This Material World is a Dead End Street

This material world is a dead end street that simply takes you to the graveyard. Is this what you want? Or would you like something better? If you would rather not end up in a graveyard, there is something you can do to conquer over death. All you have to do is revive your original spiritual identity as a servant of the Supreme Person, who is known by the name of Krishna and millions of other names. Simply by reviving your long forgotten loving relationship with Lord Krishna you will become deathless, impervious to the inevitable deterioration of your temporary material body, which is nothing but a fragile garment being temporarily worn by the eternal self, the atma, who resides within the body.

Material Life Takes You to the Graveyard

Material Life Takes You to the Graveyard

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Preach Without Associating With Non-Devotees?

In the 4 March 2014 "Thought For the Day" you have mentioned that we should not associate much with non devotees. My question is if we will not associate with non devotees, how will we preach?

Your most unfortunate servant,
Bhakta Shashank

Answer: Give Association to Non-Devotees

Not associating with non-devotees means that we do not take shelter of their association. Rather we give them the shelter of Krishna conscious association. Those non-devotees who are intelligent and most fortunate will take advantage of the transcendental association that we offer them and become devotees also.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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