Here's How to Attain Eternal, Blissful Life
Here is a wonderful very enlightening verse from the Srimad Bhagavatam. It's the Fifth Canto, Chapter 5, Text 1:
ṛṣabha uvāca
nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke
kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye
tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvaṁ
śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyaṁ tv anantam
"Lord Ṛṣabhadeva told His sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional service. By such activity, one's heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness and which continues forever."
If we follow Ṛṣabhadeva's advice, our lives will be unlimitedly sublime. So what are we waiting for? Let's do it immediately and become free from all anxiety for all of eternity.
P.S. Out of our million dollar campaign for the new ISKCON Temple for Austin, Texas USA so far $57,000 has been raised with $941,500 still to go. If you'd like to get Srila Prabhupada's special blessings click here to contribute.
Please accept my humble obeisance
All glories to Your Divine Grace and Srimati Gurumata
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Different devotees have different situations they may be serving in. So is that all of them are equally pleasing the Spiritual master and Krishna?
Thank You.
Your insignificant servant,
Lila Manjari devi dasi
My Dear Lila Manjari,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It's not the particular type of activity that determines what is more pleasing to Guru and Krishna. It is the degree of intensity of the mood of devotion that determines how much Guru and Krishna are pleased.
For example, if someone is a washing a pot with more devotion in their heart than someone who is giving a Bhagavad-gita lecture to 1,000 people, the pot washer is pleasing Guru and Krishna more than the lecturer.
I hope this meets you in the best of health.
ṛṣabha uvāca
nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛloke
kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye
tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvaṁ
śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyaṁ tv anantam
"Lord Ṛṣabhadeva told His sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional service. By such activity, one's heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness and which continues forever."
If we follow Ṛṣabhadeva's advice, our lives will be unlimitedly sublime. So what are we waiting for? Let's do it immediately and become free from all anxiety for all of eternity.
P.S. Out of our million dollar campaign for the new ISKCON Temple for Austin, Texas USA so far $57,000 has been raised with $941,500 still to go. If you'd like to get Srila Prabhupada's special blessings click here to contribute.
Lord Ṛṣabhadeva Enlighten His Sons
Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom
Question: What Pleases Guru and Krishna?
Hare Krishna Srila GurudevPlease accept my humble obeisance
All glories to Your Divine Grace and Srimati Gurumata
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Different devotees have different situations they may be serving in. So is that all of them are equally pleasing the Spiritual master and Krishna?
Thank You.
Your insignificant servant,
Lila Manjari devi dasi
Answer: The Intensity of the Mood of Devotion
From: Austin, Texas USAMy Dear Lila Manjari,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It's not the particular type of activity that determines what is more pleasing to Guru and Krishna. It is the degree of intensity of the mood of devotion that determines how much Guru and Krishna are pleased.
For example, if someone is a washing a pot with more devotion in their heart than someone who is giving a Bhagavad-gita lecture to 1,000 people, the pot washer is pleasing Guru and Krishna more than the lecturer.
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 most urgent world deliverance mission to save the suffering humanity from gliding down to the animal kingdom in their next births.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari email: sd@worldleader.com
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
The Most Urgent 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 most urgent world deliverance mission to save the suffering humanity from gliding down to the animal kingdom in their next births.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari email: sd@worldleader.com
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