Nothing More Auspicious

I cannot even begin to comprehend the extent of my good fortune that I have been engaged as a messenger of my beloved spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, for spreading the message of Krishna all over the world. There is nothing more auspicious than the liberating teachings of the Bhagavad-gita except for one thing. And what is that? To be blessed with the opportunity to spread the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita all over the world.

Somehow or other, out of His infinite kindness Krishna has allowed me, in spite of my innumerable disqualifications, to be engaged full time in traveling and distributing the sublime teachings of the Bhagavad-gita all over the world. Not only that, He has blessed me with thousands of dedicated readers in over one hundred countries. This greatly encourages me to continue writing and sharing via the internet the wonderful realizations that I constantly being blessed with regarding Krishna consciousness, the ultimate self-realization science.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Misfortune...

When a material or spiritual misfortune happen to us, should we take it as a sign that we are committing offences be it material or spiritual?

Your fallen servant,

Ameeta

Answer: No Such Thing for a Devotee...

A devotee of the Lord humbly accepts all misfortune as the reactions due to him for his past misdeeds. And at the same time he perceives all forms of fortune and misfortune as being the greatest good fortune because he sees how the Lord is bestowing unlimited mercy upon him at every step.

Whether he is suffering the reactions from his past misdeeds or being rewarded for his past pious activities, he takes either as the blessings of Krishna to help him come closer and closer to Him. There is a beautiful verse from the Srimad Bhagavatam that helps us to understand this properly:

tat te 'nukampam su-samiksamano
bhunjana evatma-krtam vipakam
hrd-vag-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te
jiveta yo mukti-pade sa daya-bhak

"My dear Lord, any person who is constantly awaiting Your causeless mercy to be bestowed upon him, and who goes on suffering the resultant actions of his past misdeeds, offering You respectful obeisances from the core of his heart, is surely eligible to become liberated, for it has become his rightful claim."
--Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.8

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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