Getting Older or Getting Younger?

If we indentify with our material bodies thinking that this lump of blood and flesh is me, this means that at every second we are getting older and moving one step closer to death. What a morbid existence! But if on the other hand we identify ourselves as eternal spiritual-being servitors of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this means that with our every repetition of the Hare Krishna mahamantra we are becoming younger, moving another step closer to entering the eternal pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, in that wondrous spiritual sky millions of light years beyond the miserable realm of birth, death, old age, and disease.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Milkman Reminds Us of Krishna's Pastimes ISKCON Vrindavan Goshalla--15 April 2013

Milkman Reminds Us of Krishna's Pastimes

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: How to Be Protected from Black Magic?

We fear that some black magic is being used against us. Gurudeva, please guide us

S.U.

Answer: Take Complete Shelter of Krishna

A devotee has nothing to fear from black magic because Krishna is the supreme magician who can counteract even the most powerful black magic. Regarding Krishna’s power over black magic Srila Prabhupada relates the following history of how Krishna overpowered black magic:

“When Krishna beheaded Kasiraja, the King's head flew into his city, and when his queens, sons and other relatives saw it, they all began to lament. At that time a son of Kasiraja's named Sudaksina, wanting to avenge his father' s death, began worshiping Lord Siva with the intention of destroying his father's killer. Gratified by Sudaksina's worship, Lord Siva offered him a choice of benedictions, and Sudaksina asked for a means to kill the one who had slain his father. Lord Siva advised him to worship the Daksinagni fire with black magic rituals. This Sudaksina did, with the result that a fearsome demon with a body of flames appeared from the pit of the sacrificial fire. The demon rose up carrying a fiery trident and at once set off for Dvaraka.
The residents of Lord Krishna's capital became terrified as the demon approached the city, but Lord Krishna assured them of protection and dispatched His Sudarshan chakra to oppose the magic creation of Lord Siva. The Sudarshan overpowered the demon, who then returned to Varanasi and burned Sudaksina to ashes, together with his priests. The Sudarshan disc, following the demon, entered Varanasi and burned the entire city to the ground. Then the Lord's disc returned to His side in Dvaraka.”

So don’t be afraid of black magic. Simply continue chanting the Hare Krishna mantra as much as possible 24 hours a day and even the most powerful black magic will not be able to harm you or harass you. Have complete faith in Krishna's protection. The black magic will bounce back on those who are attempting to use it against you just like it bounced back on the Sudaksina and his priests.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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