The Demonizing Effect of Bad Association

Even a simple, pure-minded person can be transformed into a nondevotee by the influence of bad association. An example of this is Lord Caitanya's personal servant, Kala Krishnadas. He was allured by nomads or gypsies, who enticed him with women. Maya is so strong that Kala Krishnadas left Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's company to join gypsy women. The is why Lord Caitanya, when he was requested to explain the duty of a Krishna conscious person, immediately said:

asat-saṅga-tyāga-ei vaiṣṇava-ācāra

"The first business of a Vaisnava is to give up the association of persons who are not devotees of Krishna and who are too attached to material things."--Cc. Madhya 22.87

Since we require association in order to be psychologically healthy, we must associate with pure devotees, those who are purely following the path of Krishna bhakti, as much as possible.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Lord Caitanya and His Associates (Panca Tattva)

Lord Caitanya and His Associates Panca Tattva

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Falling Down After Liberation?

Your Holiness,

May Sri Krishna's blessings shower on all of us.

I would like to know if there are chances of one falling back after reaching the spiritual sky, or if by reaching the spiritual sky one has successfully escaped the cycle of birth and death and will make the spiritual sky his/her final home. It would be great if you could clear me of this doubt.

Also, I would like to know if God has mentioned that all the religions are all one and the same, and all religions are denoting Lord Krishna as the Supreme.

Thanking you,
Ram

Answer: After Liberation He Does Not Fall Again

One who goes back to Godhead will never return to this material world. Even though he has full freedom to do so, he will not fall again into this material existence having learned his lesson well.

There is no such thing as many religions for God to say that they are all one. This idea of many religions is a man-made concoction. Krishna teaches one religion, that we should abandon all other duties and fully surrender ourselves unto Him. This is the one eternal religion. All religious traditions are bona fide to the extent that they mirror this principle of fully surrendering oneself unto the will of God.

The name Krishna is not mentioned in the Bible or the Quran due to a difference of language. But when the Bible mentions God or the Quran mentions Allah, they are referring to the same person whom we address as Krishna. Just as the one sun is called by different names in different languages, so also Krishna is known by different names in different languages.


Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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