Ultimate Self Realization

Srila Prabhupada has most mercifully revealed to us that the whole world is waiting to be awakened to Krishna consciousness. Therefore we should all accept preaching Krishna consciousness to the suffering souls of this world as our primary occupation. By doing so we will go in history as the saviors of the world. (Earning our livelihood is only a secondary occupation.) So we should not cheat ourselves out of this most nectarean assignment. We should all accept the deliverance of the world from all forms of suffering, illusion, and confusion as our primary concern and duty from now on for the rest of our lives. By doing so our lives will be unlimitedly glorious. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Srila Prabhupada Attracts Everyone with Kirtan Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Status of Austin, Texas Is Austin, Texas a culturally sophisticated city? Evan Argall Answer: Yes, and Here's Why Dear Evan, Please accept my blessings. Because the culture of Krishna bhakti is being practi

Do not cheat yourself by misidentifying with your temporary material body. You are an eternal spiritual being qualitatively one with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna. By chanting His holy names and giving up all sinful activities you will return to your original home in the spiritual world after leaving your present material body. You will go back to home, back to Godhead to enjoy an eternal youthful existence full of knowledge and full of bliss in the unlimitedly sweet loving association of Lord Sri Krishna and His pure devotees. So what are you waiting for? Fully give your love and your life to Lord Sri Krishna right now. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Here is Your Eternal Home Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How is Pride a Torture? Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances. This email is regarding the question I asked in the Srimad Bhagavatam class on 27 May. As I am less intelligent, I was not able to understand your explanation t

I wrote this on 28 May 2021 in Austin, Texas, USA: Do Not Kill Cows Cow's our mother giving us milk After first mother no longer can. So how we can kill and eat her? This I do not understand. So if your compassion I can somehow arouse, I'll convince you, "Do not kill cows." She gives us ice cream, milk shakes, yogurt and more Without asking even for a penny. So how we can kill and eat her? What an atrocious outrageous pity! So if your compassion I can somehow arouse, I'll convince you, "Do not kill cows." The karma we get for eating a cow Is to be killed and eaten too. So to avoid being slaughtered This is what we now have to do. Yes, and if your compassion I can somehow arouse, I'll convince you, "Do not kill cows." Sankarshan Das Adhikari SrCows at New Madhuban in Bulgaria Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Prepare for Entrance Exams? Hare Krishna Prabhu, thank you very much for your divine help. While doing my prepar

Srila Prabhupada tells the most wonderful story of how he became a disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami. Nothing could more heart touching than this! One of the most heart melting aspects of this lecture is right at the end when Srila Prabhupada is overwhelmed with emotions of love and says, "So this is a memorable day. What he desired, I am trying little bit, and you are all helping me. So I have to thank you more. You are actually representative of my Guru Mahārāja (Śrīla Prabhupāda starts to cry) because you are helping me in executing the order of my Guru Mahārāja. Thank you very much. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa." Click here to hear this most wonderful lecture ! Here is a transcript of the lecture: nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhūtale śrīmate bhaktisiddhānta sarasvatīti nāmine Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura passed away from this material world on 31st December, 1936. So almost forty years past. So there are two phases, prakaṭa and aprakaṭa, appearance and disapp

What is the position of straw lying in the street? People can walk on it. They can spit on it. Dogs can pass stool on it. No matter what is done to that straw it silently accepts it. In the village the straw is in the lowest position. In his third Siksastakam prayer Lord Caitanya advises us that in order to fully relish the nectar of Lord Sri Krishna's holy names we should always consider ourselves to be lower than the straw in the street. "One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly." So let's not torture ourselves by remaining puffed up. Let us all now always consider ourselves to be lower than the straw in the street. In this way we will be able to deep sea dive in unlimited oceans of nectar ev

Srila Prabhupada very wonderful writes as follows in his book The Nectar of Devotion: In the Tenth Canto, 14th Chapter, 8th verse, it is said: "My dear Lord, any person who is constantly awaiting Your causeless mercy to be bestowed upon him, and who goes on suffering the resultant actions of his past misdeeds, offering You respectful obeisances from the core of his heart, is surely eligible to become liberated, for it has become his rightful claim." This statement of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam should be the guide of all devotees. A devotee should not expect immediate relief from the reactions of his past misdeeds. No conditioned soul is free from such reactionary experiences, because material existence means continued suffering or enjoying of past activities. If one has finished his material activities then there is no more birth. This is possible only when one begins Kṛṣṇa conscious activities, because such activities do not produce reaction. Therefore, as soon as one becomes perfect

