Reviving the World Religion

Formerly this entire planet was united in one global, peaceful, loving family. The head of government was at Hastinapur, near what is now New Delhi. There was only one global culture whose religion was service to the Supreme Lord. Now, since the advent of Kali Yuga 5,000 years ago, that one-world, spiritually centered culture has disintegrated, and a highly fragmented multi-national, multi-cultural, and multi-religious world society based on greed and exploitation has emerged.

There is no need for all of this divisiveness. If we can simply acknowledge that we all come from the same source, the same Supreme Person with unlimited names, and that we all share the same duty, to surrender fully unto Him in love and devotion, then the original world religion, which peacefully united all of humanity for millions of years, can be revived.

ISKCON Devotees Chanting Hare Krishna to Revive the World Religion
(Sankarshan Das Playing the Harmonium)
Gainesville, Florida--February 1974

ISKCON Devotees Chanting Hare Krishna and Sankarshan Das Playing Harmonium, Gainesville, Florida--February 1974

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: How to Make an Important Decision?

Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

May I ask you a question about decision taking? I have a situation in life when I should make a choice among four options. The situation is related with my job and place of living. My place of living as well as my working area, professional duties, tasks and responsibilities could be changed very seriously depending on choice I will make.

How it is possible to make right choice and to take right decision?

All of the options have their positive and negative sides, but I don't know which of them is better or best to realize my personal qualities, nature and varna. More over this choice will also affect my wife as well. We don't have children yet.

Instruct me please, Maharaja.

V.

Answer: See What is Most Favorable for Your Krishna Consciousness

Since become fully Krishna conscious is the ultimate purpose of human existence, all decisions should be based on the principle of seeing what is most favorable for your Krishna consciousness.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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