Second Birth Takes Us Into Eternal Existence

Our first birth is from our mother and father. After coming out of our mother's womb we are taught how to engage nicely in eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. But if this is all that we are taught, we are no better than animals because these four activities are the constant engagement of those souls who are presently embodied in the animal kingdom. If we want to rise beyond the animal platform, we require a second birth for entering into the transcendental existence. This birth is given at the time of initiation by the spiritual master who initiates us. The spiritual master is our spiritual father and the Vedic wisdom in our spiritual mother. Just as our mother and father give us a name at the time of our first birth, at the time of our second birth the spiritual master gives us a new spiritual name to remind us that we are not this body and that we are the eternal servants of Krishna.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Sankarshan Das Adhikari Initiates
Anuradha devi dasi, Bhaktarupa Das,
and Dvijamani Gaura Das (pictured left to right)
Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin, Texas--24 August 2010Sankarshan Das Initiates Anuradha devi dasi, Bhaktarupa Das, and Dvijamani Gaura Das

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Request: Please Save the World

Respected Maharaj Ji,

Please accept my pranams at your feet. The person who said, as quoted recently in Thought for the Day, that the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita are trash, is he himself trash. Whatever you are doing, it is great service to humanity. There is rampant conversion in India. For money poor villagers are being bribed to give up their Vedic culture, sanatan dharma. Only Sri Krishna can save us.

So, please continuing blowing your victory conch 'Panchajanya' by spreading the teachings of Lord Sri Krishna and save the world.

S. Das

Response: Let's Work Together as a Team to Do That

I share your anguish regarding how humanity is plunging into deeper and darker ignorance. Therefore my burning desire is to see that the whole world can become Krishna conscious before I leave my body. Even though considering today's grossly materialistic world society, such a spiritual revolution seems totally impossible, I know that by the mercy of Lord Sri Krishna even the most impossible thing can become possible and become a tangible reality.

Amazing, seemingly impossible things do happen. For example, I grew up in an America where I remember shopping in a store in 1958 where a black man could not use the same bath room as a white man because he was considered to be an outcaste. If someone had then predicted that in fifty years a black man would be the president of the United States, his prediction would have been considered ridiculous. But now we see that indeed such an unforeseen change has occurred. So if even within the material energy such an amazing change can take place, just imagine how amazing of a change can take place under the influence of Lord Sri Krishna's spiritual energy. So it is therefore certainly possible that Krishna consciousness can become the predominant world culture within the next 50 years. So let's work together as a worldwide team of devotees to make it happen. Even if we are not successful in pulling it off, Krishna will be greatly pleased by our endeavor and will take us back to His abode at the time of our passing out of our bodies.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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