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Now let us eat this cow.” Such a person may look on other humans as brothers, but he looks on the cow as food. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person, however, thinks, “Oh, here is a cow. Here is a dog.

A person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness certainly sees Lord Kṛṣṇa everywhere, and he sees everything in Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa’s energy. Therefore the tree is connected to Kṛṣṇa. In this way, the Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not see the tree, but sees Kṛṣṇa present. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness: you don’t see the tree. You see Kṛṣṇa.

(Bhagavad-gītā 6.30) This is sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ: always remembering Kṛṣṇa. If we practice living in this way, we never lose Kṛṣṇa and are never lost to Kṛṣṇa, and at the time of death we are therefore sure to go to Kṛṣṇa. If we are not lost to Kṛṣṇa, where can we go but to Kṛṣṇa? In the ninth chapter, Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna, kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati: “O son of Kuntī

preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Because he sees Kṛṣṇa in all beings. How is this? Because he sees that all beings are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. He also understands that since these beings have forgotten Kṛṣṇa, it is his duty to awaken them to Kṛṣṇa He understands that everyone should know himself to be part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa.

Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the stage beyond self-realization in which the devotee becomes one with Kṛṣṇa in the sense that Kṛṣṇa becomes everything for the devotee, and the devotee becomes full in loving Kṛṣṇa To merge in Kṛṣṇa is spiritual annihilation. A devotee takes no such risk.

Whatever is done in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, knowingly or unknowingly, will have its effect. so much in their bank account of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa is the supreme spirit, and if a child partakes in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he will be affected Kṛṣṇa will act, whether the child knows or does not know. Every living being should be given a chance to partake of Kṛṣṇa consciousness because Kṛṣṇa is there

are in the material world, we are seated on the material energy, and therefore we are situated in Kṛṣṇa , because Kṛṣṇa’s energy is not separate from Kṛṣṇa. floor, we are actually sitting on Kṛṣṇa. Seeing Kṛṣṇa everywhere means seeing every living being as well as everything else in relationship to Kṛṣṇa.

When a devotee sees a cat or a dog, he sees Kṛṣṇa in him. The devotee helps the cat by giving it some kṛṣṇa-prasāda so that someday the cat will come to Kṛṣṇa This is seeing Kṛṣṇa in the cat. The devotee does not think, “Oh, here is Kṛṣṇa. If one sees a tiger, he does not say, “Oh, here is Kṛṣṇa. Come on, please eat me.” he sees all beings as part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa.

One who is engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is already a perfect yogi. In fact, there is no difference between a Kṛṣṇa conscious devotee always engaged in the transcendental loving service of Kṛṣṇa and a perfect yogi engaged in meditation on the Supersoul. There is no difference between a yogi in samādhi (in a trance meditating on the Viṣṇu form) and a Kṛṣṇa A devotee of the Lord, always acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is automatically liberated.

“By concentrating one’s attention on the transcendental form of Kṛṣṇa, who is all-pervading and beyond time and space, one becomes absorbed in thinking of Kṛṣṇa and then attains the happy state of transcendental

Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the highest stage of trance in yoga practice. This very understanding that Kṛṣṇa is present as Paramātmā in everyone’s heart makes the yogi faultless

We should be careful not to make the mistake of thinking that everyone is Kṛṣṇa; rather, we should see Kṛṣṇa in everyone. Kṛṣṇa is all-pervading. Why is He to be seen only in human beings? This is possible because the true yogi knows that everything that we see is Kṛṣṇa. How is this carpet Kṛṣṇa? It is Kṛṣṇa because it is made of Kṛṣṇa’s energy.

Since Kṛṣṇa is speaking, the “Me” refers to Kṛṣṇa. We must therefore clearly understand that, since Bhagavad-gītā is being spoken by Śrī Kṛṣṇa, when He says “unto Me,” He means unto Kṛṣṇa.

Some people say that all beings are Kṛṣṇa and that therefore there is no point in worshiping Kṛṣṇa separately They say, “Why should Kṛṣṇa be worshiped? Kṛṣṇa says that one should see Kṛṣṇa in every being.

Thus the devotee sees Kṛṣṇa in everything. He is not under the illusion that everything has become Kṛṣṇa. If I see every living being as the son of Kṛṣṇa, I see Kṛṣṇa in every being.

Simply don’t lose sight of Kṛṣṇa. That is the perfection of life. We can forget everything else, but we should never forget Kṛṣṇa. If we can remember Kṛṣṇa, we are the richest of men, even though people may see us as very poor.

A yogi who is practicing meditation on the Supersoul sees within himself the plenary portion of Kṛṣṇa This manifestation of Viṣṇu, which is the yogi’s object of concentration, is Kṛṣṇa’s plenary portion.

That the devotee, always acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is automatically situated on the liberated platform

Once a person has learned the philosophy of the Bhagavad-gītā, whenever he drinks water, he sees Kṛṣṇa This is the way of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. “I am the light of the sun and the moon.” How, then, can we forget Kṛṣṇa? This, then, is the way of perfect yoga. We have to see Kṛṣṇa everywhere and at all times.

It is not that God is sitting in my heart and not in the heart of a dog, cat, or cow.