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Through bhakti, pure devotion to Kṛṣṇa, we can leave the association of Māyā and be promoted to the eternal association of Kṛṣṇa. of becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious? living entities who have been promoted to the perfect stage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Thus promoted, they are first of all allowed to see Kṛṣṇa on the planet where Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes are being

But who renders service to Kṛṣṇa unless he is a devotee of Kṛṣṇa? In this Society of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotees are rendering service without payment, out of love for Kṛṣṇa. All activities are connected with Kṛṣṇa, and therefore Kṛṣṇa consciousness is prevailing twenty-four We are not simply boasting that even a child can be the highest yogi simply by participating in Kṛṣṇa

arjuna uvāca ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāc calita-mānasaḥ aprāpya yoga-saṁsiddhiṁ kāṁ gatiṁ kṛṣṇa gacchati

etan me saṁśayaṁ kṛṣṇa chettum arhasy aśeṣataḥ tvad-anyaḥ saṁśayasyāsya chettā na hy upapadyate

We have more or less seen Kṛṣṇa as the viśva-rūpa during wartime in Calcutta in 1942. we were seeing that viśva-rūpa, and I was thinking, “Of course, this is also just another form of Kṛṣṇa A devotee wants to love Kṛṣṇa in His original form, and this viśva-rūpa is not His original form. Being omnipotent, Kṛṣṇa can appear in any form, but His lovable form is that of Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara. Naturally, the child loves his father when he’s at home like a father, and similarly we love Kṛṣṇa as

(Brahma-saṁhitā 5.44) Thus when we pray to Kṛṣṇa, we pray to Durgā immediately, because Durgā is His And when we pray to Durgā, we are actually praying to Kṛṣṇa, because she is working under the direction of Kṛṣṇa. When the devotee sees the activities of Māyā, he sees Kṛṣṇa immediately, thinking, “Oh, Māyā is acting so nicely under the direction of Kṛṣṇa.”

A devotee even respects Durgā, Māyā, because Māyā is Kṛṣṇa’s energy. If we respect Kṛṣṇa, we respect everyone, even an ant. Therefore Brahmā prays,

In this material world, we have forgotten the service of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa; therefore we have become servants Now just turn your service to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa and you will be happy. You have to render service – either to māyā [illusion], the senses, or to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.”

Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not rendered with some motive in mind. The devotees are not serving Kṛṣṇa in order that He supply them this or that. If Kṛṣṇa is there, everything is there, because Kṛṣṇa is everything. But this does not mean that we should try to conduct business with Kṛṣṇa, demanding, “Kṛṣṇa give me this Kṛṣṇa knows better than we do, and He knows our motives.

Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a method for connecting directly with the Supreme. Although many people entering this Society have no qualifications, they have become highly advanced in Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa is present in the form of His transcendental name, and we can contact Him immediately by hearing Simply by hearing the name Kṛṣṇa we immediately become freed from material contamination.

“This is my doubt, O Kṛṣṇa, and I ask You to dispel it completely.

“O son of Mahārāja Nanda [Kṛṣṇa], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other I have fallen into (Śikṣāṣṭaka 5) This is another way of asking Kṛṣṇa to engage us in His service.

Therefore please bestow Your grace upon me and reveal again Your form as the Personality of Godhead [Kṛṣṇa If Kṛṣṇa comes before you in the virāṭ-rūpa form, you will be so filled with fear that you will forget eager like the impersonalists to see the virāṭ-rūpa form; just render loving service to Śyāmasundara, Kṛṣṇa

It is herein stressed that one must be completely fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devoid of duality, and One is always wondering, “Shall I become Kṛṣṇa conscious, or should I engage in another consciousness executed in a previous life, his consciousness will be steadily fixed, and he will resolve, “I will be Kṛṣṇa

to a good family or to a righteous, rich, or aristocratic family, but if one is situated in perfect Kṛṣṇa It is better to complete the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness in this life. We only have to keep thinking of Kṛṣṇa; then we will be assured that our next birth will be in the spiritual

This chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa is so potent that through it we will immediately be purified. Therefore, for those who want to be initiated in this Society for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there are four If you want sex, get married and have Kṛṣṇa conscious children. As soon as one joins this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and follows these rules and regulations, material

completed in this life, because in this life we have all the instruments necessary to become fully Kṛṣṇa We have mṛdaṅgas and cymbals and tongues with which to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. We have only to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and use our ears to hear this vibration, and all perfection will be

“O mighty-armed Kṛṣṇa, does not such a man, who is bewildered from the path of transcendence, fall away

That direct means is the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, and that is the special gift of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu Therefore Rūpa Gosvāmī offers respects to Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te: “Oh, You are the most munificent incarnation because You are directly giving love of Kṛṣṇa. To attain pure love of Kṛṣṇa, one has to pass through so many stages of yoga, but You are giving this

“In Me” means in Kṛṣṇa; that is, the greatest yogi is always in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. sixth chapter on sāṅkhya-yoga: if one wants to attain the highest platform of yoga, one must remain in Kṛṣṇa