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Bhagavad Gita As it is (Marathi Translation) - Srila Prabhupada

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Question: Tension of Losing My Job

 

There is extreme tension at my workplace and I am either going to be demoted or will eventually lose my job to another one who has been transferred in.

I realize I should not be stressed and leave it to Krishna.
I pray to you to please help me stay peaceful and calm in this situation.

Thank you, Gurudeva,

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

You Are Protected by Krishna, Not Your Job.

 

No need to worry. You are protected by Krishna, not your job. When one is Krishna conscious even the greatest loss is the greatest gain. Simply continue happily with the process of awakening your dormant Krishna consciousness and sincerely, enthusiastically engaging your occupational duties in His service. You’ll be okay.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

 

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The Departure of Sriman Brahmananda Prabhuuploaded from Hong Kong, China

 

I have sad, heart breaking news to report. Sriman Brahmananda Prabhu, one of the very first devotees who surrendered to Srila Prabhupada in 1966 in New York has now passed a few days ago from this world in the holy land of Vrindavana. This news brought tears to my eyes as I remembered this great Vaisnava. Before the Srimad Bhagavatam class we sang the song "Ye Anilo Prema Dhana" to lament our separation from this great Vaisnava.

Brahmananda Prabhu was chosen to be the first temple president soon after Prabhupada started ISKCON in New York and was subsequently given other positions of authority in Prabhupada's movement. Very personal exchanges, both while in proximity and through correspondence, testify to the fact that Srila Prabhupada and Brahmananda Prabhu were close. This is a matter of public record: Prabhupada’s faith in Brahmananda as a highly capable assistant and the love shared between the two manifested early in the movement’s history.

Here are Brahmananda Prabhu's own words describing how he first experienced the Hare Krishna mantra:

"I had brief contact with the Hare Krishna mantra before meeting Srila Prabhupada, or Swamiji as he was called at the time. I went into a book shop in the West Village and there were these little leaflets. They advertised the kirtan and Swamiji’s program at 26 Second Avenue. And it gave the mantra, but it said that one should 'Practice Transcendental Sound Vibration.' And then it said, 'Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.' It interested me because I was studying the Bhagavad-gita at NYU, so I knew it had something to do with that. But I couldn’t understand: What did it mean by 'Practice' Transcendental Sound Vibration? How does one practice a sound vibration? It was totally alien to me, that is, until I went down to Swamiji’s storefront. But the kirtan really impressed me. I didn’t intellectualize it; I just got into the feeling of it. The intensity of the emotion. I really loved it right from the beginning."

To tell the full extent of the great sacrifices that he made to assist Srila Prabhupada, in Krishnizing the world,  such as pioneering our movement in Pakistan and Africa, would fill volumes. I am thankful that I was blessed with the association of this great Vaisnava, Sriman Brahmananda Prabhu.  I look forward to his eternal association in the most wondrous spiritual sky.


Sankarshan Das Adhikari

 

His Grace Sriman Brahmanda Prabhu--1943-2015

 

 

HG SRIMAN BRAHMANANDA PRABHU KI JAYA!!!!!

SRILA PRABHUPADA KI JAYA!!!!!

 

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Question: How Can the Pure Soul Fall Down?

I am confused about when and where we have taken birth as a soul. We are minute parts of the Supreme, so is it possible that we may have taken birth in Lord's abode? Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita that whoever comes to His abode never comes back to the material world. So then how did we come here?

A pure soul never aspires for anything material. So how can we who must have been pure in our initial birth stage aspire for material enjoyment? Why did we want material enjoyment and get completely entangled here even though we are pure souls? Why is it difficult to cultivate Krishna consciousness into our hearts or love Krishna even though emotions with human relations are automatic?

Please help me and enlighten me with your grace.

Your servant

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Misuse of Minute Independence

The soul never takes birth. He is unborn. He is an eternal emanation from Krishna. Krishna eternally manifests the living beings from His very self to enjoy loving relationships with them.

Because Krishna is supremely independent and because we are part of Him we share a minute degree of His absolute independence. When we misuse that independence we fall into this material existence. And when we properly use that independence we go back to home, back to Godhead and remain there eternally to serve Him. We can fall once, but having learned our lesson, we will never fall again.

At the present time because we are contaminated by this material nature our natural tendency to serve Krishna is covered by a tendency for material sense gratification. But when we rid ourselves of this contamination by the purificatory process of Krishna consciousness our original natural automatic tendency will be revived to serve Lord Krishna twenty four hours daily with love and devotion, and we will remain with Him forever in a state of unlimited transcendental bliss.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Street Dog or Dog with a Master?

