Relishing Hare Krishna Kirtan

There is nothing sweeter than to be in the association of the Lord's devotees engaged in hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord and serving Him. This is the secret of happiness, which the entire world is lacking. Therefore we must dedicate our lives to waking them up from their deep, dark slumber of illusion and delusion.

On Thursday 28 October 2010 we were about to depart from Riga, Latvia on our way to Kaunas, Lithuania. Many devotees had assembled to give us a transcendental send off and were enthusiastically chanting Hare Krishna. Our departure was delayed while we waited for our driver, Damodar das, to finish taking prasadam. I saw this as golden opportunity to lead a fired up kirtan. So I got out of the van to lead the devotees in kirtan. It was so ecstatic and so sweet! Vraja Kishore captured this on his camera as pictured below.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Leading Kirtan--28 October 2010--Riga, LatviaSankarshan Das Leading Kirtan

Hare Krishna Kirtan is the Epitome of Sweetness.Hare Krishna Kirtan is the Epitome of Sweetness.

It Can Solve All the World's Problems, If They Would Only Chant.It Can Solve All the World's Problems, If They Would Only Chant.

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: How Are Souls Formed?

How are the souls formed? If all the souls have a common origin, then why do they all have different consciousness, a characteristic of the soul?

Sonan Grover

Answer: By Krishna's Inconceivable Potency

Souls are formed by the inconceivable potency of Krishna. Just as by the arrangement of the Lord there are no two snowflakes that are exactly the same, similarly by the divine potency of the Lord every one of the infinite number of living beings is endowed with his own unique consciousness. Just as it is said that variety is the mother of enjoyment, Krishna creates in this way so that He can enjoy an unlimited variety of loving relationships with the unlimited variety of living beings, whom He has expanded from Himself.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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