Ultimate Self Realization

Here is a very nice story that was told by Srila Prabhupada in Los Angeles on May 27, 1972: The human being, if he does not realize God, he's simply engaged in animalistic way of life—eating, sleeping, mating—then nature will call, "All right, sir, again become animal." Punar mūṣiko bhava: "Again become a mouse." You know this story? Punar mūṣiko bhava. There is a story. There is a very nice story. One rat, mouse, he came to a saintly person. Everyone comes to saintly person for some blessing, you see. Real blessing they don't want. Some material blessing. Real blessing, Kṛṣṇa, they don't want. If you give him some blessing that "You become very rich man and..." These... they'll be very much pleased. are all very well, this. So this mouse also came and begged the saintly person, "Sir, I am in difficulty. If you give me some blessing?" "What is that?" "The cat chases after me always. I'm very unhappy." &qu

I recently explained to an atheist that every machine requires an operator. We cannot anywhere find a machine that has the consciousness to turn itself on. And we can also see that this gigantic universe in which we reside functions just like a machine. Therefore there must be a Supreme Operator who is behind this machine upon whom this universal machine is dependent for its functioning. Therefore God must necessarily exist. He could not say a single word to defeat this perfect argument. Sankarshan Das Adhikari This Machine Does Not Function Without Its Operator Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Sacred Thread to Non-Brahmanas? Why did the founder of Gaudiya Math, Srila Bhaktisiddhantha Saraswati Prabhupada, award the sacred thread to the non-Brahmanas? Jivendran Answer: Brahmana is Not by Birth According to authoritative Vedic injunctions someone’s being a brahmana is not based on their birth. It is based on their qualities. In this regard Lord Sri Krishna states in

A young girl named Garima from Nigeria recently interviewed me on her podcast. Click here for the Interview . Sankarshan Das Adhikari New Age Life Podcast Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: The Law of Attraction? Hare Krishna, Sir, My question is does the law of attraction (that we are acting as human magnets sending out our thoughts and emotions and attracting back more of what we have put out) really exist? What is the connection between law of attraction and law of karma? Is there something mentioned by Krishna regarding this? Ruby Tomer Answer: It Does Exist From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear Ruby, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The law of attraction (that the quality of our thoughts attracts to us experiences of the same quality) functions precisely under the order of Lord Sri Krishna Who states in Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 4, Text 11: ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ

I just received the following sankirtan report from my disciple, His Grace Mahabhagavat Das. It was so wonderful that I just had to share it with you. Sankarshan Das Adhikari His Grace Mahabhagavata Das Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Sankirtan Report from Mahabhagvat Das Dear Devotees, Hare Krishna! Please kindly accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I pray that you are all well and in good health and spirits. By your blessings I am able to participate in this Hare Krishna movement, despite my disqualifications. Thank you! Summary: Aug 8 2021 - Temple Distribution Aug 9 2021 - Old City Hall Sankirtan Aug 14 2021 - Temple Padayatra, Kirtan, and Book Distribution Aug 16 2021 - Old City Hall Harinam & Book Distribution Aug 22 2021 - Temple Distribution on Balaram Purnima Aug 23 2021 - Old City Hall Harinam Aug 30 2021 - Janmashtami! Concordia University Harinam with ISKCON Montreal Devotees Aug 30-Sep 5 - Book distribution in Quebec Sep 10 2021 - Old Cit

In the Nectar of Devotion Srila Prabhupada presents the six characteristics of pure devotional service which are described by Rūpa Gosvāmī with evidences from different scriptures. He states that there are six characteristics of pure devotional service, which are as follows: (1) Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress. (2) Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness. (3) Pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure. (4) Pure devotional service is rarely achieved. (5) Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation. (6) Pure devotional service is the only means to attract Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is all-attractive, but pure devotional service attracts even Him. This means that pure devotional service is even transcendentally stronger than Kṛṣṇa Himself, because it is Kṛṣṇa's internal potency. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you

