Taste Sweetest Bliss or Life Worse Than Hell?

Do you want to taste the sweetest bliss or do you want to live in a nightmare that is worse than hell? It's your choice. Here's how you can control your state of being. When you remember Krishna it is the sweetest bliss, and when you forget Krishna it is worse than hell. Therefore you should arrange your life in such a way that you can always remember Krishna at every minute and never forget Him. The way to do this is to hear about Krishna, read about Krishna, and glorify Krishna as much possible.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: I Can't Follow Krishna. Please Help Me.

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Please help. I am a total failure. Please forgive me, it is impossible for me to strictly follow the process of Krishna consciousness. It is too difficult. What to do now? You are my only hope.

K.G.

Answer: Do Whatever You Can and You Will Advance

If you are still within the clutches of maya or illusion and thus cannot yet get free from slavery to your senses, simply follow whatever you can of this liberating process of Krishna consciousness and gradually you will get the strength to embrace all the regulative principles of freedom.

In this connection Srila Prabhupada explains in his purport to Bhagavad-gita 3.31:

"In the beginning of Krishna consciousness, one may not fully discharge the injunctions of the Lord, but because one is not resentful of this principle and works sincerely without consideration of defeat and hopelessness, he will surely be promoted to the stage of pure Krishna consciousness."

So even if you cannot now strictly follow all the regulative principles of Krishna consciousness, if you will simply maintain your respect for them and enthusiastically practice whatever you are able to, that day will come when you will become a pure devotee and relish the sweetest happiness on unadulterated bhakti.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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