Ultimate Self Realization

Here is the letter I sent to US President Biden on 29 October 2021: Dear Mr. President, I am one of the leaders of ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, popularly known as the Hare Krishna Movement. We have been blessed with the formula how this great nation, the United States of America, can become perfect and lead the entire world out of chaos. I am requesting you to set aside some time when I can explain to you in full detail how this can be accomplished. When this formula becomes applied it will become the greatest turning point in the history of our great nation and it will undisputedly establish our nation as the world leader. Sankarshan Das Adhikari US President Biden Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How the Super Wealthy Became Wealthy? How are the wealthy, super wealthy in a spiritual sense in this lifetime? Is it because in their past life they did something extraordinarily good & passed the life test in that lifetime so in this

Seventy-four years ago today (according to the Vedic calendar) I took birth in my present body in St. Louis, Missouri USA. On this day my disciples have the duty of worshipping me as good as God. It's not that the spiritual master is God. Rather he is worshipped as good as God because he is God's representative. In this regard Srila Prabhupada has written as follows: "In the Bhagavad-gītā (18.66) Kṛṣṇa instructs: ...'Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.' Someone may argue, 'Where is Kṛṣṇa? I shall surrender to Him.' But no, the process is that we first surrender to Kṛṣṇa's representative; then we surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Therefore it is said, sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstraiḥ: the guru is as good as God. When we offer respects to the guru, we are offering respects to God. Because we are trying to be God conscious, it is required that we learn how to offer respects to God

Suffering is an option. If you will awaken your dormant Krishna consciousness, you will become free from all suffering. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Why Suffer When You Can Be Ecstatic? Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Bhakti Through the Internet? I live far from temple. Is it okay that I follow bhakti thru the internet? Annja Biogradlija Answer: Here's How From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear Annja, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Yes, you can do bhakti at home. Here's how: https://krishnaconsciousness.com/at-home I hope this meets you in the best of health. Your ever well-wisher, 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 spiritual master with tens of thousands of students and disciples all over the world. Since he has been blessed by his spiritual master with the formula for solving all of the world&#

We are trained in the material society to consider the body to be the self and to thus consider our happiness to be the gratification of our material senses. Both things are wrong. We are not these bodies, and the gratification of our material senses is thus not the platform of our real happiness. Thus we should very careful not to be deceived by the false propaganda which completely dominates our most mundane modern world. Sankarshan Das Adhikari They Have Gone Mad with Material Sense Gratification Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: What's Wrong With Serving Bodily Needs? Hare Krishna, Gurudeva, Dandavat Pranam All glories to Srila Prabhupada My body needs physical satisfaction after coming in a particular age. Like our body needs food to eat because it's our body need.So, sir can you explain me Is that wrong anything in that. Neeraj Answer: Do You Want to Become Animal in Your Next Birth? From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear Neeraj, Please accept my bless

Why should we punish ourselves by remaining in darkness? We should instead come to full Krishna consciousness. By doing so our lives will be overflowing with so much bliss that we will be able to make the whole world happy by awakening everyone's dormant Krishna consciousness. In this connection it is stated in the Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya Lila, Chapter 22, Text 31: kṛṣṇa—sūrya-sama; māyā haya andhakāra yāhāṅ kṛṣṇa, tāhāṅ nāhi māyāra adhikāra “Krishna is compared to sunshine, and māyā is compared to darkness. Wherever there is sunshine, there cannot be darkness. As soon as one takes to Krishna consciousness, the darkness of illusion (the influence of the external energy) will immediately vanish." So we should do not wait a moment longer. We should take intelligent advantage of this human form of life by giving ourselves fully to that unlimitedly amazing Lord Sri Krishna right now. Sankarshan Das Adhikari May the Krishna Sun Now Arise Within Everyone's Hearts! A

This morning after waking Srila Prabhupada and Sri Sri Radha Damodar and making the first offering of the day at 4:15am I was putting the skirt on Srimati Tulasi devi getting her ready for her morning worship. While doing so I was begging Lord Krishna to deliver all the fallen souls of this material existence by awakening pure love of God within their hearts right now. But then I wondered if it was proper to pray for such a big thing. We should not prayer in an unauthorized manner. We should only pray in such a way that is authorized and proper according to the previous Vaisnava acharyas. But then when I remembered the following prayer from Prahlada Maharaja which is given in Srimad Bhagavatam, Fifth Canto, Chapter 18, Text 9 I knew that by praying that all living beings in material existence can now be delivered I was sure that I was praying authorizedly: svasty astu viśvasya khalaḥ prasīdatāṁ dhyāyantu bhūtāni śivaṁ mitho dhiyā manaś ca bhadraṁ bhajatād adhokṣaje āveśyatāṁ no mati

