Global Leadership for a Troubled Age

This planet is desperately lacking leaders. The persons who are now leading the human society are completely disqualified. Therefore the entire global society has been plunged into an ever-increasingly chaotic situation. In spite of so much bad news going on everywhere all around the world, the good news is that the Vedic wisdom, especially the Bhagavad-gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam, gives us everything we need to know in order to to clean up the mess that the leaderless human society has gotten itself into. So we should look to see who are those persons who are the living embodiments of the Vedic wisdom. These person are known as acharyas, ideal spiritual teachers. It is such persons that we should follow, not the cheaters and rascals who pose as leaders simply for their own sense gratification.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Spirituality at Home

It is wonderful to read your articles about Krishna consciousness and get your mail every morning. Thanks for helping us grow spiritually in this material world. I would really appreciate if you could please reply to my following questions:

1)How can I practice spirituality at home among the materialistic members of the family?
2)How can I impart spirituality to my kids who are 13 and 9?

I would like to thank you in advance for sparing some time and all your co-operation.

With warm regards,

Malini

Answer: Chant Japa and Take Prasadam

One of the greatest challenges for advancing spiritually is the association of persons who have absolutely no interest in Krishna consciousness. The only way you can be successful in your practice is if you can become strong and fixed in your determination.

The first step is that you need to set aside quality time every day to chant the Hare Krishna mantra on japa beads.

The next step is that you should only be eating Krishna prasadam, vegetarian foods which have been offered to Lord Sri Krishna with love and devotion. Ideally you should convince your family to switch to a purely vegetarian diet. You should cook the foods and offer everything to Lord Krishna before anyone else takes it.

If you feed your 13 year old and 9 year old only Krishna prasadam, they will make great spiritual progress. Take them with you at least once a week on a visit to your nearest ISKCON temple.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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