Ultimate Self Realization

There are unlimited powerful enlightening lessons to be derived from the Bhagavad-gita. One of those lessons is to understand the great world transforming power of an acharya, a person who sets the perfect example of being totally surrendered to Krishna with his every thought, word, and deed in all times, places, and circumstances. In this regard Krishna states in Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 3, Text 21 as follows: yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tat tad evetaro janaḥ sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute lokas tad anuvartate "Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues." So now it is up to each of us to become such persons of ideal character. The more that we do this, the we more can have a positive, uplifting impact on the global culture. Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Is the Individual Soul God? What does it mean to say Atman (the individual soul) is Brahman (God)? Shrikant Answe

Do Cow's Lives Matter? At present the Black Lives Matter movement is going on with great momentum in many places throughout the world. But why only black lives? Krishna teaches us in the Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 5, Text 18: vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śuni caiva śva-pāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ "The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste]." So until we can respect the right to life for all living beings whatever "lives matter" campaign we are promoting will be incomplete and imperfect with no real lasting benefit for the world society. Instead we should be promoting the Krishna consciousness movement because wherever there is Krishna consciousness all lives are given respect even the insignificant insects. Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: What is My Relationship with Krishna? Which bhava should I have for Lord Kris

Devotee Wearing Vaisnava Tilaka Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to say that we will know the Krishna consciousness movement is successful when we see the high court judges wearing Vaisnava tilaka. But at the present moment I do not know of any supreme court justices anywhere in the world who are wearing Vaisnava tilaka, even in India. Therefore I want to live to see that day when all of the high court judges all over the world are wearing Vaisnava tilaka. If I cannot see it in this lifetime, I want to take birth after birth until that most wonderful day cames that all the world's high court judges are wearing Vaisnava tilaka. May that day come soon! May that day come real soon because that will mean the whole world will be happy! Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How Can I Serve You? I am very interested to serve you, Srila Gurudeva, but I don't know how. I am trying to follow your instructions sincerely. But I want to do something more. The problem

If you are not spiritually awakened, you are living somewhere in the dark ages cheating yourself out of the unlimited bliss that you could be tasting at every minute. Those who are wise transcend birth, death, old age, and disease by entering into the spiritual dimension. They celebrate their eternal spiritual identities at every moment in a pure loving relationship with God, that supreme person who is the source of all existence, who is all-powerful, all-beautiful, all-renounced, all-knowing, all-wealthy, and all-famous. God is His position and He has unlimited names, of which the foremost is "Krishna." Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Is America Spiritually Lost? Has America lost its spiritual vitality? Adam Browne Answer: Yes Yes, Adam, sadly it has. The slogan for which the USA is famous, “In God We Trust,” has practically now become a meaningless slogan. This is sad because it is the God consciousness of the USA that it made it the great, pow

It is sometimes said that there are three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who have no idea what is happening. The Supreme Lord Krishna, Who appeared 500 years ago in His incarnation as Lord Caitanya, has ordered His devotees to be those persons who make things happen by bringing about a spiritual revolution on this planet. To become such an empowered, pivotal person in world history is not difficult. All you have to do is purely practice the process of Krishna consciousness under the expert guidance of the bona fide spiritual and as far as possible tell everyone you meet about Krishna consciousness. In this way you will have an uplifting, revolutionary impact on our entire universe. So if you are not doing this already, what are you waiting for? Make a determined vow right now to do this, and spend the rest of your life in this mood. Your life will be full of bliss and you can make the whole world happy! Answers According t

There is no reason to ever let failure bring you down on your path of spiritual awakening. Throughout history we see that the most highly successful people underwent many failures along their pathway to success. Instead of becoming discouraged by their failures they learned from their failures. This is what differentiated them from the mass of people who remain failures. This learning from their failures is how they became so highly successful. In his book, "The Perfection of Yoga," Srila Prabhupada gives us a wonderful example of someone who conquered over failure. Here's how he describes it: In this regard, there is the story of Viśvāmitra Muni, a great king, a kṣatriya, who renounced his kingdom and took to the yoga process in order to become more spiritually advanced. At that time the meditational yoga process was possible to execute. Viśvāmitra Muni meditated so intently that Indra, the King of heaven, noticed him and thought, ' 'This man is trying to occu

About Bill Ballenger Bill Ballenger was the founder of Inside Michigan Politics, a state-based biweekly subscription newsletter that he launched in 1987 and published for 27 years. He was also, for six years, a horse racing columnist for The Detroit Free Press. For a dozen years (1992-2004), he hosted a weekly hour-long, call-in program on political issues on WKAR, a public radio station on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Now that Bill is no longer associated with Inside Michigan Politics, he offers The Ballenger Report and the Friday Morning Podcast as something different than Inside Michigan Politics or any other news service. The Ballenger Report will offer unique articles, archived podcasts and live radio programs from the Michigan Talk Network of a political nature that you cannot find anywhere else. “The Ballenger Report” will present what you would expect from Bill Ballenger — forecasts of national, state, and local races, including judicial c

We follow the authority of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is non-different from Krishna, and His version according to Vedic scripture is that in this age the chanting of the holy names of God is the only solution for all problems of life. And this is actually being shown by practical experience. Anyone who fully dedicates themselves to this chanting of the holy names of God will experience relief from all the miseries of material existence. Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Individual Experiences After Liberation? What happens after one attains liberation? Do they have individual experiences? Shamini Mani Answer: Eternal Loving Experiences My Dear Shamini, Please accept my blessings. Those who are liberated enter into the spiritual world and have an eternal existence full of so many wonderful loving experiences with Lord Sri Krishna and His pure devotees who reside there with Him. Hoping this meets you well, Your ever well-wisher, Sankarshan Das Adhikari Loving E

