Establish an Ideal State

After a long overnight flight from London we have arrived on the tropical island nation of Mauritius 560 miles east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. It was very auspicious that upon landing we were greeted by a government official who said, "Hare Krishna." He then whisked us through the immigration procedures without our having to stand in a line and escorted us all the way out of the airport to the ecstatic kirtan party awaiting our arrival. Here our movement is very popular even with the leading government officials. I was told that one time some devotees were stopped on the highway by the police for speeding. When the police saw that they were ISKCON devotees they did not give them a ticket. They instead gave them a police escort to get to their destination in a timely manner. So there is great scope for establishing the Krishna consciousness movement very solidly in this country. If we can make Mauritius an ideal state based on the Bhagavad-gita, all the world leaders will be able to see a living example of an ideal Krishna conscious state and can then apply the wonderful Krishna consciousness principles to making the citizens of their respective nations happy.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Sri Sri Radha Golokananda Presiding Deities at Hare Krishna Land
Phoenix, Mauritius

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Will We Fall Again?

Earlier you told me, Prabhu, that once we go to Goloka Vrindavan we do not come back on the earthly plane. We live there for ever. All current individuals are destined to go to the spiritual sky. Please answer my following questions:

1. If we go to Goloka Vrindavan and again revolt or envy Krishna, will we come back to earth again?

2. If we merge into the impersonal effulgence of Krishna, will we come back to earth ever again?

3. If anyone in the past has talked to God or everyone has realized God in different aspects, why is there so much confusion regarding the nature of God?

Your humble servant,

Rajan

Answer: Once Burned, Twice Shy

Once burned, twice shy. After having made the mistake of falling into material existence once and having learned our lesson, we will not make the same mistake twice.

The Srimad Bhagavatam states that those merge into the impersonal brahman effulgence fall back down into this material world. Therefore instead of trying to merge into Brahman we should become devotees and go the planet of Krishna from where we are guaranteed not to fall down ever again.

Many great pure devotees have established direct personal communication with God. The only reason the human society is confused about God is that people have stubbornly, proudly refused to hear about God from these great acharyas. If the people of the world can now agree to hear from the great acharyas, the whole world will become delivered. There will be no more confusion.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari