Winning the War of Desires

Neophyte devotees are struggling to attain the perfectional stage of pure devotional service. They are battling it out with their most auspicious spiritual desires on one side and their crazy material desires on the other side. The key to being successful in this war of desires is to take shelter of the bona fide spiritual master by the process of initiation and to then to become his completely sold out servant. This is how the neophyte devotee advances himself more and more in his Krishna consciousness so that in due course of time he attains the sublime transcendental platform of pure devotional service.

Srila Prabhupada Walks With His Disciples in Los Angeles

Srila Prabhupada Walks With His Disciples in Los Angeles

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Question: ISKCON in North Korea?

All respects to you.

Is there an ISKCON temple in North Korea?

Aditya Kulkarni

Answer: Public Execution of Religionists

Although ISKCON has been in South Korea for a long time (http://centers.iskcondesiretree.com/seoul/) as of now we have still not established a temple in North Korea. We would very much like to. But at the present time the political situation is not all favorable. North Korea is officially an atheist state, and the government interferes with the individual's ability to choose and to manifest his or her religious beliefs. For example, a South Korean newspaper reported that 80 people were publicly executed in North Korean in 2013, some for possessing a Bible. A crowd of people was herded into a stadium and forced to watch the mass execution, which was done by machine gun fire. So even possessing a Bhagavad-gita in North Korea could result in one being put to death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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