Ultimate Self Realization

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Do Not Forget Who You Are Your actual identity is that you are eternal, full of bliss, and full of knowledge. Due to ignorance of your actual identity you are considering yourself to be your material body, which is temporary, full of ignorance, and full of misery. There is no need for you to unnecessarily punish yourself in this way. Come out of the illusion of bodily consciousness and come back to your original identity, which is eternal, full of bliss, and full of knowledge by fully surrendering yourself to Lord Sri Krishna and His representative, the bona fide spiritual master. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Srila Prabhupada Awakens Us Urgent! Please Help Us Make the World Krishna Conscious. Donate Now by Clicking Here Questions and Answers Hare Krishna Srila Gurudev, Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. All glories t...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." There is Special Mercy in this Age of Kali In the Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi Lila, Chapter 17, Verse 22 we find these most inspiring words: kali-kāle nāma-rūpe kṛṣṇa-avatāra nāma haite haya sarva-jagat-nistāra ”In this Age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, is the incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Simply by chanting the holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered." So let us take full advantage of this special mercy and chant the holy names of the Lord as much as possible every day. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Chant, Chant, Chant Urgent! Please Help Us Make the World Krishna Conscious. Donate Now by Clicking Here Questions and Answers Hare Krishna Dear Srila Gurudev, Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet, All glories to your divine grace. All ...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." The Sad Degradation of Indian Culture The other day driving around Vrindavan, the most holy place in the entire universe, I was heartbroken to see how by the influence of the age of Kali the beautiful, serene atmosphere that formerly pervaded this land of religiosity has been transformed into a hectic dirty place. Even here in Vrindavan people treat the streets like garbage cans throwing garbage everywhere. Driving in India is practically without any traffic laws. It is an every-man-for-himself competition with constant honking of horns. The most daring, aggressive drivers are the ones who get to their destination first. 5,000 years India was the crown jewel of the world civilization, the most civilized and beautiful place in the entire world. Columbus set sail in a western direction hoping to find a better trade routed for bringin...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Here's How to Always Be Happy The first step is to dedicate your life fully to Krishna's service under the expert guidance of the bona fide spiritual master for awakening the dormant love for Krishna that is now sleeping within your heart. The second step is called "Another Day Another Adventure." Take each day as it begins as another wonderful adventure on the sublime pathway back to home, back to Godhead. It is does not matter if you are sick or healthy, poor or wealthy, honored or dishonored, or even if you are in jail. If you accept each and every day as another ecstatic adventure on the pathway back to home, back to Godhead, you will taste every day as the most delicious, scrumptious meal. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Another Day Another Adventure Urgent! Please Help Us Make the World Krishna Conscious. Donate ...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." It Was a Most Phenomenal Vyas Puja Celebration Here in Vrindavan on 26 October 2024, hundreds of people, a large crowd consisting of my disciples and many others gathered to worship me on the day that I took birth in this material world. On the Vedic calendar it is the 10th day of the most sacred month of Kartik, the Damodar month. Or course, it is not that I am worshipable. But the Vedic etiquette is that after departure of one's spiritual. master if one has fully embraced the task of delivering the fallen souls of this material world back to their original home in the spiritual sky, he can accepted as an acharya and given the same honor that is to be given to Lord Sri Krishna Himself. This is in accordance with Lord Sri Krishna's instruction in the Srimad Bhagavatam, 11th Canto, Chapter 17, Text 27: ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān ...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Material Happiness and Distress are Mental Concoctions Srila Prabhupada profoundly writes as follows in his purport to Sri Isopanisad Mantra 10: "One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind." So we should not become elated over material happiness or feel depressed over material distress. Instead we should always remain in the dimension of unlimited spiritual bliss by always remembering Krishna. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Prabhupada Teaches Us How to Always Remain in Transcendental Bliss Urgent! Please Help Us Make the World Krishna Conscious. Donate Now By Clicking Here Questions and Answers Why are we suffering? Vraja Kishore Das Answer From: Sri Vrindavan Dham, India My Dear Vraja Kishore, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Pr...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Are You a Warrior or a Worrier? In his book Perfection of Yoga Srila Prabhupada writes: "To adopt spiritual life is more or less to declare war against the material energy. The material energy is trying to entrap the conditioned soul as much as possible, and when the conditioned soul tries to get out of her clutches by spiritual advancement of knowledge, material nature becomes more stringent and vigorous in her efforts to test how much the aspiring spiritualist is sincere. The material energy, or maya, will then offer more allurements," Thus we can understand that embracing the path of Krishna consciousness is declaring war against Maya. Just as in a war there are many casualties I have seen in my 53 years in the Krishna consciousness movement that so many devotees have succumbed to Maya and have the left ISKCON to again...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Govinda Dasi Remembers the Day that Srila Prabhupada Left for India Here is Govinda dasi's wonderful remembrance of the day that Srila Prabhupada left the USA to go back to India: The days went by quickly at the New Jersey seashore and soon three weeks were up. Each day was filled with joy of living with Srila Prabhupada. It was a peaceful and spiritual environment and the sweetness of his devotional mood sank deep into my heart. By the end of three weeks I was hooked. I had completely fallen in love with Srila Prabhupada. He was my whole life. I had no greater desire than to go on serving him daily, hearing him, seeing him speak, and hearing his enchanted talks about Krsna and His friends, and living in the Goloka environment that surrounded him. Srila Prabhupada was charming, enchanting, sweet, humorous and loving. The love th...