In the preface to the Teachings of Lord Caitanya Srila Prabhupada lists things that one should do in order to surrender to Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If we are mindful of these six items and endeavor sincerely to do them, our going back to Home, back to Godhead at the time of death is absolutely sure. Here are the six symptoms of one who is surrendered to Lord Sri Krishna: (1) Accept things favorable for discharging devotional service (2) Reject things unfavorable (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 So we must sincerely and carefully see if we are manifesting these six symptoms if we want to be successful in reviving our dormant Krishna consciousness. Are you living in accordance with these six symptoms? Sankarshan Das Adhikari A Devotee Feels Himself to be Lower than Straw in the Street

Srila Prabhupada has very mercifully explained to us as follows in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam, 8th Canto, Chapter 22, Text 20: "In the present age, Kali-yuga, the number of such shameless men, who are agnostics disbelieving in the existence of God, has increased. Trying to defy the authority of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so-called scientists, philosophers and politicians manufacture plans and schemes for the destruction of the world. They cannot do anything good for the world, and unfortunately, because of Kali-yuga, they have plunged the affairs of the world into mismanagement. Thus there is a great need for the Krishna consciousness movement for the benefit of innocent people who are being carried away by propaganda of such demons. If the present status quo is allowed to continue, people will certainly suffer more and more under the leadership of these demoniac agnostics." Therefore we must dedicate our lives fully to rectify this horrible situation by maki

A true leader acts for the well-being of all living beings. But our modern day world leaders simply act for their own self interest stuffing as money into their pockets as possible. Practically speaking they are no better than barking dogs. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Barking Dogs Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: What to Tell the Atheists? Hare Krishna. There are some people around me who say that God does not exist and that science can give the answers about everything. So what to tell such people who believe in scientists like Stephen Hawking? Even Albert Einstein who is one of the greatest scientists read the Bhagvad-gita and believed In Krishna. So what to tell such foolish people? Rudra Pise Answer: Give Up Your Dogma and Think Scientifically From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear Rudra, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. These atheists are blind faith dogmatists. They do not analyze things scientifically. We can scientifically analyze t

By our misuse of our independence we have flipped out of our original constitutional position as the eternal servants of Krishna and are foolishly trying to find happiness in that place where real happiness does not exist. This is just like a fish trying to find happiness on dry land. So now by the loving grace of guru, Vaisnavas, and Lord Sri Krishna we can flip back in to being who we actually and thus enjoy unlimited peace and happiness and bring real happiness to the entire world. What could be sweeter than this? Sankarshan Das Adhikari A Fish Out of Water Suffers Unlimitedly Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Spiritual Technology YouTube Channel? What is a YouTube channel that talks about spiritual technology? Paul Bruce Answer: Here It Is Click Here for Spiritual Technology on YouTube Sankarshan Das Adhikari By the blessings and the order of his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Sankarshan Das Adhikari is a bona fide spiritu

The whole world is waiting to be awakened. Therefore Lord Caitanya has ordered: yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa "Whomever you meet instruct him in the teachings of Krishna. In this way become a guru and spread Krishna consciousness all over the world." Those intelligent souls who surrender to Lord Caitanya's order will go down in history as the saviors of the world. Are you surrendered to Lord Caitanya? Sankarshan Das Adhikari Lord Caitanya, the Golden Avatar Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Become Free From this Misery? Hare Krishna Dandavat pranam🙏🙏 Please accept my heartiest obeisance unto you. I am severely depressed since more than a year now. It is due to my family separation and some family issues. I have attempted suicide. I am already a devotee of ISKCON in India. I chant the mahamantra almost every day for 16 rounds. I want myself to devote my life to Krishna. Please accept my request how t

By having sex we can make one woman pregnant. But by purely chanting the Hare Krishna mahamantra we can make millions and billions of people pregnant with pure love of God within their hearts. Therefore chanting Hare Krishna is the greater sex life. Of course if one wants to get married and make Krishna conscious children he can do that. But I prefer the greater sex life of spreading the holy names of Krishna all over the world. Sankarshan Das Adhikari One Baby or Millions of Babies? Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Can You Give Me a Spiritual Name? Jai Sri Ram. Hare Krishna. I have been following this e-còurse for a few years now. I was wondering if you could give me a spiritual name🙏. I am a Gaudiya worshipper of Sri Ram. Please can you give me spiritual name relating to Ramacandra? 🙏 Chavdaviraj Answer: If You Come to the Standard, I Can Initiate You From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear Chavdaviraj, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupa

