Become An Acharya

On Sunday 10 July 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaii I gave a lecture on Bhagavad-gita 3.21. This is verse is most profound because it describes how someone who is an ideal example of Krishna consciousness can inspire the world to take up Krishna consciousness. From this verse we can understand, that if we have any genuine love for our planetary brothers and sisters, we will constantly strive to the best of our abilities to be pure devotees of Krishna so that our examples will have a delivering impact on these poor souls who are suffering so much in the cycle of birth and death.

"Become an Acharya" Sunday Feast Lecture
Honolulu, Hawaii-10 July 2011

"Become an Acharya" Lecture by Sankarshan Das at Honolulu

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Request: Bless Me with Missionary Spirit

I am very inspired by your mails every day, which I have been following for the last six months. I see that you have so much vigor and missionary spirit for spreading Krishna consciousness. Please bless me that I will also be able to develop that same missionary spirit for preaching the Krishna Consciousness wherever I am, under the guidance of senior devotees.

Your servant,
Mahesh

Answer: We Cannot Tolerate Seeing Them Suffering

Srila Prabhupada ordered his disciples to deliver the entire world. Therefore, if we are his actual followers, we will embrace this order as our very life and soul, just as Srila Prabhupada embraced as his very life and soul the order he received from his spiritual master to spread Krishna consciousness to the English speaking world. If we are actually Krishna conscious, we will not be able to tolerate seeing a world that is completely captured by ignorance and misery and we will fully dedicate our lives for saving these poor suffering fellows from their entanglement in karma cakra, the wheel of birth and death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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