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Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes in
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Bringing Light and Life to Jonava,
Lithuania
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On
20 April 2011, by the nice arrangement of my disciple,
Sankirtan Das, we had a wonderful opportunity to spread
the light and life of Krishna consciousness to a hall
full of sincere souls in Jonava, Lithuania. After an
ecstatic kirtan and a lecture on mantra meditation I was
amazed by the endless stream of wonderful questions
asked by the various local people who were attending.
One lady asked, "Since the people of Lithuania are
Christians, why should we practice Krishna
Consciousness?" I polled the audience to see how many
Lithuanian people present were devotees of Lord Krishna
and how many were Christians. There were more Lithuanian
Krishna devotees than there were Christians. The
audience laughed enthusiastically to see how I handled
her argument. But then she countered that outside of
this meeting the overwhelming majority Lithuanian people
are Christians. To this I responded that actually
everyone in Lithuania is already a devotee of Krishna,
simply they have not realized it yet. She could not say
anything in response. In this way I answered many
questions one after another until finally I ended the
lecture and many people purchased our books so they
could continue learning more about Krishna consciousness
after going home.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Revealing Secrets of Mantra Meditation
Jonava, Lithuania
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Many People Were Inspired to Buy Our Books
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Question: Does Humility Breed Low Self Esteem? |
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Dear Srila Gurudeva,
Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada.
I have a question about humility and low self-esteem.
Both mean that one feels insignificant. What is the
difference? Humility is considered good, but low
self-esteem is considered to be very destructive. I have
a friend also, who used to be a devotee, but now says
that all religions only destroy your self-esteem and
want you to feel guilty and indebted.
Your servant,
K.D.
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Answer: Humility Brings the
Highest Esteem |
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"Used to be a devotee"
means that your friend never understood the full import
of the sublime teachings of Lord Krishna in the
Bhagavad-gita. If he had done so, he would have never
given up Krishna consciousness. He would also not be
under the foolish misconception that there are different
religions. Religion is one, to revive your lost eternal
intimate loving relationship with the Supreme Person,
the source of all existence.
One who misidentifies himself with his body, which is
nothing but a bag of blood, flesh, stool, urine, mucus,
and vomit, must necessarily suffer from low esteem. To
be rescued from such a miserable life of low esteem and
come to genuine high esteem one needs to understand and
realize that he is not the material body, that he is
instead an eternal spiritual being qualitatively one
with God.
Those who are truly humble possess the highest possible
esteem as confirmed by Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita.
Although they personally do not seek honor and
distinction, because their lives are fully dedicated to
broadcasting the glories of the Lord all over the
universe, they are personally given the highest
recognition by the Lord Himself and are thus revered as
the most esteemed persons in world history.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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