This human body is good ship, the spiritual master is the good captain, and the favorable breezes are the Vedic scriptures. Therefore we should utilize this most auspicious situation to get back to our original home in the spiritual world without any delay. We must act now before it's too late while we have these most favorable circumstances for our liberation from this hellish cycle of repeated birth and death that we have been caught up in since time immemorial. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Srila Prabhupada is the Captain of Our Ship Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Free from Sinful Lying? Hello Sir, My name is Nitin. I have said a lot of lies In my life knowingly and unknowingly. But I can't control it and I regret it after some time. And then I tell the truth to the person and apologize. But the weight of these lies on my heart doesn't let me focus. What to do? Help! Nitin Baid Answer: Fully Surrender to Lord Sri Krishna From: ISKCON Austin, Texas

When I was a young boy my father, Lorren Bridge, told me, "Son, happiness is a job well done" because he took great satisfaction in doing things nicely. He also advised me, "Do a job right or don't do it all." Because I was not all inspired to get ahead in the material world because I did not see any purpose or meaning in it I said, "Then I will not do it at all." It was only when I was blessed by discovering my spiritual father, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, that I could understand the real meaning of "Happiness is a job well done." Doing a job well means doing it flawlessly and offering the results of that work to Krishna. This is how we can experience unlimited peace and satisfaction in our activities. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Devotee Tastes Bliss Cooking for Krishna Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Deal with Threats? Hare Krishna Maharaj, Please accept my humble obeisances. I have read your

The way to become free from anxiety is to kick all of the nonsense out of your heart. Tell Mr. Lust, Mr. Anger, Mr. Greed, Mr. Madness, Mr. Illusion, and Mr. Anxiety to get lost and never come back again, that they are no longer welcome in your heart. Once they are gone you will be able peacefully fix your mind on Krishna. Your Krishna consciousness will brilliantly shine in your heart like a gorgeous sun on a magnificently beautiful spring morning. This is why we have our four regulative principles: 1. No Illicit sex (sex only for procreation, not for recreation). 2. No meat eating. 3. No intoxication (including caffeinated tea, coffee, and cigarettes). 4. No gambling. And this is why we chant at least 16 rounds of Hare Krishna japa mala every day. Sankarshan Das Adhikari May the Krishna Sun Arise Now in Your Heart Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: What to Do in Times of Extreme Distress? Hare Krishna, dandavat pranam.🙏🙇‍♀️ In times of extreme distress when everyt

This material world is the home of the cheaters and the cheated. In this regard Srila Prabhupada wrote in a letter to some of his disciples in 1967: "... my Guru Maharaja used to say that this world is not a fit place for gentleman. His version is corroborated by the following verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam (5.18.12). It is said: yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā manorathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ "A person who is not in Krishna consciousness has no good qualifications. However so called gentleman one may be or academically educated he may be he is hovering over the mental plane and therefore he must commit nuisance being influenced by the external energy. A person who has however unflinching faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead has all the good qualifications of the demigods.'' We have practical experience with our rascal neighbor. We paid to put a fence between our two yards and she agreed to

Today I want to share you this wonderful report from my disciple Nitai Candra Prabhu in Bulgaria, where he and his brother, Gaura Candra, who is also my disciple, are in charge of an ISKCON community which does cow protection, grows food, has ecstatic kirtans and classes, book distribution, and public kirtans. Here is the report: Dear Srila Gurudeva and dear Srimati Gurumataji, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Thank you very much for the emails and for the wonderful programs on Start Meeting. I regularly reading the Ultimate Self-realization Course broadcasts, which help me a lot. For July and August we had 9 Sunday feast programs in the Burgas preaching center; 5 Harinams (public chanting festivals) in Sunny beach (one of them was with 50-60 devotees from all Bulgaria and one Harinam was on Janmashtami); 50 Krishna conscious books were distributed, two very nice public programs in the Shambanya yoga retreat center; every day morning programs in

