The Great Power of Pure Devotion

Srila Prabhupada writes as follows in his purport to Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya Lila, Chapter 8, Text 246:

"In the Itihāsa-samuccaya, Nārada tells Puṇḍarīka:

janmāntara-sahasreṣu yasya syād buddhir īdṛśī
dāso ’haṁ vāsudevasya sarvāl lokān samuddharet

'After many, many births, when a person realizes that he is the eternal servant of Vāsudeva, he can deliver all the worlds.'"

So just see how powerful pure devotional service is. One who is Krishna conscious can deliver all the worlds. So now if we, the devotees of the ISKCON, can now become fully Krishna conscious, free from all material desires, the whole world can become Krishna conscious and this planet will be transformed into a spiritual paradise.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Prabhupada Wants Us to Become Pure and
Make Whole World Krishna Conscious

Make Whole World Krishna Conscious

Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom

Questions: How We Fell from the Spiritual World?

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaj.
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Please clarify on below:
It is said that souls came to this material world because they misused their free will to try to enjoy separately from Krishna and that all souls were originally part of the spiritual world.

Doubt 1: Since all souls were originally part of spiritual world and it is said that souls are full in knowledge in spiritual world why did we chose to enjoy separately.?

Doubt 2: Krishna says that once one goes to His abode he does not fall down to the material world. But I have no doubt in this regard.Isn't this contradictory since we were already in His abode and fell down?

Please forgive me for my offences.
Sarvapujya Golokapati Das

Answer: Misuse of Free Will

My Dear Sarvapuja Golokapati,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Since love cannot be forced, our loving Krishna is always up to us to decide to love Krishna or not. If there were no choice, love could exist.
Therefore there is always chance of misuse of free will and it thus sometimes happens. It if was impossible to happen, there would be no free will and love could not exist.

Once having fallen and have gone back to Godhead the living being will not fall again. A foolish child may stick his hand in the fire one time and get burned. But he will not do it again. "Once burned, I learned." "Once bitten, twice shy."

I hope this meets you in the best of health.
 
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 he 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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