A devotee accepts Krishna as the greatest Friend, and any awkward or difficult situation as Krishna’s kindness—meant to bring about some ultimate good.
Anyone who truly understands karma becomes truly sympathetic and never tires of helping others get free from suffering.
That our present actions determine our future, no one can deny. If a runner doesn’t train or if a student doesn’t study, how can they succeed?
God can be seen, but, as in “seeing” the atom, we must be trained to interpret the relevant data.
People often ask us, “Can you prove the existence of God?”
"What about the “stories” Vyasadeva wrote? Was there really a boy named Krishna who lifted mountains and killed monsters?"
"Suddenly the train begins screeching a halt. 'Your stop,' the conductor says. I protest, 'But—but—I don’t want to get off here. I’m going to …'”
"The back tire on our minivan shredded and flew off. The car went out of control and after flipping over several times, landed upside down. . ."
"In a slaughterhouse many animals are brought together expressly to be killed. So this whole material world is a slaughterhouse."
"I shakily scrambled down the side of the cliff, no longer seeing the beauty of the countryside, but thinking the world was cold and cruel."