Today is the most auspicious appearance day of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva. Since He appeared at twilight, the time when day turns into night we fast until sunset in honor of His appearance. He mercifully appeared in this world to protect His dear devotee Prahlada from the atrocities of his demoniac father, Hiryanakasipu. Regarding Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva Srila Prabhupada instructs us as follows in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam, Fifth Canto, Chapter 18, Text 9: "The material world is full of envious persons, but if one frees himself of envy, he becomes liberal in his social dealings and can think of others' welfare. Anyone who takes up Kṛṣṇa consciousness and engages himself completely in the service of the Lord cleanses his mind of all envy (manaś ca bhadraṁ bhajatād adhokṣaje). Therefore we should pray to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva to sit in our hearts. We should pray, bahir nṛsiṁho hṛdaye nṛsiṁhaḥ: 'Let Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva sit in the core of my heart, killing all my bad propensities. Let my mind b

Our present day society is being grossly misled by so many bogus gurus. Srila Prabhupada mentions them in this interview he gave in London: Reporter: Have you ever had people come to you who had previously been involved with a fake guru? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes, there are many. Reporter: Were their spiritual lives in any way spoiled by the fake gurus? Śrīla Prabhupāda: No, they were genuinely seeking something spiritual, and that was their qualification. God is within everyone's heart, and as soon as someone genuinely seeks Him, He helps that person find a genuine guru. ---------------------- Srila Prabhupada has so kindly freed us from the clutches of so many bogus gurus. We should always be careful to only take instructions from bona spiritual masters, those who present Krishna's teachings without any adulteration, not from the charlatans. Some people have claimed that I am a bogus guru. You can judge for yourself by reading the Bhagavad-gita and seeing whether or not I am pre

In his book, The Teachings of Lord Caitanya , Srila Prabhupada wonderfully and mercifully gives us the guidelines by which we can fully surrender ourselves unto Lord Krishna. They are as follows: One should: (1) accept things favorable for discharging devotional service (2) reject things unfavorable for discharging devotional service (3) believe firmly in the Lord's protection (4) feel exclusively dependent on the mercy of the Lord (5) have no interest separate from the interest of the Lord (6) always feel oneself meek and humble. By taking these guidelines very seriously we will easily attain the perfectional stage of devotional service to Lord Sri Krishna. Sankarshan Das Adhikari There is Nothing Sweeter than Serving Krishna Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Why Covid 19? Respected Sir, I believe that Lord Sri Krishna is our Protector/Savior, and also the creator and destroyer of this universe. Anyone who prays to Him sincerely, no doubt their prayers will be answe

By nature's way sex is extremely pleasurable in order to counteract the many distresses of having children. If it was not so pleasurable no one would propagate and the human species would become extinct. But that intense pleasure lasts for a few seconds only, and then it finished. Those who are factually intelligent are not carried away by this temporary pleasure of the body, which is only a covering of the self and is not the real self. They enter into a pleasure which is millions of times greater than sex, which goes on 24 hours a day, and which goes on for all of eternity becoming progressively more and more ecstatic. This is the pleasure of reconnecting with Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in a relationship of pure loving devotion. So what are we waiting for? We should stop cheating ourselves, fully give our love to Krishna right now, and taste the unlimited bliss of Krishna consciousness. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Krishna is Unlimitedly Wonderful Answers Ac

There's no doubt about it. This material existence is a hellish nightmare. Srila Prabhupada's spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati said that this material world is not a fit place for a gentleman's living. And that is certainly a fact. Everywhere we go we see that people are simply living like animals. Their only business is eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. Practically no one is interested in re-establishing their lost loving relationship with God. But in spite of this hellish atmosphere all over the world those who awaken their dormant Krishna consciousness are living in paradise at every moment. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How Can We Save the World? How can we save the whole world when we can't even save ourselves? Raheem Bharwani Answer: Only Possible If We Save Ourselves My Dear Raheem, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We can't. T

Krishna's devotee is not disturbed in any situation because he sees everything as Krishna's mercy. Srila Prabhupada explains in the detail in Krishna Book, Chapter 87 as follows: "A person who tries to understand Kṛṣṇa with full knowledge and devotion by following in the footsteps of previous ācāryas conversant with scientific knowledge of the Supreme Lord is praiseworthy. Such a devotee can understand that all conditions of life, favorable and unfavorable, are created by the supreme will of the Lord. And when he has fully surrendered unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, he does not care whether his condition of life is favorable or unfavorable. A devotee takes even an unfavorable condition to be the special favor of the Personality of Godhead. Actually, there are no unfavorable conditions for a devotee. Knowing that everything is coming by the will of the Lord, he sees every condition as favorable, and in any condition of life he is simply enthusiastic to discharge hi

