Back to Our Original Home

We're back in Kaunas, Lithuania now relishing the sweet, loving association of the devotees here. It's amazing how we can travel to so many different places in the world where the devotees are enthusiastically practicing Krishna consciousness and in each and every location feel that we have returned to our home. Why is it like this? The reason is that wherever Krishna is the center that place is not in the material world. Such Krishna centered places are existing in the spiritual world. So whenever we enter such an atmospheres we are re-entering the spiritual world, our original home.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Kaunas, Lithuania--Radio Show Interview
7 May 2008Sankarshan Das Radio Show Interview

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Three Questions

I have improved my chanting of japa. What are the other expectations?

Is there more than one type of energy of Krishna?

I understand I must submit to a spiritual master. Do I require to be directly in contact with him?

Viraj

Answers:

Improving the quality of chanting Hare Krishna on your japa beads is for the ultimate purpose of developing your love for Krishna. So you can measure your progress by how much you are becoming attracted to Krishna and disinterested in material sense gratification.

Krishna has two basic energies: the material energy and the spiritual energy. By our very nature we must serve one of these two energies. If we choose to serve the material energy we must suffer temporality, ignorance, and illusion. And if we choose to serve the spiritual energy, we will enjoy an eternal life, full of knowledge, and full of bliss.

Even if you are not in the personal presence of your spiritual master, if you are fully obedient to carrying out his orders, you will be always feel his presence, his blessings, and his guidance. You will never feel that you are separated from him.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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