Anxiety Antidote: Count Your Blessings
In this material world we are sometimes overwhelmed by reverse situations, which very much upset our mental equilibrium. When this happens the antidote is to immediately count your blessings. Instead of lamenting your misfortune, thoughtfully analyze and celebrate your good fortune. There will always be loss and gain in this material world. You can't do anything about that. But you can change your attitude and liberate yourself from a lifetime of anxiety. So instead of butting your head against the wall trying to alter the unalterable, open your eyes and see how Krishna is always blessing you in spite of the constant ups and downs of the material nature.
Srila Prabhupada Teaches Us
Your unworthy servant,
Padma Charana Das
Ritvik philosophy is the incorrect idea that Srila Prabhupada wanted the disciplic succession to end with him, that after him there would be no more initiating spiritual masters. This is clearly not the case because Srila Prabhupada told us that after his departure the new devotees who join his movement would become the disciples of his disciples.
In this regard Srila Prabhupada stated in an arrival lecture in Los Angeles on 18 May 1972:
"So we have got this message from Krishna, from Caitanya Mahaprabhu, from the six Goswamis, later on, Bhaktivinode Thakur, Bhaktisiddhanta Thakur. And we are trying our bit also to distribute this knowledge. Now, tenth, eleventh, twelfth. My Guru Maharaja is tenth from Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I am eleventh, you are the twelfth. So distribute this knowledge. People are suffering."
It is very clear from this statement of Srila Prabhupada that he considered his dedicated disciples to be the next link in the disciplic succession, not the ridiculous ritvik idea that the disciple succession ended with him.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Srila Prabhupada Teaches Us
How to Always Be Free From Anxiety
Answers by Citing the Vedic Version
Question: What is Ritvik Philosophy?
What is ritvik philosophy? Who practices it?Your unworthy servant,
Padma Charana Das
Answer: An Envious Denial of Disciplic Succession
Ritvik philosophy is being currently propounded by envious persons who do not want to accept the leadership system set up by Srila Prabhupada for managing the Krishna consciousness movement. They use it as an excuse not to co-operate with the leaders of ISKCON.Ritvik philosophy is the incorrect idea that Srila Prabhupada wanted the disciplic succession to end with him, that after him there would be no more initiating spiritual masters. This is clearly not the case because Srila Prabhupada told us that after his departure the new devotees who join his movement would become the disciples of his disciples.
In this regard Srila Prabhupada stated in an arrival lecture in Los Angeles on 18 May 1972:
"So we have got this message from Krishna, from Caitanya Mahaprabhu, from the six Goswamis, later on, Bhaktivinode Thakur, Bhaktisiddhanta Thakur. And we are trying our bit also to distribute this knowledge. Now, tenth, eleventh, twelfth. My Guru Maharaja is tenth from Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I am eleventh, you are the twelfth. So distribute this knowledge. People are suffering."
It is very clear from this statement of Srila Prabhupada that he considered his dedicated disciples to be the next link in the disciplic succession, not the ridiculous ritvik idea that the disciple succession ended with him.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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