Ultimate Self Realization

Krishna's pure devotee is absolutely pure.There is not even the slightest tinge of selfishness to be found in him. His only desire is to please Krishna unlimitedly by his every thought, word, and deed in every time, place, and circumstance for all of eternity. Because He understands the Lord's desire to bring all the suffering souls in this material world back to His eternal abode the pure devotee is always thinking and planning how to deliver the suffering living beings in this material world back to home, back to Godhead, even if he has to take birth after birth to do so. And even if he is not successful in doing so, his perfection of going back to home, back to Godhead is guaranteed. And anyone who follows him will also be delivered back to home, back to Godhead. So what could be more auspicious than the get the association of Krishna's pure devotee? Krishna's Pure Devotee: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Video for the Day Answers Accordi...

There is an ancient saying, "Physician, heal thyself." It is indeed very applicable. When I go to my doctor's office I take it for granted that he is not sick. The doctor has to be healthy if he is going to make his patients healthy. In a similar way, if we are going to make the world Krishna conscious, we have to be purely situated in Krishna consciousness. This principle is stated by Srila Prabhupada as follows in his purport to Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi Lila, Chapter 7, Text 83 purport: "A sincere student aurally receives the holy name from the spiritual master, and after being initiated he follows the regulative principles given by the spiritual master. When the holy name is properly served in this way, automatically the spiritual nature of the holy name spreads; in other words, the devotee becomes qualified in offenselessly chanting the holy name. When one is completely fit to chant the holy name in this way, he is eligible to make disciples all over th...

Nowadays more men and women all over the world who are not satisfied with heterosexuality are taking to homosexuality to try to find happiness. But because all forms of sexual enjoyment are based on false identification with the material body none of them will bring true happiness to the self. It is only when sex is used in the service of the Lord by trying to bring a saintly child into the world that it is not detrimental. So this distinction between licit and illicit sex must be clearly understood and followed by those are serious about getting out of this material world and going back to home, back to Godhead. Be Compassionate Upon Those Who Are Drowning Video for the Day Mine the Gold Within Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Wrong to Want to Know Life's Meaning? Why am I wrong to want that my life has a meaning? Jack Chen Answer: Seeking Life's Meaning is Human Life You are wrong to think it is wrong to want your life to have meaning. Asking w...

When a ship has sunk and its many passengers are now stuck in the water in danger of drowning and one has a lifeboat big enough to hold all of the passengers, what would one do if he has any human decency at all? He would obviously try to save as many of the passengers as possible. This is why in this Krishna consciousness movement we are out to save the world. We don't anyone to drown in the ocean of birth and death. We want to save everyone by bringing them back to their original identity they once had in spiritual world before they fell down into this horrible material existence. Be Compassionate Upon Those Who Are Drowning Video for the Day Check This Out! Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Jesus Christ, a Bona Fide Guru? My Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. Is Jesus Christ a bona fide spiritual master? Your eternal servant, Bhaktin Suzanne Answer: Yes, But... From: ISKCON Austin, Texas My Dear Bhaktin Suzanne, Please...

Today's grossly materialistic society where everyone is running madly after material sense gratification is indeed very, very dangerous for everyone because by absorption in today's culture one is pulled down into the animal form of life in his next birth. This is why the Krishna consciousness movement is the most important and essential thing happening in the world right now. The Krishna consciousness movement is indeed the only real counterculture because it is only place where one get the knowledge, training, and absorption in the lifestyle that will liberate one from the cycle of birth and death by qualifying him to regain his original identity in the spiritual world. Srila Prabhupada Teaching Krishna Consciousness Video for the Day Do Yourself the Supreme Favor! Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Why People Don't Trust God? What would cause someone not to fully trust God? Tim Webster Answer: Bad Association Dear Tim, Please accept my bless...

Lord Sri Krishna has blessed each and every one of us with a beautiful, wonderful existence. But the difficulty is that instead our showing our appreciation by lovingly engaging everything in His service we try to enjoy it separately completely turning our back on Him. Thus we make ugly that which is actually unlimitedly beautiful. This is our gross foolishness. It's time we wise up and again engage everything in His service. If we can do this, the whole world will gain its original, natural beauty. The difficulty is that being overwhelmed by greed hardly anyone wants to do this, and thus we continue to make our world uglier and uglier with each passing year. What Krishna Has Given Us Is Beautiful But Because of Our Greed We Spoil It Video for the Day Fly Hare Krishna Airlines Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: How Can I Serve You? How can I serve you? Goeran Holm Answer: Follow Instructions and Do Not Concoct From: Helsinki, Finland My Dear Goera...

