How to Connect with the Supreme Person

We plug in our electric lamp so that it can get electricity and illuminate our room. Even though the electricity is coming from the powerhouse, we do not directly plug our lamp into the powerhouse because the powerhouse is situated at a great distance from our home. Instead we plug our lamp into the power outlet on the wall.

In a similar way since Krishna is far, far away in His transcendental abode he has established the system of disciplic succession so that anyone who desires to be fully connected with Him can do so. He describes this in the Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 4, Text 2 that we connect with Him through the system known as disciplic succession. This means that we become the disciple of a bona fide spiritual maser who is coming in an unbroken line of disciple succession from Him. The process of connecting with Krishna through the spiritual master is by following the spiritual master's instructions. And when we make a permanent commitment to always follow his instructions we accept diksha or initiation. Initiation from the bona fide spiritual master is imperative for one who wants to attain spiritual perfection because Krishna states in the Adi Purana that we are not his devotee unless we have become the devotee of His devotee.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

The Author Gives Initiation to Akrura Das
Sofia, Bulgaria--4 November 2007Sankarshan Das Gives Initiation to Akrura Das

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: What is Krishna Consciousness?

What is Krishna consciousness ? How can we be your disciples? Please guide us.

Steph & Roger

Answer: To Reconnect with the Supreme Self

Krishna consciousness is the science of reconnecting the individual self with the Supreme Self through loving service. You are both welcome to become my disciples. One becomes a disciple by following the instructions of the spiritual master.

Your first step is to read Bhagavad-gita As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Do you have a copy? Have you read it?

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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