Sadhu Sanga is the Sweetest Nectar

The austerities of living on the road are more than compensated by the sweet nectar of sadhu sanga (devotee association) that we taste every day. Traveling from one ISKCON temple to another ISKCON temple all over the world, we are swimming in an ocean of the most merciful devotees of the Lord. Even Krishna, the Supreme Lord of all exists, finds that there is nothing more desirable than the association of His devotees. This is confirmed His statement given in the Srimad Bhagavatam as follows:

sadhavo hrdayam mahyam
sadhunam hrdayam tv aham
mad-anyat te na jananti
naham tebhyo manag api

"The pure devotee is always within the core of My heart, and I am always in the heart of the pure devotee. My devotees do not know anything else but Me, and I do not know anyone else but them."
---SB 9.4.68

Many of our readers live in isolated places, far from the nearest ISKCON center. They often times wonder how they can taste the sweet nectar of devotee association as much as possible. The answer is that they should visit their nearest ISKCON center whenever they have the opportunity and that they should invite the ISKCON devotees to visit them as much as possible. The preachers of ISKCON are always eager for traveling whenever there is an opportunity for preaching. So all one has to do is arrange some preaching programs for the devotees in one's locale and the devotees will be very happy to come.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Qualification for Preaching Krishna Consciousness...

Is it true that , to preach krishna consciousness , one must be a good public speaker?

Regards,

Sunil R. Vaswani
from Mumbai, India

Answer: Guru's Mercy is the Only Requirement...

No. It is not true. As it is stated,

mukam karoti vacalam
pangum langhayate girim
yat-krpa tam aham vande
sri-gurum dina-taranam

"By the mercy of the guru, even a dumb man can become the greatest orator, and even a lame man can cross mountains."

All you need to preach is the mercy of Sri Guru. This is the only qualification.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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