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By his mystic power Brahmā stole all the cows, calves and cowherd friends of Kṛṣṇa and hid them. Brahmā returned to see what Kṛṣṇa was doing alone, he saw that Kṛṣṇa was still playing with the same cows By His Vaikuṇṭha potency Lord Kṛṣṇa had expanded all the stolen cows, calves and friends.

Regardless of one’s social or spiritual position, however, one who is lacking in devotional service, or Kṛṣṇa Therefore, whoever is engaged in his occupational or spiritual duty must simultaneously cultivate Kṛṣṇa

that the six kinds of ātmārāmas, or transcendentalists, engage in some kind of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa transcendentalists ultimately come to understand the necessity of rendering devotional service to Kṛṣṇa and become fully Kṛṣṇa conscious.

“All the incarnations described previously are either direct expansions of Kṛṣṇa or, indirectly, expansions of the expansions of Kṛṣṇa. But Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead.

Lord Kṛṣṇa and His friends had gone to the forest with the cows to play, and it is said in this verse

Simply by chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa – Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma

In the spiritual world of Vṛndāvana the buildings are made of touchstone, the cows are known as surabhi cows, givers of abundant milk, and the trees are known as wish-fulfilling trees, for they yield whatever In Vṛndāvana Kṛṣṇa herds the surabhi cows, and He is worshiped by hundreds and thousands of gopīs, cowherd

There are three different processes by which Kṛṣṇa can be understood: the empiric process of philosophical speculation, the process of meditation according to the mystic yoga system, and the process of Kṛṣṇa By philosophical speculation, the impersonal Brahman feature of Kṛṣṇa is understood; by meditation, or mystic yoga, the Supersoul, the all-pervading expansion of Kṛṣṇa, is understood; and by devotional service in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the original Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is realized.

When we speak of desires not connected with Kṛṣṇa, or “non-Kṛṣṇa,” this does not mean that anything exists without Kṛṣṇa. Actually there cannot be anything non-Kṛṣṇa because everything is a product of the energy of Kṛṣṇa. Since Kṛṣṇa and His energies are identical, everything is Kṛṣṇa indirectly. (Kṛṣṇa consciousness) it is pure, and when consciousness is centered on something other than Kṛṣṇa,

Whoever can teach one about the science of Kṛṣṇa is to be accepted as a guru.

considered to be impure according to the Vedic literature, yet the same Vedic literature asserts that cow Apparently these statements are contradictory, but because cow dung and conch shells are considered pure

The word goloka means “planet of the cows.” Because Kṛṣṇa is very fond of cows, His abode is known as Goloka.

But if one somehow or other comes to Kṛṣṇa and begins to hear about Him, Kṛṣṇa is so kind that He awards When one comes to the Lord in devotional service, or in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the reward is the Supreme – these three act so wonderfully that one can give up all other activities and become absorbed in Kṛṣṇa

illicit sex, intoxication, gambling or eating meat – indeed, one should not eat anything other than kṛṣṇa-prasādam , food offered to Kṛṣṇa.

“My dear Kṛṣṇa, sometimes I insulted You by calling You ‘my dear friend Kṛṣṇa’ without knowing the greatness

Since everything in the cosmic creation, which is manifested by Kṛṣṇa’s Viṣṇu expansions, is dependent demigods and manifestations of energy, the living entities, and all material elements are dependent on Kṛṣṇa , for Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Truth. Thus Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam indicates that everything is sheltered by Kṛṣṇa directly and indirectly. Consequently perfect knowledge can be had only by an analytical study of Kṛṣṇa, as confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā

In the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa showed Arjuna His universal form because Arjuna was His very dear friend. Upon seeing Kṛṣṇa as the Lord of the universes, however, Arjuna asked Kṛṣṇa to forgive the familiarity Through Lord Caitanya we can become friends with Kṛṣṇa, and there will be no limit to this friendship We can become friends of Kṛṣṇa not in awe or adoration but in complete freedom. In this way Kṛṣṇa, although the proprietor of everything, depends on the mercy of His devotee.

These damsels (gopīs, or cowherd girls) simply loved Kṛṣṇa without a motive for material or spiritual knowledge, and He pointed out that the highest goal in human life is to develop unalloyed love for Kṛṣṇa

But Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so nice that it makes no distinction between man and woman. In the Bhagavad-gītā (9.32), Lord Kṛṣṇa says, “Anyone who takes shelter of Me – whether a woman, śūdra This is Kṛṣṇa’s guarantee.

In this connection, Caitanya Mahāprabhu quoted a verse from the Bhagavad-gītā (7.14), where Krsna states