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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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Planet in Peril Even in Mauritius
uploaded from Mauritius |
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When
we experience drought even in a paradisial tropical
island like Mauritius we can understand that the planet
earth is becoming more and more in a perilous position.
What good will all of our scientific technological
advancement do if we don't even have rain? Without water
we will also have no food. It's not that we can survive
on computer chips and high speed internet connections.
If we want to solve this problem we must know the root
cause of water shortage. The modern day scientists say
the cause is global warming. But while this may be a
symptom of the problem, it is not the cause of the
problem. The basic problem is an increase in sinfulness
and the absence of the performance of sacrifice.
We understand
from the Bhagavad-gita that rain comes as a result of
the performance of yajna or sacrifice. We also
know from the revealed scriptures that the prescribed
sacrifice for this age is the performance of the
sankirtana yajna, the congregational chanting of the
holy names of God. So if we want to solve the world's
water shortage problem, all we have to do is regularly
perform sankirtana yajna, the congregational chanting of
the holy names of God in every town, village, and hamlet
all over the world. This alone will solve the drought
problem and all the world's problems. But the world's
leaders are not taking this advice. Therefore they need
to either wise up or step down to be replaced by a new
set of enlightened world leaders who know the Absolute
Truth and live the Absolute Truth.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Even
Heavenly Mauritius...
http://www.backtohome.com/images/2011-Fall/mauritius.jpg
Has
Depleted Water Reservoirs
http://www.backtohome.com/images/2011-Fall/Mauritius.drought.jpg
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Question: Is Destiny Predecided? |
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Is destiny already
predecided when we take the birth, or do we have the
capacity to alter our destiny? And also, is destiny
totally dependent on the past life karma or present life
karma? Some people also say that man is the captain of
his own ship.
Trying to be the servant of the servant of lord.
Thanks and regards,
Ravi K.
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Answer: Materially It Is, But
Spiritually It Is Not. |
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Materially our destiny is
already predetermined and cannot be changed. Therefore
anyone who remains in material consciousness has no
choice but to be a slave of karma. If one is not
satisfied with this position, he can break free from the
slavery of karma chakra and become the master of his
destiny by taking seriously to the pathway of spiritual
awakening, Krishna consciousness. Everyone has this free
choice at every minute. Therefore everyone is the
architect of his own destiny. But if he casts his fate
to wind by becoming the servant of his senses instead of
God, he must suffer the karmic reactions birth after
birth, whether he likes them or not.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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