A Blissful Evening of Bhakti

On the evening of 18 May 2013, ISKCON Austin member, Mahasundari Madhavi devi dasi, arranged a special program called "An Evening of Bhakti" at the Austin Center for Spiritual Living. I was invited as the guest speaker. It was a wonderful opportunity to share with many the glories of devoting one's life to Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna in a mood of pure devotion, i.e. not asking for anything from Him in return. After we arrived we had a deep, meditative kirtan, and I spoke for over an hour on the science of bhakti. Based on the authority of the Bhagavad-gita I answered the many wonderful questions that were asked. Several Bhagavad-gitas were purchased, and a healthy, delicious prasadam meal was served to everyone. All in all it was truly a wonderfully enlivening evening of bhakti, the ultimate science of perfection.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Evening of Bhakti--Austin--18 May 2013 Presenting Bhagavad-gita As It Is

Sankarshan Das Presenting Bhagavad-gita As It Is

Revealing the Topmost Yoga System

Sankarshan Das Revealing the Topmost Yoga System

Appreciative Audience

Appreciative Audience in Evening of Bhakti at Austin

Question from Basantdeep SinghQuestion from Basantdeep Singh

Rose Ann Purchases a Bhagavad-gita

Rose Ann Purchases a Bhagavad-gita

Basantdeep Singh Purchases a Gita

Basantdeep Singh Purchases a Gita

Basantdeep Singh Purchases a Gita at Evening of Bhakthi

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Impossible to Stop Global Meltdown?

My humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I appreciate very much your scientific argument against the dogmatic non-scientific argument of atheists. But I have a doubt regarding your statement about avoiding global melt down.

You have written: “We desperately need to revolutionize this planet before it's too late. We must now introduce this Krishna consciousness everywhere as the only alternative for impending global meltdown.”

Please clarify my understanding if it’s possible to avoid global meltdown when the Vedic scriptures teach us that the material world is subject to continuous transformation from good to bad, from the 100% pious Satya yuga, to the 75% pious Treta yuga, to the 50% pious Dvapara yuga, and to finally the grossly materialistic present age of Kali.

I understand the necessity of spreading Krishna consciousness for rescuing the largest possible number of souls. But the number of those we can deliver seems very small in comparison with total number of conditioned souls in the current age of Kali. Therefore it seems, according to the Vedic literature, that we can’t really stop global melt down.

Maybe your explanation is simply to give us hope and to inspire us to do as much as possible to save the fallen, conditioned souls. Please clarify this for me.

Thank you
Prana-vallabha Devi Dasi from Brazil

Answer: It Is Possible to Stop Global Meltdown.

Even though by the end of Kali yuga (the age of quarrel and hypocrisy) there will be a total disintegration of the human society resulting in total anarchy, in the scriptures there is predicted a 10,000 years long golden era of Lord Caitanya, which began 500 years ago and will gradually bring a wonderful, happy Krishna conscious atmosphere to this entire planet. This golden era of Lord Caitanya is predicted as follows in the Caitanya Caritamrita:

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."
--Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 7.2

So what I have written is not mere flowery words meant to encourage those who are sincerely trying to spread the Krishna consciousness movement. It is confirmed in the scriptures that this entire planet will indeed be inundated with Krishna bhakti for some time before the full-fledged manifestation of the Kali yuga ensues.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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