Human life is meant for learning. If we are intelligent enough to acknowledge our ignorance and thus always stay open to learning, we can be fortunate enough to come into contact with a bona fide spiritual master who can enlighten us how to conquer over death and regain our eternal forms in the spiritual world. But if we proudly think that we know everything and thus do not maintain a learning mood, we will not be able to take advantage of being enlightened by the bona fide spiritual master, and thus our lives will be failures and we will thus be obliged to take birth again here in this land of repeated birth and death. Therefore we should always remain in a learning mood, always remembering that life is for learning. Krishna's Devotees are Eager to Learn Vilnius, Lithuania Airport--23 May 2019 Video for the Day Our World Deliverance Mission Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: How Can I Serve You? How can I serve you? Goeran Holm Answer: Follow Instructi...

Srila Prabhupada told us in lecture given in Mayapur on 6 April 1975: "So, so we want to spread Krishna consciousness. Simply prepare yourself how to repeat Krishna's instructions very nicely, without any malinterpretation. Then, in future... Suppose you have got now ten thousand. We shall expand to hundred thousand. That is required. Then hundred thousand to million, and million to ten million. (The devotee loudly cheer "Jaya!") So there will be no scarcity of acharya, and people will understand Krishna consciousness very easily." This is a great blessing to know that our movement will continue expanding and expanding. Srila Prabhupada Lectures with Great Authority Video for the Day Nothing Comes From Nothing Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Remember What I Read? I chant 16 rounds of Hare Krishna japa mala daily. I read Srila Prabhupada's books (the Bhagavad-gita and the Krishna Book) as well as your Thought for the Da...

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is Krishna Himself in the garb of His own devotee appeared 500 years ago in what is now West Bengal to inaugurate the sankirtana movement, the movement of the congregational chanting of the holy names of God. This is the Krishna consciousness movement that has now spread all over the world and will eventually completely inundate this planet. It is predicted in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana 4.129.59: kaler dasa-sahasrāni madbhaktāh samti bhu-tale ekavarnā bhavisyamti madbhakteṣu gatesu ca "For 10,000 years of Kali My devotees will fill the whole planet. After the departure of My devotees there will be only one varna [outcaste]." Srila Prabhupada has referred to this verse in his purport to the Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Antya Lila, Chapter 3, Text 50 as follows: "It is said that the Krishna consciousness movement will be prominent within the next ten thousand years, but after that people will all become mlecchas and yavanas." T...

For more than thirty years I have been blessed by the association a great devotee/preacher, my wife, Her Grace Srimati Vishnupriya Devi Dasi, who is affectionately called "Gurumata" (which means Guru Mother) by my disciples and followers all over the world. She is my constant compassion on my twice-a-year around the world lecture tours and is always purely absorbed in Krishna consciousness. Her association has been the greatest boon to help me to be Krishna conscious and for attracting and training disciples all over the world. It is not possible by any means of material calculation to estimate the unlimited value of her association and her blessings. Gurumata Preaching Srimad Bhagavatam Video for the Day Peaceful Chanting to Empower a Spiritual Revolution Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Who Says that God is a He? Whoever stated that God is a he? Why do people assume that God is a he? Anonymous Answer: God God says that He is a he. Since He...

Did you know that you are currently drowning in the clutches of the material energy being dragged into another material body in your next birth? This is why you need to take the process of self-realization very seriously to at least guarantee that you will get a human body in your next birth so that you can continue the path of spiritual awakening or at best to take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master by initiation so that you can become liberated from the cycle of birth and death by regaining your original eternal identity that you once had in the spiritual world before your fell in the cycle of birth and death here in this difficult, dangerous material world. Krishna Says, "I Am the Light of the Sun." So Learn How to Experience God Everywhere. Video for the Day Your life Will Become Unlimitedly Sublime! Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Krishna is a Failure? Can Krishna avatar be considered a failure as the avatar's aim of establishing dharm...

