Krishna Has Blessed Us With a Temple Building

After decades of operating the ISKCON Austin temple out of apartments and houses in residential neighborhoods, Krishna has blessed us that we now have a proper temple building. He made this arrangement by inspiring many donors to come forward to donate sufficient funds for purchasing this nice building. It is strategically located on the main highway I35, which goes through central Austin. Thus for advertising the temple we can put up a sign, which will eventually be seen by the millions of people who are driving up and down I35. The next step is remodeling what is now an office building to turn it into a temple. Plus we are now considering how we should name the temple to make it as attractive as possible for the Westerners to come and learn about Krishna consciousness. We are open to your suggestions in this regard. You can send your suggestions to me at: sda@backtohome.com

New ISKCON Temple in Austin, Texas USA

New ISKCON Temple in Austin, Texas USA

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Difficulty: I Am Very Worried About My Future

Respected Sir,

I am very worried regarding my future.

Aman K.

Answer: Surrender to Krishna For a Super Ecstatic Future

This means that you do not trust God. Krishna or God has an amazingly wonderful future for you. All you have to do is surrender fully unto Him. By doing so you will experience for all of eternity the most astonishingly sublime, wonderful full-of-bliss existence. The only reason you are in anxiety is that you have not surrendered to Krishna. So now surrender unto Him fully and relish the sweetest, happiest eternal existence.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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