Today I want to share you this wonderful report from Bhakta Blaise who is regularly distributing Srila Prabhupada's books here in Austin, Texas. Report from Bhakta Blaise: Hare Krishna! Dear Vaisnavas, please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! This is Blaise from Austin, Texas, I would like to share a recent sankirtan experience that was total nectar! I had just arrived at a parking lot in North Austin, and had just packed my bags up with books to distribute. The first person I see is directly in front of me in a truck. He seemed like a person that could be preached to, so I decided to not hesitate and just jump right in. When I got close I waved, and said hello and he immediately replied "Not interested!" Krishna blessed me with an enthusiastic mood that day, so I decided to not take no for an answer. I said to him, "But you don't even know what I have!" He still replied, "I'm not interested." I again said &quo

Today we blessed unlimitedly. It is the appearance day of Lord Sri Krishna's dearmost devotee, His pleasure potency, Srimati Radharani. Lord Brahma describes her as follows in the Brahma-Samhita, Chapter 5, Text 37: ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūto govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi TRANSLATION I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, residing in His own realm, Goloka, with Rādhā, resembling His own spiritual figure, the embodiment of the ecstatic potency possessed of the sixty-four artistic activities, in the company of Her confidantes [sakhīs], embodiments of the extensions of Her bodily form, permeated and vitalized by His ever-blissful spiritual rasa. On this most auspicious we should pray to Radharani begging her to bless us with the awakening of pure love for Krishna in our hearts. We fast until noon at which time we worship Radharani and offer her an opulent feast, which we then partake the remnan

My beloved senior Godbrother, His Holiness Mukunda Maharaja, is in the process of writing a book on the benefits of drinking milk. On 9 September he wrote me as follows: Dear Sankarshan Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada made many statements about cow's milk being beneficial for the human brain. I am planning a book presenting evidence for this. A tentative title for the book is "The Human Brain and Cow Milk"; working sub-titles: "A Statement by The International Society for Krishna Consciousness" or "A Statement by The Bhaktivedanta Institute". I envision a 200+- page book with detailed scientific, nutritional, medical and technical information, proving or at least intimating that milk can be good for the human brain. It would be written by people who have medical credentials, preferably MDs in the US or anyone anywhere now practising medicine with the necessary credentials. People with PhD d

The state of Texas has passed very strong legislation to put a complete stop to abortions in the state of Texas. But the rascal US Government is taking legal steps to try stop the state of Texas from stopping abortions. Just see what rascals they are legitimatizing the mass murder of innocent children. Here is the letter I wrote to the governor of Texas in appreciation what the Texas government has done: Dear Governor Abbott, Please accept my greetings. I am one of the leaders of the Hare Krishna movement with millions of followers all over the world. I am based here in Austin. We have a Hare Krishna center here. I want to applaud you for your courageous decision to stop here in Texas this heinous unconstitutional crime, abortion. The living being (soul) is present in the male semina and when injected into the female vagina he or she develops a body. Therefore at any stage of pregnancy abortion is murder. Every day on this troubled planet 66 thousand unborn babies are killed.

What to do when the whole world around us comes crashing down, when we feel totally unprotected and unsheltered? At that time we should call out to Krishna like a small child crying out for his mother: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare Have you ever felt that way? And if so, what did you do? Sankarshan Das Adhikari Child Cries for Mother After Falling Down Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: What Name in the Spiritual World? Hare Krishna, Srila Gurudeva. Dandavat pranaam 🙏. If we happen to go to spiritual world with Krishna and He is playing hide & seek with us, then by what name will He call us? Will it be our initiated name? Or another name will be given by Lord Krishna? Yours insignificant servant, Suraj Answer: Go There to Find Out From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear Suraj, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Go there and you will find out. I hope this meets you in th

When you are feeling tortured like anything when all hell breaks loose in your life simply you have to remember that everything that is happening to you at every moment is Krishna's unlimitedly loving personal arrangement to bring you back to your original loving relationship with Him as soon as possible. Krishna is supreme orchestrator desiring to get you back into His wonderful divine orchestra as soon as possible. So just try to tune into Krishna by chanting His names with love and you will taste the ecstasy. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Dive into the Nectar of Chanting Hare Krishna  Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: What Does Seeing the Spiritual Master Mean? My Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisanses. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. We, our whole family continue to be under the mercy of Sri Mayapur Dham. We are already giving up the thoughts of traveling during the pandemic and we are finding shelter in some service that inspires and satisfies us. Ou