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The only hope, by Haripada dasa

The only hope to go back to God or Krishna is to obey the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada, there are many people who think that they are gurus without the authorization of God or Krishna, these people are deceiving themselves and others, Srila Prabhupada always said that this is a great impediment for Krishna consciousness to expand, the only hope to lead a simple life with elevated thoughts is to obey the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada, the only hope to achieve the goal of human life that is to have love for God or Krishna, it is to obey the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada, the only hope to get to live with Srila Prabhupada, is to obey the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada, the only hope to lead a pure and sinless life, it is obeying the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada, the only hope to come to love your enemies, is to obey the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada.

By His mercy God or Krishna sends His closest devotees from the spiritual world to the material world to reestablish the principles of religion, religion means the Laws of God, and the result of obeying God’s laws is that one is freed from entanglement material. When Srila Prabhupada was born the astrologer said that this boy when he is 70 years old will leave India to go to the western countries to preach Krishna consciousness, he will open more than one hundred Krishna temples, he will write 80 books and these books will be the law books for the next 10,000 years for all of humanity. To date, more than 500 million of his books have been distributed in all the languages of the world. Srila Prabhupada did not come to make a new religion, but to preach concepts and truths that are eternal, as Jesus Christ said that I have not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. When humanity obeys these eternal truths there will be peace and prosperity in the world.

I am going to try to expose those eternal truths that Srila Prabhupada taught us, the first lesson to be understood and accepted is that we are not the temporal material body but eternal spiritual souls, we are parts and portions of God or Krishna, and our happiness is in serving God or Krishna and His devotees taught us that God is Krishna and gave us a process to awaken our latent love that we all have for God or Krishna, and how there is only God or Krishna and His energies in a natural way when we love God. o Krishna, we will love everyone and everything, taught us that everything is from God or Krishna because He has created everything, and that a person becomes honest and wise when he uses everything to serve God or Krishna and His devotees, taught us that The spiritual world exists, and that the goal of human life is to go back home to God. He taught us that the real problems are freeing us from birth, death, old age and disease, he taught us that the only spiritual process in Kali yuga or the present age is chanting The Maha-Mantra Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna , Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (the H reads J for jota), and he taught us that the pure and intimate devotees of God or Krishna never die, they live eternally on his instructions, and those who obey them live with them.

Srila Prabhupada explains that the Lord deputes some of His devotees to remodel the fallen condition of human society:

“…When there are too many asuras in the world, then it becomes a hell for those who are devotees of the Lord. Due to the growth of the asuras, the mass of people who are generally devoted to the Lord by nature and the pure devotees of the Lord, including the demigods in higher planets, pray to the Lord for relief, and the Lord either descends personally from His abode or deputes some of His devotees to remodel the fallen condition of human society, or even animal society. Such disruptions take place not only in human society but also among animals, birds or other living beings, including the demigods in the higher planets…”
[Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.13.50]

Hare Krishna — I wrote this more than ten years ago but it now seems much more relevant than ever before.

Nuclear War Survival Tips
By Narasimha das

Like death itself, no one likes to talk about nuclear war. We prefer to avoid this line of thinking. But although we tend to ignore the possibility of nuclear holocaust, that doesn’t make the problem go away.

As death is certain, war is certain. In a nuclear-armed world, nuclear war is certain. Just because we have somehow avoided it since 1945 doesn’t mean it won’t happen again. But we hate to admit this danger due to its ghastly implications and our feelings of helplessness. A responsible person makes preparations for many kinds of dangers but avoids the thought of nuclear war due to feelings of fatalistic helplessness.

There is no need to remain helpless and hapless in the face of this growing danger. Hiding our heads in sand is no solution. Education and positive action, on the other hand, can help assure us that death, although certain, will come naturally in our old age and not in a ghastly and untimely way through nuclear holocaust.

The first step toward a safer future is education. We need to dispel the myths surrounding ideas of nuclear war. In this regard ignorance and apathy are very dangerous.

Twelve Myths of Nuclear Warfare

Below, I have briefly summarized twelve prominent myths regarding the probable cause and effects of a nuclear world war. Read the rest of this entry →

Vedic Perspectives
Economics of Atheism vs. Economics of Eden
By Narasimha das

Economics of Atheism

Modern economic theories are based almost entirely on the principles of what I call “the economics of atheism”. This economic theory has evolved from a concocted pseudo-science that defies common sense logic and many natural laws. It teaches that a healthy economy requires constant growth. The slowing of economic growth is seen as a dangerous sign of a coming “recession” or “depression”. A recession or depression, they believe, will bring poverty and severe challenges for workers and businessmen alike. Therefore, mainstream economists generally believe that the first goal for a nation or society is steady economic growth by any and every means possible—despite the risks of war and environmental catastrophe.

True believers in the “economics of atheism” promote the political idea that elite humans have the right to exploit the planet’s resources, including all animals and people, for their business enterprises– even if such enterprises are proven to contaminate or pollute people, air, sky, water, and land. Business and political leaders who always prioritize money and power pursue goals of constant economic growth even when it is proven that such growth is detrimental to the environment and people in general.

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