Dive Deeply Daily

After five months on the road, we are now en route to Vancouver for the last leg of our 2007-2008 around-the-world preaching tour. As our past tours, it has been absolutely ecstatic. Each tour seems to be more ecstatic than the previous ones. And as usual even before we finish this one we are already planning more. Three are in the works for 2008. We must do everything possible to encourage people all over the world to take up Krishna consciousness seriously as the prime duty of their existence. There is no greater priority because this Krishna consciousness can solve all the problems of the world. The more the Krishna consciousness movement spreads, the more the world will become peaceful and happy. So wherever you are in the world, dive deeply daily into the sublime ocean of Krishna consciousness and share this ultimate nectar with friends, strangers, relatives, and neighbors. And don't forget your prime minister or president. He or she needs it too.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answering Emails at Los Angeles International AirportSankarshan Das Answering Emails

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Is there Free Will?

Thanks for the emails you are sending. I am exploring truth in various ways. The questions I have are here. Please reply at your convenience:

1. Can we do anything against Krishna's will?
2. If no, then does that mean that there is no free will?
3. If the answer is yes to the 1st question, is it free will? How far is the free will effective?

Please answer to the questions, precisely.

Thanks for your time,

James.

Answer: If You Will It

Yes. Just as a loving parent out of affection gives his children the freedom to adopt the lifestyle of their own choosing, Krishna gives us, His beloved children, the free will to act in accordance with His will or in defiance of His will.

Will means free will. If it is not free, it is not will.

Utilization of free will is fully effective, no matter which way we use it. If we use it to serve Krishna, it is fully effective to enable us to experience an eternal life, full of bliss, and full of knowledge. And if we use it to defy Krishna, it is fully effective to enable us to experience perpetual birth and birth in the world of ignorance and misery until we come to our senses and realize we should use it to reciprocate with the Lord the unlimited love that He is always giving us.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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