May this Movement Be Successful

It's 7:58 am on 21 May, 2009. We are in Sofia, Bulgaria getting reading for our departure to London, where I will giving a lecture tonight, and then onwards tomorrow to Mauritius, where I am slated to give a series of lectures over several days. It is extremely rewarding to live a life of complete dedication to the Krishna consciousness movement because it is the prime benediction for the humanity at large. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss and gives everyone an opportunity to taste the full nectar for which they are hankering at every moment. May the Krishna consciousness movement be successful in completely inundating planet earth in a tidal wave of Krishna bhakti.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Hare Krishna Tidal Wave of Bliss

Hare Krishna Tidal Wave of Bliss

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Is "Chant and Be Happy" a Contradiction

ISKCON has a book called "Chant and Be Happy". And Srila Prabhupada writes in his purport to Bhagavad-gita 2.38, "There is no consideration of happiness or distress, profit or gain, victory or defeat in the activities of Krishna consciousness." Isn't this a contradiction?

Ravishankar

Answer: It Defeats the Competition

The Bhagavad-gita purport is referring to material happiness and distress. Krishna consciousness is completely transcendental to these dualities. It exists eternally on the plane of transcendental bliss. In other words in all conditions of material happiness and distress the devotee continues faithfully engaging in devotional service and thus he experiences ever-increasing transcendental bliss. So there is no contradiction. Transcendental happiness defeats the competition.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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