Devotee's Two Track Transcendental Adventure

The devotee's life is a two track transcendental adventure. While externally tasting the excitement of traveling and preaching all over the world for igniting a global spiritual revolution, he internally relishes the sweet mellows of Krishna bhakti from his connection with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These external and internal rasas are not in conflict with each other. Rather they enhance each other, just like the two separate rhythms that amalgamate into one attractive rhythmical pattern when one simultaneously plays the two heads of a mridanga drum.

Srila Prabhupada Relishing Krishna's Name

Srila Prabhupada Relishing Krishna's Name

Srila Prabhupada Spreading the Mercy

Srila Prabhupada Spreading the Mercy

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: How Muslims and Christians Get Purified?

Dear Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances!

By chanting we become purified from our sins. What about the Christians and Muslims? How are they supposed to become purified from the reactions of their sins?

Thank you,

Sri Nair

Answer: By Chanting or Singing God's Name

The process of purification is one: chanting the holy names of God. By chanting or singing the glories of God according to their own religion all religionists will neutralize their sins. But if they continue sinning while chanting, they will spoil the purifying effect of the chanting. This is why all of the world's scriptures instruct us to stop sinning. If we chant but continue sinning, there will be no awakening of the love of God within our hearts, just as we will not be successful in lighting a fire if we pour water on it while we are trying to light it. Therefore all religionists should abstain from illicit sex, meat eating, intoxication, and gambling while they chant the glories of God.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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