Take the Leadership

The time is now for those who are Krishna conscious to take the positions of leadership on all levels throughout the world. That leadership taking will not be by force. Rather it will be by ideal character and exemplary behavior. The misguidance of those persons who are addicted to sense gratification is creating an ever more unbearably calamitous situation for the planet earth. It is only when those who are purely Krishna conscious take the positions of leadership throughout the world that the dangerous ocean of Kali will subside and there will be a revival of the happy, peaceful, and prosperous Vedic age, the Caitanya Era, which has been predicted to last for 10,000 years in the early days of the Kali Yuga. That era began in 1486 with the advent of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and has been expanded all over the world by the empowered preaching of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, our beloved spiritual master.

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: Spiritual or Material Goals?

Please advise on how we should spend our energy on material advancement and spiritual advancement. I feel that I cannot ignore material goals and advancement. Also, it is widely believed that its all a dream and we need to play our part (in the material world) as destined. I am at a cross roads and do not know what would be right path to pursue.

regards
sudarsan

Answer: Spiritualize All Goals

Rise early before the sunrise and spend the predawn hours on spiritual cultivation. Then in the service of Krishna you may cultivate material progress in full swing and offer the result to Krishna.

You have your choice of two destinies:
1. Material destiny
2. Spiritual destiny

If you only cultivate material progress you will be destined to remain in the cycle of birth and death sometimes as an animal, sometimes as a plant, sometimes as a fish, sometimes as an insect, sometimes as a bird, and sometimes as a human being. But if you choose the path of spiritual cultivation, you will be destined to regain your original position in the spiritual world.

On the path of spiritual cultivation, your material progress is automatically included. And on the path of material cultivation there is no spiritual progress. Therefore those who are intelligent pursue the path of spiritual progress and are fully happy and prosperous in this lifetime and for all of eternity.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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