Turning Anxiety into Pure Bliss

There is one thing we all have in common in this age, and that is tons of anxiety. We have one anxiety stacked on top another anxiety, stacked on top of another anxiety, stacked on top of another anxiety, reaching all the way up into the sky. What if we could transform this mega load of anxiety into the sweetest happiness? Wouldn't that be great? Well, here's how to do it. Simply stop trying to be the center of enjoyment. Instead of trying to get pleasure for yourself, try to always give the greatest amount of pleasure to all living beings. This is the key. How to do this? Channel your loving-serving propensity to the supreme source of all existence, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When you serve and please Him you automatically render the highest degree of loving service to all living beings, and you will attain the state of pure bliss. Live like this and you'll be loving every minute of your eternal existence.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Is Krishna Mentioned in the Original Four Vedas?

Please accept my humble obeisances. I read your daily newsletter with devotion. I follow the your descriptions of Krishna Consciousness philosophy keenly. Please clarify a doubt I have. Almost all of the philosophy you propound is said to be based on Vedic literature. The four Vedas mention the names of personalities such as Indra, Varuna, Rudra and Narayana. Is Krishna mentioned in any of the verses? Please note my question is specific to the four Vedas: Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva, and not to other Upanisadic, Smriti or Puranic texts.

Regards,

Srinivas

Answer: All the Vedic Literature Points to Krishna

Yes, Krishna is also mentioned in the original Vedas in the Atharva Veda:

brahmanyo devaki-putrah

"Krishna, the son of Devaki, is the Supreme Personality."

But we should not think that the Vedic supplements such as the Bhagavad-gita are any less authoritative than the original Vedas. How can Krishna's direct words in the Bhagavad-gita be any less authoritative? He is the Supreme Authority, the source of all Vedic knowledge and has not restricted His revelation of the highest truth simply to the four original Vedas. He states in the Bhagavad-gita that all of the Vedic literature is pointing to Him.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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