Rise of Spirituality and Decline of Sectarian Religion

Due to an increasing disgust with the dogmas and abuses of sectarian religion, there is now a strong rising interest in spirituality, a non-sectarian approach to spiritual awakening. People are seeking spiritual enlightenment outside of the constraints of sectarian religious organizations. They want to get the pure essence of religion, to have their own personal experience of God. They see that sectarian religion has fomented ignorance, disunity, hate, and cruelty, and they want out. They are now turning away from sectarianism in ever-increasing numbers seeking spiritual enlightenment in a universal, non-sectarian concept of spiritual unity far removed from the sentimentalism and fanaticism of sectarian religion.

The Bhagavad-gita is the perfect book for them. It very wisely teaches the perfection of spirituality by advising the spiritual seeker to eschew all sectarian conceptions of religion and come to perfectional platform of perfect harmony with the Supreme Being through complete surrender unto His will. The beauty of the Gita's teachings is that can one apply them from any walk of life. Whether one is a Christian, a Muslim, a Sikh, a Hindu, a Jew, or a non-designated spiritual seeker, he can remain in his present position and become spiritually perfect by adopting the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita as the guiding principles in his life.

Teaching Perfect Spirituality in Austin, Texas--26 January 2014Sankarshan Das Adhikari Teaching Perfect Spirituality in Austin

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Is Happiness and Distress Based on Karma?

Is it true that a human being gets happiness or distress only on the basis of his karma, i.e. good karma brings prosperity and happiness whereas bad karma results only in complete disaster and downfall?

Amit Gupta
New Delhi, India

Answer: Only If You Do Not Surrender to Krishna

It is a fact that we enjoy or suffer in this world strictly according to the karmic reactions we receive for our past pious and impious activities. There is, however, one exception to this principle. If one surrenders fully to Krishna, Krishna takes away his past karma and gives him an eternal life of unlimited happiness.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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