Ultimate Self Realization

Today is the appearance day of Lord Ramacandra. To hear a lecture given by Srila Prabhupada on March 27, 1969 in Hawaii on this most holy day click here . There is also a transcript of the lecture when you click the link. Sankarshan Das Adhikari. Lord Ramacandra with Sita and Hanuman Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: The "I Think" Platform You mentioned in 25th March's "Thought for the Day": "As long as we act on the plafrom of 'I think' we will sink into the cycle of birth and death. But when we take the help of the Bhagavad-gita and act on the platform of 'I know' we become liberated from the clutches of maya." Please enlighten me more about this. Ankita Sharma Answer: My Opinion Instead of Scriptures From: Austin, Texas USA My Dear Ankita, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The "I think platform" means to base your understanding of reality on your opinion accepted the perfect kn

I'm sad that many persons in the past who were regularly reading this "Thought for the Day" daily broadcast are no longer reading it. Have they forgotten the unlimited value of regularly reading Krishna conscious writing? Absorbing the mind in topics of Krishna bestows unlimited benefit upon the person so engaged. The mind by its very nature always wants some kind of engagement. So if we do not absorb it in Krishna consciousness it will go to mundane consciousness. There is great danger in this because at the time of death the mind will naturally turn to that which it is accustomed. If we are not habituated to Krishna conscious thinking, we will naturally turn to mundane thinking. The result will be that we will not go back to Godhead. We will take birth again here in this miserable material world. Thus, I hope that my readers who have given up reading "Thought for the Day" will resume their former habit of reading it every day. Sankarshan Das Adhikari. We

If you are looking for the highest truth (and you should be doing that for that is the purpose of human life) then look no further than Krishna. When you found Krishna you have found the highest. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 7, Text 7 as follows: mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya mayi sarvam idaṁ protaṁ sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva "O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread." So now if you will connect with Krishna you will make your life unlimtedly successful. Are you ready to do that now? Or do you want to postpone this?. Sankarshan Das Adhikari. Stringing Pearls on a Thread Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Requirements for Initiation? Dear Sankarshan Das Adhikari, What are the requirements you have to become your disciple and be initiated? I hope this is right way to contact you or your disciples. I thank you for your teachings through your emails. Sincerely, A

In his book Raja Vidya Srila Prabhupada gives the wonderful story of the Brahmana and the cobbler as follows: There is a story of Nārada Muni, who was once asked by a brāhmaṇa: "Oh, you are going to meet the Lord? Will you please ask Him when I'm going to get my salvation?" "All right," Nārada agreed. "I shall ask Him." As Nārada proceeded, he met a cobbler who was sitting under a tree mending shoes, and the cobbler similarly asked Nārada, "Oh, you are going to see God? Will you please inquire of Him when my salvation will come?" When Nārada Muni went to the Vaikuṇṭha planets, he fulfilled their request and asked Nārāyaṇa (God) about the salvation of the brāhmaṇa and the cobbler, and Nārāyaṇa replied, "After leaving this body, the cobbler shall come here to me." "What about the brāhmaṇa?" Nārada asked. "He will have to remain there for a number of births. I do not know when he is coming." Nārada Muni was astonish

Here is the most wonderful verse written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in his seven-act play the Vidagdha-mādhava: tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī ratiṁ vitanute tuṇḍāvalī-labdhaye karṇa-kroḍa-kaḍambinī ghaṭayate karṇārbudebhyaḥ spṛhām cetaḥ-prāṅgaṇa-saṅginī vijayate sarvendriyāṇāṁ kṛtiṁ no jāne janitā kiyadbhir amṛtaiḥ kṛṣṇeti varṇa-dvayī ”I do not know how much nectar the two syllables ’Kṛṣ-ṇa’ have produced. When the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths. When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become inert.” Just see what ecstasy we can experience when we master the art of chanting the Hare Krishna mantra without any offense. Sankarshan Das Adhikari. Unlimited Nectar is Awaiting Us Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Who is Normal? Dear Sir, To enter God's ki

 Lord Sri Krishna very wisely advises us as follows in Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 6, Verse 6: bandhur ātmātmanas tasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ anātmanas tu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatru-vat "For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy." As long as we act on the plafrom of "I think" we will sink into the cycle of birth and death. But when we take the help of the Bhagavad-gita and act on the platform of "I know" we become liberated from the clutches of maya. Sankarshan Das Adhikari. Here's the Easy Way to Conquer Your Mind Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: How to Understand Krishna? Humble obeisance to Srila Prabhupada. Krishna is eternal and His name is too. But how can someone understand it from their heart? Waiting for your reply. Gopa Chowdhury Answer: Only By Full Surrender From: Austin, Texas USA My Dear Gopa, Please accept my blessings

