Ultimate Self Realization

One of the biggest misconceptions in the human society is that there are many different religions. The real fact is that there is only one religion, to become a true lover of God. This great one religion has been taught by many great teachers throughout history such as Moses, Jesus Christ, Hajrat Mohammad, and Lord Caitanya. But the difficulty today is nobody follows these great teachers. They say, "I am Jew; I am Christian; I am Muslim; I am Hindu," and they fight. But actually they are none of these because they do not truly follow these great teachers. Therefore our aim in the Krishna consciousness movement is to teach everyone what is the true meaning of religion, to give up material sense gratification and fully surrender oneself to God. When this one religion by accepted by the people all over the world, this entire planet will become a peaceful, prosperous, paradise. May that day come soon! May that day come soon! If you have any questions, click here to send an email

On 11 December 1973 on a morning walk in Los Angeles Srila Prabhupada gave this instruction to his disciples, "You should utilize the favor of God and be yourself perfect -- and be leader of the whole world." So now it is up to us to actually be perfect in Krishna consciousness, exemplary in our behavior, and powerful in our preaching so that we can now lead this entire planet out of chaos by making the whole world Krishna conscious. We know that by our own strength to achieve such a powerful leadership position in the world is impossible. But we also know that by the unlimitedly powerful blessings of Lord Caitanya and Srila Prabhupada we can now factually achieve this goal if we become fully surrendered to them. So please Lord Caitanya and Srila Prabhupada kindly bestow your unlimited mercy upon us so we can now become completely perfect in Krishna consciousness by being fully surrendered to you both and can thus now lead this planet completely out of chaos by making the w

Srila Prabhupada explains as follows in the Krishna Book: "The fact is that those who are always engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and mature, pure devotional service are given the chance, after death, to gain Kṛṣṇa’s association in one of the universes within the material world. Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes are continuously going on, either in this universe or in another universe. Just as the sun globe is passing over many places across this earthly planet, so kṛṣṇa-līlā, or the transcendental advent and pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, are also going on continuously, either in this or another universe. The mature devotees, who have completely executed Kṛṣṇa consciousness, are immediately transferred to the universe where Kṛṣṇa is appearing. In that universe the devotees get their first opportunity to associate with Kṛṣṇa personally and directly." Therefore everyone who is eager to be a participant in Krishna's pastimes should now practice their Krishna consciousness very sincerely and very purel

You are an eternal spiritual being, who is full of bliss and full of knowledge. Therefore if you mistakenly identify yourself with your material body, which is temporary, full of ignorance, and full of misery, you are doing yourself the greatest disservice. So please do not make such a mistake. Always remember your actual identify as the eternal servant of God, and always think, speak, and act in remembrance of this, which is called "Krishna consciousness." In this way you will relish an eternal existence which is completely transcendental to the fourfold miseries of material existence, namely birth, death, old age, and disease. So do yourself the ultimate favor right now. Do not cheat yourself for even one moment longer. Embrace your eternal, all blissful, fully cognizant identity as the servant of God. If you have any questions, click here to send an email Relish the Unlimited Bliss of Your Factual Identity Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Role of Teacher

The Harvard Business Review has published on 11 May 2020 an article entitled "Anxiety as a Public Health Issue." hbr.org/2020/05/anxiety-as-a-public-health-issue Regarding anxiety Srila Prabhupada explains in a lecture given in Mayapur, West Bengal, India on 21 June 1973 as follows: "If you are in anxiety, then that will create a disease. Our this psychological condition, physiological condition, is working in so subtle way-little shocking, little disturbance will create another disturbance. The Ayurvedic medicine, they treat patients on this principle, how things are disturbed." There is no doubt that this material world is a place of anxiety. We are being tortured here by birth, death, old age, and disease. In spite of all material attempts to get rid of these four miseries they are still going on with full force. The only actual solution to free from anxiety is to come to the plane of Krishna consciousness. Therefore our goal is to make the whole world Krishna

Yesterday's "Thought for the Day" mentioned 156 animals innocent slaughtered daily. This was a major typo that our editor did not catch before publication. The actual number is 156 million animals are cruelly murdered every day in the world's slaughterhouses. The karma from this horrendous inconceivable volume of sinful activities is making peace and prosperity of the human society an impossibility. It's time now that the world's leaders wake up and realize that we absolutely must stop murdering all of these innocent creatures. Those who want to eat animal flesh should wait until the animals die naturally. If you have any questions, click here to send an email Here is the Cause of the World's Problems Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Comment: It's Okay to Eat Meat If Jesus can eat meat then so can I. R.B. Reply: If You Don't Being Eaten in Your Next Birth If one is in a desert and there is nothing else to eat except meat, then one can mea

