Back to the West

Even though the line between East and West is becoming blurrier as India becomes more and more westernized, there are still the wonderful vestiges of the ancient Vedic culture lingering on in India continuing to qualify it as the "holy land" of India. For this reason a visit to India is encouraging for anyone who wants to awaken their dormant Krishna consciousness. By the time you read this I will be back in the West, on my European lecture tour explaining the amazing wisdom that guided the human civilization for thousands and millions of years before the advent of the Kali yuga 5,000 years ago. Anyone who takes advantage of this knowledge will realize the supreme happiness and become the most fortunate person in the whole world.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Explaining Bhakti Bliss to ISKCON Celibate Monks
20 October 2010--Juhu, Mumbai, IndiaSankarshan Das Explaining Bhakti Bliss to ISKCON Celibate Monks

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Who Is Qualified to Meet a Spiritual Master?

It is said that when one is qualified to accept a spiritual master, Krishna sends him one. Does that mean that everyone in whose life you come (via Internet or otherwise) is qualified to have a spiritual master?

Your servant,

Anda

Answer: No One, But Still He Mercifully Appears.

Whether one is qualified or unqualified to come into contact with a bona fide master, that contact with Sri Guru is his greatest qualification for quickly and easily becoming perfect in self-realization by taking full advantage of the merciful instructions of the bona fide spiritual master. Even though the human population is unqualified to receive him, the bona fide spiritual master causelessly appears in their midst to bless them with Krishna consciousness. This is how we are to understand that the spiritual master's mercy is causeless. Nobody deserves it, but he dispenses mercy freely without regard for someone's being qualified or unqualified to receive it.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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