Since all suffering is due to bodily misidentification, if we will properly understand and realize our factual eternal identities beyond these temporary material bodies as spiritual beings who are the eternal servants of Krishna, the three fold material miseries will never be able to pinch us again. When they come, as they often do, they will just be something out there in the material energy. They won't effect us. We saw this perfect example in our most beloved Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Worshipping Srila Prabhupada (I was there standing behind the sannyasis.) Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Defeat this Mayavadi Argument? Dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I was discussing with a Mayavadi the other day the argument that Krishna is the Supreme. He said Shiva and Krishna are equal. I tried explaining that Shiva is devotee of Krishna, but he could not ac

Why punish yourself when you are an eternal spiritual being qualitatively one with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and when by continuing to misidentify yourself with a temporary lump of dead matter that only appears to be alive because a living soul, namely your good self, is sitting inside it as the driver, and when by engaging yourself in the loving service of that Supreme All-Merciful Personality of Godhead you can relish unlimited bliss within your heart at every moment in all varieties of so-called enjoyable and unenjoyable external circumstances? Do you understand? Sankarshan Das Adhikari You Can Relish Unlimited Bliss at Every Minute Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Krishna Conscious Sex Life Hare Krishna, Gurudeva, Dandavat Pranam All glories to Srila Prabhupada I heard about Garbadana Samskara, the proper procedure for producing a saintly child. Can you please instruct me? I am 29, my wife is 29, and we wish to have our first child. Haribol Your serva

The technique for tasting pure, unadulterated happiness at every minute is to purely chant the holy names of God. In this regard Lord Caitanya has instructed as follows: tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ "One can chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street. One should be more tolerant than the tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and ready to offer all respects to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly." (Śikṣāṣṭaka 3) If we take this chanting process seriously, our lives will be unlimitedly sublime! So let's do that. Do you agree? Sankarshan Das Adhikari Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu--The Golden Avatar Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Is the Spiritual World a Fantasy? Dear beloved Sankarshan Das, I went to bed very distressed last night about my worldly destiny and what to do in this world. I star

If you weren't one of the most fortunate souls of the whole universe who got to be there with Srila Prabhupada in the early days of ISKCON when he first established the Krishna consciousness movement in the Western world, you can still be there by reading the most amazing account written by one of Srila Prabhupada's original disciples, His Grace Sriman Shyamasundar Das Adhikari, in his three part historical series, "Chasing Rhinos with the Swami." To find out more and to order a set of these books you can click here . Sankarshan Das Adhikari Now You Can Relive the Early Days of ISKCON Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Make Whole World Krishna Conscious? For making whole world Krishna Conscious what should I do? Please take me to the right path. Your sincere devotee, Sarbanshu Sanyal Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India Answer: Follow Lord Caitanya's Order From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear Sarbanshu, Please accept my blessings. All glories to

Srila Prabhupada wonderfully and mercifully reveals to us in The Teachings of Lord Caitanya now we can conquer over all the miseries of material existence: "The word hari has different meanings, of which two are foremost. Hari means that He takes away all inauspicious things from the devotee's life and that He attracts the mind of the devotee by awarding him transcendental love of Godhead. Kṛṣṇa is so attractive that anyone who can remember Him in some way or another becomes freed from the four kinds of material miseries. The Lord gives special attention to His devotee and banishes the devotee's various sinful activities, which are stumbling blocks for the advancement of devotional service. This is called routing the influence of ignorance. Simply by hearing about Him, one develops love for Him. That is the gift of the Lord. On one side He takes away inauspicious things, and on the other side He awards the most auspicious things. That is the meaning of hari. When a person

In his purport to Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Madhya LIla, Chapter 8, Text 246 Srila Prabhupada tells us that 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 let us all now fully realize that we are the eternal servants of Vasudeva, not just on the lips or in the the mind, but fully within our hearts so that we can make all the worlds Krishna conscious and thus relieve the fallen conditioned souls from their unlimited misery. Are you, my dear reader, ready now to fully dedicate your life for making the whole world Krishna conscious? Sankarshan Das Adhikari Narada Muni is the Liberated Spaceman Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Stop the Violence? Very sad news from Bangladesh.. How it can be stoped? This is not the first time when a Hindu priest

