Crossing the Ocean of Material Existence

As I write this it is 8:14 am on Tuesday the 17th of April 2007. We are sailing across the Gulf of Finland from Helsinki, Finland to Tallinn, Estonia on the cruise ship Nordlandia. It is a three-and-half hour cruise in a private cabin which affords me a good opportunity for focusing well on reading and writing. While sailing the ocean I am reminded of the following most wonderful verse from the Srimad Bhagavatam:

samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam
mahat-padam punya-yaso murareh
bhavambudhir vatsa-padam param padam
padam padam yad vipadam na tesam

"For those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murari, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf's hoof-print. Their goal is param padam, Vaikuntha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every step." --- Srimad Bhagavatam 10.14.58

Krishna's lotus feet are the most suitable cruise ship for crossing over the ocean of material existence. They are so amazing that as soon as you take shelter of them the unlimitedly vast ocean of material existence shrinks down to the amount of water contained in hoof print of a calf and one can easily, effortlessly cross over this insurmountable ocean of illusion.

Sankarshan Prabhu Writes "Thought for the Day" While Crossing the Gulf of Finland

Gulf of Finland

Sankarshan Das Preaching While Crossing the Gulf of Finland

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Is Mithra a God-Man?...

I have recently heard of a Persian god-man named Mithra. His story and that of Jesus Christ are almost identical. Now I am confused.

Whom to believe (in)? Thank you.

Love always...

Tommi

Answer: All Incarnations Are Predicted in the Vedas...

All the bona fide incarnations of God are predicted in the Vedic literatures. Nowadays it has become a fad to put forward some ordinary human being as God. But this cheating business is condemned in the Vedic literatures.

If you listen to anyone and everyone, you will always remain confused. This is why Lord Krishna tells us to surrender at the lotus feet of the bona fide spiritual master. The bona fide guru is that person who only speaks according to the authoritative Vedic wisdom. He does not introduce any incarnations of God that are not predicted in the Vedic literatures for the purpose of misleading the innocent public.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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