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Attaining the Supreme Nirvana
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Under the sublime guidance, blessings, and inspiration of:
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness, taught by His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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In Bhagavad-gita 6.15 Lord Sri Krishna tells Arjuna about nirvana-paramam, the supreme nirvana. Many consider that attaining nirvana means to merge into the void or nothingness. But such a state is not possible because there is no such thing as nothingness. The real conception of nirvana, or the cessation of material existence, is to become completely free from the clutches of the material energy by being fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness. In other words, the person who has taken fully to Krishna consciousness is already situated in nirvana. Those who achieve the Buddhist nirvana do not actually merge into nothingness. Rather they enter into an intermediary area situated between the material world and the spiritual world. They can only remain there temporarily and then they come back down again into material existence. So, while they may get some temporary relief from material suffering, it is not permanent relief. If one wants permanent relief, he must take to Krishna consciousness and attain the supreme nirvana from which there is no coming back to his material repetition of birth, death, old age, and disease.
Lord Balarama, being carried to His chariot during the 2013 Los Angeles Ratha-yatra
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Under the sublime guidance, blessings, and inspiration of:
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness, taught by His Grace Sriman Sankarshan Das Adhikari
www.backtohome.com ------------------------------------------------------------------
In Bhagavad-gita 6.15 Lord Sri Krishna tells Arjuna about nirvana-paramam, the supreme nirvana. Many consider that attaining nirvana means to merge into the void or nothingness. But such a state is not possible because there is no such thing as nothingness. The real conception of nirvana, or the cessation of material existence, is to become completely free from the clutches of the material energy by being fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness. In other words, the person who has taken fully to Krishna consciousness is already situated in nirvana. Those who achieve the Buddhist nirvana do not actually merge into nothingness. Rather they enter into an intermediary area situated between the material world and the spiritual world. They can only remain there temporarily and then they come back down again into material existence. So, while they may get some temporary relief from material suffering, it is not permanent relief. If one wants permanent relief, he must take to Krishna consciousness and attain the supreme nirvana from which there is no coming back to his material repetition of birth, death, old age, and disease.
Lord Balarama, being carried to His chariot during the 2013 Los Angeles Ratha-yatra
Goodbye, Friends.
Life goes on, our paths diverge. We each have our own journey to make. In many ways, life is all about learning to let go, to say goodbye. And now, it's my time for me to say it to all of you, my friends. Maybe not forever - nothing is forever except our eternal selves, so we'll definitely see each other again someday - but for now, this particular chapter in my life has come to a close.
Thank you for all your years of friendship, support, and love. There's definitely a few of you whom I'll never forget. Keep your ears to the ground, your eyes open, and most importantly, keep Lord Krishna in your heart. Never miss an opportunity to grow, phy
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We All Make Mistakes
In this material world we are all prone to make mistakes, and thus we often do so. This is our longstanding tendency stemming from our primeval mistake of desiring to enjoy separately from God. Originally we were situated with Him in His unlimitedly sweet pastimes in the spiritual world. But due to our foolish enviousness of His position as the Supreme we desired to be one like Him. This is compared to the small child who saw the moon in the sky and desired to have it as her toy. Her mother satisfied her desire by giving her a mirror in her hand in which the moon was reflected. The child did not really have the moon. She
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Reverses Help Us Prepare For Death
In this material world we often face extremely stressful reverse situations. How we handle these disturbances can either make or break our advancement in Krishna consciousness. If we become bewildered and angry in such circumstances, we have come down to the material platform of hankering and lamentation in which we become completely forgetful of Krishna. However, if we take these awkward, unpleasant situations for what they really are, excellent training exercises to help us become prepared for the time of death, we will not be bewildered or confused. We will be able to keep a cool head and strengthen our attachment to Krishna by realiz
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