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The Path of Perfection 9
“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the surabhi cows that fulfill
The Path of Perfection 9
Kṛṣṇa consciousness means always living with Kṛṣṇa in His spiritual planet. Because we are conscious of Kṛṣṇa, we are already living with Him. For one who remembers Kṛṣṇa without deviation, He is easy to obtain. Why should we try so hard to attain Kṛṣṇa, when Kṛṣṇa Himself says, “I am easy to obtain”? We have only to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma
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That is but a perverted reflection of the pleasure experienced with Kṛṣṇa in the spiritual world. Actual life is there in Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is full of pleasure, and if we train ourselves to serve Him in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it will be possible at the time of death to transfer ourselves to the spiritual world and enter into Kṛṣṇaloka, Kṛṣṇa’s planet, and enjoy ourselves in the association of Kṛṣṇa, the reservoir of all pleasure.
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Such a person who is continuously thinking of Kṛṣṇa and always engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the For him, there is only one system – Kṛṣṇa. Ananya-cetāḥ means “without deviation.” A Kṛṣṇa conscious devotee is not disturbed by anything, because his mind is always concentrated on Kṛṣṇa The word satatam means that he is thinking of Kṛṣṇa at all places and at all times. When Kṛṣṇa descended onto this earth, He appeared in Vṛndāvana.
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Kṛṣṇa’s planet is described in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.29) in this way:
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The bhakti-yogī knows that such a life is possible through practice of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and remembrance of Kṛṣṇa at the time of death.
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(Bhagavad-gītā 2.20) Kṛṣṇa thus instructs us that we are spirit soul and eternal; therefore why should One who is situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not interested in promotion to any planet where death exists Therefore Kṛṣṇa is called the reservoir of all pleasure. If, upon leaving this body, we transfer ourselves to the spiritual world – to Kṛṣṇa’s planet or any other
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It is our nature to hanker after Kṛṣṇa, because He is the most attractive, most beautiful, most opulent Everyone hankers after these qualities, and Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all these qualities, and He possesses Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of everything (raso vai saḥ); therefore when we hanker after beauty or power or knowledge or fame, we should just turn our attention to Kṛṣṇa.
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The dhyāna-yogī should vibrate oṁ while remembering Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead The impersonal sound of Kṛṣṇa is oṁ, but the sound Hare Kṛṣṇa contains oṁ.
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But a Kṛṣṇa conscious person is not interested in such interplanetary travel within the material universe His goal is service to Kṛṣṇa and transferral to the spiritual sky.
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It is herein stated that even if one travels at this speed for billions of years, Kṛṣṇa will still remain Yet for one who takes undeviatingly to this path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, Kṛṣṇa is easy to obtain.
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Actually Kṛṣṇa, being omnipotent, is unconquerable, but it is said that He is not only obtained but conquered
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The devotees of Kṛṣṇa are not interested in any planet within this material universe, because they know Therefore those who are in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are not interested in material life but spiritual life
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Arjuna is understanding God directly from the lips of Kṛṣṇa, and we have to understand God through the For one who does this, Lord Kṛṣṇa becomes easily available.
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Those who are not personalists, however, cannot enter into the spiritual planet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
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As long as we are on this earth, we should practice to love and serve Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord; then we