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami explains that a person who does not have a spiritual master is like a dog without a master and that a person who does have a spiritual master is like a dog with a master.  I have personally witnessed the graphic contrast between the pitiful, lean and thin, diseased, under-nourished street dogs in Vrindavan and the jolly, healthy, stout and strong well-fed, well-cared for dogs who walk with their masters on Mumbai's Juhu beach. It is indeed quite a striking contrast. When you have a bona fide spiritual master you have the guidance and the blessings you need for a wonderful, blissful eternal existence. But when you don't have a bona fide spiritual master you are lost in the cycle of repeated birth and death with no hope of ever escaping the miseries of material existence. Therefore all those who are seeking real happiness in life must take shelter of a bona fide spiritiual master.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Srila Prabhupada Instructs His Disciples

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Question: Were We Originally With Krishna in the Spiritual World?

I have a doubt about the existence of the soul. I heard two theories about its existence.

In one I was told that we were all present with Krishna in the spiritual world and due to being envious of Krishna we were transferred to the material planets.

Today one senior devotee in ISKCON Chennai told me that the scriptures tell that from time immemorial we have had free will to either to love Krishna or to enjoy separately without Krishna.

I want to know the actual truth regarding our existence with any references so that I can show him Maharaja.

Please forgive me if I have presented my question improperly.

Hare Krishna

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Yes, But We Foolishly Left

Both things you have heard are true. We are all the eternal residents of the spiritual world who possess the free will to remain in our natural position as Krishna's servants or to, like a foolish fish who tries to enjoy living on the land, defy our natural position by coming to this material world to try enjoy separately from Krishna.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Lesson from Power Outage in Austin uploaded from ISKCON Austin, Texas

24 May 2015--4:20am--Last night a heavy rain/lightening storm with tornados blew through the Austin area. Heavy winds in our neighborhood knocked over trees and a wooden fence. Our temple suffered only minor damage. Now we are among 19,600 residences that are without electrical power for the last six hours. Fumbling in the dark at 4:00am trying to do our morning program, wondering how we are going to cook the Sunday feast without our electric stove/oven, I am seeing how much dependent we are on electricity for so many of the things that we do. This reminds me of how much we are even more dependent on Krishna, the supreme provider of power, for absolutely everything that we do, even for our very existence. I am hoping that for the sake of our service to Krishna that our electrical power will soon be restored and hoping even more that Krishna consciousness can become fully restored on this bewildered planet to bring the bewildered humanity back to sanity. Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Heavy Storm Hits Austin

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Question: Only Loving Krishna Satisfies the Self?

In this material world all of our relationships ultimately end up in terrible pain and frustration. Is it only the relationship with the Supreme God Krishna that gives everlasting peace and happiness?

Amit G.

New Delhi, India

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

When You Love Krishna, You Love Everyone Perfectly

To maintain a good relationship of proper nourishment with all the parts of your body you need to feed the belly properly. When you do that the nourishment will naturally go to all parts of your body. If you don’t feed the belly the relationship with all of your other bodily parts will not be proper.

Similarly, if you neglect to establish a loving relationship with Krishna, every other loving relationship you attempt to develop will sooner or later lead to frustration. And if you love Krishna, you will have a perfect relationship with all living beings.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Focus On Your Only Real Duty

uploaded from ISKCON Austin, Texas

To become Krishna conscious is the perfection of life because Krishna consciousness brings you back to your original pure identity which you once relished in loving service to Lord Krishna in the spiritual world before you fell down into this miserable material existence. Therefore nothing in life really matters all that much except for regaining your lost Krishna conscious. So focus on this as your only real duty.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Lord Krishna Now Awaits Your Return to His Abode

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Question: Am I Wrong?

Once you said that Lord fulfills only those material desires which we deserve and not what we desire. If Krishna is so conditional in fulfilling our desires, then how can He in the form of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu teach us to love Him unconditionally? Isn't this cheating? If we have to totally serve Krishna unconditionally, then Krishna also must be unconditional towards us! Am I wrong?

Trying to be your servant,

Answer by Citing the Vedic Version:

Yes, You are Mistaken

Yes, you are mistaken.  And here's why:

Srila Prabhupada confirms that we get only what we deserve, not what we desire in his book the Teachings of Queen Kunti:

"Our suffering is due to our attachment. Because we are materially attached, we desire so many material things, and therefore Krishna gives us the opportunity to enjoy whatever material facilities we want. Of course, one must deserve these facilities. First deserve, then desire. Suppose I want to become king. I must have pious activities behind me so that I can become king.”

It is wrong to conclude from this that Krishna does not love us unconditionally. Krishna’s uninterrupted unconditional love for us is demonstrated at every minute by His providing all facilities for us to immediately get out of our present suffering condition in which we are completely blinded by the lust for material sense gratification.

You are thinking that Krishna should unconditionally fulfill all of our material desires. But such a thing would keep us entangled eternally in this miserable material existence. Therefore Krishna's not fulfilling all of material desires is another manifestation of His unconditional love for us.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

 

Srila Prabhupada ki Jaya!!!!!

