Greatest Paradigm Shift in History

If all ISKCON devotees will sincerely follow ISKCON's Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada's divine instructions for removing the dirt from their hearts and replacing it with pure love of God, ISKCON will become so strongly united and infused with pure Krishna bhakti that it will then become fully empowered to lead the entire world out of chaos and thus be able to successfully bring about the greatest paradigm shift that has ever happened in the history of the universe, the deliverance of the entire world from the chaos and misery of godlessness. Therefore, out of compassion upon the suffering, fallen souls of this age we should all become pure devotees of Lord Sri Krishna so that the whole world can become awakened in Krishna consciousness.


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Answers According to Vedic Knowledge

Question: Am I Realized?

Namaste, Gurudeva!
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What is realization of Brahman, Paramatma or Bhagvan? I never fully understand when I hear people talking about this. Can these realizations be described in words, or do we lack words in order to explain these phenomenon? How do I know if I've had a realization?

Richard Browne

Answer: When Realized You Will Know It

Brahman realization is realization of the oneness of everything. One experiences his identity with the underlying spiritual unity beyond the material variegatedness. This can only be achieved by undergoing great penances and austerities. But since the Brahman realized person does not realize the spiritual variegatedness his realization is imperfect and incomplete.
This he cannot be fully satisfied and eventually falls down again into material variegatedness.

Paramatma realization is realization of the presence of Krishna’s expanded form, the four-armed Paramatma within the heart of every living being and within every atom. This is achieved only by yogis who great penances and austerities being totally cut off from material civilization.

Bhagavan realization is full realization of Lord Sri as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the source of all existence. To attain Bhagavan realization one must
fully surrender to Krishna under the merciful guidance of the bona fide spiritual master.

Bhagavan realization automatically includes Paramatma realization and Brahman realization. So this the easiest
type of self-realization. But because of false pride very few souls attain this highest perfection of consciousness.

You don't have to worry about knowing whether or not you have become self-realized. If you don't know, you are not realized. Self-realization means the covering clouds of delusion are gone and you now see things as they are.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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