Take Shelter of the Pure Devotee

Srila Prabhupada explains, "Even if one wanders for many millions of years, from the time of creation until the time of annihilation, one cannot get free from the path of material existence unless one receives shelter at the lotus feet of a pure devotee." So we cannot become self-realized on our own strength. It is not possible. To become liberated from birth and death we are fully dependent on the mercy of Lord Sri Krishna's pure representative, the bona fide spiritual master. If we are fortunate enough to come into contact with such a pure devotee, we should take full advantage of his association by taking complete shelter of his lotus feet and thus make our lives perfect.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: How to Follow Dharma in this Age?

Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.
Kindly clarify the following questions:

1) What is dharma?
2) How to follow dharma as per shastras (scriptures)?
3) Is it possible to follow dharma in the present Kali yuga? If so, kindly give me an example.

Your most humble servant
Sukumar

Answer: Surrender to Guru and Krishna

Our dharma or duty is the fully surrender ourselves to Lord Sri Krishna. This is accomplished by taking shelter of a bona fide spiritual master through the process known as initiation. The spiritual master then expertly engages us 24 hours a day in Lord Sri Krishna's service. The example of those who are following dharma in this materialistic age of Kali is found in ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Tens of thousands of ISKCON members all over the world have become solidly situated in dharma by engaging themselves completely in Krishna's service under the guidance of their bona fide spiritual masters.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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