Bogus Devotion and Genuine Devotion

Arriving here in New Dwarka (Los Angles) after a 14 hour flight from Melbourne we are blessed by the association of so many wonderful devotees of Krishna. This association with Vaisnavas, the devotees of the Lord, is our very life and soul, the sustenance of our existence. In the material world nowadays, hell is breaking loose practically every day with one terrorist attack after another after another. But we devotees of Krishna know that the solution to terrorism and all the problems of the world is the awakening of the dormant love of God within our hearts. Such love of God or Krishna consciousness automatically includes genuine compassion for all living beings, just as when you water the root of a tree all the leaves and branches are also automatically watered. Devotion to God expressed by cruelty God's creatures is not devotion to God at all. It is simply bogus. Real devotion to God automatically includes devotion to all of His children, in all species of life.

Ecstatic Send Off from Melbourne, Australia--14 July 2016

Sankarshan Das Ecstatic Send Off from Melbourne, Australia

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: How to Free the Mind?

Dear Master,

This sex desire is trying to control me. Even when I don't want to think in a sexual way, it is creating sexual images in my mind and forcing me to think in such a manner. It's like for that moment, I absolutely loose control over myself. Thank God, it is just for a second, or else it will make me act as well.

Is this due to strong impressions of this desire on my mind?

What should I do to remove these impressions?

Your student

Answer: Hare Krishna Drives Away Illusion

The more that you chant the Holy Names of the Lord, the more you will become free from all the mental rubbish that has accumulated in your heart for thousands and millions of lifetimes in this material world. The more you put Krishna in, the more you will squeeze Maya or illusion out.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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