Oasis in the Desolate Wasteland

This material existence is a vast, desolate wasteland. Even though the living beings are hankering like anything to find satisfaction here, they fail miserably in their attempt to do so in spite of endeavoring for it with great determination. They want to be happy all the time, but yet they are dragged against their will through so many varieties of suffering situations. And even if they do find satisfaction, it is only a few drops. It is not enough to completely satisfy them. A few drops of water cannot sustain one who is dying of thirst in the desert. But there is an oasis available for all, a place where everyone can find complete, total ever-increasing satisfaction at every minute. That oasis is Krishna consciousness.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Qatari Wasteland

Qatari Wasteland

Revealing the Supreme Oasis in Qatar

Sankarshan Das Revealing the Supreme Oasis in Qatar

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Hellish Planets

Your Grace,

Please accept my humble obeisances. If the spirit soul transmigrates from one body to another at the time of death, what part do the hellish planets play in this universe? How long does the spirit soul stay in that hellish place? And do the inhabitants get out or are they destined to remain there as in prison?

Haribol,

Guy

Answer: Stopping Off Place for the Sinful

The hellish planets are a stopping off point in the cycle of birth and death for those who have especially heavy sinful reactions to burn off. According to the volume of their karma the sinful will have a longer or shorter sojourn there. But eventually they are released from the hellish planets and through the process of transmigration in the 8,400,000 species will eventually end up with another human birth. Then if one's human birth is properly utilized by reviving one's dormant Krishna consciousness, he will escape the dualities of material life and attain an eternal existence, full of bliss and full of knowledge in the unlimitedly wondrous spiritual sky.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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