The Ever-Dancing Credit

The humble disciple never thinks himself the doer of whatever wonderful things he has accomplished in the service of the Lord. He always gives all credit to his spiritual master for his spiritual success. In transcendental circles credit is something that never stays in one place. The disciple gives all credit to his spiritual master. But his spiritual master also does not want the credit. He gives the credit to his spiritual master, who then gives it to his spiritual master, who then in turn gives it to his spiritual master, etc, etc. In this way the credit finally ends up being offered to Krishna. But Krishna also does not like to keep the credit. He gives the credit back to His devotees. In this way the credit never stays in one place. It always keeps dancing from one to another to another.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Vedic Evidence for Cycle of Birth and Death?...

I was listening to one scholar's lecture about comparative religion and some points he mentioned need your authentic clarification. They are:

There is nowhere in Vedas mention of the cycle of birth and death. The only mentioned is that there is birth after death (only once), but not a cycle of birth and death.

What is the time given in the scriptures about the time of the advent of Kalki Avatar?

I would really appreciate your answers based on the scriptures.

Hare Krishna

Murali

Doha, Qatar

Answer: It is Clearly Given...

Scholars are not qualified to understand the Vedic wisdom. The Vedic wisdom can only be understood by someone who is in a mood of devotion. The scholar wants to establish himself as a scholar by squeezing out some new conclusion, which he will then try to defend by his concocted arguments. The devotee has no such agenda to try to gain some reputation for himself by establishing a new conclusion. He simply wants that the conclusions given directly by Lord Sri Krishna are honored and worshipped throughout the world for the deliverance of the suffering humanity from the jaws of repeated birth and death.

It is clearly stated in the Srimad Bhagavatam that there is a cycle of birth and death. In the following verse the cycle of repeated birth and death (samsrti-cakravalam) is explicitly mentioned:

tasmad rajo-raga-visada-manyu-
mana-sprha-bhayadainyadhimulam
hitva grham samsrti-cakravalam
nrsimha-padam bhajatakutobhayam iti

"Therefore, O demons, give up the so-called happiness of family life and simply take shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Nrsimhadeva, which are the actual shelter of fearlessness. Entanglement in family life is the root cause of material attachment, indefatigable desires, moroseness, anger, despair, fear and the desire for false prestige, all of which result in the repetition of birth and death."
----Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.14

Kalki Avatar will appear just before the end of the Kali Yuga 427,000 years from now.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari