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In the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna that both He and Arjuna had had many births before and that He (Kṛṣṇa) could remember all of them but Arjuna could not. This illustrates the difference between the knowledge of Kṛṣṇa and that of Arjuna. Arjuna might have been a very great warrior, a well-cultured member of the Kuru dynasty, but after all

remembers all the incidents of His appearances some millions and billions of years in the past, but Arjuna’s

Since Kṛṣṇa is all-attractive, one should know that all his desires should be focused on Kṛṣṇa. Bhagavad-gītā it is said that the individual person is the proprietor or master of his own body, but that Kṛṣṇa As such, if we concentrate our loving propensities upon Kṛṣṇa only, then immediately universal love,

is unlimitedly and simultaneously wealthy, powerful, famous, beautiful, wise and unattached, like Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a historical person who appeared on this earth 5,000 years unparalleled in the history of the world, and therefore anyone who knows what we mean by Godhead will accept Kṛṣṇa

The art of focusing one’s attention on the Supreme and giving one’s love to Him is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness We have inaugurated the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement so that everyone can satisfy his propensity for loving others simply by directing his love toward Kṛṣṇa. of the world, are all useless and frustrating because of our gross ignorance of the art of loving Kṛṣṇa But the real fact is that people can be happy only by loving Kṛṣṇa.

Viṣṇu Svāmī, Lord Caitanya and all their followers by disciplic succession, all unanimously agree that Kṛṣṇa

Within the prison of His maternal uncle Kaṁsa, where His father and mother were confined, Kṛṣṇa appeared When Kṛṣṇa was just a small baby the gigantic demoness Pūtanā attempted to kill Him, but when He sucked Kṛṣṇa had no chance to practice the mystic yoga process, yet He manifested Himself as the Supreme Personality In this book, Kṛṣṇa, all of His activities as a human being are described. Although Kṛṣṇa plays like a human being, He always maintains His identity as the Supreme Personality

severe austerities, penances and sacrifices in his life, if he fails to awaken his dormant love for Kṛṣṇa On the other hand, if one has awakened his dormant love for Kṛṣṇa, then what is the use in executing

And at last my ever-willing blessings are bestowed upon Śrīmān Śyāmasundara dāsa Adhikārī, Śrīmān Brahmānanda dāsī, Śrīmatī Jadurāṇī-devī dāsī, Śrīmān Muralīdhara dāsa Brahmacārī, Śrīmān Bhāradvāja dāsa Adhikārī and

In the ninth chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā this science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is called the king of all Yet we can directly experience the results of this science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness because it is very Whatever percentage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness we can perform will become an eternal asset to our life, for the Western countries can directly perceive the results of channeling the loving propensity toward Kṛṣṇa

The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is the unique gift of Lord Caitanya to the fallen souls of this age. This book, Kṛṣṇa, is another presentation to help the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement in the Western world Now this tendency can be directed to Kṛṣṇa.

It is said in the Bhagavad-gītā that even a little effort expended on the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness can be cited of people who have escaped the greatest dangers of life due to a slight advancement in Kṛṣṇa science, literature, philosophy and religion will be revealed, and ultimately, by reading this one book, Kṛṣṇa

The immediate answer is that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. How is that? In other words, Kṛṣṇa is the Godhead because He is all-attractive.

Kṛṣṇa can perfectly reciprocate one’s loving propensities in different relationships called mellows, One can love Kṛṣṇa as the supreme unknown, as the supreme master, the supreme friend, the supreme child One can also love Kṛṣṇa indirectly in seven different relationships, which are apparently different from All in all, however, if one simply reposes his dormant loving propensity in Kṛṣṇa, then his life becomes One can directly perceive the effects that love for Kṛṣṇa has on his life.

nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād bhavauṣadhāc chrotra-mano-’bhirāmāt ka uttamaśloka-guṇānuvādāt pumān virajyeta vinā paśu-ghnāt

(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.1.4)

In the Western countries, when someone sees the cover of a book like Kṛṣṇa, he immediately asks, “Who is Kṛṣṇa? Who is the girl with Kṛṣṇa?” etc.

Kṛṣṇa is not that kind of God.

My grateful acknowledgment is due to Śrīmān George Harrison, now chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, for his liberal May Kṛṣṇa bestow upon this nice boy further advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Hare Kṛṣṇa.