Every ISKCON Devotee Should Strive For This
When teaching Sanātana Gosvāmī, Lord Caitanya said:
śāstra-yuktye sunipuṇa, dṛḍha-śraddhā yāṅra
’uttama-adhikārī’ sei tāraye saṁsāra
“One who is expert in logic, argument and the revealed scriptures and who has firm faith in Kṛṣṇa is classified as a topmost devotee. He can deliver the whole world." (CC Madhya 22.65)
Since our mission given to us by Srila Prabhupada is to deliver the world, each and every ISKCON devotee should sincerely strive to become expert in logic, argument, and the revealed scriptures, and to have firm faith in Krishna. In this way, even if one us can come to this standard of being the topmost devotee, the whole world can be delivered.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Dandavat pranam!
Please accept my humble obeisances!
Gurudeva, how to explain the terms "material world" and "spiritual world"? I mean how are the things made or how it would looks like in spiritual world as compared to material world?
How we can distinguish that this is material or spiritual ?
Kanchan Khati
My Dear Kanchan,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
In the material world everyone is subject to experience the four miseries of birth, death, old age, and disease. In the spiritual world there is no birth, no death, no old age, and no disease.
The supreme abode of the Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is described in the Brahma-saṁhitā as cintāmaṇi-dhāma, a place where all desires are fulfilled. The supreme abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa, known as Goloka Vṛndāvana, is full of palaces made of touchstone. There are also trees, called "desire trees," that supply any type of eatable upon demand, and there are cows, known as surabhi cows, which supply a limitless supply of milk. In this abode, the Lord is served by hundreds of thousands of goddesses of fortune (Lakṣmīs), and He is called Govinda, the primal Lord and the cause of all causes. The Lord is accustomed to blow His flute (veṇuṁ kvaṇantam). His transcendental form is the most attractive in all the worlds—His eyes are like lotus petals, and the color of His body is like the color of clouds. He is so attractive that His beauty excels that of thousands of Cupids. He wears saffron cloth, a garland around His neck and a peacock feather in His hair. In the Bhagavad-gītā Lord Kṛṣṇa gives only a small hint of His personal abode, Goloka Vṛndāvana, which is the supermost planet in the spiritual kingdom. A vivid description is given in the Brahma-saṁhitā. Vedic literatures (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.11) state that there is nothing superior to the abode of the Supreme Godhead, and that that abode is the ultimate destination (puruṣān na paraṁ kiñcit sā kāṣṭhā paramā gatiḥ). When one attains to it, he never returns to the material world. Kṛṣṇa's supreme abode and Kṛṣṇa Himself are nondifferent, being of the same quality.
I hope this meets you in the best of health.
śāstra-yuktye sunipuṇa, dṛḍha-śraddhā yāṅra
’uttama-adhikārī’ sei tāraye saṁsāra
“One who is expert in logic, argument and the revealed scriptures and who has firm faith in Kṛṣṇa is classified as a topmost devotee. He can deliver the whole world." (CC Madhya 22.65)
Since our mission given to us by Srila Prabhupada is to deliver the world, each and every ISKCON devotee should sincerely strive to become expert in logic, argument, and the revealed scriptures, and to have firm faith in Krishna. In this way, even if one us can come to this standard of being the topmost devotee, the whole world can be delivered.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Lord Caitanya Instructs Sanatana Goswami
Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom
Question: Difference Between Spiritual World and Material World?
Hare Krishna, Srila Gurudeva.Dandavat pranam!
Please accept my humble obeisances!
Gurudeva, how to explain the terms "material world" and "spiritual world"? I mean how are the things made or how it would looks like in spiritual world as compared to material world?
How we can distinguish that this is material or spiritual ?
Kanchan Khati
Answer: There is a Vast Difference
From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USAMy Dear Kanchan,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
In the material world everyone is subject to experience the four miseries of birth, death, old age, and disease. In the spiritual world there is no birth, no death, no old age, and no disease.
The supreme abode of the Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is described in the Brahma-saṁhitā as cintāmaṇi-dhāma, a place where all desires are fulfilled. The supreme abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa, known as Goloka Vṛndāvana, is full of palaces made of touchstone. There are also trees, called "desire trees," that supply any type of eatable upon demand, and there are cows, known as surabhi cows, which supply a limitless supply of milk. In this abode, the Lord is served by hundreds of thousands of goddesses of fortune (Lakṣmīs), and He is called Govinda, the primal Lord and the cause of all causes. The Lord is accustomed to blow His flute (veṇuṁ kvaṇantam). His transcendental form is the most attractive in all the worlds—His eyes are like lotus petals, and the color of His body is like the color of clouds. He is so attractive that His beauty excels that of thousands of Cupids. He wears saffron cloth, a garland around His neck and a peacock feather in His hair. In the Bhagavad-gītā Lord Kṛṣṇa gives only a small hint of His personal abode, Goloka Vṛndāvana, which is the supermost planet in the spiritual kingdom. A vivid description is given in the Brahma-saṁhitā. Vedic literatures (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3.11) state that there is nothing superior to the abode of the Supreme Godhead, and that that abode is the ultimate destination (puruṣān na paraṁ kiñcit sā kāṣṭhā paramā gatiḥ). When one attains to it, he never returns to the material world. Kṛṣṇa's supreme abode and Kṛṣṇa Himself are nondifferent, being of the same quality.
I hope this meets you in the best of health.
Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
ISKCON Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ordered his disciples to become gurus and deliver the world. Sankarshan Das Adhikari has taken this order very seriously and is thus accepting disciples all over the world and has dedicated himself fully to the mission of making the entire world Krishna conscious as soon as possible. He requests your help in this world deliverance mission.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari email: sd@worldleader.com
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
World Deliverance Mission
ISKCON Founder-Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ordered his disciples to become gurus and deliver the world. Sankarshan Das Adhikari has taken this order very seriously and is thus accepting disciples all over the world and has dedicated himself fully to the mission of making the entire world Krishna conscious as soon as possible. He requests your help in this world deliverance mission.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari email: sd@worldleader.com
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