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The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow

Kṛṣṇa is very fond of tending surabhi cows, but the Māyāvādīs cannot understand this.

simply to take a bath rather than meet men of transcendental knowledge there, is to be considered like a cow

Whoever is qualified in Kṛṣṇa consciousness can become a guru. Similarly, if one knows the science of Kṛṣṇa, he can be a guru. Devahūti was taking lessons from her son because He knew the science of Kṛṣṇa. Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted everyone in India to know the science of Kṛṣṇa and preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness We need only repeat what Kṛṣṇa has said or what has been said about Kṛṣṇa in the Vedic literatures.

There is a distinction here between Kṛṣṇa consciousness and māyā consciousness. When the same cetaḥ, or consciousness, is transferred to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, or when one becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, he is on the path of liberation.

We are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, but somehow or other we have forgotten this.

This Kṛṣṇa consciousness philosophy is very easy because we do not manufacture ideas. We take the ideas and the words delivered by the Supreme Person, Kṛṣṇa, or His incarnation or representative His representative does not say anything which Kṛṣṇa Himself does not say. It is very easy to be a representative, but one cannot be a representative of Kṛṣṇa if one tries to interpret Kṛṣṇa’s words in a whimsical way.

There is a Bengali proverb: Dry cow dung is used for fuel, and it is said that when the dry cow dung is being burned, the soft cow dung is laughing, saying, “Oh, you are being burned, but I am safe.”

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, fulfilling all

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desires

Simply try to serve Kṛṣṇa by the results of work. That is bhakti. Kṛṣṇa advises us to always become Kṛṣṇa conscious, and we should always think that we are acting for Kṛṣṇa. The work must be verified by Kṛṣṇa’s acceptance or by the acceptance of Kṛṣṇa’s representative. It is the role of the sādhu to impart Kṛṣṇa’s orders.

thinking, ‘My friend has died, but I shall live forever.’ ” (Mahābhārata, Vana-parva 313.116) Soft cow

Actually Kṛṣṇa is the original Supreme Being, the original spirit soul. We are simply minute parts and parcels of Kṛṣṇa. If we connect with Kṛṣṇa, we are illuminated just as Kṛṣṇa is illuminated. If we fall down from Kṛṣṇa, our spiritual power and illumination are extinguished.

Kṛṣṇa descends to please His devotees and destroy the demons. From the very beginning of Kṛṣṇa’s birth, demons were present. He was always thinking of Kṛṣṇa in this way, negatively. Similarly, we will find so many so-called religionists whose only purpose is to kill Kṛṣṇa. Somehow or other they try to take Kṛṣṇa out of Bhagavad-gītā.

There should be no motive in serving Kṛṣṇa, but even if there is a motive, service rendered unto Kṛṣṇa Even if one approaches Kṛṣṇa with some ulterior motive, one is considered pious. For instance, Dhruva Mahārāja initially worshiped Kṛṣṇa with a motive, but after attaining perfection When he actually saw Kṛṣṇa, he said, “I do not want anything from You. to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, our lives will be successful.

The Māyāvādī philosophers say that if Kṛṣṇa has become everything, there is no question of Kṛṣṇa as an However, Kṛṣṇa is not like that.

If we connect ourselves with Kṛṣṇa through the supreme yoga, we can get rid of material happiness and Reconnecting with Kṛṣṇa is called bhakti-yoga, and Kṛṣṇa comes to instruct us in this supreme yoga. That is Kṛṣṇa’s instruction, and Kṛṣṇa’s representative, the incarnation or the guru, says the same thing Although Kapiladeva is an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, He acts as the representative of Kṛṣṇa, the guru. Real happiness lies in engaging our senses to satisfy the senses of Kṛṣṇa.

“By rendering devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one immediately If one engages in the service of Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, this knowledge comes, and one becomes a mahātmā. A mahātmā is one who realizes that Kṛṣṇa is everything. He does not defy Kṛṣṇa or try to become Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa states:

We may either hear about Kṛṣṇa, chant His names, worship Him or offer prayers. In any case, we should work under the directions of our spiritual master or Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself. Arjuna, on the other hand, took Kṛṣṇa as his most intimate friend. How could Kṛṣṇa accept him as a devotee?” Nonetheless, in Bhagavad-gītā (4.3), Kṛṣṇa says that Arjuna is His very dear friend and devotee: bhakto

A sādhu simply thinks, “I am the servant of Kṛṣṇa.” I am simply the servant of the servant of the servant of Kṛṣṇa.”