Get on the Boat--Stay on the Boat

Lord Sri Krishna's lotus feet are the boat that will carry you back to the transcendental Vaikuntha realm, that place where there is absolutely no anxiety. By taking shelter of Krishna's lotus feet you will delivered from this material world where there is danger at every step. In this age Krishna's lotus feet are most powerfully manifested in the form of the Hare Krishna mahamantra. So if you will chant this most amazing of all mantras every day with love and devotion, your entering into the spiritual world at the time of death is guaranteed. Indeed by full absorption in Krishna's unlimitedly sweet names you will already be there with Him in His transcendental kingdom. So get on the boat by chanting, and stay on this boat by chanting.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Serve Krishna Theoretically or With Realization?

Thanks for your enlightening messages.

Today's Though-for-the-Day was meant for me. It especially states my situation, where I am suffering from high anxiety.

I have a question, Guru Maharaja, my eternal position as servant of Krishna is something realized with time, or I ‎have to accept it theoretically and start acting it on it.

Please guide me.

Your servant,

V.

Answer: Experimentally Test and Realize the Theory

Just as one may theoretically accept by hearing from authorities that two parts of hydrogen combined with one part of oxygen make water and then substantiate or prove this theory by combining them in the laboratory and producing water, in a similar way one can substantiate or prove the theory that the living entity is the eternal servant of Krishna. How is this done? By theoretically accepting that you are His eternal servant and by then fully engaging yourself practically in His service to test the theory, you will awaken, just like the water manifested in the laboratory test tube, to the full realization that you are His eternal servant. In fact, you will even remember, in due course of time, how you were engaged in serving Him in the spiritual world before you fell into this dark material existence.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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