Empowered to Krishnize the Whole World

In his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 5.18.9 Srila Prabhupada explains that we should pray to Lord Nrsimhadeva to sit in the core of our hearts killing all of our bad propensities so that with clean minds we can peacefully worship the Lord and bring peace to the entire world. Thus Krishna's devotee wants to become 100% pure within his heart, completely peaceful with absolutely no material desires, so that he becomes fully absorbed in pure love of Krishna and can successfully bring peace to the entire world by flooding it with Krishna consciousness.

One Pure Devotee Can Deliver the Entire Universe--
Thus He is Called Jagad-Guru: Spiritual Master of the Universe

One Pure Devotee Can Deliver the Entire Universe

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: How to Handle Distress?

Dear Srila Gurudeva,

Hare Krishna!

Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to you.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I came to know that the amount of sensual happiness and distress we experience in our life is already predestined. Thus it must be not wise to seek relief from distress by running after maya pleasures, which is what I usually do.

Then what to do with distress if escaping from it will not work? And can this predestined amount of distress be changed (minimized) if I turn to Krishna?

Your student
R.

Answer: Use It to Increase Your Transcendental Bliss

Since the devotee becomes liberated from the reactions to his past sins he experiences less material distress than he would have if he had not surrendered to Krishna. But he welcomes whatever distress he inevitably experiences due to his being in this material world. He welcomes this distress, accepting it as his best friend, because it helps him to intensify his taking shelter of Krishna. For the devotee, therefore, there is no such thing as distress because whatever distress comes to him he uses to increase his transcendental bliss.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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