Planetary Respiritualization

ISKCON's Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, has given us the seemingly impossible duty of bringing about the complete respiritualization of planet earth. This is not his invention. He has simply passed on to us the order coming down from Lord Krishna Himself in His most merciful manifestation, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. We are ordered to bring in the full manifestation of the Vedic age, even though we are in the midst of the most materialistic age of Kali. If we can pull this off, this will be greatest paradigm shift in history

One may be baffled by this and wonder, "How could I even dream about dedicating my life to such an impossible goal?" The answer is that along with the order of the spiritual master comes the potency to successfully carry that order out. In other words the order itself contains the full power for its own successful implementation. One simply must have full faith in the order and be fully dedicated to the order. By doing so one becomes fully empowered to successfully execute the order. Those who put their faith in the order and dedicate their lives to it become empowered to fulfill it according to the degree of their dedication.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why Does Krishna Wear a Peacock Feather?

Prabhu, why does Sri Krishna wear a peacock feather in His hair instead of other kinds of feathers?

Pradip

Answer: Because It's So Beautiful

Krishna always wears a peacock feather in His hair because He is very fond of the peacock feather. Krishna or God is a person. He has likes and dislikes. Because He has likes and dislikes, and because we are part of parcel of Him, therefore we also have likes and dislikes. Because He has a taste for decorating Himself with a peacock, He does so. When we consider how beautiful is the peacock feather, we can immediately understand why Krishna likes it so much.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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