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In this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we are meditating directly on Śrī Kṛṣṇa. garden and digging in the earth, but he is thinking, “I am cultivating beautiful roses to offer to Kṛṣṇa Similarly, chanting and dancing in the temple are forms of meditating on Kṛṣṇa. on Kṛṣṇa twenty-four hours a day. “Meditate upon Me within the heart, and make Me the ultimate goal of life,” Śrī Kṛṣṇa says.

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.

to Kṛṣṇa’s abode. Therefore Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna to always remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Since Kṛṣṇa and His spiritual kingdom are nondifferent, being absolute, Kṛṣṇa and His sound vibration Simply by vibrating Kṛṣṇa’s name, we can enjoy Kṛṣṇa’s association. If we are walking down the street chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is also going with us.

The bhakti-yogī, acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, works for the satisfaction of the whole without self-interest A Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not desire self-satisfaction. Rather, his criterion of success is the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa; therefore he is considered the perfect

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

may take the effort to spend a great deal of money and attempt to build or establish a temple for Kṛṣṇa herein it is confirmed that simply by chanting, any man can have the benefit of keeping company with Kṛṣṇa Just as Arjuna is deriving benefit by being in the same chariot with Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, we can also benefit by associating with Kṛṣṇa through the chanting of His holy names – Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is considered to be not only an authority but the incarnation of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Thus Kṛṣṇa is realized by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, or by the grace of a Kṛṣṇa conscious person who has realized Kṛṣṇa by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. We can only understand Kṛṣṇa by acquiring the grace of Kṛṣṇa. It is not that Kṛṣṇa is a void.

Instead, we always have to engage ourselves in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, dovetailing everything we do to Kṛṣṇa Our usual activities should be so molded that they are rendered for Kṛṣṇa’s sake. In this way the mind will remain fixed on Kṛṣṇa. Rather, the recommended method is chanting loudly and hearing Hare Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, if we constantly chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, our mind will automatically be fixed on Kṛṣṇa, although

transcendentalist should also carefully control his mind, and this means fixing the mind on the Supreme Self, or Kṛṣṇa As explained before, Kṛṣṇa is just like the sun, and if the mind is fixed on Him, there is no question If Kṛṣṇa is always on our minds, māyā, or illusion, can never enter.

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.

One who has realized Śrī Kṛṣṇa is always living in Vṛndāvana, Vaikuṇṭha. be living in some place far from Vṛndāvana, he is always living in Vṛndāvana, because he knows that Kṛṣṇa Once we are fully realized and established in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we never lose sight of Kṛṣṇa, and This is the true yoga system, bhakti-yoga, as expounded by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā

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.

In Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the mind is controlled by engaging it constantly in the transcendental loving Unless one is engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he cannot steadily control the mind. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person easily achieves the result of yoga practice without separate endeavor, but a yoga practitioner cannot achieve success without becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious.

Because Kṛṣṇa is spiritual and matter is one of the energies of Kṛṣṇa, matter is also spiritual. Kṛṣṇa is totally spiritual, and spirit comes from spirit. because the living entities are misusing this energy – that is, using it for something other than Kṛṣṇa’s The purpose of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is to respiritualize this energy.

“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

Kṛṣṇa’s planet is described in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.29) in this way:

greatest difficulties, because one knows that Kṛṣṇa will give protection. If Kṛṣṇa does not protect us, nothing can save us. When one is fully surrendered to Kṛṣṇa, he becomes happy, knowing that regardless of the situation, Kṛṣṇa Happiness means being in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and being convinced that “Kṛṣṇa will give me protection, ” and being true to Kṛṣṇa.

Without Kṛṣṇa’s protection, we cannot live for a second. When we admit and recognize Kṛṣṇa’s kindness, we become happy. Kṛṣṇa gives us a certain amount of freedom, saying, “All right, do whatever you like. However, when the living entity is fully surrendered to Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa takes total charge and gives special As Kṛṣṇa states in the ninth chapter of Bhagavad-gītā (9.29),

It is the purpose of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement to fix the mind on Kṛṣṇa. As soon as Kṛṣṇa is seated in the mind, there is light, just as when the sun is in the sky, darkness Kṛṣṇa is just like the sun, and when He is present, there is no scope for darkness. If we keep Kṛṣṇa on our mind, the darkness of māyā will never be able to enter. Keeping the mind fixed on Kṛṣṇa is the perfection of yoga.