The Ruthless Pursuit of Spiritual Perfection

Krishna reciprocates with us according to the degree of our surrender to Him. Therefore to achieve the topmost perfection of Krishna consciousness we must relentlessly, unwaveringly dedicate ourselves to achieving this ultimate goal, relegating everything else in our lives to an inferior, less important status.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Blissful Devotees Dedicated to the Path of Perfection

Blissful Devotees Dedicated to the Path of Perfection

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Does the Material World Ever End?

Dear Gurudeva,

I was wondering, because everything in the material world has an end, does that also mean the material world/universes have an end?

Rosie

Answer: Perpetual Creation and Annihilation Cycle

Since this material world is the prison of God's creation and since there will always be some souls who rebel against the supremacy of the supreme, this material world must necessarily always exist. The material world with its infinite universes goes through cycles of manifestation and non-manifestation for all of eternity. Every time Mahavishnu exhales, the countless material universes come into being. And when He inhales they are all destroyed. In this way for all of eternity there is an broken cycle of creation and annihilation of the material universes, which constitute the material world. The living beings who have not qualified themselves to return to Krishna's kingdom enter into the body of Mahavishnu in a dormant state during the period of annihilation and again come out and resume their karma in the next creation. Since if we do not surrender to Krishna we remain perpetually caught up in this material existence, we should take very seriously the process of surrendering to Krishna and guru in this lifetime and get out of the cycle of birth and death as soon as possible.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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