Go Deep Within the Innermost Essence of Your Being

Go deep, deep within the innermost region of the essence of your being, and there you will exhilaratingly discover a totally peaceful, happy, and knowledgeable eternal youth who is none other than your very self, who is an unalloyed servant of the Supreme Person, and who is the fully magnanimous well-wisher of all living beings. The way to achieve this exalted state of perfect consciousness is to give up all sinful activities and to regularly chant every day the holy names of God under the expert guidance of the bona fide spiritual master.

You Are an Eternal Resident of the Spiritual World

You Are an Eternal Resident of the Spiritual World

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: How to Deal With Failures?

My dear Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to you.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Please tell me what to do when we do something wrong directly or indirectly.

How to diminish our lusty mind? Why are we so lusty towards sex, money, fame, etc.? How to finish these materialistic qualities.

Deepak P.

Answer: Use Them As Stepping Stones

There is no reason to become discouraged when you do something wrong because especially in spiritual life failure is the pillar of success. Simply when you make a mistake take advantage of it by carefully noting what you did wrong and why you did it wrong so that you can avoid that mistake in the future. In this way instead of experiencing failures as stumbling blocks impeding your progress, you can use them as stepping stones to enhance your progress on the path of self-realization.

Lust arises due our foolish misidentification with the material body. To get rid of lust all you to do is remember that you are not your body and absorb yourself more deeply in Krishna consciousness by hearing, chanting, reading, serving, and preaching as much as possible. In this way your heart will be overflowing with Krishna bhakti and when Mr. Lust comes to spend the night in the hotel of your heart he will be confronted by a flashing neon sign which says, “No Vacancy,” and he will have to go somewhere else to find a place to stay.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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