Super Ecstatic Visit to Russia

5 May 2013--We have been coming regularly to Kaliningrad, Russia now for many years. I've been told that it's been for seven years. With each visit the loving feelings between us and these wonderful devotees becomes stronger and stronger. The devotees receive us with so much love that they will always remain with us in a very special place in our hearts. The kirtans were overflowing with nectar and the devotees were very eager to hear the lectures and ask many intelligent questions. Our accommodation hosts, Sriman Gopinatha Prabhu and his wife, Nadia Mataji, were sweeter than the sweetest honey. Lila Avatar Prabhu and his wife Sasa made wonderful arrangements for our preaching. And Lila Avatar Prabhu's parting words of thanks announced at the last lecture were so full of love that they would melt anyone's heart.

As we are preparing now to leave, we are eagerly anticipating our return visit next year. Who could imagine that in the midst of Russia the Hare Krishna devotees could have created such a sublime oasis? It is all going on here by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Final Krishna Bhakti Lecture Kaliningrad, Russia--5 May 2013

Sankarshan Das Final Krishna Bhakti Lecture at Kaliningrad

Our Wonderful Accommodation Hosts: Sriman Gopinatha Prabhu

Our Wonderful Accommodation Hosts Sriman Gopinatha Prabhu

and His Wonderful Wife: Nadia Mataji

Kaliningrad, Russia Host and His Wonderful Wife: Nadia Mataji

Our Wonderful Program Hosts: Sriman Lila Avatar Prabhu

Our Wonderful Program Hosts Sriman Lila Avatar Prabhu

and His Wonderful Wife: Sasa Mataji

Our Wonderful Program Hosts Sasa Mataji

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Spiritual Perfection by Only Bhakti?

Hare Krishna Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you very much for your suggestions. I am following them without fail. Please encourage me with your guidelines. It's my humble request.

Somebody told me that if a person has bhakti (devotion) that's all he needs to go to Krishnaloka (the topmost planet in the spiritual world), that it is not necessary for him to have jnana (knowledge). Is this true? Can a person be elevated to Krishnaloka without jnana simply by having bhakti ?

Thank you,
Your servant,

Geetha

Answer: Yes, But Jnana Helps to Achieve Bhakti

It is fact that the only requirement for entering the spiritual world is to possess pure bhakti, pure devotion for the Supreme Lord. But because we currently do not have such pure devotion we require jnana, knowledge of the science of how we can awaken that pure bhakti within our hearts. In other words if one has bhakti, that's all he needs. But the knowledge of how to attain bhakti as described by Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita is required for those who do not yet possess pure bhakti.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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