How to Conquer Over Sleep

In his purport to Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 1, Text 24 Srila Prabhupada describes how to conquer sleep. Here is what he has written:

"In this verse Arjuna is referred to as Guḍākeśa. Guḍākā means sleep, and one who conquers sleep is called guḍākeśa. Sleep also means ignorance. So Arjuna conquered both sleep and ignorance because of his friendship with Kṛṣṇa. As a great devotee of Kṛṣṇa, he could not forget Kṛṣṇa even for a moment, because that is the nature of a devotee. Either in waking or in sleep, a devotee of the Lord can never be free from thinking of Kṛṣṇa's name, form, qualities and pastimes. Thus a devotee of Kṛṣṇa can conquer both sleep and ignorance simply by thinking of Kṛṣṇa constantly. This is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or samādhi."

So let us practice this art of always thinking of Krishna so that we can completely conquer over sleep.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Oversleeping is a Waste of Valuable Time

Oversleeping is a Waste of Valuable Time

Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom

Question: Is Contraception Allowed?

Pranam Guruji
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Shrila Prabhupadji

Please explain what to say if someone asks if they can use contraceptive method to avoid pregnancy and doing sex that way, so there is no question of abortion. This usually between legal spouses who are permitted to do sex.

Hare Krishna

Thanks

Saurabh Verma

Answer: Contraception is Sinful

From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USA

My Dear Saurabh,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Srila Prabhupada explains the sinfulness of contraception as follows:

"Contraception deteriorates the womb so that it no longer is a good place for the soul. That is against the order of God. By the order of God, a soul is sent to a particular womb, but by this contraceptive he is denied that womb and has to be placed in another. That is disobedience to the Supreme. For example, take a man who is supposed to live in a particular apartment. If the situation there is so disturbed that he cannot enter the apartment, then he is put at a great disadvantage. That is illegal interference and is punishable."

I hope this meets you in the best of health.

Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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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 most urgent world deliverance mission to save the suffering humanity from gliding down to the animal kingdom in their next births.

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