Everyone in the World Should Have a Bhagavad-gita

Everybody in the world should have a copy of the Bhagavad-gita. At least every household on this planet should have a copy. When there is a copy of the Bhagavad-gita handy in every home, sooner or later many people will read it. And when they read it their lives will be changed. This is our mission. We want that every human being on this planet should be introduced to the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. This will bring about the dawning of new age of happiness, peace, and prosperity for everybody on this planet, even the animals.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Presenting Bhagavad-gita As It Is
Timisoara, Romania--14 September 2013

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Can One Fall From the Spiritual World?

I read the Questions and Answers for today. You said we fell from the spiritual world. My question is: Can one fall from the spiritual world? I heard in Vaikuntha that not even the leaves fall.

Is our origin from Goloka? If so, does this mean that we can again fall from Goloka once we get there?

Your servant
Bhakta David

Answer: Since We Fell, One Can Certainly Fall

I stated what Srila Prabhupada taught us, that we fell from the spiritual world. You then inquired if it possible for one to fall from the spiritual world. The obvious answer is that if we fell from the spiritual world, it is certainly possible that one can fall from the spiritual world.

You mention having heard that in the Vaikuntha world not even the leaves fall from the trees, but where is the sastric (scriptural) evidence for this?

Regarding the fall of the jiva, the great Vaisnava authority, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has written in his purport to Srimad 4.28.54 as follows:

"The original home of the living entity and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the spiritual world. In the spiritual world both the Lord and the living entities live together very peacefully. Since the living entity remains engaged in the service of the Lord, they both share a blissful life in the spiritual world. However, when the living entity wants to enjoy himself, he falls down into the material world. Even while he is in that position, the Lord remains with him as the Supersoul, his intimate friend. Because of his forgetfulness, the living entity does not know the Supreme Lord is accompanying him as the Supersoul. In this way the living entity remains conditioned in each and every millennium. Although the Lord follows him as a friend, the living entity, because of forgetful material existence, does not recognize Him."

When it is sometimes stated that no one falls from the spiritual world this means that our fall down is only in a dream state, it ia not our factual position as eternal servants of the Lord. In this dream we are perpetually dragged from one body to another lifetime after lifetime until we finally wake up and regain our natural awakened state in the spiritual sky. Once we regain this liberated position, we will never fall down again, having learned our lesson well.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari