Tasting the Nectar of Krishna-prema.

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Hare Krishna , Tasting the Nectar of Krishna-prema Let's face it . Material existence is dry. What do you get in the ultimate issue in exchange for an entire lifetime of struggling hard to maintain your existence? You get nothing more than old age, disease, and death. What's the point then of struggling so hard for nothing? There is no point. That is the point . What we are really hankering for is amrita, deathless nectar. We want to always experience a sweetness which can never be impinged upon by any kind of material situation. We desire nothing short of a sort of happiness that goes on increasing more and more for all of eternity that cannot be restricted in any way even by death. That happiness is known as Krishna-prema ( Love of Sri Sri Krishna) . na kascin mriyate tavad yavad asta ihantakah etad-artham hi bhagavan ahutah paramarsibhih aho nr-loke piyeta hari-lilamrtam vacah ("As long as Yamaraja, who causes everyone's death, is present here, no one shall meet with death. The great sages have invited the controller of death, Yamaraja, who is the representative of the Lord. Living beings who are under his grip should take advantage by hearing the deathless nectar in the form of this narration of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord." Srimad Bhagavatam 1.16.8.) By carefully studying and practicing the science of Krishna consciousness you will become fully convinced that Sri Krishna is the Supreme

Personality of Godhead and that you are His eternal servant . Then you will be able to convince anyone to take to the pathway of Krishna bhakti . Simply now you must acquire Bhagavad Gita, study it every day, and strictly follow its injunctions. You will fully realize Krishna the Supreme God ; and your relationship with Him. The grace of Krishna can be received even if you are not seeing Him his physically in front of you . There are two ways in which Krishna is present. One is His physical form which has been seen time and again by those great devotees . In Sanskrit language this is called "vapuh." The other form is His vibrational presence of His instructions (Gita) . This is called "vani." Of the two ‘ vani ’ is more easily available to the devotees because access to ‘vapuh’ is always limited due to the effects of Maya. But, ‘vani’ affords the devotee unlimited eternal access to the Lord . ‘Saranagati’ (seeking refuge of the Lord) and applying His instructions , qualifies you for Krishna’s grace. Krishna’s grace is manifest in the form of the seed of bhakti which is planted in the heart. When you submissively hear from Krishna’s genuine devotee, that bhakti seed becomes planted in your heart . Then, if you want that seed to fructify into a full grown plant of love of Godhead, you must regularly water the seedling and keep the garden

of your heart free from any weeds that can choke the bhakti plant . The watering process is chanting Hare Krishna mantra at least 16 rounds daily on japa beads. The weeds are : 1. Illicit sex life 2. Meat eating 3. Intoxication 4. Gambling That grace can be received in a fraction of a second . The verdict of all revealed scriptures is that by associating with Sri Krishna for even one eleventh of a second one can achieve complete spiritual success. Sankarshan Das

Adhikari --------------------- QUESTION & ANSWER Question – (Can Man Make Up a Religion) ? Namaste. I wanted to know. Can man make up a religion, if it has love of God in it? Or must he be a qualified and pure messenger of God like Srila Prabhupada was? Answer – (Religion Can Only Be Given by God). Man cannot make up a religion. If a religious system is concocted it will not be effective in

liberating its followers from the miseries . It is confirmed in the Srimad Bhagavatam that religion can be given only by God. dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam "Real religious principles can only be given by God." Even though Srila Prabhupada is a most highly

qualified and pure messenger of God, he did not make up a religion. He simply purely presents what Krishna is giving in the Bhagavad-gita . If a postman delivers you a letter, you want to receive it in its original pure form. You do not want the postman to change it or concoct a letter that is supposedly from your friend when they factually wrote you something else. In the same way we must learn religion directly from the Godhead Himself in the Bhagavad-gita or from his pure messenger who does not adulterate it in any way. The highly qualified and pure messenger will deliver Krishna's teachings to you in their original pure form without even a slight tinge of adulteration, 100% pure. In spiritual life 99.99% pure is not good enough. We must be following a system that is 100% pure if we want to go back to Godhead. Sankarshan Das

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