The Whole World is Waiting

It has been a truly delightful stopover for three nights at the ISKCON temple in Auckland, New Zealand. The temple is located outside of the city in the beautiful countryside. The temple's head pujari, Sriman Divyagovinda Prabhu, has taken wonderful care of us seeing to our every need. As usual I am lecturing twice daily morning and evening and writing during the day. The temple is amazingly beautiful. As soon as you enter the temple room you feel how you are being carried away into the transcendental dimension beyond time and space, the unlimitedly amazing Vaikuntha world.

From here we travel onwards to Fiji, then to Peru and Atlanta, and finally back to our home base in Austin, Texas, where we will be preparing for another world tour starting in September. The whole world is waiting for a new dawn of spiritual enlightenment to sweep away the madness and confusion. Therefore I continue writing and explaining the secrets of Krishna consciousness as much as possible always hoping and praying for the that day when the whole world will wake up and realize that there is no alternative for sanity on this planet outside of Krishna consciousness.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

ISKCON Temple--Auckland, New ZealandISKCON Temple--Auckland, New Zealand

Sri Sri Radha-GiridhariSri Sri Radha-Giridhari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Finding a Bona Fide Guru

How can I find a bona fide spiritual master?

Manvi

Answer: See Who Krishna Has Sent

You do not have to find a guru. As soon as you are ready to surrender yourself fully unto the Lord, the Lord will put you in contact with a bona fide spiritual master. You will be able to recognize him by seeing who is that person who presents the Bhagavad-gita as it is without adding or subtracting anything. So simply you must now see who Krishna has sent you.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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