When one absorbs himself deeply in pure bhakti he experiences constant volcanic eruptions of unlimited bliss within his heart. In the neophyte stage of Krishna consciousness we do not always experience such intense ecstasy. Sometimes we taste the bliss of Krishna consciousness, and sometimes we feel the pinch of the material energy. This is why it is important that we seriously take up the pathway of devotional service under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master. By taking shelter and initiation from him and by obeying his instructions we will step by step gradually attain the desired state of pure Krishna bhakti in which we tangibly experience at every minute volcanic eruptions of transcendental bliss within our hearts. Farewell Send Off Kirtan--Kaunas, Lithuania--18 May 2014 Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Why Do People Fall In Love? Why are we attracted to each other instead of God? Why men are attracted to women? Why do people fall in love? Ank...

Lord Sri Krishna very mercifully reveals in the Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 5, Verse 29 the formula for perfect peace. Anyone who applies this formula will find perfect peace and happiness within his heart, and if this formula can be widely propagated, a wonderful new global era of unprecedented, unparalleled peace and prosperity will dawn on our greatly troubled planet transforming it into a paradise. Here is how Lord Krishna presents His formula in His famous conversation with Arjuna 5,000 years on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra: bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati "One who knows me as the supreme owner, the supreme enjoyer, and as the most intimate well-wishing friend of all living beings attains a perfect state of peace free the pangs of all material miseries." On 18 May 2019 in Kaliningrad I gave the following lecture on Krishna's most sublime and perfect peace formula: The Peace Formula Lecture in Ka...

I just received the sad news that my dear Godsister, Srimati Parvati Devi Dasi, has just left her body in Vrindavan, India. She was the devotee who was in charge of who gives the Bhagavad-gita classes in Srila Prabhupada's quarters every afternoon in Vrindavan. For many years every time my wife and I have come to Vrindavan she would always give me the wonderful opportunity to give a Bhagavad-gita lecture in Srila Prabhupada's quarters. What was especially nice is that she would always visit us in our apartment in a very joyful and jubilant mood. Her joyful, super enthusiastic association has always been a great blessing for us every time we visit Vrindavan. Now that she has departed back to Krishna's transcendental abode we will be missing her very much and looking forward to that day when we can again meet her in Goloka Vrindavan. Srimati Parvati Devi Dasi--a Truly Great Soul Video for the Day Don't Be Lower than an Animal Answers According to Vedic Wisdom...

One of the best things that I love the most about this process of Krishna consciousness is that allows you to turn the most dreadful experience of death into the most exciting of all adventures. In this material world everyone is frightened to death of death. But for a devotee death is the most wonderful moment when he is rewarded for a liftime of dedicated service to the Lord by being allowed to now enter into His eternal all-blissful pastimes in the wondrous spiritual sky. Blissful Harinam Party--Kaunas, Lithuania--16 May 2014 Answers by Citing the Vedic Version Question: Is the Self Finite or Infinite? Is the self finite or infinite? Regards, Shankar Answer: Infinitesimal The self is a cognizant primeval particle of indestructible, indivisible, infinitesimal, invisible, inconceivable and immutable anti-material energy. Being part and parcel of the Supreme Lord he is naturally meant to serve the Supreme Lord, just as the hand being part and parcel of the...

Lord Caitanya's mission is to deliver all the fallen souls of this world back to home, back to Godhead by the spreading of the Krishna consciousness movement to every town and village all over the world. Lord Caitanya is feeling great pain to see the conditioned souls who are entangled here in this material world in the cycle of birth, death, old age, and disease. This is placing a great burden upon Him. Therefore those devotees who fully embrace Lord Caitanya's mission as their very life and soul are sharing this burden with Lord Caitanya giving Him some relief from the great anxiety that He feels. Therefore those devotees who are dedicated to Lord Caitanya in this way are very, very dear to Lord Caitanya and are thus the recipients of His special mercy, which showers upon them like torrents of rain in India's monsoon season. The Most Merciful Golden Avatar: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Video for the Day Peaceful and Happy by Seeing Everything as God's Property ...

