The Wonderful Glories of Sickness and Death

To be sick is actually a great blessing because it is a poignant reminder that we are not meant to be the enjoyers of this material body. Our real happiness is to engage everything--body, mind, and words--in the service of Krishna. Sickness is wonderful because it is a training for death. And death is even more wonderful because for the Lord's devotees it is the gateway to Goloka Vrindavana. So the next time you get sick, don't lament. Take it as a golden opportunity to dive deeper and deeper into the sweet nectarean ocean of Krishna consciousness. If you train yourself in this way, when death comes it will be like popping a gulabjamun (a juicy incredibly delicious sweet) into your mouth at the end of the meal.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Sharing the Secrets of a Blissful Bhakti Life

ISKCON Center--Vilnius, Lithuania--24 October 2013
Sankarshan Das Sharing the Secrets of a Blissful Bhakti Life

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Difference Between Krishna and Vishnu?
Why do we find so may forms and avatars of Lord Krishna?


Is there any difference between Lord Krishna, Vishnu, Maha Vishnu, Hari and Narayana?

Regards
Vinit Sharma

Answer: Attracting All Living Entities With His Flute

Because of Krishna's desire to enjoy unlimitedly He expands Himself into an unlimited number of forms in which He can enjoy an unlimited number of transcendental pastimes. All the incarnations of Krishna are Krishna Himself. But it is only in His original form of Krishna that all of Krishna's qualities are fully manifested. For example, only in His form of Krishna are these four qualities manifested:

1. He is the performer of wonderful varieties of pastimes (especially His childhood pastimes).
2. He is surrounded by devotees endowed with wonderful love of Godhead.
3. He can attract all living entities all over the universes by playing on His flute.
4. He has a wonderful excellence of beauty which cannot be rivaled anywhere in the creation.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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