Praying for the Volcanic Eruption of Bhakti

We are staying currently here in Volcano, Hawaii on top of Kilauea (pronounced "kill-awaya") Volcano in the home of my beloved Godbrother, Sriman Ramananda Prabhu and his wonderful devotee wife, Srimati Yugala Rasa Devi Dasi. Being here on top of a volcano, which is fortunately not currently active at the place we are staying, reminds me of the wonderful song of the great Vaisnava acharya, Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur in which he prays for that day when he will have the eruption of pure bhakti within his heart. Even though such great acharyas already have bhakti fully manifested within their hearts, they teach us by their exemplary songs and prayers what should be our mood for advancing nicely in Krishna consciousness. In other words, we get what we desire. If we desire sense gratification, we will get sense gratification birth after birth. And if we desire the supreme perfectional consciousness of pure love of God, that's what we will get in an eternal life, full of bliss, and full of knowledge. So may that volcano of love of God erupt today within our hearts.

Eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano

Eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Don't Tell the Faithless About Krishna?

I read in The Teachings of Lord Caitanya that the ninth offence against the chanting of Krishna's holy names is to preach the glories of the holy name of God to a faithless person who is not interested in hearing them.
I don't doubt what I've read. I take it to be completely true, but I'm confused. How will we save the world, when most of the people are faithless? Isn't it Lord Caitanya's wish for everyone to reconnect with Krishna?

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Shivashini

Answer: Connect with their Inner Faithfulness

This instruction means that we should reach out to the faithless persons in such a way that they develop faith. No one is actually faithless. It is simply that their faith is sometimes covered by faithlessness. Since Lord Caitanya has ordered us to tell everyone about Krishna and since the sastras prohibit preaching to the faithless, we have to present Krishna consciousness to the people in such a loving, intelligent non-fanatical way that everyone will experience a reawakening of their original faithful nature. In this way we can follow Lord Caitanya's order to tell everyone about Krishna and simultaneously follow the sastric prohibition against preaching to the faithless.

Of course, if someone is blasphemous and we are not able penetrate their envious shell, we should not try to tell them about Krishna because this will only increase their venom. However, a highly advanced devotee, can even sometimes attract the hearts of such envious snakes and transform them into devotees.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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