Departing from Heavenly Taveuni

This morning we fly out from Taveuni to another Fijian Island. This time we will be spending several days sharing the wonderful nectar of Krishna consciousness with the devotees on the Island of Vana Levu in the city of Labasa (pronounced Lambasa). Our visit to Taveuni was the most exhilarating opportunity to appreciate Krishna's amazing craftsmanship in creating this practically celestial island and then to marvel at how inconceivably millions and billions of times more wondrous must be His Goloka Vrindavan planet situated in the topmost region of the Spiritual Sky. This truly staggers the imagination.

The sweet, loving hospitality of the Taveuni devotees has been matchless. We have never been made to feel more at home anywhere else in our travels all over the world. Each day I visited a different home, and at each visit I was offered a traditional foot bathing ceremony, guru puja, and sumptuous feast of the most delicious Taveuni grown fruits and vegetables. With such hospitality one can never feel that he is away from home. Rather one feels great relief and satisfaction like a traveler who has finally gotten back to the security and serenity of his home after a long, strenuous, and dangerous journey.

In the Vedic culture, it is customary to bath two or three times daily. Yesterday we had the nice opportunity to take our mid day bath in the crystal clear waters coming down from the mountains at Tavoro Falls.

 crystal clear waters coming down from the mountains at Tavoro Falls

Sankarshan Das and Devotees take mid day bath, Tavoro Falls, Fiji

After a refreshing mid day bath, we then proceeded to the home of Hari Das Prabhu for a wonderful feast of Krishna Prasadam. 

Sankarshan Das at home of Hari Das Prabhu for a wonderful feast

Even though Hari Das Prabhu and his family live in a simple tin shack they have the most wonderful view from their front yard. The year round weather with its refreshing ocean breezes is so nice that they do not require heating or air-conditioning.

Most wonderful view from front yard of Hari Das Prabhu, Teveuni

There is no reason that the entire earth cannot be restored to the paradisial atmosphere that it once had. All we have to do is to put Krishna back in the center of our every thought, our every word, and our every deed. If we do so, gradually the entire atmosphere on this planet will change, and it will become like the Satya Yuga.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Why God Created Misery?...

Sometimes I feel that God may be a sadist or incapable. If He is an almighty, He could have created the world without depressions & suicides. What for He created this world?

Regards,

P. Sanath Kumar

Answer: He Did Not. We Did...

How can God be a sadist or incapable? To think that the Lord could be sadistic or incapable is foolishness. The fact is that God is unlimitedly kind and also unlimitedly powerful. The evils that exist in the world such as depression and suicides are created by us by our foolish unwillingness to serve the Lord. God has made everything perfectly for our happiness, but we have foolishly turned our backs on Him, trying to be Lords ourselves in this material world and suffering because of it. If we would just agree to surrender to Him, all the suffering conditions that we have created will immediately go away.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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