No Stress Success




On Tuesday 16 December I gave a seminar entitled "No Stress Success" to the owner and employees of Emptoris Technologies, a high tech company in Pune, India. I explained to them that the secret of no stress success is to harmonize ourselves with the underlying reality upon which everything exists. In other words we have to go with the flow of that underlying reality. What confuses us and has gotten our entire world civilization into a state of disharmony is that we have taken the eddy or counter flow of material sense gratification to be the actual flow and have foolishly aligned ourselves with that eddy instead of the actual flow of existence, which is to harmonize ourselves through loving service with the Supreme Source of all existence, the Supreme Person.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

"No Stress Success" Seminar at Emptoris Technologies, Pune, India

Sankarshan Das at "No Stress Success" Seminar at Pune, India

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Who to Follow?

I am still a student all religions and am having a hard time finding a clear path to follow. I would define the following as a theological debate so it doesn't concern me as much. But out of my ignorance I still see it as a possible threat to my salvation. Jesus said, "I am the way the truth and the light no man comes to the Father except through me." And Paul says that under no other name can a man be saved. Krishna says, "I am the source of all material and spiritual universes. Everything emanates from me. Knowing this the wise engage in my devotional service and worship me with all their hearts." And again he says they resolve deep within side them self to seek me alone.

Is there any end to my suffering as to who to follow? Is there an answer to this question as to who's name I should accept as the supreme name of God?

Thank you so much,

Travis Gardineer

Answer: The Spiritual Master is One

The answer is simple. You should follow the bona fide spiritual master, that person who leads you to the Supreme Truth. There is no alternative.

The Supreme Truth is one. It cannot be two. If it is two, it is not the Supreme Truth. The one Supreme Truth has been revealed by many great spiritual masters throughout history presented by each of them in a manner just suitable for the particular time, place, and circumstances under which they spoke. So you can follow any one of these great teachers and realize the one Supreme Truth. Simply you must be sincere that you want to fully surrender yourself to the Supreme Person, the source of all existence.

When Jesus says there is no other way he means that that there is no other way besides what he is teaching, the path of pure devotion. We could not agree more. Any spiritual master who is presenting pure bhakti is the only way. This is why it is sometimes said that the spiritual master is one although the persons may be many.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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