How to Feel Good When You Feel Bad

Here in Malaysia my health has suffered one of its greatest setbacks since my ears were seriously damaged when I was a boy. At a preaching program on 16 June 2013 there was a devastatingly loud blast of feedback from a speaker that was very near to me. I have experienced days of nonstop earaches and even worse, substantial loss of clarity from ears that were already partially deaf. I am hoping that after some days my ears will come back to the condition they were in before this shock. But I am not sure that they ever will. From the material point of view it is a most depressing and unhappy situation to be in. But I have been practically experiencing what I have been preaching for years that just by absorbing oneself in Krishna consciousness one can be situated beyond the miseries of material existence. Especially by preaching Krishna consciousness to others I am tasting the sweet bliss of reviving my eternal, unlimitedly ecstatic loving relationship with Lord Sri Krishna in spite of a bodily shell that is hopelessly doomed to be a source of misery until it is finally finished at the time of death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Giving Joy to Others Teaching Krishna Bhakti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia--18 June 2013

Sankarshan Das Teaching Krishna Bhakti Kuala Lumpur

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Do You Believe in Everything Bhaktivedanta Swami Said?

Dear Guru,

Do you believe in everything that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami has said?

Thank you.

Dec Np

Answer: Disciple's Unflinching Faith in Guru's Words

Disciple means one who takes the words of his spiritual master as his very life and soul. He does not do so blindly but with full intelligence. Without such unflinching faith in the words of one's spiritual master one cannot claim to be his disciple. A disciple who lacks such unflinching faith is a disciple of his rascal mind only, not of his spiritual master. The expert disciple appreciates how his spiritual master does not speak blindly like a robot. Rather he deeply admires how his spiritual master is the most expert judge of time, place, and circumstance and can always make the most appropriate, relevant, authoritative, and profound statements in all situations according to the sacred teachings of Lord Sri Krishna, which have been passed down through the ages by the great fully self-realized acharyas.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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