The Relationship Between Religion and Philosophy

In his purport to Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 3, Text 3 Srila Prabhupada very nicely describes the relationship between religion and philosophy. Here's what he says:

"Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation."

When we combine them we have something that is most enlightening and most powerful. It is known as the science of God. In the Krishna consciousness movement we take them in their combined form and are thus blessed the knowledge and the potency that can lead the entire world out of chaos.


Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Srila Prabhupada Dictates His Purport

Srila Prabhupada

Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom

Question: Why Am I Fearful About the Future?

Why I am fearful about future when I know that one day I will die. Death is inevitable as soon we are born but we know don't know when ? Still what makes me so tense and worried, and how can I get out of it?

Asit Bose

Answer: You Are Forgetting Who You Are

From: Austin, Texas USA

My Dear Asit,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

You are in anxiety because you are still thinking that you are your body and not remembering that you are an eternal spiritual being, the eternal servant of Krishna. By chanting the Hare Krishna and remembering your eternal loving relationship with Krishna all of your anxieties will be goine.

I hope this meets you in the best of health.
Your ever well-wisher,


Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

The Most Urgent World Deliverance Mission

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




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