On the Road for Krishna In Germany

7 April 2007-2:00PM
It is no doubt delightful to be on the road once again for Krishna here in Germany. There are so many centers, pockets of Krishna consciousness, here that we are never able to cover all of them in any one tour. Indeed, this is our third or fourth tour and we still have not covered all of them.

Bhakta Eddy is our blissful driver, taking us wherever we need to go in his camper van. Today after two ecstatic days of diving into the ocean of unlimited nectar at ISKCON's Heidlberg center we are en route to Hohenstein where I will be addressing a large gathering of devotees to share with them this supreme nectar. There is truly nothing more ecstatic than spreading the ultimate science of Krishna consciousness all over the world. Someday the entire world will be completely inundated in the ocean of Krishna bhakti. These are the early pioneering days of that inundation, a most exciting time to live on this planet.

Our Blissful Driver, Eddy

Eddy, Blissful Driver of Sakarshan Das in Hohenstein, Germany

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Effectiveness of Guru's Instructions...

I'm not your initiated disciple, but I aspire to be. Are the replies I receive from Your Grace fully effective even though I am not yet initiated?

Kishan

Answer: According to the Degree of Surrender...

The instructions of the bona fide spiritual master are always fully potent. But their impact upon the heart of the disciple varies according to the degree of his surrender. For example, they become even more effective for the disciple after initiation because at that time the disciple is fully surrendered to executing whatever order he receives from the spiritual master. Of course, if the student is fully surrendered even before initiation, the spiritual master's instructions will be fully effective even before initiation.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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