Take Advantage of Every Opportunity to go Deeper in Your Practice | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 17 May 2026

I went to Vṛndāvana for Puruṣottama-māsa. It was right after 9/11 and the plane was empty; there were only a couple of people on there. When we landed in Delhi, it was really hot because it was 2001—imagine that. It was very hot because it was still September when I got there. Everybody wanted to know about what was going to happen to America, what was going to happen to the world, because of that attack. But once I got into Vṛndāvana, there were so many millions of people coming there. I've never seen Vṛndāvana more crowded. I was staying at Govardhana, and people were coming for Govardhana-parikramā 24 hours a day. There was not a lull. In fact, on at least one night, I waited to see if the crowd abated at any time. I was with Mādhava Mahārāja, my godbrother; we stayed at Rādhā-kuṇḍa that night at Bhakti Svarūpa Dāmodara Mahārāja's ashram, and we'd wake up—each of us, every hour—to look out of the bars on the ashram window to see if the crowds going around had slowed down. And they never did for the whole month. People came from all over India to come to Vṛndāvana during that time. I completely forgot about the world and what was happening in America. It was a time in which people were just so absorbed in taking advantage of the mercy of the Lord that they had no other care in the world. So, all of us can take advantage at any time, but this is the great excuse we have: that we're offered a time in which we can fully absorb ourselves. We have to keep taking advantage of every opportunity to go deeper, because it's the ultimate goal of life. When we have these time periods in which the śāstras say there's extra, then we should use it as an excuse to go deeper into our own practice and see what it feels like to have no other concern in the world except for remembering Kṛṣṇa, chanting Kṛṣṇa's names, and distributing them to other people. (0:09) ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://vaisesikadasayatra.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://thefourquestionsbook.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark ------------------------------------------------------------ #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose