Civilization Based on Love

26 May 2009--After attending the mangal arati at 4:30 am in the Phoenix ISKCON temple we traveled to ISKCON's farm temple where I gave the morning Srimad Bhagavatam class and took breakfast. From there we traveled across the island of Mauritius where I took advantage of the peaceful atmosphere of a mountain creek to work on my emails and take lunch prasadam. From there it was back down into the hustle and bustle of the city where I appeared on a Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation radio show giving a presentation on how to save the Mauritian society from social degeneration by basing it on love of God. In this connection Srila Prabhupada stated when he was in Mauritius:

"Vedic society is based on the principle of love - between husband and wife, father and son, the king and the citizens, and so on. Civilization must be founded on love, not law. Modern civilization lacks this basis of love, so everything is superficial and false. But if devotion to Krishna, God, is made the basic principle, then people will be happy."

This country is a wonderful place for preaching Krishna consciousness. The people here are very receptive to our movement. I am very inspired by our visit here and plan to make Mauritius an annual part of our around-the-world preaching tours.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answering Emails by a Mountain Stream

Sankarshan Das Answering Emails by a Mountain Stream

Then to the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation

Sankarshan Das at the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation

Where I Appeared on the Radio

Sankarshan Das Appeared on the Radio Mauritius

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: How to Avoid Difficulties?

You always say that this material world is a miserable place to live in and all the sense enjoyments here ultimately lead to miseries only. I understand your point. a devotee should utilize this human birth to escape from this cycle and reach God. But still on the path of Krishna consciousness, a devotee has to undergo various troubles and sufferings due to various reasons. All these frustrating situations produce a lot of depression and anger in some devotees. Please explain how should we avoid such things.

Thanking you,

Hare Krishna,

Amit Gupta,Delhi, India

Answer: You Cannot. Tolerate Them.

You cannot avoid calamities and difficult situations in this material world. It is not possible. Do not live in dream state. This is a world full of calamities. Therefore Krishna says that you simply have to learn how to tolerate them without being disturbed. The secret of how to peacefully tolerate them is to see every circumstance as the special arrangement of Krishna to help you become more and more surrendered to Him. In this way instead of being devastated by calamities, you will learn how to appreciate them and take advantage of them. This is compared to a business who also advances the purposes of his business no matter what is the situation of the market. When the prices go up he sells. And when the prices go down he buys.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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