Conquer Your Senses, Conquer the World

Krishna explains in the Bhagavad-gita that if we become ideal Vaisnavas who engage their senses 100% in the service of the Lord that we can induce the entire world to accept the guidance of the Krishna consciousness movement. So what could be a better, more fulfilling life style than to seriously cultivate pure devotional service both for our own personal benefit and for the benefit of the entire world population? The easiest way to do that is to dive deeply into Hare Krishna kirtan. Such kirtan purifies our own hearts and purifies the entire world.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why Do I Suffer Karmic Reactions?

Dear Gurudeva,

My pranams at your lotus feet.

Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita 13:32:

anāditvān nirguṇatvāt
paramātmāyam avyayaḥ
śarīra-stho 'pi kaunteya
na karoti na lipyate

"Those with the vision of eternity can see that the imperishable soul is transcendental, eternal, and beyond the modes of nature. Despite contact with the material body, O Arjuna, the soul neither does anything nor is entangled."

So, if my soul is not responsible for the activities my body doing, why do I (my soul) have to suffer from the actions of it?

Hare Krishna!

Sanjay Krishna Panda

Answer: You Chose to Ride the Karma Chakra

While it is a fact that the conditioned souls are simply being carried along on a machine made of material energy, because they have voluntarily placed themselves on that machine they have to bear the responsibility for whatever they do while they are under the influence of the machine of the material nature. I have previously given the example in this connection of someone who joins a terrorist organization. Although the acts of terrorism he commits are all executed under the coercion of his terrorist leaders, he is still held responsible for them because it was his decision to join the terrorist organization in the first place.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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