Loving Exchanges Between Vaishnavas

Loving Exchanges Between Vaishnavas

Sankarshan Das and His Holiness Jayapataka Swami

In the Upadeshamrita Srila Rupa Goswami has described very nicely in great detail the wonderful exchanges of love that we experience in the association of Krishna's devotees:

dadāti pratigṛhṇāti
guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati
bhuṅkte bhojayate caiva
ṣaḍ-vidhaṁ prīti-lakṣaṇam

"Offering gifts in charity, accepting charitable gifts, revealing one's mind in confidence, inquiring confidentially, accepting prasāda and offering prasāda are the six symptoms of love shared by one devotee and another."

When I first joined ISKCON in 1971 a senior devotee said that we should not love devotees, that we should only love Krishna. This does not make any sense to me because I was trained up under the expert guidance of His Holiness Vishnujana Swami who said that we should always be in an embracing mood with the devotees. So when the BBT published the above quoted book and I read about the loving exchanges between the devotees my hunch that we should love the devotees was joyfully confirmed.

Factually this is what will make us or break us in Krishna consciousness. If we train ourselves to always have loving dealings with the devotees, we will be very strong and fixed up in Krishna consciousness. Conversely, if we do not do so, it is only a matter of time before we will fall down from Krishna consciousness and give up the association of the devotees.

Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom

Question: Earning a Good Life?

When would I know that I have earned a good life? How would I know?

Hare Krishna _/\_

Anonymous

Answer: When You Fully Surrender to Krishna

My Dear Anonymous,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

When you fully surrender to the orders given by Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita you will have achieved the perfection of your existence.

I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood.

Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Sankarshan Das Adhikari is one of the spiritual masters of the worldwide Hare Krishna Movement. He has dedicated the last 50 years of his life for bringing a spiritual revolution to planet earth by spreading the teachings of Lord Sri Krishna all over the world. He is based in Austin, Texas and when there is no pandemic regularly travels all over the world teaching his audiences how to attain Krishna consciousness, the highest stage of spiritual awakening. He is available for media interviews and to speak to groups and organizations either in person or via the internet.

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