Ultimate Self Realization

It is predicted in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana 4.129.59: kaler dasa-sahasrāni mabhaktāh samti bhu-tale ekavarnā bhavisyamti madbhakteṣu gatesu ca "For 10,000 years of Kali such devotees of Mine will fill the whole planet. After the departure of My devotees there will be only one varna [outcaste]." So it is our sacred duty to be successful now in our mission of leading the whole world out of chaos by filling the whole world up with devotees. We must now become fully qualified to do this.This means we all have to become pure devotees by strictly following the four regulative principles and chanting at least 16 rounds every day of the Hare Krishna completely free from any of the ten offesnes. The ten offenses are as follows: The first offense is to decry persons who try in their lives to broadcast the glories of the Lord. People must be educated in understanding the glories of the Supreme; therefore the devotees who engage in preaching the glories of the Lord are never to be de

Since 9 September my wife (Gurumataji) and I have been on traveling all over the world to spread the rays of Lord Caitanya's benediction moon. Here's are the places we went to preach Krishna consciousness: 1. Toronto, Canada 2. Vilnius, Lithuania 3. Riga, Latvia 4. Mauritius 5. Mayapur, Inda 6. Vrindavan, India 7. Malaysia 8. Fiji 9. Melbourne, Australia 10. Los Angeles, USA 11. Back to Austin Click here for a song about Lord Caitanya's benefiction moon Let us all work together now and forever more as a loving spiritual family to help each other to be purely absorbed in Krishna consciousness and to make the whole world Krishna conscious as soon as possible. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Lord Caitanya's Benediction Moon is Rising Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Understand This? Dear Prabhu, Please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to you. In the Srimad Bhagavatam the Supreme Lord said: brāhmaṇo janmanā śreyān. ( S.B:

Srila Prabhupada writes as follows in this purport to Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi Lila, Chapter 4. Text 35: "A class of so-called devotees known as sahajiyās try to imitate the Lord’s pastimes, although they have no understanding of the amorous love in His expansions of pleasure potency. Their superficial imitation can create havoc on the path for the advancement of one’s spiritual relationship with the Lord. Material sexual indulgence can never be equated with spiritual love, which is in unadulterated goodness. The activities of the sahajiyās simply lower one deeper into the material contamination of the senses and mind. Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pastimes display eternal servitorship to Adhokṣaja, the Supreme Lord, who is beyond all conception through material senses. Materialistic conditioned souls do not understand the transcendental exchanges of love, but they like to indulge in sense gratification in the name of devotional service. The activities of the Supreme Lord can never

You an eternal spiritual being, qualitatively one with Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus since Krishna is eternal, full of knowledge, and bliss you are also eternal, full of knowledge, and full of bliss. Therefore if you base your happiness on temporary sense pleasure which always leads to misery, you are simply cheating yourself big time. Don't be so foolish as to base your happiness on material sense gratification. Base your happiness instead on reviving your original pure intimate loving relationship with that unlimitedly amazing person Lord Sri Krishna, Who is teh source of all existence. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Reconnect Yourself with this Person Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Become Immortal? How not to reincarnate? How to become immortal? Jerrica VanHouse Answer: Surrender to Krishna Lord Sri Krishna teaches in the Bhagavad-gita that if we fully surrender unto Him we will not take birth again here in this world of death, t

It is very encouraging to note in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana 4.129.59: kaler dasa-sahasrāni mabhaktāh samti bhu-tale ekavarnā bhavisyamti madbhakteṣu gatesu ca "For 10,000 years of Kali such devotees of Mine will fill the whole planet. After the departure of My devotees there will be only one varna [outcaste]." This 10,000 year period began 536 years ago. This means that within the next 9,464 years we are going to see that the whole world will become Krishna conscioius. This is a most thrilling and fulfilling thing to live for, the total Krishnization of our Planet Earth. Those who fully dedicate their lives for pushing forward the Krishna conciousness movement will be unlimitedly blessed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So now you, my dear reader, can decide in what mood you would like to live your life. And let me know. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Lord Caitanya's Mercy on the Fallen Souls is Unlimited Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Material and Spiritual Love?

It is interesting to ponder what was my previous birth considering that the first time I went to India I felt like I had returned home and that Srila Prabhupada has written as follows: "I think some of you like yourself, Brahmananda, Satsvarupa, Mukunda and Gargamuni, Acyutananda and all of you had already cultivated this Krsna consciousness in your past lives. Now Lord Caitanya wants that this movement should be spread in the Western countries so most probably in your previous births you were all Indians and cultivated this Krsna consciousness. Now Lord Caitanya has placed you in the Western part of the world so that you can now combine together and broadcast the holy message all over the world." (From a letter Kirtanananda, 5th May, 1967) and "My Spiritual Master knew it that alone I could not do this great work. Therefore He has very kindly sent you all to help me in this task. I accept you therefore as representatives of my Guru Maharaja playing as my affectionate

