Winning the War Against Maya

To seriously take up the process of Krishna consciousness is to declare war against maya or illusion. Everywhere around us the enemy of material attraction is trying to lure us away from devotional service to the Lord into the trap of material sense gratification, which will keep us forever entangled in the cycle of repeated birth and death. It takes a herculean effort of the aspiring devotee to sever the hard intricately tied knot of material attraction. Therefore he must fight just like a soldier during wartime to ward off the influence of the material energy if he wants to win the war against maya.

Meeting with Leaders of ISKCON from Riga, Latvia
Baltic Summer Vaisnava Festival-19 July 2012

Sankarshan Das Meeting with Leaders of ISKCON from Riga,Latvia

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Will the World Problems Ever Be Solved?

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to you and Srila Prabhupada.

In the below quoted mission statement from Thought for the Day why has it been claimed that awakening Krishna consciousness will solve all the problems of the world society? Please explain in detail. Will the world problems will ever be solved?

Your servant,
Ashok Sahu

"Our Mission: To help everyone awaken their original Krishna consciousness, which is eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss. Such a global awakening will, in one stroke, solve all the problems of the world society bringing in a new era of unprecedented peace and prosperity for all. May that day, which the world so desperately needs, come very soon. We request you to participate in this mission by reviving your dormant Krishna consciousness and assisting us in spreading this science all over the world."

Answer: If They Take to Krishna Consciousness

Just as when we water the root of a tree all the leaves and branches are nourished, in a similar way since Krishna is the root of the entire existence, when we give our love to Krishna everything becomes all auspicious throughout the entire world. Therefore Krishna consciousness can easily in one stroke solve all the problems of the world. Whether or not the present day grossly misguided civilization will take to it is another matter. It is certainly highly unlikely. But it was also highly unlikely that Nelson Mandela, when he was a prisoner of the apartheid regime in South Africa, would someday become the president of South Africa. That he did so is certainly a miracle. So miracles do happen. This is why the devotees keep chanting, preaching, and praying for the ultimate miracle that the entire world will become Krishna conscious and that all problems which are plaguing the world society will thus be solved.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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