H.H. Shri Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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My Spiritual Master Wrote in October 2010

Do We Only Talk About
Hare Krishna?

On 4 November, 2010 in Kaunas, Lithuania on a chilly, dark, rainy and windy evening I was led into an an old, cold and dingy Soviet era building through an obscure passageway into a hall packed full of eager listeners ready to hear my lecture on the spiritual history of the world. They were super responsive and would often applaud in appreciation of various points that I made during the lecture and the question and answer session.

When a girl who was familiar with our prohibition against illicit wanted to know how we could possibly live without sex I explained to her that since chanting Hare Krishna is ten millions more pleasurable than having sex, it is easy to give it up.

Someone objected to the constant happiness of Krishna consciousness on the grounds that one must also suffer in order to enjoy happiness. But when I asked, "When you go a restaurant do you order some rotten food from the garbage along your meal so that you can enjoy your dinner?" the objector was defeated and could not say a word.

Especially memorable was when someone challenged me, "Do you only talk about Hare Krishna?" Understanding the universal non-dogmatic nature of Krishna consciousness I said, "No." But then I was dumbfounded what I would say next until within a second Krishna came to my rescue with the answer. I said, "I also talk about Hare Rama." The instant and poetic nature of my response enlivened the audience like anything, and the entire hall immediately erupted in a resounding wave of applause.***

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