Ecstatic Bhagavatam Class

10 May 2008--I am relishing every minute here in Kaliningrad, Russia as the sweetest nectar. This morning's Srimad Bhagavatam class enabled all of us, speaker and hearers alike, to dive deeply into an unlimited ocean of bliss and sport enthusiastically in its waves. It was so enlivening and there were so many sincere questions coming from the devotees that I considered the idea of continuing the class all day long letting it roll uninterruptedly into the evening's class. But then remembering that I am one week behind on answering my emails I opted to end the class on time and return to my quarters for a day of writing before the evening lecture.

I offer to you, my beloved readers, this following verse from the Srimad Bhagavatam which can be recited daily for the deliverance of the entire world from chaos:

svasty astu viśvasya khalaḥ prasīdatām
dhyāyantu bhūtāni śivaḿ mitho dhiyā
manaś ca bhadraḿ bhajatād adhokṣaje
āveśyatāḿ no matir apy ahaitukī

"May there be good fortune throughout the universe, and may all envious persons be pacified. May all living entities become calm by practicing bhakti-yoga, for by accepting devotional service they will think of each other's welfare. Therefore let us all engage in the service of the supreme transcendence, Lord Sri Krishna, and always remain absorbed in thought of Him."
SB 5.18.9

Stay tuned into Krishna. Tomorrow there will be more nectar coming to you from Kaliningrad, Russia.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Ecstatic Devotees after Bhagavatam ClassEcstatic Devotees after Bhagavatam Class

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Questions: Surrender or Remembrance?

Is it anywhere mentioned in the scriptures that if we surrender unto Krishna, that the Lord Himself will take us to Him, although we fail to think of His form at the time of death? Or is a must that every bhakta must remember the Lord at the time of death?

Very humbly and patiently awaiting for your reply!

Your student,

Kishan

Answer: Surrender Means Remembrance

If you are fully surrendered to Him, you will naturally think of Him at the time of death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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