Back to the City

29 May 2008--After two wonderful days out here in the clean air and open spaces of New Govardhan with the wonderful devotees, ecstatic kirtans, enlivening classes, cooing peacocks, and contentedly mooing cows, we are returning to the city, in this case Brisbane, Australia, for the all-important task of pushing forward the Krishna consciousness movement. The entire world is suffering due a lack of Krishna consciousness so we cannot just think of our own enjoyment forever remaining in the paradise of New Govardhan. We have to go to where the people are to give them Krishna consciousness, to give them the opportunity to get the information they need for escaping the cycle of birth and death and returning to their original state of enlightened consciousness in the transcendental existence far, far beyond the realm of repeated birth and death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Beautiful New Govardhan Panorama

Beautiful New Govardhan Panorama

Flowers at Dawn

Flowers at Dawn

Peaceful New Govardhan Cows will not be SlaughteredPeaceful New Govardhan Cows will not be Slaughtered

New Govardhan Beckons Us to ReturnNew Govardhan Beckons Us to Return

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Do You Have Any Children?

Dear Guruji,

Please accept my most humble pranams!!

Guruji, being a grihastha for most of your life, do you have any children of your own?

Your Servant,
Darshu

Answer: Family of Fifty-six and Growing

Married couples in Krishna consciousness are certainly encouraged to have children and raise them in Krishna consciousness for their becoming delivered from the cycle of birth and death. This is a glorious service. My wife and I, however, have always been the most inclined to the life of missionaries and have thus put 100% of our energies into preaching Krishna consciousness to the society in general. In spite of not having any children in the normal way that Krishna conscious couples have children, we now have the most wonderful sons and daughters in a family that spans the globe. By preaching we have been blessed with a much larger family than we could have had by sex life. We are now blessed with a family of fifty-six initiated disciples so far and the number just keeps growing.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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