We've Always Existed and Will Always Exist

Charles Darwin has it all wrong. We did not evolve from the monkeys. And the atheists have also got it all wrong. We did not come of nothing, nor will we return to nothing. We are all eternal spiritual beings, full of bliss and full of knowledge. By chanting Hare Krishna under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master we will revive our eternal, fully cognizant, all-blissful spiritual identities. There is truly nothing greater than this!

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Question: Buddhist Nirvana and Krishna Consciousness

Namaskar Gurudeva,

I had couple of questions. Kindly enlighten me from solving these questions for me.

Is achieving nirvana and Krishna consciousness the same thing? If not then what's different? Is either of them superior? Bhagavad-gita says many times that one should focus on the Supreme Personality and only then one will reach the transcendental state where there is no suffering, desire or sense of self and simply be truly happy. Although souls who are practicing Buddhist meditation are focusing on a void they are reaching a state of bliss transcendental to material desires. Is this contradictory?

Richard Browne

Answer: Krishna Consciousness, the Supreme Nirvana

Srila Prabhupada has written:

"By engaging the body, mind, and activities in the service of Krishna, one attains the supreme nirvana, which abides in Krishna.”

So the highest form of nirvana is Krishna consciousness. Buddhists are simply negating matter, but Krishna consciousness goes higher because along with negating matter it affirms the spiritual reality beyond matter.

A mother may instruct her child to stop being naughty without giving him a positive alternative to his naughty behavior by ordering him to sit quietly in the corner of the room. For a few minutes this may work. But soon because the child’s nature is to be active he will again be engaged in mischievous activities. But if the mother keeps him engaged in positive activities, his nonsense will naturally not come back again.

So Buddhism is like telling the child to not do anything. And Krishna consciousness is like engaging the child in positive activities. Buddhism may temporarily free one from entanglement in maya. But Krishna consciousness permanently liberates the devotee.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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