It's High Time for a New Paradigm

Enough is enough. It's time to put a stop to bodily consciousness. It's the root cause of all the suffering that is going on in this material world today on all levels of the social strata. The rich are suffering due to bodily consciousness. The poor are suffering due to bodily consciousness. And the middle class is also suffering due to bodily consciousness. Everyone is suffering due to bodily consciousness.

For the peace and prosperity of all we desperately need to replace bodily consciousness with Krishna consciousness, the understanding and realization that I am not this body and am instead a pure spiritual being servant of God, eternal, full of knowledge, and full of bliss. There is an urgent need for this awakening now to occur within the hearts of all. We must now vigorously introduce the Krishna consciousness paradigm in every town, village, and hamlet throughout the entire world.

Questions and Answers

Why Krishna in Different Colors?...

I still have a question on Krishna's color and I have attached three photos of Krishna painted black, White and bluish. As a painter, I know a bluish-black and have seen some paintings of Krishna in that color and I think we should always maintain the standard bluish-black color to avoid any confusion. I remember getting confused by a black picture and on enquiry I was told that it was Krishna.

Thank you for your great work in the service of Srila Prabhupada.

Your student,

Tobenna

Marble Deities are Not Painted...

The photos you sent me showed one form of Krishna painted blue. This a special form made for an exhibit at ISKCON's museum in Los Angeles.

The other two forms were marble deities of Krishna that were not painted. One deity was made of white marble and the other deity was made of black marble. Traditionally marble deities of Krishna are not painted. Therefore Krishna will have whatever color happens to be the natural color of the marble.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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