We have been blessed with the knowledge of how this entire planet can live in perfect peace and harmony. Thus it breaks our hearts to see how much of a hellish nightmare our planet has become. One of the main reasons that our planet earth is going through so much difficulty is the karma we getting because we are cruelly murdering 156 innocent animals every day in the slaughterhouses. Therefore, it is very encouraging to read a recent article by Jonathan Safran Foer posted on the New York Times website entitled, "The End of Meat is Here." Click here to read the article. Our thanks to the New York Times for publishing "The End of Meat is Here." It's time now that we as a human society have to wake up and realize what we need to do to be peaceful and happy on this planet. As long as we continue to cruelly murder 156 animals every day in the slaughterhouses we can expect the karma of our entire planet being a virtual slaughterhouse for the human beings also. I enc

There is absolutely no reason for us to continue suffering here in the realm of birth, death, old age, and disease when we can instead come to the spiritual plane and celebrate an eternal existence, which is full of knowledge and full of bliss. Lord Sri Krishna so mercifully instructs us in the Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 18, Text 66 how we can successfully situate ourselves on that plane: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear." This is why all the great saintly people of history are instructing us to fully surrender to Krishna (God.) If you have any questions, click here to send an email Krishna is Inviting Us to Return to Our Original Home Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Can a Human Take Birth as an Animal? Can a person reincarnate from a human into an animal dependin

Jeff Krisman has requested me to do a series of interviews with him, which based on Srila Prabhupada's teachings I have dubbed "The Supreme Nirvana Series." Why did I choose this title? Here is why. Srila Prabhupada writes as follows in his book The Perfection of Yoga, "By engaging the body, mind, and activities in the service of Krishna, one attains the supreme nirvana which abides in Krishna." In this connection Srila Prabhupada also writes in his purport to Bhagavad-gita, Chapter Two, Text 72 as follows: "Nirvana means ending the process of materialistic life. According to Buddhist philosophy, there is only void after the completion of this material life, but Bhagavad-gita teaches differently. Actual life begins after the completion of this material life. For the gross materialist it is sufficient to know that one has to end this materialistic way of life, but for persons who are spiritually advanced, there is another life after this materialistic li

The pure devotee of Krishna is in a state of total, complete, anxiety seeing the innumerable living beings who are suffering like anything for countless aeons in their perpetual rotation in cycle of birth, death, old age, disease through the 8,400,000 different species of life. It tortures him like anything that he wants to rescue them while at the same time they most foolishly refuse to be rescued. This same mood is there in the incarnation of God known as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Who is overwhelmed with feeling of compassion for all the suffering souls of this material world. Because the pure devotee is sharing this burden of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the most merciful Lord Caitanya floods His pure devotee's heart in a tidal wave of unlimited spiritual bliss at every minute. There is such an amazing transcendental exchange of love between Lord Caitanya and HIs pure devotee that the more the devotee is saddened to see the suffering condition of the fallen souls of this material wor

There is truly nothing more amazing in all of existence than the transcendental pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Anyone who regularly hears, remembers, and repeats these pastimes becomes a great transcendentalist liberated from this material existence. In this regard it is stated in the First Canto, Chapter 1, Text 19 of the Srimad Bhagavatam as follows: vayaṁ tu na vitṛpyāma uttama-śloka-vikrame yac-chṛṇvatāṁ rasa-jñānāṁ svādu svādu pade pade "We never tire of hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, who is glorified by hymns and prayers. Those who have developed a taste for transcendental relationships with Him relish hearing of His pastimes at every moment." Therefore let us all take advantage of these transcendental pastimes by hearing, remembering, and repeating them as much as possible. If you have any questions, click here to send an email The Most Amazing Pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna

On 18 May 2020 I wrote and sent the following letter to US President Donal Trump: Dear Mr. President Trump, Thank you for very much for taking the most awesome responsibility of being President of the United States. It is certainly a most difficult and challenging job that no doubt requires a tremendous amount of love and sacrifice on your part. I am Sankarshan Das, one of the spiritual masters of the Hare Krishna movement. Our national motto, "In God We Trust," printed on all of our currency, if put into full implementation, qualifies the United States of America to lead the entire world out of chaos. Thus I would like to meet with you at your earliest convenience to guide you how you as president of the United States of America can become solidly established as the leader of the entire world for bringing peace, happiness, and prosperity to everyone in every town, village, city, and hamlet in every corner of the globe. So kindly inform me when are where we can meet, and I w

Our goal is to flood the entire Planet Earth with Krishna consciousness so that everyone can be peaceful and happy in this lifetime and at the end of their lives can attain the ultimate perfection of going back to home, back to Godhead. To this end the more that one immerses himself or herself in transcendental subject matters, the more they will become blessed by being surcharged with Krishna consciousness. So for those who have not been subscribed to our e-course for the last fourteen years here is a resource you can use to read from our previous thousands of "Thought for the Day" broadcasts: www.sda-archives.com If you have any questions, click here to send an email The Great Leader Who is Delivering the World Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Avoid Being Always Up and Down? Respected swamiji I am Ankit Kumar Paul of age 22 from India. Swamiji, I want to share some thing with you and I would