The Unlimited Mercy of Srila Prabhupada

Were it not for the unlimited compassion and mercy of Srila Prabhupada where would we all be right now? We would be helplessly drifting in the cycle of birth and death, whereabouts unknown. Therefore the extent of our indebtedness to Srila Prabhupada is incalculable. All we can do to try to repay this debt is fully dedicate ourselves to Srila Prabhupada's order that we should become gurus and deliver the entire world.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Srila Prabhupada Mercifully Accepted Thousands of Disciples

Srila Prabhupada Mercifully Accepted Thousands of Disciples

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Why Give Up Good Karma?

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

Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita (9.28) "In this way you will be freed from all reactions to good and evil deeds, and by this principle of renunciation you will be liberated and come to Me." My question is: Why do we need to get rid of reactions to our good deeds? Surely we wish to get rid of sinful reactions to end our suffering. But how can one suffer due to his pious deeds? Don't pious deeds serve as stepping stones in our Krishna consciousness advancement? How pious reactions are detrimental for going back to Godhead?

Your humble servant,
Sushant

Answer: Good Karma Also Binds Us to Rebirth

Bad karma obliges us to take birth again to be punished. And good karma obliges us to take birth again to be rewarded. For example, let’s say that a wealthy man opens a charity hospital to give free medical care to the needy. For every poor person who receives free medical care this philanthropist accumulates good karma. His reward will be that he will take birth again and again until all the people who received free medical care from him will give him free medical care in return. This means that he will have to get sick again and again in order for them to give him the free medical care.

A pious man who is in the mood of giving to others can become serious to know what is the ultimate good for all others. By hearing from a bona fide spiritual master he can realize that the highest good we can do for someone is to awaken their Krishna consciousness. When he comes to this level of understanding and devotes his life to making the world Krishna conscious the pious man now becomes perfect in piety and free from all karmic reactions, both pious and impious. He will become a devotee. In this way his piety can serve as a stepping stone to bhakti. But if he does not take to bhakti, his good karma will keep him bound up in the cycle of birth and death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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