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Thus Kṛṣṇa also became known as Gopījana-vallabha, which indicates that His only business is to protect the gopī-jana. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement aims at teaching people how to become gopī-janas, or pure lovers of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa did not have to practice some yoga system in order to lift Govardhana Hill.

From the teachings of the Bhagavad-gītā we learn very clearly that Arjuna in the beginning did not want A person in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness acts by the dictation of Kṛṣṇa, and so Arjuna agreed to fight the

After advising Arjuna, He simply said, “Now I have explained everything to you. Arjuna replied immediately, kariṣye vacanaṁ tava: “Now I shall execute Your order.”

The Upaniṣads Are like a herd of cows, Lord Kṛṣṇa, son of a cowherd, Is their milker, Arjuna is the calf

This is accepted by the exemplary disciple, Arjuna, who has perfectly learned the conclusion of spiritual Recognizing Kṛṣṇa to be the Supreme Brahman, Arjuna addresses Him, sthāne hṛṣīkeśa…: “The world becomes

thousand years ago, in the Bhagavad-gītā dialogue, Lord Kṛṣṇa recommended yoga practice to His disciple Arjuna , but Arjuna flatly expressed his inability to follow the stringent rules and regulations of yoga.

It was just that way with the gopīs: as soon as they heard the sound of Kṛṣṇa’s flute, they gave up everything working in their family affairs, some were taking care of their children, but as soon as they heard Kṛṣṇa’s There is no impediment and no stumbling block in that merge of the mind with Kṛṣṇa.

Consider Arjuna, for instance. Arjuna was a member of a royal family, yet he was a pure devotee of God.

Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā: “My dear Arjuna, if one understands My appearance, disappearance, and

Mike Robinson: And you’re really not concerned whether or not they join the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement?

They were difficult even five thousand years ago, or else Arjuna would not have rejected the proposal

Sometimes He is called Pārtha-sārathi, indicating that He acted as the charioteer of Arjuna, who is sometimes

[Bhagavad-gītā 10.21] Also, in the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā Arjuna tells Kṛṣṇa, śaśi-sūrya-netram

For instance, in the Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna hesitated to fight, for certain moral reasons, but he was

O’Grady: And does becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious or God conscious mean becoming self-conscious?

They are always absorbed in the mood of the gopīs and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.”

Such eternal association means to play with Kṛṣṇa, to dance with and love Kṛṣṇa. Or Kṛṣṇa can become your child – whatever you like.… Unless one can love Kṛṣṇa, unless one finishes with love for cats, dogs, country, nation, and society and instead concentrates his love on Kṛṣṇa, there

But the name Kṛṣṇa means “all-attractive.” God attracts everyone; that is the definition of God. We have seen many pictures of Kṛṣṇa, and we see that He attracts the cows, calves, birds, beasts, trees He is attractive to the cowherd boys, to the gopīs, to Nanda Mahārāja, to the Pāṇḍavas, and to all human Therefore if any particular name can be given to God, that name is “Kṛṣṇa.”

Lord Kṛṣṇa and His abode exist, and one can go there, reach Him, and associate with Him. Such eternal association means to play with Kṛṣṇa, to dance with and love Kṛṣṇa. Or Kṛṣṇa can become your child – whatever you like.

The scope of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is universal. inculcation of pure love of God only, and this harmonious conclusion is practically realized by the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, or by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.