On the Road to Jaipur for the Mercy

Today we are heading out from Vrindavana to Karoli and Jaipur for having the darshan of the three principle deities of Vrindavana: Govinda, Gopinatha, and Madana Mohana. In the 17th century due to the demoniac atrocities of the Muslim tyrant, Aurangzeb, these deities had to transferred out of Vrindavan for the safe keeping before he could destroy them. It is a grueling journey of several hours by automobile, but is well worth the trouble because this journey gives us the most sublime opportunity to get the mercy of these three principle deities who Srila Prabhupada describes as being the life and soul of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas. Worship of Madana Mohana frees us from material desires and re-establishes our forgotten relationship with the Personality of Godhead. Worship of Govinda strongly establishes us in transcendental service to the Lord. And worship of Gopinatha, the Lord of the gopis, is for achieving the perfectional stage of devotional service. So today taking their darshan we will beg for their mercy that we may solidly situated in devotional service and attain pure Krishna prema.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Madana Mohana in Karoli, Rajasthan, India

Madana Mohana in Karoli, Rajasthan, India

Radha Govinda in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Radha Govinda in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Radha Gopinatha in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Radha Gopinatha in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: How Can There Be A Supreme God?

Hare Krishna!

I encountered an argument from my friend. I wish to seek you guidance to be able to answer it.

"God can do anything (omnipotent), and God is indestructible. If God is omnipotent, then God has the ability to destroy Himself. If God is indestructible, then He cannot destroy Himself. If so, God cannot be omnipotent. So how can I believe there is this Supreme God? "

Please guide me, so that I can answer this to my friend.

Your Servant
Prateek

Answer: Because He Wants to Exist

Even though God is indestructible, because He is omnipotent He most certainly could destroy Himself if He wanted to do so. Because He is unlimitedly powerful He can do anything and everything even in defiance of the laws of logic. But He is not under your dictation that He has to destroy Himself to prove His omnipotency. If He chooses to remain ever-existing, that is also an exercise of His omnipotency. And in the Gita He states that there was never a time that He did not exist, nor in the future will there ever be a time when He will cease to be. So He has chosen to use His omnipotency to exist forever and never destroy Himself.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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