Here is a video of when my Godbrother, Siddhanta Prabhu, asked me to share memories of my most beloved spiritual master, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. Click Here to See Memory Video Sankarshan Das Adhikari Here I Am Being Interviewed by Siddhanta Prabhu Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How Do I Know My Relationship With Krishna? How do I know what is Krishna's relationship with me like friend, lover, husband, father etc? Can I have any relationship with Krishna in the beginning? I need to know because I can't do bhakti without devotion. So please solve this.🙏🏻 Krishna Priangshi Answer: Follow Krishna's Instructions My Dear Krishna Priangshi Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. You are Krishna's eternal servant. This knowledge alone is sufficient for awakening pure bhakti in your heart. Simply follow Krishna's instructions in the Bhagavad-gita and you will attain spiritual perfection. If you make condition that you fir

Krishna is the Absolute Truth, that from whom every emanates. We have a choice of either being tuned in to Krishna or not being tuned in to Krishna. When we tune in to Krishna we are situated in our original all-blissful, all-cognizant eternal natures, and when we are not tuned in to Him we are situated in temporality, ignorance and misery. Everyone has this free choice of being either tuned in or not tuned in to Krishna. Unfortunately throughout the whole world practically no one knows this and thus everyone is unnecessarily suffering like anything. This is why, feeling sorry for them, we want to awaken the entire world to Krishna consciousness. Krishna, please bless us that we can be successful. Sankarshan Das Adhikari The Whole World is Unnecessarily Suffering Like Anything Without Krishna Consciousness Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Questions: Who Created God? All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. In the Bhagavad gita and Srimad Bhagvatam is it mentioned how Krishna (God) is crea

  We Are Out to Save the World My dear reader, there is no need to live a life of mediocrity simply eating, sleeping, mating, and defending until you die. Lord Caitanya has blessed us with the most cutting edge exciting lifestyles in all of existence, spiritual revolutionaries blessed with the order to save the world. But how to do that? In this regard  Srila Rupa Goswami has written:   vāco vegaṁ manasaḥ krodha-vegaṁ jihvā-vegam udaropastha-vegam etān vegān yo viṣaheta dhīraḥ sarvām apīmāṁ pṛthivīṁ sa śiṣyāt "A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind's demands, the actions of anger and the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals is qualified to make disciples all over the world."   Srila Prabhupada explained that this verse can also be understood that if one controls these urges he can make the whole world his disciples.   Therefore this is the insiders secret of how we can make the whole world Krishna conscious. We simply have to bring these urges comp

  Correction from Yesterday Srila Prabhupada's arrival address in Los Angeles was on 18 May 1972 not 18 May 1872. Devotional Song by Narottam Das Thakur My dear reader, here is an English version of Narottam Das Thakur's Bengali song, "Hari Hari Viphale."   Click here to hear the song   Although I’ve come to this human form My Lord, I’ve spent my life uselessly. I did not care for Radha and Krishna And so I swallow poison knowingly.   Hare Krishna mantra comes straight from Krishnaloka But with chanting I have no connection. Day and night I’m burning in this dark world Without working to make the correction.   Lord Krishna comes as Saci’s son Balarama descends as Nitai. By chanting the wretched have all been saved Including Jagai and Madhai.   Oh my Lord, Oh Son of King Nanda Together with Vrishabhanu’s daughter. I’ve got no shelter but Radha and Krishna Humbly prays Narottam Das Thakur   Although I’ve come to this human form My Lord, I’ve spent my life uselessly. I d

  My Disciples are Thirteenth from Lord Caitanya My dear reader, in an arrival address on 18 May 1872 in New Dwarka (ISKCON Los Angeles) Srila Prabhupada told his disciples:   "So we have got this message from Kṛṣṇa, from Caitanya Mahāprabhu, from the six Gosvāmīs, later on, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, Bhaktisiddhānta Ṭhākura. And we are trying our bit also to distribute this knowledge. Now, tenth, eleventh, twelfth... My Guru Mahārāja is tenth from Caitanya Mahāprabhu, I am eleventh, you are the twelfth. So distribute this knowledge. People are suffering."   Since we Prabhupada disciples are the twelfth from Caitanya, my disciples and the disciples of my Godbrothers are the thirteenth in disciplic succession from Lord Caitanya. Take advantage of the mercy you are receiving and make the whole world happy by distributing this mercy.   Sankarshan Das Adhikari Prabhupada Reveals the Most Amazing Science of Krishna Consciousness at ISKCON New Dwarka (Los Angeles) Now You Can Attend  Da