History's Greatest Spiritual Renaissance

Our mission is to lead the world out of chaos. We have in the books of Srila Prabhupada the knowledge required to bring a new age of God consciousness to this troubled planet. We simply must now convince especially the intellectual class to carefully read and follow the sublime instructions of Lord Sri Krishna as so meticulously explained by Srila Prabhupada in his books. If we can do so, there will manifest on this planet the greatest spiritual renaissance in the history of humanity.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Initiation Ceremony--Kaunas, Lithuania
30 October 2010Sankarshan Das Initiation Ceremony

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Is Free Will Lost When One Surrenders? 

Lord Krishna has given us free will. If a devotee surrenders himself to the Lord, does the Lord influence the decisions taken by the devotee's free will?
1] If yes, does it mean that God is partial?
2] If not, how should one understand his decisions in life are right or wrong?

Vikashwa

Answer: Free Will Is Never Lost

Even after surrendering to Krishna the devotee still makes his own decisions because he is voluntarily using his free will to execute the will of God. He fully retains his free will because at any time he can opt out of serving the will of the Lord.

Krishna or God is completely impartial because He allows anybody without any discrimination to engage their free will in His service.

We can judge whether or not our decisions are right or wrong by seeing if they are in accordance with the sublime instructions given in the Bhagavad-gita.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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