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Therefore Kṛṣṇa kindly appears to be in a material body so that you can see Him. Similarly, because we cannot see Kṛṣṇa with our present eyes, He therefore appears before us as a painting And Kṛṣṇa is not different from these paintings and wood because everything is Kṛṣṇa.

But our destiny can be changed by Kṛṣṇa when we are Kṛṣṇa conscious. We do not do it, but Kṛṣṇa will do it. Kṛṣṇa says, ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi: “I shall give you protection.”

method of worship is best, he said, viṣṇor ārādhanaṁ param: “The best worship is worship of Lord Viṣṇu, Kṛṣṇa We do not worship all plants, but because Tulasī has a very intimate connection with Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu, Similarly, if anything is intimately related with Kṛṣṇa, worship of that thing is better than worship

Bob: If Kṛṣṇa controls everything, how does Kṛṣṇa control a nondevotee?

We have decided that in the next life we are going to Kṛṣṇa.

But you can become a Kṛṣṇa devotee now. Take advantage of our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. When one is perfectly Kṛṣṇa conscious, he does not come back.

Barbara: Have you ever seen Kṛṣṇa?

Bob: And how does Kṛṣṇa control a devotee?

Barbara: Could I have been Kṛṣṇa conscious in my last life? Is it possible that in my last life I was a Kṛṣṇa devotee and have come back again?

So these Kṛṣṇa conscious devotees are always thinking that they are servants of Kṛṣṇa.

Barbara: Well, in the temple here they have pictures of Kṛṣṇa.

Hare Kṛṣṇa!

Śrīla Prabhupāda: No, he cannot change it, but Kṛṣṇa can change it.

So a Kṛṣṇa conscious person, a devotee, is never misled, because Kṛṣṇa is always guiding him, whereas those who are not Kṛṣṇa conscious are in the charge of māyā, and māyā will do the needful, as you have

Kṛṣṇa controls this world just as the government controls everything.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: Because Kṛṣṇa will be pleased.

Intelligence means to choose to be controlled by Kṛṣṇa. One thinks, “Kṛṣṇa, You are everything. So I have come before You. Please accept me. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Have you not seen how a man is controlled by a dog?

But a devotee never thinks, “I am the master,” only “I am Kṛṣṇa’s servant.” Mukti, liberation, means to be situated in one’s own constitutional position as a servant of Kṛṣṇa. So if I know that I am a servant of Kṛṣṇa, that is my liberation.

nondevotee is under the control of material nature, and the devotee is under the direct control of Kṛṣṇa

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