Srila Gurudeva ki Jaya!!!!!

Ananta koti Vaishnava Vrinda ki Jaya!!!!!

Sri Sri Radha Madan Gopal Lalita Vishakha Devi ki Jaya!!!!!

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You've Got Nothing to Lose Except Your Anxiety

uploaded from ISKCON Austin, Texas

For countless lifetimes you've tried in innumerable ways to be happy in this material world and you have never been able to achieve the happiness you desire. In each and every attempt you were a failure. So why not in this lifetime try something different that you've never done before? Try giving all of your love to Krishna and see what is the result. I guarantee you that if you do so, you will be completely satisfied beyond your wildest dreams. By surrendering to Krishna you've got nothing to lose except for your anxiety and something more valuable than this entire universe to gain

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Krishna Is Waiting For You to Return to Him

Srila Sankarshana Adhikari Maharaja ki Jaya!!!!!!!

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Question: Chanting While Committing Sins

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

If one is chanting the holy names of Lord and at the same he is doing sinful activity, does this mean that he is guilty of the offenses known as committing sins on the strength of the holy name?

Trying to be your servant,

 

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Answer: Intentional vs. Unintentional

To intentionally engage in sinful activities and chant Hare Krishna for the purpose of neutralizing the effects of those sinful activities is called namno balad yasya hi papa-buddhih, sinning on the strength of chanting, and it is the greatest offense in the discharge of devotional service.

This is different from chanting for the purpose of developing pure love of God and sometimes accidently committing sinful activities due to one's past bad habits. Of course such accidental sins are also offensive because they are disobeying the orders of the spiritual master. But they are not as bad as namno balad yasya hi papa-buddhih, intentionally sinning on the strength of chanting,

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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I Want to Attract the Whole World to Chant Hare Krishna

uploaded from ISKCON Austin, Texas

Since the entire human civilization is becoming more and more miserable due to its ever-increasing entanglement in lust, anger, and greed, I want to do something to save these poor souls from their horrible plight. And the since the only real solution for solving all of the problems of the world is the revival of everyone's dormant Krishna consciousness, within whatever brief span of time I have available to me in my present body my desire is that I want to attract the whole world to chant the Hare Krishna mahamantra so that everyone can be fully and genuinely happy.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Srila Prabhupada Leads Devotees and Hippies in Kirtan

San Francisco, Golden Gate Park--1967

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Question: Does Every Soul Go to Yamaraja at the Time of Death?

Respected Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to You and Srila Prabhupada!

Thank you very much for your kind blessings.

With your kind permission I would like to ask a few related questions:-

After death, does each soul have to go to Yamaraja, or only human souls before taking up another body?

Do pious souls also have to go?

Hoes does one Yamaraja handle so many souls on a daily basis.

What is the time difference between two bodies?

Warm regards,

Your student

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Answer: All Sinful Souls Go to Yamaraja

Only sinful human beings go to the court of Yamaraja. They go at the time of death to be judged and awarded suitable punishments for their sinful activities. Of course, in this age everyone is sinful engaging in all sorts of irreligious activities. Therefore nowadays practically all human beings are headed for the court of Yamaraja at the time death in order to be judged and punished. 

Although upon leaving one's present body at the time of death he is immediately transferred to another body, because time is relative within that brief period of time he goes to abode of Yamaraja experiencing his time of punishment as many, many years. 

Yamaraja is not an ordinary living being like you and me who can only do one thing a time. He has no difficulty multitasking in his duty of judging and punishing millions of sinful human beings.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Don't Cheat Yourself By Being a Slave of Maya

uploaded from ISKCON Austin, Texas

Don't cheat yourself by being a slave of maya or illusion. You are an eternal spiritual being qualitatively one with God. While it may appear very attractive to gratify your senses whenever they request to be gratified, the reality is that you have  nothing to do with your material senses. They are just a covering of your actual self. Therefore as long as you remain on the platform of material sense gratification you will never be able to taste or experience the genuine unlimited pleasure of your actual spiritual existence. Quasi-spiritualists talk about God and self-realization, but they take God as someone who facilitates their material sense gratification.  Such "God consciousness" is not God consciousness at all.  It is sense gratification consciousness masquerading as God consciousness.  Real God consciousness is taught both by Lord Jesus and Lord Krishna. Real God consciousness means to full surrender unto Krishna or God accepting everything in your life which is pleasing to Him and rejecting from your life whatever is displeasing to Him. This the real platform of spiritual realization, of unlimited happiness which every living needs to come to as soon as possible if they are going to be genuinely satisfied with their life. Otherwise they will remain frustrated and confused just like Arjuna was in the opening pages of the Bhagavad-gita.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Srila Prabhupada Teaches How to Surrender to Krishna

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