Can You Taste the Nectar?

The nectar of devotion to Lord Sri Krishna is an ocean of bliss. Can you taste the nectar? Put your faith in Krishna's name and chant Hare Krishna with feeling. By personally experiencing the transformation of your consciousness you will scientifically verify the authenticity of the process of Krishna consciousness. Why be a part of the nightmarish global quagmire when you can instead, by a simple adjustment of your consciousness, help to spark off a global revolution of all-blissful, divine consciousness? The choice is yours. You can live a drab, humdrum mundane existence: simply eating, sleeping, mating, and defending practically no better than an animal--or you can live on the vanguard, the cutting edge, of the most dynamic, all-encompassing paradigm shift that has ever transpired in universal history.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: How Does the Law of Karma Work?

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Can you please explain? An action I am performing at any point in time is it the result of a past karma or is it my new karma? If someone hurts me now is he punishing me for my past karma or is this his new karma for which he will be punished at a later date? And should i fight my tormentor at any time or simply accept his punishment as a fruit of my past karma? I know that Lord Krishna told Arjuna to fight Duryodhan and not simply tolerate his action. Please enlighten me on this dilemma.

Your humble servant,

Prav

Answer: It is Different for Devotees

One who has not surrendered to Krishna is simply a puppet being manipulated by the strings of his past karma. If such a person is being hurt, it is due to his past karma. And the person who hurts him will also get a karmic reaction that he must be hurt in the future.

However, when one surrenders to Krishna, he becomes released from the chains of his karma. He no longer claims his body to be he himself or even to belong to himself. He simply sees it and utilizes it as the property of Krishna. If someone comes to attack his body, he defends it on behalf of Krishna, that Krishna's property may not be harmed or destroyed. Such devotional mood liberates him from the chain of karma.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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