Wonderful Russian Vaisnavas

The devotees in Kaliningrad, Russia are simply wonderful. To be with them for several days sharing the wonderful nectar of Krishna was certainly a most sublime treat. We had the most enlivening kirtans, well-attended lectures, and stimulating question and answer sessions. With loving exchanges as sweet as this you'd have to be crazy not to be a devotee of Krishna.

Lecture in Kaliningrad, Russia--15 May 2016

Sankarshan Das Lecture in Kaliningrad, Russia

Sankarshan Das Lecture in Kaliningrad, Russia

Super Ecstatic Farewell Kirtan--Kaliningrad, Russia--14 May 2016
(Devotees are singing and dancing in the rain.)

Sankarshan Das Super Ecstatic Farewell Kirtan--Kaliningrad, Russia

Video For the Day: World Deliverance Mission

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Will Congregational Chanting Solve Water Shortage?

Dear Guru Maharaja,

In the Bhagavad-gita the Supreme Lord Krishna states that timely and sufficient rains are produced by performance of yajna (sacrfice). As stated in the purport Srila Prabhupada states that the only yajna recommended for this age is sankirtan yajna, congregational chanting of the holy names of God.

Recently in India and especially in some parts of the state of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh people are facing an acute shortage of water. All lakes and dams have dried up. People have to walk a lot to get potable water and there are fights when the government tanker arrives to distribute water. All this was due to insufficient rains last year.

If the people in these regions perform sankirtan yajna will their problems be solved? Currently scientists do not believe these teachings of the Gita and they try to produce artificial rain. Will this solve the water crisis?

Thank you for your time,
Your servant,
Deepanshu.

Answer: Yes, If Everyone Will Chant.

The artificial attempt to produce rain will not be successful. If they want rain they can get it by sankirtana yajna, the congregational chanting of the holy names of God as confirmed by Lord Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita:

annād bhavanti bhūtāni
parjanyād anna-sambhavaḥ
yajñād bhavati parjanyo
yajñaḥ karma-samudbhavaḥ

"All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. Rains are produced by performance of yajna [sacrifice], and yajna is born of prescribed duties."
--Bhagavad-gita 3.14

In this connection Srila Prabhupada writes as follows:

"In this age of Kali. there is great scarcity and ignorance; nonetheless, everyone can perform sankirtana-yajna. Every family in every society can conduct sankirtana-yajna at least every evening. In this way there will be no disturbance or scarcity of rain. It is essential for the people in this age to perform the sankirtana-yajna in order to be materially happy and to advance spiritually."--from purport to SB 5.4.3

There is practical proof of this as explained by Srila Prabhupada in a letter to his disciple, Revatinandana Das:

"We have just completed our pandal program in Hyderabad and it was very, very successful. In that portion there was no rain for two years, but due to our sankirtana yajna the rain came and everyone was happy that we came to make it rain,"

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Little Sparrow Who Conquered the Ocean

Image
In his purport to Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 6, Text 24 Srila Prabhupada wonderfully teaches us the power of determinations by telling us the story of the little sparrow who conquered the ocean: "As for determination, one should follow the example of the sparrow who lost her eggs in the waves of the ocean. A sparrow laid her eggs on the shore of the ocean, but the big ocean carried away the eggs on its waves. The sparrow became very upset and asked the ocean to return her eggs. The ocean did not even consider her appeal. So the sparrow decided to dry up the ocean. She began to pick out the water in her small beak, and everyone laughed at her for her impossible determination. The news of her activity spread, and at last Garuda, the gigantic bird carrier of Lord Visnu, heard it. He became compassionate toward his small sister bird, and so he came to see the sparrow. Garuda was very pleased by the determination of the small sparrow, and he promised to help. Thus Garuda at once asked t
Read more

Heart Melting Reunion with Amarendra and Gayatri

Image
On Friday 26 June 2015 I was blessed with the greatest good fortune of meeting with two of the dearest devotees of my entire life, His Grace Amarendra Prabhu and his good wife, Srimati Gayatri devi dasi. I am eternally indebted to these great souls for how much they helped me in my spiritual life when I was a young devotee. When I was young brahmacari monk in 1973 I joined with the two of them in Gainesville, Florida. We were a three person preaching center, and they were just like a mother and father to me. I had so many wonderful Krishna conscious experiences in their association that I can hardly begin to describe them here. But at least may it suffice for me to say for now that Gayatri taught me what it means to be a soft-hearted devotee of the Lord and she gave me my first cooking lesson, teaching me how to make cauliflower pakoras, and Amarendra taught me the art of how to preach strongly, intelligently, and coolly to defeat opposing arguments. Recently Gayatri almost died. But
Read more

Who is this Krishna?

Image
Krishna is not a myth, nor is He an ordinary historical personality. He is the Supreme All-Attractive Personality of Godhead. He is the oldest of all while simultaneously maintaining the form of a 16 year old youth. He is all-attractive because he exceeds everyone in all of existence by possessing unlimitedly all the qualities that are attractive namely power, beautify, renunciation, knowledge, wealth, and fame. There is no one who equals or excels Him in the possession of these attractive qualities. This is why is accepted by all enlightened spiritualists as being God, the original source of all existence. The perfection of our existence is to re-establish our long forgotten loving relationships with Him. There Is No One More Amazing Than Krishna Video for the Day Don't Be a Hypocrite Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Was Krishna a Real Person? Was Krishna a real person who lived on Earth? Ray Galindo Answer: He Was and He Still Is My Dear Ray, Pleas
Read more