All That Glitters is Not God

According to the theory of pantheism everything is God. There is no separate God who is the source and proprietor of everything. The pantheists simply take the universe to be God. Those of a pantheistic mindset are dazzled by the glitter of this material world taking it to be the all-in-all. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Hong Kong.

On 10 June 2015 while en route from South Africa to Malaysia I stopped in Hong Kong to give a lecture, "ISKCON, A Loving Family to Unite the Entire World," at the ISKCON temple there. While walking to the temple I snapped a photo (shown below) as I was witnessing the Hong Kong glitter and feeling sorry for the billions of souls who are lost in this material world completely razzle dazzled by its bewildering spell. The lecture was very well received. At the end of my lecture we completely sold out of every copy of my new book, "Truth Works", that I had brought to the lecture.

Lost Souls Razzle Dazzled by the Glitter of Hong Kong
10 June 2015--Kowloon, Hong Kong


Lost Souls Razzle Dazzled by the Glitter of Hong Kong

Chinese Poster Advertising My Lecture 

Sankarshan Das Adhikari - Chinese Poster Advertising My Lecture

English Version of Lecture Poster

Sankarshan Das Adhikari English Version of Lecture Poster Hong Kong

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: How to Give Up Smoking and Overeating?

Hare Krishna! Please accept my obeisances. I am chanting Mahamantra since 1985. I am 51. How to drop tobacco smoking and lose weight?

Thank you.
A.S.

Answer: Go Deeper Into Chanting

I am delighted to learn that you have been chanting Hare Krishna for the last 30 years. This has been for the entirety of your adult life.

In order to give up the over-indulgence of the tongue such as over-eating and smoking tobacco you need to dive deeply into the sweetness of Krishna’s name. In this way your tongue will taste a pleasure so sublime that you immediately lose interest in all of the so-called pleasures of the tongue. Access to the full nectar of holy name is attained by taking shelter the bona fide spiritual master because it is only by grace of the spiritual master that one can advance to the stage of experiencing the full taste of Krishna's most glorious holy name.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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