Realizing and Distributing Pure Bhakti

The absolute necessity for every living being to be happy is the awakening of pure bhakti, pure devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart. This is his original pure nature before he become contaminated by coming into contact with the material atmosphere. Because of this necessity the ultimate welfare activity is the distribution of pure bhakti to the souls of this material world, who are greatly suffering due to their lack of Krishna consciousness. Whatever one has realized about Krishna, he should distribute to those who do not have Krishna consciousness. And then Krishna, being exceedingly pleased with him, will give him even more realization, which he can then distribute and become qualified for even more realization. In this way by realizing and distributing pure bhakti, the devotee becomes ever-increasingly more advanced in Krishna consciousness and more and more empowered to deliver the fallen, conditioned souls of this universe.

Distributing Pure Bhakti at a Home Program
West Mead, Australia-22 June 2012

Sankarshan Das Distributing Pure Bhakti at a Home Program

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: How to Deal with My Christian Father?

Dear Srila Gurudeva,

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

Recently my father has taken to Christianity and he keeps telling me that the only way to God is through Jesus. Firstly, how should I respectfully respond to him every time he says this quote from the Bible, which he strongly reaffirms his faith to, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."? And lastly, as a neophyte of Krishna consciousness I understand that I am not in the position to fully educate or preach to my dad about Lord Krishna. Therefore, how can I maintain a balance between my faith and my family life without offending either too much?

Kuvera S.

Answer: Encourage Him to Follow Jesus Perfectly

Encourage him to follow his chosen path with sincerity and full devotion. In this connection Srila Prabhupada has stated in a room conversation on 10 May 1969 in Columbus, Ohio, "Either you follow Lord Jesus Christ or Lord Buddha or Krishna, it doesn't matter much. But do it perfectly. That is our request."

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Little Sparrow Who Conquered the Ocean

Image
In his purport to Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 6, Text 24 Srila Prabhupada wonderfully teaches us the power of determinations by telling us the story of the little sparrow who conquered the ocean: "As for determination, one should follow the example of the sparrow who lost her eggs in the waves of the ocean. A sparrow laid her eggs on the shore of the ocean, but the big ocean carried away the eggs on its waves. The sparrow became very upset and asked the ocean to return her eggs. The ocean did not even consider her appeal. So the sparrow decided to dry up the ocean. She began to pick out the water in her small beak, and everyone laughed at her for her impossible determination. The news of her activity spread, and at last Garuda, the gigantic bird carrier of Lord Visnu, heard it. He became compassionate toward his small sister bird, and so he came to see the sparrow. Garuda was very pleased by the determination of the small sparrow, and he promised to help. Thus Garuda at once asked t...
Read more

Heart Melting Reunion with Amarendra and Gayatri

Image
On Friday 26 June 2015 I was blessed with the greatest good fortune of meeting with two of the dearest devotees of my entire life, His Grace Amarendra Prabhu and his good wife, Srimati Gayatri devi dasi. I am eternally indebted to these great souls for how much they helped me in my spiritual life when I was a young devotee. When I was young brahmacari monk in 1973 I joined with the two of them in Gainesville, Florida. We were a three person preaching center, and they were just like a mother and father to me. I had so many wonderful Krishna conscious experiences in their association that I can hardly begin to describe them here. But at least may it suffice for me to say for now that Gayatri taught me what it means to be a soft-hearted devotee of the Lord and she gave me my first cooking lesson, teaching me how to make cauliflower pakoras, and Amarendra taught me the art of how to preach strongly, intelligently, and coolly to defeat opposing arguments. Recently Gayatri almost died. But ...
Read more

Misguided Fools Say that Masturbation is Healthy

Image
Foolish modern day materialists recommend masturbation as follows: "Masturbation is a common activity. It’s a natural and safe way to explore your body, feel pleasure, and release built-up sexual tension. It occurs among people of all backgrounds, genders, and races. Despite the myths, there are actually no physically harmful side effects of masturbation." They are wrong. To get a proper understanding on this this topic read the question and answer section below. Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: What are the Ill Effects of Masturbation? Since you answered questions related to understanding the real need of sex in a human being's life, so I also request you to please enlighten us with the knowledge about semen conservation, it's importance, and the consequences of frequently releasing it thorough sex or masturbation. Since today most of the youth are indulged in mansturbation and they think it to be good in comparison to doing sex with some female for ...
Read more