Oasis in the Desert

There is no point in relocating to a better neighborhood in order to become happy because this entire material world is a bad neighborhood. All one has to do to become truly happy is learn how to dive deeply into the ocean of bhakti, which is readily available everywhere for those who are learned and expert in the bhakti science. And one achieves that learning and expertise by studying the Bhagavad-gita as it is, by associating with the saintly devotees of the Lord and by submissively inquiring from and serving the bona fide spiritual master.

Here at ISKCON's Auckland, New Zealand there is a wonderful opportunity to learn this above mentioned art of how to dive deeply into the nectarean all blissful ocean of bhakti. This is one of wonderful oases in the vast desert of this material existence.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Sri Sri Radha Giridhari the Deities of Auckland, New Zeland

Sri Sri Radha Giridhari the Deities of Auckland, New Zeland

Ecstatic Kirtan at ISKCON Auckland

Ecstatic Kirtan at ISKCON Auckland

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Self-Realization for All People?

As a self-realized teacher, I assume that you want all people to be self-realized. How come some people cannot become self-realized? What do they do if they fail to achieve self-realization? Do they continue toward achieving self-realization?

Henry

Answer: If They Take Shelter of the Bona Fide Spiritual Master

Yes, because my spiritual master has given me the duty of delivering the suffering humanity from the clutches of birth and death, I therefore want to see that the entire world population will achieve Krishna consciousness, the topmost platform of self-realization. My entire life is dedicated to this purpose.

There is no such thing as some people not being able to become self-realized. Everyone can awaken their dormant enlightened consciousness if they are willing to take shelter of the bona fide spiritual master. If someone fails in their attempt, it simply means that they were not willing to make the effort to surrender to a bona fide spiritual master.

Those who are not on the self-realization path will by the influence of the materialistic age of Kali go further and further from that path. But those persons who seek the Absolute Truth will be brought into contact with a bona fide spiritual master by the Supreme Lord, Who is situated within their hearts. The spiritual master will then fully enlighten them in the transcendental self-realization science and solidly situate them on the pathway to perfection.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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