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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.

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the surabhi cows that fulfill

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

(Bhagavad-gītā 6.35) Kṛṣṇa does not say that it is not difficult. Constant practice means engaging ourselves in some activities that remind us of Kṛṣṇa. Everyone is engaged in some activity with Kṛṣṇa at the center. Therefore whether one is typing for Kṛṣṇa, cooking for Kṛṣṇa, chanting for Kṛṣṇa, or distributing literature for Kṛṣṇa, he is in the yoga system, and he is also in Kṛṣṇa.

When we serve Kṛṣṇa, we are preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or cooking, or cleansing the temple, or distributing books about Kṛṣṇa, or writing about Him, or shopping for foodstuff to offer Him. Kṛṣṇa consciousness means activity. Whatever assets we have should be utilized for Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa has given us a mind, and we must utilize this mind to think of Kṛṣṇa. We have been given these legs, and we should use them to go to the temple of Kṛṣṇa.

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

In order to attain peace, we must meditate on Kṛṣṇa, and by meditating on Kṛṣṇa, we can control the body The tongue is controlled by chanting and eating kṛṣṇa-prasāda. When the mind is fixed on Kṛṣṇa and has no other engagement, it is automatically controlled. which abides in Kṛṣṇa. Everything is in Kṛṣṇa; therefore we cannot find peace outside Kṛṣṇa conscious activities.

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.

In the Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna was refusing to act, and Kṛṣṇa was inspiring him to engage in activity. The entire Bhagavad-gītā is an inspiration to work, to engage in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, to act on Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa never tells Arjuna, “My dear friend Arjuna, don’t concern yourself with this war. not to refrain from all activity, but only from those activities that impede our consciousness of Kṛṣṇa Those who are advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are constantly working for 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.

Without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one must be always seeking self-centered or extended selfish activities. But a Kṛṣṇa conscious person can do everything for the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa and thereby be perfectly One who has not realized Kṛṣṇa must mechanically try to escape material desires before being elevated

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.

How can Kṛṣṇa be envious of anyone? Everyone is Kṛṣṇa’s son. Similarly, how can Kṛṣṇa be an enemy toward anyone? Since all living entities are Kṛṣṇa’s sons, He is everyone’s friend. Once we recognize Kṛṣṇa as our eternal father and friend, we can understand that He is always protecting

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.

“The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate, and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it is, I think, (Bhagavad-gītā 6.34) By chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, one captures the mind immediately. Just by saying the name Kṛṣṇa and hearing it, the mind is automatically fixed on Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is like the original candle from which all other candles are lit. Similarly, from Kṛṣṇa millions of Viṣṇu forms expand, and each Viṣṇu form is as good as Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa

It is important to understand, however, that from the beginning, a Kṛṣṇa conscious person is situated on the platform of meditation because he is always thinking of Kṛṣṇa. Being constantly engaged in the service of Kṛṣṇa, he is considered to have ceased all material activities

Perhaps you have seen pictures of Kṛṣṇa, and if so, you have noticed that Kṛṣṇa is always jolly. Have you ever seen pictures of Kṛṣṇa working with a machine? Have you ever seen pictures of Kṛṣṇa smoking? of pleasure, and if you unfold yourself in that way, if you wholeheartedly take up the process of Kṛṣṇa