Taking Shelter of a Paramahamsa

The quick and easy way to become fully God realized is take shelter of a paramahamsa, someone who is fully God realized. Because such a person possesses God, if he likes, he can easily give God to us. In the Bhagavad-gita Lord Sri Krishna instructs us that such a bona fide spiritual master should be approached with submissive inquiries and sincere service and that such spiritually enlightened beings can reveal the truth to us because they have seen the truth. If we will intelligently take advantage of this sublime instruction of the Supreme Lord, our lives will become perfect and this entire planet will be transformed into a paradise.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why Chant 16 Rounds?

Can I ask you a question that often troubles me? Which is important chanting only 16 round or investing all our time 24/7 at his service?

Why should we count when we chant His holy names? Is there any importance?

And also, why should not we use onion and garlic while preparing prasadam for the Lord?

Hare Krishna,

Yours servant,
Aruna

Answer: Sufficient Strength for Curing the Material Disease

It is very nice that you have approached me to clear your confusion. This is recommended in the Bhagavad-gita.

Here are the answers:

What makes you think that chanting is not service? This is your misconception. Any activity that we engage in under the instructions of Lord Sri Krishna or His bona fide representative, the spiritual master, is service to the Supreme Lord. Krishna specifically orders us in the Bhagavad-gita that we must chant. So how can we neglect the Lord's order? This would be an offense. The humble devotee accepts whatever duty he is given as the sweetest mercy of Sri Guru and Sri Krishna and enthusiastically carries it out to the best of his abilities.

Just as doctor will prescribe that we take a certain number of a particular pill on a regular daily basis in order to cure our disease, similarly the spiritual master prescribes that we chant a certain minimum of Hare Krishna mantras on a regular daily basis in order to gain sufficient spiritual potency to repel the disease of material consciousness, which has so completely infected our hearts.

Krishna prefers tasty dishes, not foul tasting dishes containing a bad aroma caused by onions or garlic.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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