Planning Our Next World Tour

We are back now at Bhaktivedanta Ashram preparing for our next world tour which will begin in late March after Gaura Purnima. We still have not planned our first stop in Europe. Due the routing rules of our around-the-world tickets we are restricted to certain cities. If you are in one of the following cities and would like me to come there for lecturing, kindly inform us as soon as possible so we can consider the feasibility of our coming there.

The possible cities are:

London
Manchester
Paris
Frankfurt
Brussels
Milan
Zurich
Madrid

Email to: requestlecture@earthlink.net

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Highlights from Our Last World Tour

Airport Arrival Kirtan in Sofia, Bulgaria

Airport Arrival Kirtan in Sofia, Bulgaria

Bhaktilata devi dasi Initiation in Russia

Bhaktilata devi dasi Initiation in Russia

Vyas Puja Celebration in Lithuania

Vyas Puja Celebration in Lithuania

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

No Stress Success" Seminar Emptoris Technologies-Pune, India

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Liberated by Sankirtan?

My dear Srila Gurudeva!

Please accept my humble obeisances!

You said in one lesson entitled "The Time Has come to Completely Respiritualize the Entire Planet" that even the plants and animals are uplifted by Lord Caitanya's Sankirtan Movement, the congregational chanting of Lord Sri Krishna's holy names. Are they liberated by the Sankirtan?

Yours,
Nithin

Answer: Sankirtan Liberates Everyone

Any plant or animal who is exposed to the transcendental sound vibration of the Hare Krishna mantra is greatly purified. By being purified his evolution to the human form, in which he can be liberated from the cycle of birth and death, will come much sooner than it would have if he had not come into contact with the Hare Krishna mahamantra. And once he comes to the human form, he will become even more purified if he again hears the sound of Krishna's name from the mouth of His devotees. By repeatedly hearing the holy names he will eventually be sufficiently purified to reawaken his dormant Krishna consciousness and thus will fully surrender himself at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krishna and become liberated from the cycle of birth and death. Therefore all over the world devotees should have kindness upon the countless jivas who are caught up in samsara by as much as possible and in as many places as possible publicly singing the sublime Hare Krishna mantra as loudly as possible so that all living beings can become liberated as soon as possible:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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