!

The word "Hindu" was coined by you Muslims, and is thus not found anywhere in the Vedic scriptures. Since it is not found in the Vedas we prefer to identify ourselves as followers of the Vedic culture, not as Hindus. The culmination of the universal self realization science as taught in the Vedas is to worship God as being both Nirkar and Sakar. In the other words, the Supreme Person has both His personal nature His impersonal nature.

And then you mentioned, "We consume non-vegetarian food, which is authorized by our faith and is as per religious injunctions." In this connection please note that some governments allow legalized prostitution in order to keep some regulatory checks on the prostitution which is going to go on anyway. Similarly some religious scriptures allow meat eating as a concession for those who cannot come to the higher platform of respect for all living beings. Such meat eating is allowed under certain restrictions.

Even in the Vedas there is an allowance for the low class people who cannot give up their taste for rotting flesh. They are allowed to kill a goat on the dark moon night after whispering a mantra in the goat's ear that just I am killing you now to eat you, in your next life I will be a goat and you will be a human who will kill me and eat me. Such allowances for meat eating are to discourage meat eating.

While Islam gives concession for meat eating, many Muslims who understand the inner mood of Muhammad have opted for a vegetarian diet. In fact in a Muslim text known as Bukhari it is stated:

"The Holy Prophet Muhammad was asked by his companions if kindness to animals was rewarded in the life hereafter. He replied: 'Yes, there is a meritorious reward for kindness to every living creature'."

So when a Muslim adopts the position of not harming the animals by abstaining from eating them he becomes more advanced in his practice of Islam. And those Muslims who are not yet ready to come to this higher stage of Islam are informed by prophet Muhammad to at least stop eating the cow. This instruction of Muhammad is found in the famous collection by Ibn Qayyim of the sayings of Muhammad known as Zâd al-ma'âd:

'an suhayb radiya Allâh 'anhu yarfa'uhu:
'alaykum bi-laban al-baqar fa-innahâ shifâ' wa-samnuhâ dawâ' wa-lahmuhâ dâ'.

The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "You should use cows' milk, because it is for healing, and use cows' ghee because it is medicine, but beef should be avoided because it brings disease."

And then you state, "Since you say God is only one and has same rules for all living entities". Please understand that God has given different sets of rules for people on different levels. The meat eaters are given a concession for meat eating but with restriction. And then are encouraged to give it up completely.

1 ) What is the ultimate fate of people who follow Muslim Faith?

When Muslims become spiritually advanced they will naturally adopt the principle of kindness to all beings included the four-legged, winged, and finned ones by not eating them.

2 ) What is the ultimate fate of Hindus who follow Sagun-Sakar worship?

Those who are advanced in Vedic understanding worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead who possesses form and attributes. Such enlightened souls fully surrender themselves unto that the Supreme Personality of Godhead and return to the spiritual world at the time of leaving their bodies.

3 ) What is the ultimate fate of Hindus who worship Nirgun-Nirakar?

To worship only the impersonal Nirgun-Nirakar aspect of the Supreme is incomplete worship of God. Krishna states as follows in the Bhagavad-gita:

kleśo 'dhikataras teṣām
avyaktāsakta-cetasām
avyaktā hi gatir duḥkhaṁ
dehavadbhir avāpyate

"For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature
of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline
is always difficult for those who are embodied."
--Bhagavad-gita 12.5

So anyone who wants permanent relief from material existence must rise beyond Nirgun-Nirakar and understand the personal feature of the Supreme. The personal nature of the Supreme is clearly indicated in the Koran in many verses. Although the Koran certainly establishes Nirgun-Nirakar impersonalism, in its final analysis it clearly refutes that impersonalism and establishes the Sagun-Sakar personal conception of God.

4 ) God according to Hindus has said : He is both Sagun-Sakar and Nirgun-Nirakar and people have choice to worship either. He is equal to all. How can you say Sagun-Sakar Deity worship alone will lead to pure realization stopping birth and death cycle?

We do not say that. Our philosophy is both features of the Supreme should be simultaneously accepted with proper understanding that the personal feature of the Supreme is primary while His impersonal feature is secondary. Krishna clearly promotes Sagun-Sakar in the Bhagavad-gita in which He fully reveals Himself as a person with form and attributes.

5 ) Do Muslims have to take birth again to become Hindus and worship Sagun-Sakar to realize the ultimate Truth which as you say is -realizing ones true relationship with God?

No. The Muslims should simply understand that the personal Sagun-Sakar nature of Allah as it is revealed in the Koran is higher than His impersonal Nirgun-Nirakar nature. And if they can give up cruelty to the animals as is mentioned in their own scriptures and regularly chant the name of Allah they can become perfect Muslims and be qualified to attain the kingdom of God at the time of death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Wednesday 3 February 2010

from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin, Texas USA
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Today's Thought:

Great Spiritual Masters are Persecuted

Throughout world history it has been repeatedly seen that those who realize the Supreme Truth manifest great kindness upon the suffering souls of this world and thus powerfully broadcast the message of the Supreme Truth as far and as wide as possible to as many people as possible. And sadly such great spiritual masters are too often criticized and persecuted. The notable examples in this connection are Lord Jesus Christ and Hari Das Thakur. In an attempt to put him to death Lord Jesus was crucified. And in a similar attempt Haridas Thakur was severely beaten in twenty-two different market places. But in both cases these great devotees were protected by the Lord and could not be killed.

