Re-Spiritualization of this Entire Planet

Here in the ambrosial atmosphere of Bhaktivedanta Ashram where we are blessed with the association of Sri Sri Radha Damodar and so many wonderful, sincere devotees I am feeling myself to be most fortunate. I humbly pray to my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada, for his blessings that I can be perfectly pure in my practice of Krishna consciousness and that I can always be fully absorbed in serving his mission of bringing about the complete re-spiritualization of this entire planet as soon as possible. There would certainly be nothing more wonderful than to see the entire planet become Krishna conscious during my lifetime. Even though such a transformation seems completely impossible, still my heart steadfastly yearns for it and I beg Lord Sri Krishna for His special mercy of seeing it happen during my lifetime and for the privilege of being allowed to play a part in making it happen.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why Clap and Dance?

I preached about Krishna Consciousness to a friend and he started coming to our temple, for about 2 months. There is one thing that he can't accept is the clapping and dancing in front of Sri Krishna. He says prayers should be performed very seriously and with attentive mood. Please guide me how to convince him and provide a explanations on why we have to clap and dance.

Thanks a lot for all your blessing's and guidance.

Hare Krishna

Your humble servant

Shanker

Answer: The Highest Form of Prayer, Meditation, and Worship

This clapping and dancing, the performance of sankirtana (congregational chanting) is not mundane. In this age it is the highest form of prayer, meditation, and worship. Those who are highly advanced in spiritual realization dedicate their lives to be absorbed in sankirtana as much as possible for the achieving the supreme spiritual perfection of going back to home, back to Godhead. This is confirmed as follows in the Srimad Bhagavatam:

kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ
sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam
yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair
yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ

SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa-varṇam--repeating the syllables kṛṣ-ṇa; tviṣā-with a luster; akṛṣṇam--not black (golden); sa-aṅga--along with associates; upa-aṅga--servitors; astra--weapons; pārṣadam--confidential companions; yajñaiḥ--by sacrifice; saṅkīrtana-prāyaiḥ--consisting chiefly of congregational chanting; yajanti--they worship; hi--certainly; su-medhasaḥ--intelligent persons.

TRANSLATION

In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.

--Srimad Bhagavatam 11.5.32

I hope this convinces your friend to dive into the sweet ocean of sankirtana rasa.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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