Stay on the Path

When we are traveling out of the wilderness of material existence it is essential that we always carefully stay on the path chalked out by the great saintly teachers of the past because this is the path that will take us back to Godhead. If we veer off the path even slightly, in due course of time we will become lost and once again hopelessly entangled in the quagmire of material existtence. The Vedic injunction is therefore given: mahajano yena gatah sa panthah "Traverse the trail blazed by the previous acharyas." If we branch out trying to invent our own path, we will definitely become lost. Therefore we should always strictly follow the teachings of the great saintly teachers who have throughout the ages clearly described what is spirit, what is matter, and who is the controller of both. This and only this will bring to us lasting peace and happiness and enable us to enter into that wondrous spiritual sky situated far, far beyond the confines of time and space.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari 

Answers According to the Vedic Version: 

Question: Difference Between Lord Krishna and Lord Caitanya? 

What is the difference between between Lord Krishna and Lord Caitanya? 
Rajesh 

Answer: They Are One and the Same.

There is no difference between Lord Caitanya and Lord Krishna because they are both the original Supreme Personality of Godhead from Whom emanates everything else in the total existence. When the Supreme Person is in the mood of being the Supreme Enjoyer, He is Krishna. And when He is in Radharani's mood of serving the Supreme Person, He is Lord Caitanya. Srila Prabhupada most wonderfully and perfectly describes Lord Caitanya in this way in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 3.33.4: "Sometimes the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself wonders how much transcendental pleasure is within Himself, and in order to taste His own potency, He sometimes takes the position of tasting Himself. Lord Caitanya is Krishna Himself, but He appears as a devotee to taste the sweetness of the transcendental mellow in Himself which is tasted by Srimati Radharani, the greatest of all devotees." 

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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