After spending one month in Krishnuv Dvur in the Czech Republic, compiling the preliminary manuscript for my new book on the vanaprastha-ashrama, I decided to visit the devotees in Slovakia. It was my first visit to this part of Europe, and I spent one week at the nice preaching centre in Zvolen, and one week at New Ekachakra in the Eastern part of Slovakia, near the border to Ukraine.
The devotees eagerly received me and arranged various programs at the temple, and also in a grihastha's home. We enjoyed each other's association while churning relevant topics related to our practical spiritual life.
The devotees eagerly received me and arranged various programs at the temple, and also in a grihastha's home. We enjoyed each other's association while churning relevant topics related to our practical spiritual life.
After offering a seminar on death for the community in New Ekachakra, a mother asked whether it is possible for a devotee to have been a cow in his previous life. She further shared how her son who is now 4 years old, stated in his very early childhood, that he remembered his previous life as a cow. Interestingly, a senior devotee of the community used to take care of 200 cows, and over the years they gradually passed away, with only one cow being still alive today. And this boy stated that he was a cow in his herd, and even pointed to the field where he used to graze and finally gave up his cow's body.
Now, at the age of 4, he does not talk about his previous life any longer. It is a well-known fact that children can best remember their previous lives and will speak about it at a very young age - as soon as they can talk. Upon my inquiry, the mother related that she never had much interaction with the cows, but has had a long-standing friendship with the family who was taking care of the huge herd of cows. We joked that maybe all the children born in their community were cows in that herd in their previous lives…
In his book "Miracle on 2nd Avenue", Chapter 23 entitled "The Les Crane Show", Mukunda Gosvami shares the following statement by Srila Prabhupada:
"So, animals are also affected by modes of material nature. Cows are in mode of goodness. In next life, cows generally are born as humans in sattva. Lions and tigers are in mode of passion and monkeys are in mode of ignorance. They become in next life humans in passion and ignorance."
I was deeply touched witnessing a living example of the knowledge Srila Prabhupada has so kindly made available to us...
On the 10th of July I flew to India to travel out to Mayapur on yet another mission...
Your servant, Devaki dd
Please visit www.theholynameretreat.net
www.therootsofspiritualculture.net
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Now, at the age of 4, he does not talk about his previous life any longer. It is a well-known fact that children can best remember their previous lives and will speak about it at a very young age - as soon as they can talk. Upon my inquiry, the mother related that she never had much interaction with the cows, but has had a long-standing friendship with the family who was taking care of the huge herd of cows. We joked that maybe all the children born in their community were cows in that herd in their previous lives…
In his book "Miracle on 2nd Avenue", Chapter 23 entitled "The Les Crane Show", Mukunda Gosvami shares the following statement by Srila Prabhupada:
"So, animals are also affected by modes of material nature. Cows are in mode of goodness. In next life, cows generally are born as humans in sattva. Lions and tigers are in mode of passion and monkeys are in mode of ignorance. They become in next life humans in passion and ignorance."
I was deeply touched witnessing a living example of the knowledge Srila Prabhupada has so kindly made available to us...
On the 10th of July I flew to India to travel out to Mayapur on yet another mission...
Your servant, Devaki dd
Please visit www.theholynameretreat.net
www.therootsofspiritualculture.net
https://www.facebook.com/instituteforspiritualculture/
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