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Some become sahajiyā, pretending to be Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī and Her gopī friends.

Arjuna was a devotee because he acted favorably, for the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa. Materially speaking, Arjuna’s actions appear unfavorable, but they were favorable as far as Kṛṣṇa was

As Caitanya Mahāprabhu has said, gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ: “One should consider oneself the servant of the servant of the servant of Kṛṣṇa.” Without offering respects to the servant of Kṛṣṇa, no one can approach Kṛṣṇa.

But even though ordinary hearers of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam do not know the deep significance of Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa-līlā , because they hear about Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes they become purified. disease within the heart is lust, the desire to enjoy, and by hearing from authorized sources about Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes of loving exchanges with the gopīs, the deep-rooted lusty desires in the heart will be completely

Arjuna, for example, was an exalted devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa, but he killed his relatives. Ignorant people may say, “Arjuna is not a good man. But in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.3) Kṛṣṇa says to Arjuna, bhakto ’si me: “You are My very dear friend.” In the estimation of the material world Arjuna may not be a good man, but because he is a soul surrendered While it is true that Arjuna killed his own kinsmen, in the eyes of Kṛṣṇa he remained a dear friend and

One who practices chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is naturally expected to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa when he meets For example, if a person falls from a high rooftop but somehow or other cries out “Hare Kṛṣṇa!” Or, if in our sleep we dream that a tiger is coming to eat us and we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa in our sleep, the

The potency of the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa is confirmed by the spread of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement In countries where the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is spreading, learned scholars and other thoughtful men are that it is turning hippies addicted to drugs into pure Vaiṣṇavas who voluntarily become servants of Kṛṣṇa Even a few years ago, such hippies did not know the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, but now they are chanting it and This is practical proof of the effectiveness of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.

In Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or devotional service, there are nine processes: hearing about the transcendental practices one or more of these processes of devotional service throughout his life is sure to remember Kṛṣṇa That is the art of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We cannot abandon all activities and simply chant Hare Kṛṣṇa; therefore we keep ourselves constantly engaged in practical devotional service so that our mind is fixed upon Kṛṣṇa.

Earlier (Bhagavad-gītā 4.5) He reminds Arjuna, “Both you and I have taken many births.

Vaiṣṇavas are also Viṣṇudūtas because they carry out the orders of Kṛṣṇa. Lord Kṛṣṇa is very eager for all the conditioned souls rotting in this material world to surrender to

But chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra vanquishes all the effects of sinful activities, regardless of whether

Such is the purifying effect of hearing about Kṛṣṇa.

Similarly, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra acts, even though we may not know how or why. This is confirmed by Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura: “When one chants Hare Kṛṣṇa loudly, every living entity,

The chanting of Kṛṣṇa’s holy name is like the sun rising in one’s darkened heart. This universe is full of darkness, and only by Kṛṣṇa’s arrangement for sunshine do we see light. full of the darkness of ignorance, but there is a light to dispel the darkness, and that light is Kṛṣṇa ignorance, but to those who constantly engage in the service of the Lord with love and affection, Kṛṣṇa By Kṛṣṇa’s special mercy, the devotees are always kept in the light of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Kṛṣṇa consciousness means following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya, and so we initiate disciples according As Kṛṣṇa clearly says in the Bhagavad-gītā (7.28),

Kṛṣṇa’s name has such unlimited potency. When Caitanya Mahāprabhu was chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra in Navadvīpa, the people used to imitate Hare Kṛṣṇa!’ dancing wildly, and thrashing their arms about.” In Western countries the onlookers also imitate our chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa when we go out to chant on The holy name is so powerful that if someone derides us, saying, “Why are you chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa – it

If one chants the holy name of God – Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare – eventually he will see Kṛṣṇa’s form, realize Kṛṣṇa’s qualities, and remember Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. That is the effect of the pure chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.

Similarly, a person may or may not know the power of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, but if he chants

As mentioned above, hearing Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes is very purifying, but such hearing has to be done with Some persons with material vision are very much attracted to Kṛṣṇa’s rāsa-līlā – His pastimes with His They do not know that the Absolute Truth, Kṛṣṇa, is good in any and all circumstances.

“If a person somehow or other chants the holy name of Hari while dying because of an accident, such as falling from the top of a house, slipping and suffering broken bones while traveling on the road, being bitten by a snake, being afflicted with pain and high fever, or being injured by a weapon, he is immediately