When devotees speak of next birth where they will
continue to practice Krsna consciousness from the
point where they have stopped in their previous life,
I get the understanding that they are refering to
the situation that they will be born, first of all,
(of all possible planets to take birth on) specifically
on this planet earth.
Even more specifically it seems that they have in
mind that they will come in contact with Gaudiya
Vaisnavism or maby be even born in GV family,
in either case to pick up the GV path once again.
How should one think about that?
Do we, as Gaudiya Vaisnavas at present, have to
continue our Krsna conscious efforts on this
planet, and in Gaudiya Vaisnavism in our next life?
Can we continue these efforts in any other bonafide
Krsna sect that will offer us the opportunity to become
Krsna consciouss in terms of Vrndavan lila of Krsna,
so that we ultimately can enter Vrindavan lila in the
position of one of the four higher rasas, that Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu came to give?
When devotees speak of next birth where they willcontinue to practice Krsna consciousness from the
point where they have stopped in their previous life,
I get the understanding that they are refering to
the situation that they will be born, first of all,
(of all possible planets to take birth on) specifically
on this planet earth.
Even more specifically it seems that they have in
mind that they will come in contact with Gaudiya
Vaisnavism or maby be even born in GV family,
in either case to pick up the GV path once again.
How should one think about that?
Do we, as Gaudiya Vaisnavas at present, have to
continue our Krsna conscious efforts on this
planet, and in Gaudiya Vaisnavism in our next life?
Can we continue these efforts in any other bonafide
Krsna sect that will offer us the opportunity to become
Krsna consciouss in terms of Vrndavan lila of Krsna,
so that we ultimately can enter Vrindavan lila in the
position of one of the four higher rasas, that Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu came to give?
You think too much about your next life. It will be determined by your present life.
You think too much about your next life. It will be determined by your present life.
Thank you Guru Maharaj, for your kind, simple and sublime answer.
May your answer(s) give peace to my sometimes over-inquisitive mind.
Please, accept my most respectful obeisances.