It's not at all difficult to relish unlimited happiness at every minute. All we have to do is fully engage ourselves in Krishna's service with our every thought, word, and deed in all times, places,and circumstaces. Lord Sri Krishna very nicely describes to Arjuna this perfect stage of consciousness in the Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 5, Text 21 as follows: bāhya-sparśeṣv asaktātmā vindaty ātmani yat sukham sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukham akṣayam aśnute "Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within. In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme." So let us now take this process seriously and make our lives unlimtedly subllime. Sankarshan Das Adhikari. Krishna Enlightens Arjuna Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Mangala Arati at Home? Hare Krishna Srila Gurudeva and Guru Mataji. Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances unto

In his purport to Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 5, Text 25 Srila Prabhupada teaches us what is divine love. Here is what he as written: "Only a person who is fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness can be said to be engaged in welfare work for all living entities. When a person is actually in the knowledge that Kṛṣṇa is the fountainhead of everything, then when he acts in that spirit he acts for everyone. The sufferings of humanity are due to forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa as the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor, and the supreme friend. Therefore, to act to revive this consciousness within the entire human society is the highest welfare work. One cannot be engaged in such first-class welfare work without being liberated in the Supreme. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person has no doubt about the supremacy of Kṛṣṇa. He has no doubt because he is completely freed from all sins. This is the state of divine love." Now make your life successful by fully embracing the principle of divine love in all times, place

How to make the whole world Krishna conscious? This is the great challenge that we face. People are suffering like anything without Krishna and we have the formula to free them from all their suffering. Thus, Srila Prabhupada has ordered us to deliver the whole world by making everyone Krishna conscious. But how can we accomplish this? This is the great challenge that we face. We know that the more we become pure, the more we will empowered to uplift the global consiousness. But in spite of this we still hold onto our material attachments. This is the difficulty. It's time we get pure and save the whole world. Sankarshan Das Adhikari. Srila Prabhupada Wants to Make the Whole World Krishna Conscious Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: What Does Surrender to Krishna Mean? Hare Krishna All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Please accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet. In one of your emails, it is mentioned that Lord Krishna demands all surrender first. What does a d

Here is one of the most inspiring lectures that you will ever hear. It was February 28, 1975 and Srila Prabhupada had just arrived in Atlanta, Georgia USA. He sat down on his Vyasasana and gazed upon the beautiful deities of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityanada who were the main deities in Atlanta at that time. He was so overwhelmed with loving emotion that after a few words he could not speak anymore. So he ended the lecture. Here is the transcript of the lecture. And below you find a link so that you hear the words coming Srila Prabhupada's lotus mouth. Make sure you hear this lecture. It will melt your heart! Prabhupāda: [indistinct] So I am very glad to see you, and I am coming first of all Mexico City? Hmm? Śrutakīrti: Yes. Prabhupāda: So Mexico City, then Caracas, then... Śrutakīrti: Miami. Prabhupāda: Miami. So I see your temple is the best. Devotees: Jaya! Haribol! Prabhupāda: So Caitanya Mahāprabhu is very kind. Parama karuṇa, pahū dui jana. Two Lords, Nitāi-Gauracandra, Nity

Devotees in Ukraine who are in constant threat of being killed by the Russian attack become fearless by taking shelter of Lord Sri Krishna in the form of his names. Now you can realish a video of them by clicking on the following link: Ukraine Hare Krishna Chanting Sankarshan Das Adhikari. Ukraine Devotees Become Free From Fear Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Who Should Be My Guru? Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and guru parampara. I am hearing from some of the senior disciples of Srila Prabhupada like yourself, HH Radhanath Swami Maharaja, HG Vaisesika Prabhuji, and also I am chanting and reading from Srila Prabhupada's books. I understand that all of them are in line with Srila Prabhupada's teachings. By Srila Prabhupada's and Lord's mercy, I can understand the Guru as a principle. However, I don't know who exactly is my Guru under whom I should take shelter. Please guide me so that I come to know my Guru s

If we want to experience the transcendental nectar of our factual idenities as eternal spirit-souls, we must embrace pure devotional service to Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as our only business in all times, places, and circumstances. If we are not willing to do this, we are simply cheating ourselves. And that's all there is to it. So let us take this instruction of Lord Sri Krishna, which He gives in Bhagavad-gita, Chapter18, Text 66, with the utmost seriousness: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear." Sankarshan Das Adhikari. Krishna Reveals the Topmost Knowledge Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: What is the Purpose of My Life? Namaste Guruji🙏,, This is Savita krishnan... I have been reading and understanding Bhagavad Gita. As it s

My memoir, which is the detailed story of how I came to Krishna consciousness, is coming soon. It is written in such a way to try to attract the non-devotees to read it and become devotees. It will available soon for sale on www.Amazon.com. I am requesting all of my readers to purchase a copy, read it, and submit a review on Amazon.com. This will inspire more and more of the general public to also a purchase copies. This is a powerful way in which we can spread the Krishna consciousness movement. Also, if you can purchase multiple copies for distribution and ask the other readers to also submit reviews, that will be very helpful. I appreciate the many suggestions that came in regarding the title, subtitle, and photograph. In a future Thought for the Day I will inform you what title and subtitle were decided upon. Sankarshan Das Adhikari. We Hope to Attract Many Readers Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom Question: Why Krishna is Called Atmesvara? Humble obeisance to Srila Prabhup