Finding True Happiness in a World of Misery

The greatest challenge in today's world is how to be truly happy in a world of misery. How can we say that it is a world of misery when so many people are happy? We can state this because their so-called happiness of those who feel they are happy will come to an end when they are faced with inevitable, unavoidable old age, disease and death. In other words, if we want true happiness, we must transcend the bodily conception of self. We must come to realize the spiritual identity of the self, the self which is immune to old age, disease, and death because it is only on this platform that one can experience true happiness. This platform is described by Lord Sri Krishna as follows in the Bhagavad-gita 18.54:

brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā
na śocati na kāṅkṣati
samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu
mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām

"One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments or desires to have anything. He is equally disposed toward every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me."

Take advantage of this knowledge and make your life perfect.

Krishna Instructs Arjuna How to Be Happy

Krishna Instructs Arjuna How to Be Happy

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: How Finite Being Can Contact the Infinite?

The individual is not a complete reality in himself. He is finite. So how will this finite being contact the infinite?

Your humble servant

Anil Sarma

Answer: By the Divine Power and Mercy of the Infinite

By the grace of the infinite (Lord Sri Krishna) the finite living being can contact Him. In this age the most effective means of doing this is by chanting the Hare Krishna mahamantra:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

By chanting this amazingly powerful mantra the infinite is contacted and you become fully connected with Him.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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