Bliss in Govinda Valley

Our 2006 retreat in Govinda Valley was so ecstatic we never thought that it could be any better. But our 2007 Govinda Valley retreat burst through the stratosphere and took us sailing right into the Spiritual Sky. The sweet sublime atmosphere of Govinda Valley became so deeply imprinted in our hearts that it was like we had been living there eternally.

The return to Sydney on Sunday afternoon had a very surreal feel to it. Our modern day cities are such an unnatural, unhealthy way to live. Something has to be done about this. As a human society we cannot survive if we go on living this way. We have to learn how to get back to a more natural healthy God conscious way of life. This the what the bhakti movement is all about. If you are not already into it, make your commitment today to be a member of the bhakti movement for the respiritualization of the entire human society.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Retreat Participants

More Bliss in Govinda Valley Retreat Participants

Exotic Birds Serenaded Us

Exotic Birds Serenaded Us

Challenged by Mock Atheistic Arguments

Sankarshan Das Challenged by Mock Atheistic Arguments

Cliffside Lecture at the Beach

Sankarshan Das Cliffside Lecture at the Beach

Cliffside Lecture at the Beach

Sankarshan Das at Cliffside Lecture at the Beach

Those Newly Committed to Chanting 16 Rounds Blissfully Pose with Sankarshan Prabhu

Newly Committed to Chanting 16 Rounds with Sankarshan Prabhu

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: What Happens to the Sinful at Death?

In the Srimad Bhagavatam it is described that people who are sinful are punished by Yamaraja, the God of Death, in his abode Yamaloka. But in the Bhagavad-gita Krishna says that as soon as a soul leaves a body he enters into another body. So how is that he gets his punishment in Yamaloka? Who gets the punishment--the soul or the material body?

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Answer: Yamaloka En Route to Next Body

Both things are true. The soul does enter into another body at the time of death. And he also is taken to the abode of Yamaraja to be punished for his misdeeds. He first enters the abode of Yamaraja in his subtle body--composed of mind, intelligence, and false ego--where he is punished and then after being sufficiently punished he is assigned to his next gross body. The soul experiences the suffering due to his misidentification with the gross and subtle material bodies.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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