Transcendental to All Adversities

In this material world things do not always go well. Therefore if we want to always be happy we must master the art of how to always be transcendental to all adversities. There is no greater opulence, no greater achievement than becoming thus solidly fixed in Krishna consciousness. Unfortunately the present world civilization because of going on under the guidance of misguided self-interested fools is not facilitating the people to come to the proper consciousness in harmony with the Supreme Reality. Therefore we are trying to spread this Krishna consciousness movement all over the world to save the suffering humanity from the quagmire of illusion in which they are so deeply sunk.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Can Houses in Vaikunthaloka Talk?

I have read that in Vaikunthaloka even the houses and trees are conscious unlike in the material world. I wanted to know that when it is said that the houses and even trees are conscious does it mean that they too can converse and take part in the activities going on in the spiritual world? For example, if there is playing and dancing going on can the houses and trees also play and dance?

Yours devotedly,

Avinash.G

Answer: If They Want To

It is fact that everything in the spiritual world is an animate living being with the full power to act and converse as a human being. But some of the devotees are inclined to take on different apparently inanimate forms to serve the Lord in different ways such as being his flute, a peacock feather in his hair, or a house. This is a matter of rasa or taste for each individual devotee how he feels most inclined to serve Krishna. Because there is full freedom in the spiritual world, if Krishna's house or flute wants to talk to Krishna, he can do so. Those who are inclined to dance will take instead a human form to get full facility for dancing.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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