Lithuania Will Become Fully Krishna Conscious

At last Saturday's Holy Name Retreat in Ziezmariai, Lithuania one of the young brahmacari monks asked me what is my prediction for Lithuania. I informed him that Lithuania will eventually become a completely Krishna conscious nation with a full slate of Krishna conscious leaders. I made this prediction, not whimsically, but on the basis of authoritative Vedic wisdom given by Krishnadas Kaviraja Goswami as follows:

saj-jana, durjana, paṅgu, jaḍa, andha-gaṇa
prema-vanyāya ḍubāila jagatera jana

“The Krishna consciousness movement will inundate the entire world and drown everyone, whether one be a gentleman, a rogue or even lame, invalid or blind.”-- Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 7.26

This prediction will be manifested through the medium of devotees who are dedicated to preaching Krishna consciousness to the suffering souls of this world to help them out of their pitiable situation within the cycle of birth and death.

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Doesn't Love of God Just Happen?

I am not in a state of being to give back love to God. I do chant at times and would like that feeling of love to erupt by itself within my heart. I do not want to make any conscious effort or even pretend to love God. Love is not that easy that one has to make an effort. It just happens and thereafter it just keeps on growing. Am I right ? And please tell me what is my state of being at the moment.

Seeking your blessings
Bharat

Answer: You Already Have Pure Love for God

Thank you very much for your nice inquiry. You are wondering if love of God just happens on its own spontaneously without any conscious effort of the part of the devotee. The answer is that natural, spontaneous love of God is already fully manifested within your heart. But just like the brilliant sun cannot be seen on a cloudy day, the clouds of material consciousness are covering the brilliant sun of love of God within your heart. If you will regularly chant the holy names of God as a daily devotional discipline, the heavy clouds of material consciousness will be cleared away from your heart, and the natural, pure, spontaneous love for God that you already have within will become fully manifested.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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