Living the Ultimate Adventure at Every Minute

We are not meant to live a drab, fearful existence. We are meant to live the ultimate adventure at every minute. This does not have to remain a mere dream. This can be an ongoing practical reality. All we have to do is tap into the unlimited reservoir of Krishna bhakti (devotion to Lord Krishna.)

The thoughtful observer may ask, "Why devotion to Lord Krishna? Why not devotion to Lord Jesus or Lord Shiva?" The answer is that according to the authoritative Vedic wisdom Lord Sri Krishna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, the source of all that exists. Just as by watering the root of the tree all the leaves and branches are nourished, by giving our love to Krishna it is perfectly distributed to everyone and everything throughout the vastness of existence.

Simply by fully dedicating our lives to the pure chanting of Krishna's holy names, we will taste the sweetest nectar at every minute and will thus with one simple stroke transcend all the miseries of material existence for all of eternity.

There's no better deal than this. This is truly the ultimate adventure. You can take it or leave it. If you are smart, you will take it.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Is Devotional Service Destined?...

The life of each and everybody is destined. How he lives and what sufferings he supposed to face, everything is destined.

In this regard my questions are:

1) Is the devotional service also destined to the soul? And is his spiritual master also destined when he takes birth?

2) Is it possible to render more service to the spiritual master than what he was destined to render in this lifetime?

your servant
Rama Rupa Chaitanya das

Answer: Devotional Service is Beyond Destiny...

In this material world we are all very much restricted by destiny. According to our karma we must suffer or enjoy within our allotted quota and cannot go beyond that. However, if one surrenders himself fully unto Lord Sri Krishna, he comes out of the constraints of destiny and enters into a life of full freedom in which he is completely free from any sort of karmic restrictions.

When the living being chooses to surrender to Krishna is not under the law of destiny. It is the free choice of the living being when he wants to come out of the clutches of destiny. Serving Sri Guru is not under the law of destiny. Therefore one can increase one's service to Sri Guru unlimitedly without any restrictions of destiny.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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