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." How Much to Respect the Spiritual Master In the Srimad Bhagavatam, 11th Canto, Chapter 17, Text 27 Lord Sri Krishna explains how much we should respect the spiritual master: ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān nāvamanyeta karhicit "One should know the ācārya as Myself and never disrespect him in any way. " This does not mean the spiritual master is Krishna. It means that because the spiritual master is purely representing Krishna he should be give the same respect that we give to Krishna. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Our Wonderful Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada Urgent! Please Help Us Make the World Krishna Conscious. Donate Now By Clicking Here Questions and Answers How does one get Krishna consciousness. Vijaya Bhaskara Answer From: Sri Vrindavan Dham, India My Dear Vijaya, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Sr...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Cultivate Loving Relationships with Devotees Don't remain caught up in cycle of birth and death. Awaken the dormant Krishna consciousness that is now sleeping within you. Chant the Hare Krishna mantra at least 16 rounds daily. Strictly avoid illicit sex (sex is only for. procreation), meat eating (including fish and eggs (also no garlic and onions)), intoxication (including coffee, caffeinated tea, and tobacco products) and gambling (including mental speculation). Associate regularly in loving relationships with devotees as described by Rupa Goswami in The Nectar of Instruction: dadāti pratigṛhṇāti guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati bhuṅkte bhojayate caiva ṣaḍ-vidhaṁ prīti-lakṣaṇam "Offering gifts in charity, accepting charitable gifts, revealing one's mind in confidence, inquiring confidentially, accepting prasāda and offering p...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Do You Ever Feel Miserable? From the very word "miserable" we can understand why we feel miserable. When we are misers we are miserable. So the way get out feeling miserable is to stop being a miser. Instead of being greedy to try to enjoy more and more material assets we should become greedy to engage everything in the service of Krishna. In this we will stop being misers and stop being miserable. Sankarshan Das Adhikari Don't Be a Miser, Don't Be Miserable Urgent! Please Help Us Make the World Krishna Conscious. Donate Now By Clicking Here Questions and Answers Sir, I am from another religion. How can I become a Hindu?  Anil Kumar Answer From: Sri Vrindavan Dham, India My Dear Anil, Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We teach you how to become a lover of God, how to become perfect...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." Birds of a Feather Flock Together You develop your consciousness according to the company that you keep. Since we have a natural inborn tendency, just like the monkeys in the photo below, to associate with other human beings, we should wisely choose to associate with those who are serious about awakening their dormant Krishna consciousness. Such association will easily help us to progress on the path of awakening our dormant Krishna consciousness. If we associate with drunkards we become drunkards. If we associate with sex mongers we become sex. mongers. If we associate with cigarette smokers we become cigarette smokers, etc, etc. And if we associate with devotees we become devotees. So now you choose with whom you want to associate and those whose association you want to eliminate or minimize as much as possible. I hope you make...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." How Srila Prabhupada Prayed to His Spiritual Master Here is a Vyas Puja homage written by Srila Prabhupada to his spiritual master, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja: Adore ye all, The happy day. Blessed than Heaven, Sweeter than May. When He appeared at Puri, The holy place, My Lord and Master His Divine Grace. Oh! my Master The evangelic angel. Give us thy light, Lift up thy candle. Struggle for existence A Human race, The only hope His Divine Grace. Misled we are All going astray, Save us Lord Our fervent pray, Wonder thy ways To turn our face Adore thy feet Your Divine Grace. Forgotten Krishna We fallen souls. Paying most heavy The illusion's toll. Darkness around All untrace, The only hope His Divine Grace. Absolute is sentient Thou hast ...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." How to Solve the World's Water Shortage Crisis I have just seen this headline in the news, "Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 years." Water shortage is an ever-expanding crisis on this planet. Countries that have extra water are now selling water to countries that are short of water, which is coming to be known as "blue gold." This water shortage is due to a shortage of rain. The world's leaders are clueless how to solve the problem. This is because they don't know that the ever-increasing shortage of rain and water is due to an ever-increasing volume of sinfulness on this planet. It they want sufficient water the first step is stop abortion and stop cow slaughter and to engage everyone in harinam sankirtan. The problem is that practically all of the leaders...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." We Are Crying in the Wilderness If the world's leaders will not need our message this planet is doomed. In this regard here is the news release I just posted on x.com : The current conflict between Iran and Israel could easily lead to a nuclear war which could escalate into a vast global tit for tat of all the world's nuclear powers, bringing about the total destruction of the modern day global civilization, turning the entire planet earth into an uninhabitable nuclear wasteland. I have been blessed with the knowledge that can bring about a 10,000 years era of unparalleled peace and prosperity on this planet. The problem is that our world leaders are not willing to listen to me. Thus I simply remain here crying in the wilderness dreading what is soon going to happen to our planet. Sankarshan Das Adhikari This is the Image I ...

Thought For the Day The Ultimate Self Realization Course "Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience." This Is Our Mission In a conversation between Vishnujana Swami and Srila Prabhupada on 20 June 1975 in Los Angeles here is what was said: Viṣṇujana: Śrīla Prabhupāda, what did Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura mean when he said, "I am going, my work unfinished"? Prabhupāda: Hmm? Viṣṇujana: When Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura stated that he was leaving this planet with his work unfinished. Prabhupāda: Then let us finish. We are descendant of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. So he kept unfinished so that we shall get the chance to finish it. That is his mercy. He could have finished immediately. He is Vaiṣṇava; he is all-powerful. But he gave us chance that "You foolish people, you all also work." That is his mercy. So we should pray to Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura that "We are your grandchildren, great-grandchildren, so we have got some right to beg...