Vishnu Dasa’s life as an artist exemplifies an important principle of bhakti-yoga: using one’s particular nature in Krishna’s service. Understanding who we are in this life, therefore, can help us progress spiritually, and that’s the theme of “bhakti and our Authentic Illusory self,” by Arcana siddhi Devi Dasi. By engaging our particular natures in bhaktiyoga, we move beyond the limited, bodily conception of self that stifles us individually and blocks all attempts at universal brotherhood, as Hari Sauri Dasa explains in “the true sage sees With equal Vision.”
Seeing all living beings with equal vision is one of many enlightened ideals expressed by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita, an often misunderstood text. Attempts by some in Russia to ban Srila prabhupada’s Bhagavad-Gita As It Is inspired Caitanya Carana Dasa’s “extremist misconceptions About the Bhagavad-gita.”
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•To help all people discern reality from illusion, spirit from matter, the eternal from the temporary.
•To expose the faults of materialism.
•To offer guidance in the Vedic techniques of spiritual life.
•To preserve and spread the Vedic culture.
•To celebrate the chanting of the holy names of God as taught by Lord Sri caitanya mahaprabhu.
•To help every living being remember and serve Sri Krishna, the personality of Godhead.