The Epitome of Sweetness

The epitome of sweetness is to reconnect with our original pure spiritual nature. Here at Govinda valley during our weekend Soul Revival Retreat from 22-24 December we have had a fabulous opportunity to dive deep into the nectarean ocean of transcendental bliss. What a wonderful feeling to rise early in the morning, take bath, and fully absorb ourselves on the absolute platform of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. By chanting and hearing of the unlimited names, fame, forms, and pastimes of the inconceivably beautiful Lord in the association of devotees we experience the choicest, most pristine nectar. This stimulates the revival of our original spiritual identities. In such a state of mind stress and anxiety become conspicuous by their absence.

Here's a video clip from the last session of our ecstatic Soul Revival Retreat:

http://www.backtohome.com/video/retreat.wmv

Beautiful, serene Govinda Valley just over the hill from the Pacific Ocean.

Serene Govinda Valley just over the hill from the Pacific Ocean.

Farewell session of Soul Revival Retreat

Sankarshan Das Farewell session of Soul Revival Retreat

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Guarantee of Salvation?...

You have stated in the recent lesson in the Ultimate Self Realization Course that a person has to overcome Maya and leave aside the animal life, which relates to the material enjoyments.

Now my question to you is that a person who becomes Krishna Conscious or for that matter follows the path of Spiritualism, what is the guarantee that he will attain Moksha or salvation from the cycle of life and death? As nobody knows what happens after death, there is no guarantee or assurance of the same.

With Warm Regards

Shripad

Answer: Krishna Guarantees...

The guarantee is given by Lord Sri Krishna. That all-attractive Lord states in the Srimad Bhagavad-gita:

janma karma ca me divyam
evam yo vetti tattvatah
tyaktva deham punar janma
naiti mam eti so 'rjuna

"One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." ---Bhagavad-gita 4.9

So on the absolute words of Lord Sri Krishna we can understand that if we fully absorb ourselves in Krishna consciousness, we are 100% guaranteed to enter the spiritual world, the abode of Lord Sri Krishna, when we leave our present body.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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