Do Not Throw Your Human Form of Life Down the Drain

Do Not Throw Your Human Form of Life Down the Drain
You've gotten this human form of life after transmigrating through 8 million different species of life in the germ, animal and plant kingdoms. This rare human birth is meant solely for self-realization. If you use it only to gratify the lower propensities of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, you will become a germ, animal, or plant again in your next birth. Therefore dedicate your life fully for awakening your dormant Krishna consciousness so that you can escape the cycle of birth and death and regain your original position in the eternal, all-blissful Spiritual Sky.

Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom

Question: Should I Read All of Prabhupada's Books?

My Dear Srila Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupda.
All glories to you and to Gurumata.

I have not read all of Srila Prabhupada's books yet.

I've heard from a devotee that Srila Prabhupada said that one should not read past the second canto of the Bhagavatam if they're not leading a fully regulated life. Is this true? What are the personal qualifications one should possess to study the full Bhagavatam?

Also, what qualifies as "careful study"? If I read through the Bhagavatam and Caitanya Caritamrta but don't understand much of it. Can I consider that I have carefully studied and thus be qualified for "extra-curricular" study? Or must I have a firm understanding of all of the points in all of Srila Prabhupada's books before venturing outside his books? How to know if I have "mastered" the curricular study material?

Thank you very much. Hare Krishna.

Your eternal servant,

Bhakta Jesse

Answer: Absolutely Yes

My Dear Bhakta Jesse,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

That's total nonsense. Why did Srila Prabhupada give so many public lecture on Cantos 3 through 12? Your qualification is Srila Prabhupada's order:

"All the devotees connected with the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement must read all the books that have been translated (the Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Bhagavad-gītā and others); otherwise, after some time, they will simply eat, sleep and fall down from their position. Thus they will miss the opportunity to attain an eternal, blissful life of transcendental pleasure." (Purport to Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya Lila, Chapter 25, Text 278)

Keep reading and reading are carefully as you are able to. You will have mastered this reading carefully when you are able to see Lord Sri Krishna face-to-face, eye-to-eye.

Other Krishna conscious literatures can be read with the understanding that they are extra-curricular and must be understood in the light of your curricular studies of Srila Prabhupada's books.

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

Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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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