Under the Weather in Vrindavan

2 December 2006--Today I am very sick. It was something I ate. In Vrindavan we take everything as the mercy of Krishna. It does not matter if it is good, bad, beautiful, or ugly from the material point of view. We understand that Krishna has a purpose for everything He does. Whatever Krishna does is all right. We simply must utilize every circumstance we find ourselves in to surrender more and more at His lotus feet. We must absorb ourselves 100% in doing everything for His pleasure, His satisfaction. This and only this will make us happy and satisfied.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Origin of Living Being...

I have a question. I am confused about it. I heard that we are part and parcel of Krishna, but that still we and Krishna are different, that we (the atmas) and Krishna (the Paramatma) cannot be of the same identity. Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita that there is no time when we do not exist, nor is there a time when He does not exist. But the atma should also have a source from where he comes. So why we are different from our source? Actually I want to know about the origin of the jiva, the individual living being.

Vijay Sharma

Delhi, India

Answer: Simultaneously One and Different...

Even though the complete whole and its part are one, there is a difference. Just like you are part of India, therefore you are one with India. However there is vast difference in the population of you, namely one, and the population of India, many, many millions.

The jiva is eternally being emanated from Lord Sri Krishna. Therefore Krishna is his source. But there is no time when he did not exist because Krishna has always been emanating the jiva and He will eternally continue to do so.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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