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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
request you to participate in this mission by
reviving your dormant Krishna consciousness and
assisting us in spreading this science all over
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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
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Accept a Real Guru, Not a Charlatan
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Vedic wisdom repeatedly informs us of the absolutely
necessity of accepting a spiritual master.
Unfortunately at the present moment the world is greatly
overburdened with a profusion of cheaters who present
themselves as spiritual masters for the sake of their
personal sense gratification. If one takes shelter of a
spiritual master who is going to hell, one goes to hell
with him. Therefore when one seeks a spiritual master he
must be careful to find a real spiritual master, not a
bogus charlatan.
It is better to have no guru at all than to accept
someone who is fool number one as your spiritual master.
The real guru will teach you how to perfect your life
and go back to Godhead at the end of your present
lifetime.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Srila
Prabhupada, the Real Guru,
Who Teache s Us How to Recognize a Real Guru
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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version: |
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Question:
Should I Be Wary of Discussing My Beliefs |
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Hare Krishna Gurudeva,
I am a neophyte to the spiritual path and Krishna
consciousness, and I encountered a situation that left
me bewildered. A colleague of mine at work seemed to
share a very radical view about the path of God. She was
of the opinion that if one is not following Christ then
they are following Satan. I felt the need to express my
opposition to that. I shared the latest lesson C17-"Ever
Expanding Love" saying that the Bible preaches along the
same lines. She agreed, but said that anything other
than Christ is a deviation and it is Satan. Although I
completely disagree with her, it scares me to think that
there are many such people around. Should I be wary of
who I discuss my beliefs with? Its very unsettling to
hear such statements.
Priyanka S.
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Answer: Don't Believe in
Krishna. Know Krishna. |
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When presenting the
science of Krishna consciousness to others we must be
very careful. As long as you are on the platform of
taking Krishna consciousness as your belief, it will be
difficult for you to effectively present it to those who
are not familiar with it. To be effective in educating
others in this knowledge you must understand it
scientifically. In other words, you must master the art
of establishing and defending the bhakti science as the
highest truth.
Such preaching that if you don't accept Jesus you are
going to hell is meant for less intelligent persons who
are not capable of understanding the subtleties of the
science of God. Such emotionalism or fanaticism is
meant to somehow or other get them to become God
conscious at least on an elementary level. The foolish
so-called Christians who claim that the path of Krishna
bhakti is the path of Satan do not understand that Jesus
Christ also follows the same path of pure bhakti as
taught by Lord Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita.
Your foolish colleague does not realize that the strict
followers of Krishna bhakti are automatically 1st class
followers of Lord Jesus Christ. The Krishna bhaktas are
the best Christians because they strictly follow the
Biblical commandments, which these so-called Christians
are not even able to follow.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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