Capitalizing on Calamities

In this world there will always be calamities. They are an unavoidable concomitant factor of material existence. Learned transcendentalists wisely deal with these calamities in such a way that they are not disturbed by them. Rather they utilize them in such a way as to enhance and strengthen their position in transcendental Krishna consciousness. Just as an expert businessman uses both an up market and down market to enhance his business, the expert transcendentalists ride all varieties of waves of the material existence in such a way to carry them faster and further along the pathway of spiritual perfection.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why is Krishna Reluctant?

Krishna Himself can take all souls to Him by empowering their free will towards Him. Why is He reluctant?

-your servant

-Gayathri

Answer: It's We Instead Who Are Reluctant

Krishna is not reluctant to bring us back to His eternal abode. He is most eager to do so. It is we who are reluctant to go there. But if Krishna were to manipulate our free will, it would no longer be free will. Free will means our decision to go back to Godhead or remain in the cycle of birth and death must be totally up to us.

If Krishna were to take us prisoner by psychological kidnapping and thus force us to return to His abode, we would be not be there out of love. We would instead be there out of coercion. Such a situation would not be pleasing to the Lord or to us. In this connection, just imagine if you kidnapped someone and forced them to marry you against their will. Do you think that would make for a happy marriage?

Krishna wants us to return to His abode much more than we want to return there. He wants to come of our own free will due to reviving long lost loving relationship with Him. Therefore He never interferes with our free will. He simply does everything He can to attract us to choose devotional service to Him over a foolish, wasted life of sense gratification in this material world.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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