Are You a Swan or a Crow?

In this material world everyone is interested to check out the latest news in the newspaper or on the internet. This is the pleasure pastime of the crows. Just as crows are attracted to heaps of garbage, the crow class of men is drawn to the flickering mundane topics of this world of birth and death. But the devotees of the Lord are birds of a different feather. They are swans. While the crows are attracted to garbage topics of material sense gratification, the swans are attracted to beautiful pristine lotus lake topics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His eternal associates, which bestow immortality upon those who speak them and hear them.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Crows Are Attracted to GarbageCrows Are Attracted to Garbage

Swans Are Attracted to Beautiful Lakes With Lotus FlowersSwans Are Attracted to Beautiful Lakes With Lotus Flowers

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Should I Go to the Senior Prom?

Hare Krishna!

Since I'm in high school, there will be events coming up such as the senior prom. So should I not go to the prom or go to the prom? I'm not sure what to do, and I need your help to decide.

Kartik P.

High School Seniors Enjoying Their Senior PromHigh School Seniors Enjoying Their Senior Prom

Answer: Go to Parties That Are More Fun.

I advise that you should go instead to parties that are more fun. As living beings we have a natural tendency to want to party. So why party in such a way that you will become a dog in your next life when you can instead party in such a way that you become liberated from the cycle of birth of death? This is simply a matter of intelligence.

When I was in high school I did not go the senior prom, the special formal dance party for those soon to graduate, even though I was heavily pressured to do so by my classmates. These dancing dog affairs are nothing but a glorification of mundane sex life and are thus the pleasure pastime of the crow class of men, who are only attracted to garbage. Devotees are birds of a different feather. They are swans. They are attracted only to the beautiful lotus lake topics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His eternal associates. Their parties consist of chanting the holy names of God and dancing in ecstasy. Their swan parties liberate them from the cycle of birth and death, while the crow parties based on material sense gratification bind the participants to take birth after birth after birth in this miserable material world.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Harinam Sankirtana Party. Who's Having More Fun?Harinam Sankirtana Party. Who's Having More Fun?

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