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are many interpreters and translators of this sublime dialogue who care nothing for Lord Kṛṣṇa or Arjuna

Bhagavad-gītā had become distorted; therefore the Lord had to reestablish the disciplic system beginning with Arjuna The Lord clearly told Arjuna (Bhagavad-gītā 4.3) that it was because Arjuna was His devotee and friend This also means that only one who follows the path of Arjuna can understand the Bhagavad-gītā.

Before hearing the Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna was disturbed by the material whirlpool, by his affection for Thus Arjuna wanted to become a philanthropic, nonviolent man of the world. Arjuna worshiped the Lord by fighting with his so-called relatives, and in this way he became a pure

Thus all Vedic literature confirms that Nārāyaṇa, or Kṛṣṇa, is the cause of all causes. In the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.1) also it is said that the Supreme Lord is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Govinda, the delighter know this from evidence given by the great sages and the Vedas, and thus they decide to worship Lord Kṛṣṇa Such persons are called budha, or really learned, because they worship only Kṛṣṇa.

Arjuna, for example, became a dhīra by submissively hearing from Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead Thus the perfect disciple must be like Arjuna, and the spiritual master must be as good as the Lord Himself

When Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared on earth five thousand years ago, He displayed His full manifestation as the He danced with the gopīs without social restriction and without reproach. Although the gopīs approached Him with a paramour’s feelings of love, the relationship between the gopīs and Lord Kṛṣṇa was worshiped even by Lord Caitanya, who was a strict sannyāsī and rigid follower of

Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.2):

Thus Kṛṣṇa is the origin of the powers delegated to demigods, great sages and mystics. endowed with great powers, these powers are limited, and thus it is very difficult for them to know how Kṛṣṇa

we must try to enter the spiritual planets, where we can live eternally in the association of Lord Kṛṣṇa Lord Kṛṣṇa or His plenary expansions dominate every one of these innumerable planets, a fact confirmed in the śruti mantras: eko vaśī sarva-gaḥ kṛṣṇa īḍyaḥ/ eko ’pi san bahudhā yo ’vabhāti.

this transcendental position, he at once surrenders unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Being, Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Such mental speculators do not know that the Absolute Personality of Godhead is Kṛṣṇa, that the impersonal Nor do they know that Kṛṣṇa has His eternal form with its transcendental qualities of eternal bliss and But the devotees of Kṛṣṇa, by dint of their surrendering unto Him and their unalloyed devotion, can know Such devotees continuously render loving service unto Kṛṣṇa, the fountainhead of everything.

The predominating Supreme Person residing within the spiritual nature is Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

The conviction that Kṛṣṇa is all in all is established when one hears the transcendental message from One who has no faith in or love for Lord Kṛṣṇa cannot be convinced of this simple truth.

In the Bhagavad-gītā (2.40) Lord Kṛṣṇa states that God-centered activities are so valuable that just

However, when one realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, in full potency after the removal of the hiraṇmaya-pātra, one realizes vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is known as Vāsudeva,

(15) One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings

“But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge?

This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is completely authorized from Vedic principles. In the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa says, “The actual aim of Vedic research is to find out Kṛṣṇa.” But Kṛṣṇa can be everywhere at one time. Kṛṣṇa, God, never becomes old. That is His supreme power. That is the potency of Kṛṣṇa’s devotees.

The Complete Whole, or the Supreme Absolute Truth, is the complete Personality of Godhead. Realization of impersonal Brahman or of Paramātmā, the Supersoul, is incomplete realization of the Absolute Realization of impersonal Brahman is realization of His sat feature, or His aspect of eternity, and Paramātmā realization is realization of His sat and cit features, His aspects of eternity and knowledge. If He were formless, or if He were less than His creation in any other way, He could not be complete.

systematically sees everything in relation to the Supreme Lord, who sees all living entities as His parts and parcels, and who sees the Supreme Lord within everything never hates anything or any being.