When the Going Gets Tough

Sometimes in Krishna consciousness the going gets tough. That's when those who are tough really get going. It's a fact that perseverance furthers. When everything seems hopeless this is when we have strengthen our faith in Krishna and push onward through the fog. The times when things are difficult are the times that we can make the quickest advancement along the bhakti path. Therefore instead of lamenting and becoming bewildered when things become chaotic and seemingly impossible, we should be glad that now we can accelerate and strengthen our Krishna consciousness. Now we can fully apply all the wonderful instructions we have imbibed and deepen our realization of this wondrous science.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Sports and Krishna Consciousness

I have a really important question to ask.

This is a comparison between sports and Krishna Consciousness. It seems that they have their own world. In Krishna Consciousness, you want to attain self-realization to become free from suffering. In sports, you want to become the best athlete.

In overview of both these things: How does sports carry less weight than Krishna Consciousness. Both have their own ambitions. In a way, can someone say I would rather be an athlete, the best I can be, then become a self-realized person the best I can be?

Regards,

Henry Justin Chau

Answer: Krishna Consciousness--The Ultimate Sport

A athlete can become excellent in this world for a few years until his body becomes too old to play sports and he dies to take birth again. Lifetime after lifetime he suffers the pangs of birth, death, old age, and disease--sometimes as a human being, sometimes as a plant, or sometimes as an animal according to his karma. So even though he got some temporary short run pleasure from sporting, his future is not very bright.

On the other hand, the devotee of Lord Krishna, the one who is perfect in self-realization, becomes excellent in serving Lord Krishna. He tastes the highest happiness in this lifetime and he enters the spiritual world to enjoy and eternal existence, full of knowledge, and full of bliss.

So you can take you pick. You can decide whether you would like some temporary sporting happiness throwing a ball around and then having to face so much suffering lifetime after lifetime, or whether you would prefer to seriously adopt the ultimate sport of Krishna bhakti for achieving an eternal life, full of bliss, and full of knowledge.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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