Sometimes I am asked if one can pray for the spiritual benefit of another person. This, of course, is the mood of Krishna's devotee. He strongly desires that others should be liberated from their suffering in material existence. The best way to pray for others is this prayer mentioned in the Srimad Bhagavatam, Fifth Canto, Chapter 18, Text 9. Prahlada Maharaja very wonderfully and mercifully prays as follows for the deliverance of all living beings from the multitudinous sufferings of this material existence: svasty astu viśvasya khalaḥ prasīdatāṁ dhyāyantu bhūtāni śivaṁ mitho dhiyā manaś ca bhadraṁ bhajatād adhokṣaje āveśyatāṁ no matir apy ahaitukī TRANSLATION "May there be good fortune throughout the universe, and may all envious persons be pacified. May all living entities become calm by practicing bhakti-yoga, for by accepting devotional service they will think of each other's welfare. Therefore let us all engage in the service of the supreme transcendence, Lo...

Since time immemorial we have remained captivated by our attraction for the opposite sex. Instead of becoming attracted to Krishna and thus qualifying ourselves to return to our original home in the spiritual world we have been captivated by Cupid's arrows having more interest in sex pleasure than in a life of devotion. Now we have joined the Krishna consciousness movement to get free from this lusty tendency by awakening the real happiness of love of Krishna (God) within our hearts. Since Lord Sri Krishna has sent many beautiful women to join our Krishna consciousness movement we must be very careful to see them as Krishna's property and engage them in Krishna's service rather than trying to enjoy sex pleasure with them. This is why our founder-acharya, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, has given us the following very important instruction: "A devotee's duty is to try to engage all beautiful women in the service of Krishna, not to try to enjoy them. A devotee i...

Super Ecstatic Lecture given by Sankarshan Das Adhikari and Vishnupriya Devi Dasi in the Alytus, Lithuania public library on 13 May 2019. The audience was so inspired that many of them purchased Srila Prabhupada's books. Click here to hear the lecture. Lecture in Alytus Public Library--13 May 2019 Video for the Day How to Become Self-Realized Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: How Do You Connect with God? Do you connect with God through a book or through nature? Nick Se Answer: Both The Bhagavad-gita, which is directly spoken by Lord Sri Krishna, God Himself, teaches us how to find God in nature. Krishna says, “I am the light of the sun and moon.” So the answer to your question is “both.” Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Lord Sri Krishna very wonderfully instructs as follows in Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 10, Verse 10: teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ yena mām upayānti te TRANSLATION--"To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me." The key is that by serving Krishna with love He gives us all intelligence how to attain spiritual perfection. On Sunday 12 May 2019 in Kaunas, Lithuania I gave a lecture on this verse followed by a very lively question and answer session, which can heard by clicking on the link below: Sunday Feast Lecture--Kaunas, Lithuania--12 May 2019 Teaching the Highest Truth Video for the Day Don't Be Stressed by Distress Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Keep from Falling? How can I keep from falling off of my spiritual path? Sara Viloa Answer: Take Shelter of the Spiritual Master Take shelter of the bona fide spiritual ma...

Don't cheat yourself by living a miserable life of bodily consciousness. Embrace instead the supreme lifestyle of Krishna consciousness, being fully aware of your actual identity as an eternal spiritual being, who is qualitatively one with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the source of all existence. In this way you will be living the most exciting life possible on the cutting edge of the greatest paradigm shift in the history of the universe. So why torture yourself with mediocrity for even one moment longer? Fully embrace the supreme lifestyle right now! Giving Spiritual Guidance Teaching the Highest Truth Video for the Day Be Your True Self and Flood the Universe with Bliss Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Chant for the Benefit of Others? Can I chant for some other person's spiritual advancement. Will it help him to develop love for Krishna if I chant at least one round for them? Thank you for your love, blessings, and guidance. Sankalp Answer:...

The whole world is suffering due to a lack of Krishna consciousness, and we have the formula that will save the entire world from its ever-increasingly perilous condition. Therefore we are regularly circling the globe to try to awaken the dormant Krishna consciousness in the hearts of all so that our planet earth will become a happy, peaceful place in which everyone can live ina. state of perfect harmony. For this purpose on 10 May 2019 we planted the seeds of spiritual revolution in Vilnius, Lithuania. Here is the lecture I gave: Bhagavad-gita Lecture given in Vilnius, Lithuania on 10 May 2019 Bhagavad-gita Lecture in Vilnius, Lithuania Video for the Day Blessed With Bliss Answers According to Vedic Wisdom Question: Why Good People Suffer? If God is so loving, then why does He let good and innocent people suffer, while He allows evil people to have everything they want, those who are not interested in spirituality? Phil Smith Answer: God is Fair God is fair....