You can be joining us every day for our wonderful devotional programs. All you have to do is go to: www.LiveLectures.net Here are our daily online programs with timings. Please join us! 4:30am to 5:15am—Mangala arati & Tulasi worship 6:50am—Greeting of the deities and Guru Puja 7:15am to 8:15am— Srimad Bhagavatam Class 5:30pm to 6:30pm—Evening class 6:30pm to 7:00pm-Sundara arati 7:00pm to 7:30pm- Prabhupada speaks (These timings are for Austin, Texas.) Below are the timings for other parts of the world: India: 3:00pm to 3:45pm—Mangala arati & Tulasi worship 5:20pm—Greeting of the deities and Guru Puja 5:45pm to 6:45pm— Srimad Bhagavatam Class 4:00am to 5:00am—evening class 5:00am to 5:30am-Sundara arati 5:30am to 6:00am- Prabhupada speaks London: 10:30am to 11:15am—Mangala arati & Tulasi worship 12:50pm—Greeting of the deities and Guru Puja 1:15pm to 2:15pm— Srimad Bhagavatam Class 11:30pm to 12:30am—Evening class 12:30am to 1:00am-Sundara arati 1:00am to 1:30am- Prabhupa

George Harrison ~ My Sweet Lord My sweet Lord ~ Hare Krishna There is truly nothing sweeter than Krishna's holy name. Thus we very much appreciate how George Harrison helped to push forward the Krishna consciousness movement by his song "My Sweet Lord," which one of the best selling single song recordings in all of history. Everyone should follow his example of using their talents and abilities to push forward the Krishna consciousness movement all over the world. Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Spiritual Awakening in the USA? Will the United States ever have a spiritual awakening? Brad Lee Answer: It Is Indeed Certainly Most Possible Dear Brad, It is indeed certainly most possible. On the order of my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, my life is fully dedicated now to making a total, complete spiritual awakening happen in the USA as soon as possible. Because the USA is the world’s leading n

The most dangerous obstacle on the path of spiritual awakening is lust. When one becomes overwhelmed by lust he completely destroys his Krishna consciousness. In this connection Lord Sri Krishna stringently warns us in Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 3, Text 37 as follows: śrī-bhagavān uvāca kāma eṣa krodha eṣa rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ mahāśano mahā-pāpmā viddhy enam iha vairiṇam "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world." How the neophyte devotee deals with lust will either make him or break him. If he conquers lust, he easily can awaken pure love of God within his heart. And if remains a slave of lust, he will remain entangled in the cycle of birth and death. So, my dear readers, kindly do the needful to save yourselves from the vicious cycle of birth, death, old age, and disease right now by kicking lust out

I appreciate very much the many, many devotees that offered to help make a music video for Safe Passage Hare Krishna . A professional videographer who is my subscriber has now volunteered his service to make this music video. So now I am waiting to see now what sort of music video he will suggest. Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Krishna and Vishnu? Hare Krishna, Sir, Are Krishna and Vishnu the same? If not, then what is the difference between them and who is the Supreme God then? Saurav Stark Answer: Krishna is the Original Vishnu My Dear Saurav, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. There are unlimited forms of Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Krishna is the original Vishnu and all the other Vishnus such as Rama and Nrsimhadeva are His expansions. I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood. Your ever well-wisher, Sankarshan Das Adhikari Krishna the Original Vishnu Sankarshan Das A

One of our readers nicely suggested that we put  Safe Passage Hare Krishna (click here to hear it) on Youtube. So for this we need a first music video which is a visual expansion of the sound. Thus I am now asking if there is anyone amongst our readers or anyone that our readers know who would be qualified and is willing to accept this project to make Krishna's holy names more attractive to the world wide public. Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Why Are We Responsible? If everything is God's will, then why a person is responsible for his work? Dr. Sunil Kumar Answer: Because We Are Not Robots My Dear Kumar, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Since love is voluntary, it cannot be forced. Thus God's will is that we have the freedom of choice whether we want to love Him or leave Him. If we choose to love Him, we live an eternal life full of bliss and knowledge in His eternal kingdom. And it we choose to leave Him, we

This is His Holiness Vishnujana Swami, that most wonderful devotee of Krishna who so nicely guided me how to become a devotee of Krishna according to the instructions of Srila Prabhupada. From London on 12 August 1971 Srila Prabhupada wrote me, "You have been trained up under the expert guidance of Vishnujana Swami." So I can never forget Vishnujana Swami. And I look forward to that most glorious day when I will become be again be blessed by his divine association in that super ecstatic spiritual sky. Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Sincere Chanting? How can we have sincere chanting? Yuvraj Bansal Answer: Begging Krishna for Pure Devotional Service My Dear Yuvraj, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Sincere chanting means to chant for the awakening of pure love of God within, not chanting for achieving some material goal. I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood. Your ever well-wisher, Sankarshan Da

(Sankarshan Das Preaching to Guests in 1972) There is nothing so sublime as Krishna consciousness. In fact, it is the pure essence of our existence. By distributing it widely the entire earth planet will become peaceful and happy. So kindly dedicate yourself fully or as much as possible to assist us in our world deliverance mission. There are four ways you can do this: 1. Life 2. Wealth 3. Intelligence 4. Words Srila Prabhupada elaborates on these four means of serving our mission in a Srimad Bhagavatam lecture he gave on March 19, 1971 in Bombay, India: So here is a chance, Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Prāṇair (life) arthair (wealth) dhiyā (intelligence) vācā (words). Someone should dedicate his life, someone should give in charity to his best capacity. If he has no such possibility of dedicating his life or giving in charity, his wealth, money, then prāṇair arthair dhiyā. He can give his intelligence. And ultimately he can give his words also. So this movement, this Kṛ