The Highest Realization
Our Krishna Consciousness Movement is dedicated to making the whole world Krishna conscious. This is confirmed by a letter that ISKCON's Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, wrote to his disciple, Ramesvara Das on 9 January 1973 in which he states:
"That is our real mission, to deliver the world by preaching Krishna's message to others, but even higher realization, the highest realization, is to save oneself."
Srila Prabhupada states that even higher than saving the world is saving oneself. This is practical because if the preacher of Krishna consciousness is not himself Krishna conscious, how will it be possible for him to inspire others to become Krishna conscious? So let us always focus on making ourselves pure devotees of Krishna. In this way we will have the purity, the potency to execute our world deliverance mission, making the whole world Krishna conscious. This is indeed the highest realization.
Liam Eloie
"That is our real mission, to deliver the world by preaching Krishna's message to others, but even higher realization, the highest realization, is to save oneself."
Srila Prabhupada states that even higher than saving the world is saving oneself. This is practical because if the preacher of Krishna consciousness is not himself Krishna conscious, how will it be possible for him to inspire others to become Krishna conscious? So let us always focus on making ourselves pure devotees of Krishna. In this way we will have the purity, the potency to execute our world deliverance mission, making the whole world Krishna conscious. This is indeed the highest realization.
By Following Srila Prabhupada's Teachings We Attain Spiritual Perfection
Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom
Question: Consciousness On and Off?
Can consciousness be switched on and off?Liam Eloie
Answer: Consciousness is Never Switched Off
Dear Liam,
Just as sunshine a manifestation of the sun, consciousness is a manifestation of the soul. And since the soul is eternal as confirmed in the following verse from the Bhagavad-gita, therefore consciousness is also eternal.
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin
nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato 'yaṁ purāṇo
na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre
“For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.”
Just as you cannot switch the sunshine on and off, you cannot switch consciousness on and off. An aborigine may think that the sun is switched off at night. But that is simply his ignorance. Those with scientific knowledge of the sun know that sunshine is never switched off. And those scientific knowledge of the soul know that consciousness is never switched off.
I hope this was helpful.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin
nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato 'yaṁ purāṇo
na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre
“For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.”
Just as you cannot switch the sunshine on and off, you cannot switch consciousness on and off. An aborigine may think that the sun is switched off at night. But that is simply his ignorance. Those with scientific knowledge of the sun know that sunshine is never switched off. And those scientific knowledge of the soul know that consciousness is never switched off.
I hope this was helpful.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Sunshine is Never Switched Off Even Though the Earth Hides It at Night
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