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“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, fulfilling all

Similarly, the cows are called surabhi, and they yield an endless supply of milk.

If one practices Kṛṣṇa consciousness by chanting the mahā-mantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa and His name are nondifferent, and Kṛṣṇa and His transcendental abode are also nondifferent. If, for instance, we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa on the street, we will see that Kṛṣṇa is going with us, just as If Kṛṣṇa’s inferior energy may appear to go with us, is it not possible for Kṛṣṇa Himself to be with If, however, we are always merged in the thought of Kṛṣṇa, we should rest assured that Kṛṣṇa is always

namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya- nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ

For one who dies in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, as stated before, entrance into Kṛṣṇaloka, the supreme abode where Kṛṣṇa resides, is guaranteed. At this point one may ask what the advantage is in going to that planet, and Kṛṣṇa Himself answers,

“I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other avatāra, even Kṛṣṇa Himself, because He is bestowing freely what no one else has ever given – pure love of Kṛṣṇa.”

It has already been ascertained that at the time of death, if one can think of Kṛṣṇa, he is immediately transferred to the abode of Kṛṣṇa.

on the pure brahma-bhūta spiritual platform, above the three modes, we must take up the method of Kṛṣṇa The gift of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the chanting of the names of Kṛṣṇa – Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa

and now I am in America, but this does not mean that I am out of Vṛndāvana, because if I think of Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa consciousness means that one always lives with Kṛṣṇa on that spiritual planet, Goloka Vṛndāvana Smarati nityaśaḥ means “continuously remembering,” and for one who is continuously remembering Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Himself says that He is easily purchased by this bhakti-yoga process. We can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare

One of the differences between Kṛṣṇa and an ordinary being is that an ordinary entity can be in only Kṛṣṇa’s abode in the transcendental kingdom is called Goloka Vṛndāvana. When Kṛṣṇa descends Himself by His own internal potency, His dhāma, or abode, also descends. Despite this, Kṛṣṇa’s abode remains eternally in the transcendental sphere, in the Vaikuṇṭhas. of Kṛṣṇa.

But this ignorance can be removed by this process of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. How is this? , Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Hare Kṛṣṇa is simply an address to the Supreme Lord and His energies. Hare means energy, and Kṛṣṇa is the name of the Supreme Lord, so when we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa we are saying Hare Kṛṣṇa is but an address to the Supreme Lord, requesting Him to accept us.

He who has progressed in devotional life and who is relishing service to Kṛṣṇa will automatically become The symptom of one absorbed in bhakti is that he is fully satisfied with Kṛṣṇa.

Here Kṛṣṇa indicates that if one is able to leave his body at a particular time, he can become liberated There is this element of chance, but there is no question of chance for a devotee always in Kṛṣṇa consciousness , for he is guaranteed entrance into the abode of Kṛṣṇa by dint of his devotion to the Lord.

As Rūpa Gosvāmī points out, we have to serve Kṛṣṇa favorably. Our aim should be to understand Kṛṣṇa. Of course Kṛṣṇa is unlimited, and it is not possible to understand Him, but we have to accept what we Through receiving knowledge in this way, we should know that Kṛṣṇa is pleased, and we should serve Him Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a great science with immense literatures, and we should utilize them for the attainment

In the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa describes what one should do when giving up the body. For the dhyāna-yogī (meditator) Śrī Kṛṣṇa speaks the following verses:

Merely by chanting we can have all the advantages of personal association with Kṛṣṇa. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is not only considered to be a realized soul but an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa has pointed out that in this age of Kali, although men have no real facilities for self-realization, Kṛṣṇa The vibrations of Hare Kṛṣṇa are so potent that anyone can immediately begin chanting them, without any

We all want Kṛṣṇa and are all hankering after Him. Kṛṣṇa is the most attractive, the most beautiful, the most opulent, the most powerful, and the most learned Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all of this, so we need only turn our attention toward Him, and we will get Whatever is our heart’s desire will be fulfilled by this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa therefore encourages us to transcend the bodily conception of existence and attain to our actual

For one who is Kṛṣṇa conscious, Kṛṣṇa is always present and can be perceived constantly.