Rainbow Welcome to Sofia

As our airplane was coming in for a landing at the Sofia airport on 31 October 2007, I was surprised to see how we were being welcomed by a rainbow. I have never seen a rainbow from an airplane before. It was another reminder of the auspicious nature of spreading Krishna consciousness all over the world. What more glorious life is there than spreading the supreme truth on the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu? He has predicted that the Krishna consciousness movement will spread to every town and village throughout the world. I am simply begging Him that up until my last dying breathe I will remain always engaged in sharing this unlimitedly sweet nectar of Krishna consciousness all over this nectar-starved planet.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Auspicious Rainbow Welcome to Sofia, Bulgaria

(photo taken from airplane window)
Auspicious Rainbow Welcome to Sofia, Bulgaria

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: How the Common Man Can Surrender to Krishna?

Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 18, Verse 66 seems to be the essence of the Bhagavad-gita. When we consider the position of the common man, what exactly does Lord Krishna mean in this verse when He says that we should abandon all other duties and simply surrender unto Him?

The poor and the poorest of the poor are unable to reach the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. A lot has to be done to improve our guru system. Probably the process has begun, but it has to go a long way.

Millions and millions of obeisances,

Narayana

Answer: Through the Medium of Guru

It is not difficult for anyone, even a common man, to surrender to Krishna. They must simply follow the instructions given by Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita. For example, in the Bhagavad-gita Krishna says that we should take shelter of Krishna's pure representative, the bona fide spiritual master. If we place ourselves under the instructions of the spiritual master, he will instruct us exactly what to do to become fully surrendered to Lord Krishna.

You mention unfortunate souls who are not able to reach the wondrous teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. But the bona fide spiritual master makes these teachings easily accessible to the entire world population. All they have to do is be willing to hear from the bona fide spiritual master.

The guru system is already perfect. It is always perfect because it comes to us as the most wonderful gift from Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for reconnecting us with Him through the healing mercy of the spiritual master. So instead of thinking of reforming the guru system, we should be thinking of reforming our corrupted hearts.

We were originally situated in the spiritual world in the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But due to envy of His position as the Supreme Lord we were forced to come to this material world and suffer endlessly in the cycle of repeated birth and death. The guru system is there to give us the means to escape this vicious cycle and return to our original position. But instead of thinking about rectifying our hearts, we foolishly think about rectifying the guru system. First things first. First we must become completely pure. Then we can rectify all the problems of the entire universe. The guru system is not one of the problems. It is the solution.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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