Blessings in Disguise

As long as we are in this material world we are going to face one difficulty after another. That is the nature of this material world. It is a place of difficulties. If we are going to advance steadily on the transcendental path of perfection we have to remain steady in our practice of Krishna consciousness through all varieties of difficult and non-difficult situations. This is why we take a vow to every day without fail chant at least 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra on our japa beads and to faithfully follow the four regulative principles of freedom: no illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat eating, and no gambling. Remaining true to our vows keeps us solidly fixed on the path, no matter what may be happening in the world around us. In this way we can always remain solidly fixed in transcendence and gradually, gradually realize how each and every difficulty is actually nothing more than a blessing in disguise.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Karma Counter Set to Zero?...

I have very recently enrolled in this program of self-realization. However I have associated with devotees for nearly 6 months, chant 16 rounds, and occasionally attend the weekly program at local ISKCON centre.

In one of the recent Bhagavatam Class, lecture was there on Text 3:30:34 reading as "........and when one is purged of sins, he is again reborn as human being".

I want to know whether when one is born as human being, are all his sins are purged? Is the counter of Karma reset to zero? And if so , then why disparities?

Kindly enlighten.

Regards

Ramesh

Answer: Only By Krishna Consciousness...

The verse you are referring to states:

adhastan nara-lokasya
yavatir yatanadayah
kramasah samanukramya
punar atravrajec chucih

"Having gone through all the miserable, hellish conditions and having passed in a regular order through the lowest forms of animal life prior to human birth, and having thus been purged of his sins, one is reborn again as a human being on this earth."
--Srimad Bhagavatam 3.30.34

This purging does not mean he is completely free from all sinful reactions. It means that he is purged enough to qualify for a human. And then as a human being he undergoes further purging. If he takes to Krishna consciousness, he will then become 100% purged and then be qualified to go back to home, back to Godhead.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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