Evolve, Don't Devolve

The Vedanta sutra enjoins that in the human form of life our duty is to inquire regarding the nature of the Absolute Truth. If we simply utilize our human life for engaging in the animalistic activities of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, we are still, in spite of gotten a human body, on the animal platform.

We see at the present moment that there are over 6.68 billion human beings on this planet, but that the vast majority of them have no interest in the self-realization process. This means that even though they have evolved through 8,400,000 species to attain this human birth, instead of continuing their upward evolution to the self-realization platform so they can be delivered from the cycle of birth and death, they are wasting this extremely rare opportunity and will thus devolve back down to the animal kingdom or even lower in their next birth.

The intelligent person, therefore, carefully utilizes this rare human birth for realizing the Absolute Truth, and thus re-establishing his lost loving relationship with Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: What is Devotional Service?

What is devotional service? Is it everything that the guru has instructed although it may seem to others that it is not? Can one also practice devotional service when he or she lives outside of a temple?

I am submissively requesting you to enlighten me.

Gopal Sakti devi dasi

Answer: Are You Ready?

Devotional service means to follow the instructions of the Bhagavad-gita under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master.

What others consider devotional service to be or not to be does not matter. We simply put our unflinching faith in the words of Lord Sri Krishna and our spiritual master. This strong faith makes us solid in the practice of devotional service.

It does not matter whether one lives at home or in a temple. One simply has to strictly follow the regulative principles mentioned below so that one becomes fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness 24 hours daily:

1. No illicit sex
2. No intoxication
3. No meat eating
4. No gambling
5. Chant the Hare Krishna mahamantra at least 16 rounds
a day on japa mala beads.
6. Regularly read authorized scriptures such as
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
7. Eat only Krishna prasadam (vegetarian foodstuffs
offered with love and devotion to Lord Sri Krishna)

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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