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The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri
Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati
Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes in
the topmost planet of the spiritual world, Sri
Goloka Vrindavan. They are beckoning us to
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Our Mission: To help everyone awaken
their original Krishna consciousness, which is
eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss.
Such a global awakening will, in one stroke,
solve all the problems of the world society
bringing in a new era of unprecedented peace and
prosperity for all. May that day, which the
world so desperately needs, come very soon. We
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Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, our beloved spiritual master, and
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Today's Thought: |
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Turn On the Light and Destroy the Darkness
Uploaded from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin,
Texas USA | |
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In
this dark materialistic age of Kali the overwhelming
predominance of ignorance and out-and-out madness can be
very discouraging and depressing at times. But there is
no reason to be affected by all of this negativity. All
we have to do to destroy this ocean of darkness is turn
on the light of transcendental knowledge by reading the
Bhagavad-gita carefully, seeing everything in its light,
and then living every day in accordance with its
amazingly lucid principles. In this way we will live in
an eternal, blissful enlightened adventure always doing
the highest good for all living beings throughout this
universe and all the universes.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari |
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Answers According to the Vedic Version: | |
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Question: Hoping for a Miracle |
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In one of
the daily thoughts I read this question about chanting
and being pure, that one should chant when pure, but
even while impure one should start with the chanting
because the chanting is purifying. Now I read that one
has to reach the nistha stage, firm faith, before
approaching guru. But I also read that one can only
reach the state of nistha by the mercy of guru (after
initiation). So can you please clarify this to me?
In any case the gap between my practice and the minimum
formal qualifications seems too big to be crossed. So I
just hope for some miracle and try to be in a prayerful
state as much as possible.
Y.F.S.
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Answer: You've Already Got It. |
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You already have the miracle. The mercy of the spiritual
master is causeless and miraculous because he represents
the inconceivable mercy of Lord Nityananda, who was so
kind to the most unqualified rascals: Jagai and Madai.
There are two types of faith on the path of spiritual
perfection. The first is called sraddha or preliminary
faith, and the second is called nistha, firm faith.
Without preliminary faith a person would have no
interest to approach the spiritual master. So it is
preliminary faith which is required to approach the
spiritual master, not nistha or firm faith. You
obviously already possess preliminary faith. Otherwise
you would not be approaching the spiritual master.
The second type of faith, nistha or firm faith, will
come after you are initiated and you have freed yourself
from all bad habits. That is a very advanced stage in
which one fully realizes the Vedic wisdom within his
heart. Now that you have sraddha or preliminary faith, I
encourage you to take initiation from a bona fide spiritual
master so you can clean your heart from the the dust
accumulated over millions of lifetimes. To get initiated
simply you need to become steady in chanting at least 16
rounds of Hare Krishna mantra japa mala daily along with
strictly avoiding illicit sex, meat eating,
intoxication, and gambling. In this way you will attain
firm faith, the nistha stage, and will then easily
progress from there to the perfectional stage, pure
Krishna prema.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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