Srila Prabhupada very wonderfully explains as follows in Chapter 14 of The Teachings of Lord Caitanya how we can become dear to Krishna: The perfectional stage of spiritual life which one can experience even while being in the material world is described in the Twelfth Chapter of Bhagavad-gītā as follows: "One who is not envious but who is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who is always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and intelligence are in agreement with Me—he is very dear to Me. He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is steady in happiness and distress, is very dear to Me. A devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and who does not strive for some result, is very dear to Me. One who grasps neith

Why not fully surrender to Lord Sri Krishna right now at this very nanosecond, kicking away all of those things that are making you miserable? Is there any reason at all to hold on to unlimited suffering? Such attachment is the pastime of fools. Unfortunately 99.99% of the human population is stubbornly holding onto bodily misidentification. They are most foolishly thinking that by fully dedicating themselves to gratifying the senses of their temporary material bodies that they can find lasting, permanent happiness. So now take full surrender unto Lord Sri Krishna as your only activity from now on for all of eternity. You will be unlimitedly glad that you did. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Don't Remain a Foolish Servant of Your Senses Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Sex for Soul Union? Please accept my obeisances. I am confused. Can a married couple perform sex activities for soul union? Or is it a sin to do that? All I know is that we should perform intercourse for bege

Today have a pathetic report from ISKCON News: It is with great sadness that we report to you the death of His Grace Partha das, age 25. On 15th October 2021 around 3:30 PM IST, a mob of approximately 200 attacked the Choumoni temple in Noakhali district, Bangladesh. Partha Das’s dead body was found in a pond right next to the temple. Partha Das was an enthusiastic young devotee and liked by all in his community. We pray to Sri Krishna to grant him His shelter and pray for strength for all family members and devotees. At the same time, another devotee, HG Nimai Das, is in critical condition and fighting for his life in the hospital, and many more are injured. "Our temple property has been burned, destroyed, and looted. The devotees of Bangladesh are heartbroken," says Naru-Gopal das. We call upon the international community to please stand by the minorities of Bangladesh, as their very existence in Bangladesh is at stake. Kindly pray for the recovery of Nimai Das and all the

Since science means to know things as they are what is masquerading today under the name of science is not science at all. Rather it is nescience or ignorance. The big, big so-called scientists are simply big, big bluffers. They say that everything has come out of nothing, that there is no God in control. They don't even the common sense to understand that nothing comes nothing. They remind us of the Bengali saying: "pāgale ki nā bole, chāgale ki nā khāya--The goat can eat everything, and a madman can speak anything." If you buy a machine you take guidance from the manufacturer to learn how the machine works. Similarly if you want to know things as they are, you should hear from the Supreme Manufacturer of everything, Lord Sri Krishna. This is real intelligence. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Goats Can Eat Anything Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Science and Spirituality? Are spiritually and science separate entities? Mhysa Answer: Krishna's Order Genui

When I was young brahmacari back in 1972 I heard two brahmacaris sing a song one day in the brahmacari ashram at an ISKCON temple. It was so wonderful that I have remembered for half a century. The lyrics were written by Bali Mardan Dāsa Brahmacārī. Click here to hear the song. Here are the lyrics. 1. This life is a constant journey, Prabhupāda’s the guiding star. We can see the way before us. Though the goal is very far. Chorus: Won’t you come along? Won’t you come along? Won’t you come along? Won’t you come along? 2. With the real Bhagavad-gītā We have started on the road. Wondering why those mundane wranglers Have to carry such a load. (Chorus) 3. And now with Prabhupāda to guide us We will traverse every curve On the path to Kṛṣṇaloka, Where Kṛṣṇa is always served. (Chorus) 4. This life is a constant journey Back to Kṛṣṇa, back to God. We are traveling on that highway That is lit by Prabhupāda. (Chorus) There is nothing more wonderful than Srila Prabhupada's offer to t

By studying the verse and purport of Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 3, Chapter 31, Text 17 we can get some idea of how demoniac it is to abort an unborn child: dehy anya-deha-vivare jaṭharāgnināsṛg- viṇ-mūtra-kūpa-patito bhṛśa-tapta-dehaḥ icchann ito vivasituṁ gaṇayan sva-māsān nirvāsyate kṛpaṇa-dhīr bhagavan kadā nu TRANSLATION Fallen into a pool of blood, stool and urine within the abdomen of his mother, his own body scorched by the mother's gastric fire, the embodied soul, anxious to get out, counts his months and prays, "O my Lord, when shall I, a wretched soul, be released from this confinement?" PURPORT The precarious condition of the living entity within the womb of his mother is described here. On one side of where the child is floating is the heat of gastric fire, and on the other side are urine, stool, blood and discharges. After seven months the child, who has regained his consciousness, feels the horrible condition of his existence and prays to the Lord. Counting th