There is no sense in wasting time any more trying to be the enjoyers of that place where no enjoyment factually exists. It is time now more than ever to fully surrender to Lord Sri Krishna under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master embracing Lord Caitanya's order to make the whole world Krishna conscious as soon as possible. There is no lifestyle more fulfilling and glorious than this. So why are wasting our time running after sense gratification like the dogs and monkeys? It does not make any sense. Do you understand my message? Sankarshan Das Adhikari Let's Stop Imitating the Ways of Dogs and Monkeys Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Can You Give Me a Part Time Job? My dear Srila Gurudeva, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you Srila Gurudeva, and Srimati Guru Mataji. Presently, I am looking for a part time job. Kindly engage me for such a job if you have suitable assignment for me. Thanks, Srila Gurudeva, Your servant S.D. Answ

The rascal atheists say that there is no cause of causes, just an endless chain of causality. I asked my senior Godbrother and personal friend, Shyamasundar Prabhu, what is his take on this argument. Here's what he told me: "Through the entire history of human experience, no one has ever experienced an uncaused cause. So how can an uncaused cause be logical? An uncaused cause is simply imaginary, therefore illogical." His argument is brilliant. There has to be a cause of all causes (i.e. Krishna). An uncaused cause is simply blind faith, exactly what the scientists criticize. I encourage all of my readers to purchase his brilliant trilogy about his extensive personal association with Srila Prabhupada in the early days of ISKCON including the amazing story of how he introduced Beatle George Harrison to Krishna Consciousness. You can order it by clicking here: https://www.chasingrhinos.com   Sankarshan Das Adhikari      His Grace Shyamasundar Das (author of "Ch

After departing from a week in Tavua, Fiji we were on the way to the Nadi airport to catch a flight to Melbourne, Australia on 20 November 2022. On the way we stopped at ISKCON's Krishna-Kaliya temple in Lautoka, Fiji to have a darshan of Krishna-Kaliya, Who was installed by Srila Prabhupada on 2 May 1976. This deity is historically significant because after Krishna subdued the Kaliya serpent in the Yamuna River in Vrindavan Kaliya came to Fiji. The locals even tell how a giant snake lives in a lake in the mountains of Fiji. Even though we had no scheduled time we just happened to walk in the door precisely at 12 Noon on Sunday when a devotee was just beginning the Sunday Feast Lecture to a growing audience. When he saw me he immediately stopped the lecture and asked me to give the lecture. I accepted his offer and got the mercy from Krishna-Kaliya to give an hour long lecture on Bhagavad-gita, Chapter Nine, Text 11. This was indeed special mercy, a sweet finishing touch to

We've been tortured too long by a global society that is controlled by demons. Click here for an example. Thus the whole world is now simply waiting to be awakened to Krishna consciousness. And those most fortunate souls who intelligently surrender to Lord Caitanya's order to make the world conscious by as far as possible preaching the message of Krishna to everyone that they meet will go down in history of the saviors of the world. What could be more a glorious, fulfilling lifestyle than that?  Sankarshan Das Adhikari Are You Doing Your Share? Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Will You Accept Me As Your Disciple? Hare Krishna, Srila Gurudeva, Will you accept me as your disciple? Will you be my spiritual master? Please accept me Your fallen soul, Ishika Answer: Yes, If... From: Tavua, Fiji My Dear Ishika, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. If you will agree to chant at least 16 rounds of Hare Krishna japa every day without fail and stri

Just as a determined master can successfully train a dog to be obedient, in the same way a determined devotee can successfully train his mind to be always obey the injunctions of the scriptures such as Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 6, Text 26: yato yato niścalati manaś cañcalam asthiram tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmany eva vaśaṁ nayet "From wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the control of the Self." So it is not at all difficult to train the mind to always be Krishna conscious. It simply requires practice, just as it requires practice to master the art of driving or of playing a musical instrument. Sankarshan Das Adhikari A Determined Master Can Successfully Train a Dog Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How is Bhakti Better than Sex? Hare Krishna. Dandavat Pranam Srila Gurudeva. All glories to your Grace. All glories to Srimati Gurumataji. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. You have s

In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Tenth Canto, Chapter 20, Text 36 great saintly person are compared to waterfalls: girayo mumucus toyaṁ kvacin na mumucuḥ śivam yathā jñānāmṛtaṁ kāle jñānino dadate na vā "Sometimes in autumn the water falls down from the tops of the hills to supply clean water, and sometimes the water stops. Similarly, sometimes great saintly persons distribute clear knowledge, and sometimes they are silent." So when we stopped by a Fijian waterfall on 17 November and took our mid-day bath we could be reminded of these great saintly persons. Here's the waterfall: https://youtu.be/P9jioQN_iTk Sankarshan Das Adhikari Fijian Waterfall Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: When I Feel Like Quitting Krishna Consciousness? Hare Krishna, Dear Guru Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances. Guru Maharaja, sometimes I find my mind oscillating in Krishna bhakti. Sometimes I feel Krishna doesn't hear my prayers and He keeps giving me trouble after t