Transcendental Bliss Again Hits Austin Streets

Transcendental bliss has once again hit the streets of Austin, Texas USA. On Saturday 3 February 2013 an ecstatic group of devotees from ISKCON Austin brought the unlimited mercy of Lord Caitanya once again to the streets of Austin. We set up a bhakti oasis on South Congress Avenue, a popular spot for Austinites on the weekend. For uplifting the local and global consciousness we loudly sang the Hare Krishna mantra and distributed the liberating transcendental literatures of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

I'll let you in on an insider's secret. The more you distribute transcendental bliss, the more you will taste transcendental bliss.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Bliss on South Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 2 February 2013:
Loudly Broadcasting the Holy Names

Bliss on South Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 2 February 2013

Those Passing By Get the Supreme Blessing

Those Passing By Get the Supreme Blessing

Mahasundari Madhavi Devi Dasi Convinces a Young Man to Purchase the Topmost Literature

Mahasundari Madhavi Devi Dasi Convinces a Young Man

He Feels Great Bliss with His New Books

He Feels Great Bliss with His New Books

Guruvani Devi Dasi Blesses a Receptive Family with Prabhupada's Books

Guruvani Devi Dasi Blesses a Family with Prabhupada's Books

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Can One Become Guru of His Spouse?

Is it permitted that a husband becomes guru of his wife and vice-versa?

Kuber

Answer: Duty to Deliver Spouse from Samsara

The husband is duty bound to act as guru for his wife by training her in Krishna consciousness so that she becomes delivered from the cycle of birth and death. However, if the wife is Krishna conscious and the husband is not, it is then the duty of the wife to take the role of guru and train her husband how to become Krishna conscious.

This does not mean that one can initiate one’s spouse as a disciple. For initiation one should seek a spiritual master outside of the marriage relationship.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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