A Perfect Situation

Here in Sydney Mataji and I are being driven from one preaching engagement to another day after day. This is the greatest opportunity to share the mercy of Krishna with many, many souls. Lord Krishna is desiring very strongly that all the living beings who are trapped here in this material world should come back to Him as soon as possible. Therefore there is no easier way to please Him than to enlighten these trapped souls in the science of Krishna. This is the greatest service that can be rendered to the fallen souls, the greatest service that can be rendered to the Lord, and the greatest good we can do for ourselves.. What a perfect situation!

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Can't We Simply Rely on the Direction of God Within?...

If you say that God exists within all of us, then we can take guidance from Him at any moment. So isn't it true that we don't need a guru?

How do we explain that study of the Vedas is not for armchair speculators, that it is instead for the formation of character?

Veda

Answer: God Within Directs Us to Guru...

The Lord who is residing within our hearts is speaking to us in the Bhagavad-gita. He is telling us that we must approach the guru, who is externally manifested. Therefore we cannot claim to be following the internal guru if we are neglecting to follow the external guru. The guru within is externally manifested as the guru without to teach how to perfect our relationship with the guru within.

Vedic wisdom is not simply some interesting philosophical concepts. It details a practical system which must be put into action in order to be fully realized.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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