Firmly Fixed in Krishna Consciousness

Material life is not always pleasant. Sometimes we are attacked by various kinds of material miseries. Actually, if we examine our position here minutely, we will see that we are always under attack from one type of material misery or another. So how to be happy in the midst of so many difficulties? We simply have to always remain firmly fixed in Krishna consciousness. By doing so we will not be shaken even by the greatest difficulties. This is confirmed as follows in the Bhagavad-gita:

yasmin sthito na duḥkhena
guruṇāpi vicālyate

"If one is situated firmly in Krishna consciousness he is never shaken even in the midst of the heaviest difficulty."
--Bhagavad-gītā 6.22

Ideal Grihastha Life Seminar
Pune, India-8 April 2012

Sankarshan Das Ideal Grihastha Life Seminar, Pune, India

Final Instructions to Devotees Before Departing
Pune, India-9 April 2012-5:30am

Sankarshan Das Instructions to Devotees, Pune, India

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: What are Next Lives for Married Couple?

Honorable Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. I'd like to know about what happens to two married body/souls in their next lives. Whether the same two souls would again be married in next lives or different souls? What says our scripture?

Hare Krishna!

Milan Das

Answer: Tossed Like Sticks in the Waves of Time

Your question is nicely answered in the following verse from the Srimad Bhagavatam 10.5.25:

naikatra priya-saṁvāsaḥ
suhṛdāṁ citra-karmaṇām
oghena vyῡhyamānānāṁ
plavānāṁ srotaso yathā

"Many planks and sticks, unable to stay together, are carried away by the force of a river's waves. Similarly, although we are intimately related with friends and family members, we are unable to stay together because of our varied past deeds and the waves of time."
--Srimad Bhagavatam 10.5.25

This is why we should not base our happiness on temporary bodily relationships. Instead we should base our happiness on our eternal relationship with Sri Krishna and Sri Guru.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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