We Want to Make Everyone Happy

The leaders of today's world are a pack of unenlightened fools possessing not even an ounce of a clue of how to solve their own life's problems, what to speak of anyone else's. Under their gross misguidance the human population faces the hopelessness of a life that leads nowhere except to old age, disease, and death. The great tragedy of the modern civilization is that these billions of human beings who have only after great difficulty in the lower species attained this human form of life could have utilized it to become self-realized and thus escape the cycle of birth and death but are now instead being dragged back down the animal kingdom in their next life. Therefore in an attempt to save these poor suffering people the Krishna consciousness movement has been started to bring everyone back to their original transcendental identity, which is eternal, full of bliss, and full of knowledge. Our mission is to make everyone happy.

Ecstatic Arrival Greeting--ISKCON Santiago, Chile--2 January 2014

Sankarshan Das Adhikari Ecstatic Arrival Greeting--ISKCON Chile

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: What to Do When Someone Tries to Rob You?

How should a devotee react when he is confronted by life threatening situations, for example, being pursued by some robber or dacoits? There is a large number of such evil men in society and anyone could be confronted anywhere at anytime. I am asking this question because recently I was confronted by a drunkard who was threatening me for money. I was pathetically terrified and I was trembling with fear. Somehow I managed to escape by running away as hard as I could. There was no help available around as it was 11:00 pm. What should we do in such situations? Should we act impotently (tolerating the mishap and remembering Krishna) or should we act offensively?

Your humble servant,
Sushant Kulkarni

Answer: Avoid Being Harmed or Robbed

You did the right thing by running away. The devotee's body and wealth is the property of Krishna. Thus it is his duty to protect them from abused by the demoniac class of men, and he may do whatever is required in this connection. If one can run away from the scene as you have done, this is a good option. Repeatedly yelling out the name of Lord Nrsimhadeva loudly can also frighten, disorient, and weaken the assailant. If one is cornered and is under threat of bodily injury or death, he may do whatever is necessary to protect himself, even if he has to injure or kill his attacker. If there is no other option, is it better to give the thief your money rather than face severe injury or death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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