The Most Adventurous Adventure

In Krishna consciousness you don't have to watch movies, travel to exotic places, or meet famous people to try to find adventure. Simply by connecting with Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the source of all adventure, your life is immediately transformed into the most most amazing adventurous experience. In the Bhagavad-gita Krishna reveals that He is the source of all adventure and that he is adventure itself. Therefore when one is fully dovetailed with Krishna through loving devotional service he experiences life as the most invigorating and exciting adventure at every moment.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Variation of Dates

Hare Krishna!

Forgive my lack of knowledge or understanding. You wrote on the 14th of August 2009, that day is Srila Prabhupada's day of appearance into this world. But in 2008 you wrote the same thing, on the 24th of August. I am confused. Does this day refers to his birthday into this material world or some other event in his life? I mean, how can we say one year that Srila Prabhupada was born in this world on one day and while in the next year it is on a different day?

Please enlighten me!

Hare Krishna!

Val

Answer: No Variation on the Vaisnava Calendar

The Vaisnava calendar is based primarily on the phases of the moon, not primarily on the rotations of the sun as the solar calendar is based. We Vaisnavas celebrate the appearance days of the Lord and the great spiritual masters according to the Vaisnava calendar. While on the solar calendar the holy days will usually vary from year to year, on the Vaisnava calendar the holy days occur on the same day every year.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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