Taste the Bliss of Telling Others About Krishna

There is truly nothing more ecstatic that telling others about Krishna. Therefore we talk about Krishna both to those who already know that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and to those who do not yet know. Even amongst the general public, if we intelligently and attractively present Krishna with the best descriptive language, everyone will become attracted to Krishna even the atheists. Indeed, talking about Krishna can pacify the entire world bringing in new era of peace and prosperity for all.

The Bliss of Sharing Krishna With Others
19 April 2015--Pune, India

The Bliss of Sharing Krishna With Others 19 April 2015--Pune, India

Eager Speakers and Eager Hearers Enthuse Each Other

Eager Speakers and Eager Hearers Enthuse Each Other

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Question: Troubled by Thought for the Day

Angry God
I found the 19 April 2015 edition of Thought for the Day troubling. The image of Krishna juxtaposed with the image of Yahweh from the Hebrew Bible, with captions reading "This is God" and "This is not God". I want to give you the benefit of the doubt, but this just strikes me as highly sectarian. I am always disturbed when any religion feels a need to criticize the faiths of others, like a Southern hell-fire preacher denouncing other faiths. This is something that is commonly regarded as a symptom of one's own wavering faith, to examine other's flaws, short-comings, differences in faith traditions, to condemn other traditions as a matter of practice. This sectarianism was something I thought was absent from the Hare Krishna movement and one of the aspects which I find so attractive about the tradition. It states in Vatican II that regardless of faith tradition, if a disciple follows sincerely their tradition they can come to know God and live according to God. It has been my impression so far that the Hare Krishna movement has an equally and even more enlightened position on the issue of religious exclusivism as Catholic Church.

Any guidance you can offer me on understanding today's email would be greatly appreciated.

A new devotee,

Charlie Atkins

Answer: We Accept the Biblical God, But Not this Painting of God

Thank you very much for your sincere inquiry. We appreciate your desire for clarification. Others may also have been confused. By your openly and honestly stating your confusion this gives us the opportunity to clarify this matter for all of our readers.

The God of the Bible and the God of the Bhagavad-gita are the same God. So we certainly are not saying that the God of the Bible is not God. What we are saying is that the painting of God of an old man does not accurately represent God because God is not an old man. God has absolute control over everything including time itself. Therefore He is not subject to debilitating aging influence of time that we are all subjected to and He always remains as an ever-fresh youth. We never say that the Biblical God is not God. We simply say that the man who made this painting of God as old man did not have a proper understanding of the transcendental nature of God beyond the influence of time.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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