Greatest Revolutionary Impact on the Human Society

It is not the famous scientists, innovators, poets, writers, singers, actors, politicians, etc. who have the greatest impact on the human society. Although they may sometimes inspire big changes in the world, what is the value of such changes if nobody gets liberated from the cycle of birth and death as a result of these changes? With or without the light bulb, with or without the computer, with or without the IPhone, with or without the internet, with or without a change in the political system, we are still caught up in the cycle of birth and death. Therefore all these changes are quite insignificant. The only change of real significance is the change brought about by the devotee of the Lord who mercifully delivers the fallen, conditioned souls from their entanglement in the cycle of repeated birth, death, old age, and disease. His impact and only his impact is truly revolutionary. Everyone else is the just same old wine in a new bottle.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Srila Prabhupada--The Most Impactful World Revolutionary

Srila Prabhupada--The Most Impactful World Revolutionary

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Can Envy Be Transcendental?

Gurudeva, it is given in scriptures that Krishna is the source of everything that all those qualities found in the spiritual world have their perverted reflection in this material world. Regarding the envy in the material world, is there a transcendental counterpart of envy? Can envy occur among devotees which is favorable to devotional service? Kindly enlighten this ignorant soul.

Your eternal servant,
Haripriya devi dasi
Kerala, India

Answer: Use Envy in the Service of Krishna

Srila Prabhupada personally told me how envy can be used in Krishna's service. Here's what he wrote me on 13 June 1972 from Los Angeles:

"So far your question about jealousy, spiritual jealousy means to think always that the service rendered by such and such devotee is so nice and pleasing to Krishna, so let me try harder to please Krishna than him and then Krishna will notice me also."

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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