The answer is very simple. We are suffering due to forgetfulness of Krishna. Thus the key to become free from all suffering is to remember Krishna. Therefore the only intelligent thing to do is to arrange our lives in such a way that can always remember Krishna 24 hours a day. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Always Remember this Most Amazing of All Persons Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Conquer Anger? Guru Maharaja, I am suffering with an anger problem. How can I control my anger? Please help me out from this problem. Pompy Shil Answer: Here's How From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear Pompy, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Memorize this verse from Lord Caitanya, recite it often, and follow it: tṛṇād api sunīcena taror api sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ "One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street. One should be more tolerant than t

Since nothing comes out of nothing, everything comes from something. And, if you trace back the line causality far enough, you will come to the original cause. And that is God. If someone argues that there is no original cause only an infinite line of causality, you can tell them that even if there is an infinite row of dominoes the dominoes will not fall unless there is one domino which can fall on it's own without another domino knocking it over. Again we have found God. So don't be intimidated by these fanatical, blind faith atheists who do not use their intelligence. Be a sane man or woman by understanding that God must necessarily exist. Otherwise nothing can exist. Sankarshan Das Adhikari One Domino Must Be Able to Fall Over On Its Own Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Is It Possible to Krishnize the World? Guru Maharaja, is it possible to make the whole world Krishna conscious? Pompy Shil Answer: Lord Shiva From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear Pompy,

In this material world all opulences are only temporary. For example, one opulence is to become famous. But the big, big famous people of mundane history such as John F. Kennedy or the Beatles will sooner or later vanish into the oblivion. They will be eventually flushed down the toilet of world history. On the other hand, those who are famous as devotees of Lord Krishna will be famous forever. In this regard Srila Prabhupada explains as his follows in his conclusion to The Teachings of Lord Caitanya: "One who is famous as a Kṛṣṇa conscious man enjoys eternal fame. In the material world, everyone is striving for three things: he wants his name to be perpetuated, he wants his fame to be broadcast all over the world, and he wants some profit from his material activities. But no one knows that all this material name, fame and profit belong to the temporary material body and that as soon as the body is finished, all name, fame and profit are finished also. It is only due to ignor

Srila Prabhupada teaches that is better to avoid sex completely because sex is the binding knot that has kept us bound up in this material existence since time immemorial. He also says that if is not possible to avoid it completely that should only utilize sex for producing Krishna conscious children. Such sex is Krishna Himself as He states in the Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 7, Text 11: balaṁ balavatāṁ cāhaṁ kāma-rāga-vivarjitam dharmāviruddho bhūteṣu kāmo 'smi bharatarṣabha "I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles, O lord of the Bhāratas [Arjuna]." Sankarshan Das Adhikari Krishna Conscious Family Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Beget a Krishna Conscious Child? I am Piyush from Delhi, India. I am a follower of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja. I want to know the proper procedure for begetting a child so that by the mercy of Krishna we can beget a Krishna c

There is nothing more ecstatic than to be in the presence of our most beloved Srila Prabhupada. Even though he is physically departed he is still 100% present for those who remember him. Therefore by watching this video of Srila Prabhupada dancing at a Ratha Yatra festival you can be showered with an ocean of unlimited bliss in his most divine association. Click here to be blessed with unlimited mercy (skip the ad). Sankarshan Das Adhikari Srila Prabhupada Showers Us With Unlimited Bliss Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Beget a Krishna Conscious Child? I am Piyush from Delhi, India. I am a follower of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaja. I want to know the proper procedure for begetting a child so that by the mercy of Krishna we can beget a Krishna conscious child for growing this movement. Piyush Gulati Answer: Here is the Procedure From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA My Dear Piyush, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The procedur

In pursuance of the order of my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, to become guru and deliver the whole world, my life's mission is to make the whole world Krishna conscious as soon as possible. If this does not happen within my present lifetime I want to take birth after birth until the entire world factually becomes Krishna conscious. Thus I am requesting all of you, my students, disciples, and readers, to kindly fully dedicate your lives for assisting me in making the whole world Krishna conscious as soon as possible. When this is accomplished our planet Earth, which presently is in a very hellish, nightmarish condition, will be transformed into a spiritual paradise. Sankarshan Das Adhikari The Time Has Come to Change the World Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Become Krishna Conscious? Hare Krishna All glories to Srila Prabhupada. With the sign and blessings from Krishna I want to get initiated into Krishna consciousn