So we can similarly expect that sometimes in our efforts to share Krishna consciousness with those who are not so fortunate as to have it yet that we may sometimes be criticized, harassed, and persecuted. When this happens to us it is a real test of how serious we actually are to do whatever it takes to please our most beloved Lord Krishna, even if we have to be put into displeasing and difficult situations.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Haridas Thakur and Jesus Christ

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why 108 Japa Beads?

My Dear Guru Maharaja,

In a Gurukula class one of the students asked, "Why do the Japa beads have 108 beads and not any other figure?"

Your humble Servant,

Pravin

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Answer: 108 Upanisads and 108 Gopis

We have 108 beads because there are 108 Upanisads. By this chanting on the 108 beads we have surpassed the study of 108 Upanisads by realizing the conclusion of the 108, namely to be absorbed in the devotional service of Lord Sri Krishna.

Also there are 108 gopis in Vrindavan who are especially dear to Krishna. So by chanting on these 108 beads we are serving those 108 chief gopis. Serving Krishna's devotees is essential because becoming a devotee of Krishna means to become a devotee of the devotees of Krishna.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Tuesday 2 February 2010

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Today's Thought:

Unfailingly Dedicated in All Circumstances

The key to conquering over the modes of material nature and being solidly situated on the transcendental platform of Bhagavan realization, pure Krishna consciousness, is to always be engaged 24 hours daily in all places and circumstances in devotional service. In other words, we can easily attain the topmost perfection simply by always being vigilant without deviation that we are thinking, speaking, and acting in a way that is pleasing to Krishna. In this way if we remain unfailingly dedicated in all circumstances, we will quickly be elevated to the topmost platform of spiritual perfection and thus be blessed with always relishing the sweetest transcendental bliss, which far exceeds the happiness of the demigods in the heavenly planets. The key for quickly attaining this is to not ever give in to the desire of the senses for the cheap, quick thrills of material sense gratification. We must keep always the senses under control by constantly absorbing them engaged in Krishna's service. In this way we will taste millions of time more happiness than the fleeting so-called pleasure of the senses.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Dedicated Russian Hare Krishna Devotee Spreads
the Sublime Krishna Consciousness Science

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: How Can I Choose My Guru?

Hare Krishna!

All glories to Guru and Gauranga!

Thank you very much for this nice and elaborated article in lesson C24. Because of your answers and the email conversations between us, I am satisfied and have accepted the guru parampara and have started searching a sincere disciple of Prabhupada to accept as my spiritual master. But is my standard of devotional attitude and knowledge enough to judge the devotees who are already in Krishna Consciousness for a much longer time than me? My judgment may be wrong because I am still not very much serious in Krishna Consciousness, and I still have an incomplete idea how to find out the criteria to choose and filter a sincere disciple among so many sincere disciples. So how can I choose my guru ? What are the criteria? Please guide me.

H.M.

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Answer: Who is Opening Your Eyes with the Torchlight of Knowledge?

This is wonderful news. Because of your sincerity Srila Prabhupada has blessed you to be able to understand properly what is his desire for the continuance of the disciplic succession.

The answer to your very nice question is that you need to spend time carefully reading and following the sublime teachings given in Srila Prabhupada's books. In this way, by his mercy, you will gradually develop a maturity of consciousness which will enable you to confidently seek out and take shelter of a spiritual master who is a living embodiment of the teachings of Srila Prabhupada.

As per your request, I will be happy to steer you in the right direction how you can properly discern who should be your spiritual master. The best criterion for selecting your spiritual master is to see who is that that guru who is opening your eyes and delivering you from ignorance. We pray to that guru with the following mantra:

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya
jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena
tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

"I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes
with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him."

So you should simply see who is that guru who is opening your eyes with the torchlight of knowledge. He is the guru you should surrender to, the guru from whom you should accept initiation.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Monday 01 February 2009

from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin, Texas USA
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Today's Thought:

Beyond the Stereotypes

Our mental disease is that we are habituated to a stereotypical way of viewing reality. Instead of boldly embracing the ever-fresh, unlimitedly exciting present in a sweet loving relationship with the Supreme Person, the source of our existence, out of a false sense of security we hover in the so-called comfort zone of seeing everything through the colored lenses of our past experience refusing to cast off our foolishly cherished prejudices. In this conditioned state of consciousness we stubbornly hold on to past grudges never allowing ourselves the freedom of fully forgiving the past transgressions of others. We proudly feel that we were wronged, when in fact we were simply being justly punished for our own past transgressions. So what is the solution for this karmic quagmire? We must arise now from the ashes of our own foolishness putting our full faith in Krishna and the spiritual master. In this way we will experience within our hearts at every moment the wonderful dawning of the ultimate spiritual enlightenment, Krishna consciousness, and all of our past sufferings we will see simply as a bad dream from which we were so kindly awakened by the all-merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead and His most confidential servitor, the bona fide spiritual master.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Cutting through the Stereotypes at a Christian Church

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: How to Realize the Lessons of My Spiritual Master?

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances!

All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada!

I am thanking you always deep within my mind. Because of you I have the possibility to follow the pathway back to Godhead. Through devotional service as you have instructed in your lectures and your writing I have found the essence of my life. Thank you for this mercy! Without this my life would be zero. My question is: How to realize the lessons of my spiritual master?

Your servant,

Silvia

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Answer: Serve Him by Pure Bhakti and Preaching.

Realization of the lessons of the spiritual master comes through loving service to the spiritual master. The best service you can do for your spiritual master is to become a pure devotee of Krishna and fully dedicate your life to assisting the spiritual master in his mission of making the entire world Krishna conscious.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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