The Nectar Well That Never Runs Dry

One time I explained to a friend how I everyday write a new "Thought for the Day" on the transcendental science of Krishna consciousness. He did not think it could be possible to every day write something new about Krishna consciousness. But actually it is not amazing at all. Why? Because Krishna is nava-yauvanam, an ever-fresh youth. He never grows old. And since He is absolute, those words which describe Him are of the same absolute nature. Therefore as soon as we begin discussing Him and the science of knowing and serving Him, we enter into a dimension in which unlimited oceans of transcendental poetic descriptions can be composed to try to at least scratch the surface of the unlimited reservoir of transcendental nectar contained in the topics relating to Him. This truly is a nectar well that never runs dry.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why Is There Suffering Even After Chanting?...

I read with interest the answer given to Rajesh in the 6 August 2007 "Thought for the Day". You advised that although I have the body of a man or a woman, the body is not me. It is simply a covering, a garment which is being worn by the eternal spiritual being who lives within. If we can revive our original spiritual nature through reviving our lost loving relationship with God, we will enter into an eternal all-blissful, all-knowing existence.

My question is why then so much suffering when something happens to this unworthy body? We have diseases like cancer, heart attacks, blockages, kidney stones, liver problems, etc. etc. When we have the attack of any one of these, we have mental set back in addition to financial ruin. All the family members have mental worries.

I know we can to avoid these diseases by chanting the great Hare Krishna Mantra and not taking birth again. But why is it than even after chanting God's names people still suffer?

Your loving student,

Subbaraman

Answer: Art of Chanting...

As long as we have a material body we are going to face the dualities of material existence: heat and cold, happiness and distress, poverty and wealth, sickness and health, etc. However, one who becomes solidly fixed in Krishna consciousness, although apparently still suffering these dualities, is no longer disturbed by them because his consciousness is situated on a platform completely transcendental to this material existence.

Such a transcendental attainment requires that one be carefully trained by the expert spiritual master how to chant the names of God in a state of pure bhakti consciousness. Although casual chanting of God's name with some material motives is beneficial for the gradual spiritual elevation of the living being, it does not situate him on the transcendental platform beyond all material miseries.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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