Is Our Peace Formula Crazy?

My song "The Peace Formula" has been getting attention in the media. Although a recent reviewer from Music Dish really loves my song, he describes our peace formula as "somewhat crazy." Upon hearing his objection we can thoughtfully analyze if our peace formula is indeed crazy or not, and why or why not it is crazy.

Our peace formula is Krishna's peace formula given in the ancient book of wisdom, Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 5, Text 29:

bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ
sarva-loka-maheśvaram
suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ
jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati

"A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries."

In other words, peace will be attained both individually and collectively as soon as we acknowledge that person who is the supreme enjoyer, the supreme owner, and supreme friend. This is really just common sense. When the parts of body co-operate to feed the stomach, they all become properly nourished. And if the bodily parts do not co-operate to feed the stomach, they all will suffer. In face, in a few such days the body will die. This is the status of the present day world civilization, which is now tottering on the edge of a complete breakdown of the social structure into total anarchy.

Singing "The Peace Formula" in Tallinn, Estonia--9 October 2015

Sankarshan Das Adhikari - Singing "The Peace Formula" in Tallinn, Estonia

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Destination of Those Who Go to Lord Shiva's Abode?

Krishna says in Bhagavad 8.16:

"From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunti, never takes birth again."

Since the highest planet here in the material world is Brahmaloka, and since Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva, is above Brahmaloka, can you please let me know what will happen to the person who goes to Kailash? Will the person who goes to Kailash come back to this cycle of birth and death? If so, is Lord Shiva also subject to birth and death?

Vasudevan K

Answer: They Return to the Cycle of Birth and Death

Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva, is also called Mahesh-Dhama. It is in a marginal position between the material world and the spiritual world. Srila Prabhupada explains, "The impersonalists who want to merge into the existence of the Transcendence are placed within Mahesh-dhama.” These impersonalists remain in Mahesh-dhama for some time and then fall back down into the material existence. Lord Shiva, is the topmost of all Vaisnavas, and is therefore a fully liberated soul, who is not subject to birth and death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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