We've Been Waiting Since Time Immemorial

Since time immemorial we have been caught up in the cycle of birth and death repeatedly suffering unbearable miseries lifetime after lifetime. Deep within our hearts we have been desperately awaiting that day when someone will come and liberate us from this hopeless quagmire. But because our nature is to enjoy and because the suffering has been intolerable, we fool ourselves into thinking we are enjoying when actually we are in the most miserable of all situations. This is called maya-sukhaya or illusory happiness. But now by the causeless mercy of Lord Krishna, the greatest saintly teacher has descended from the spiritual world to save us. His name is His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He has given us many volumes of the most practical enlightening books ever written in the history of the world and has started a movement know as the Krishna consciousness movement for those who want to take advantage of his teachings. If we will read his books and participate in his movement, we will become liberated from the cycle of birth and death, and we will regain our original transcendental identities in that supremely wonderful, sublime, and eternal abode known as the para-vyoma or the spiritual sky.

Srila Prabhupada in Los Angeles

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Why Do Muslims Eat Meat?

If the purpose of all the religion is same, to love God, why do Muslims consume non-vegetarian food? On the festival of Id-ul-Fitr they eat male goats in the name of Islam. Please clear my doubt since this act of the Muslims produces hatred towards them.

Your humble servant,
Akhil G.

Answer: They Do Not Know the Meaning of Religion.

Nowadays most people in all faiths who claim to be religious are actually irreligious. They simply use their religious designation as a mask to hide their sinfulness. Although they profess religion, they are not truly religious. Hence they engage in all kinds of sinful activities, even in the name of religion. If you love someone, you will not kill and eat his children. Therefore, meat eaters cannot be genuine lovers of God.

We should not hate anyone because of their ignorance. Most people are actually good. Simply they have been grossly misguided. Therefore we should manifest love for them by enlightening them in the transcendental process of Krishna consciousness. In this way they can become true lovers of God. Lord Caitanya has ordered us to tell everyone we meet about Krishna. Therefore we should make everyone in the world Krishna conscious.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari