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Christ or Kṛṣṇa – the Name Is the Same

George: I like the idea of seeing Kṛṣṇa as a baby, the way He’s often depicted in India. I like the idea that you can have Kṛṣṇa as a baby and feel protective of Him, or as your friend, or as

“But why do you only chant to Kṛṣṇa? What about Śiva or Sarasvatī?”

Christos is the Greek version of the word Kṛṣṇa. When an Indian person calls on Kṛṣṇa, he often says, “Kṛṣṭa.” So when we address God as “Christ,” “Kṛṣṭa,” or “Kṛṣṇa,” we indicate the same all-attractive Supreme Actually it doesn’t matter – Kṛṣṇa or Christ – the name is the same. So let us kindly cooperate and chant, and if you have a prejudice against chanting the name Kṛṣṇa, then

Bhāva is the transcendental ecstatic attachment for Kṛṣṇa which results from perfectly understanding that the person Kṛṣṇa and the name Kṛṣṇa are identical. Lord Caitanya told Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī that the holy name of Kṛṣṇa – the mahā-mantra, or “great chant

There are no hard and fast rules for chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Caitanya Mahāprabhu introduced the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare That is the beauty of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Hare Kṛṣṇa can be chanted by anyone in any social position, in any country and in any age, for Kṛṣṇa

Since hearing is no less an important experience or valid one than seeing, we can hear Kṛṣṇa and realize Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself says, “I am not there in My abode or in the heart of the meditating yogi but where We can feel the presence of Kṛṣṇa as we actually make progress.

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

Since the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is completely spiritual, it must be received from a pure representative or servant of Kṛṣṇa, who acts as a transparent medium between God and the sincere spiritual seeker.

Mukunda Goswami: Oftentimes you speak of yourself as a plainclothes devotee, a closet yogi or “closet Kṛṣṇa How did you first come in contact with Kṛṣṇa?

What’s the difference between worshiping Kṛṣṇa, or God, in His personal form and worshiping His impersonal

The chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa seemed to spread in an almost magical way, and as time went on, the number Prabhupāda’s humility or serenity, nearly everyone who then came in touch with the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa

You know that painting in the Bhagavad-gītā of the Supersoul in the heart of the dog, the cow, the elephant

These may be purchased from any Hare Kṛṣṇa temple.

the movement – but in a sense it didn’t really matter if they said something good or bad, because Kṛṣṇa The fact that the media was letting people know about Kṛṣṇa was good in itself.

Yoko Ono: If Hare Kṛṣṇa is such a strong, powerful mantra, is there any reason to chant anything else

George: And if I didn’t get feedback from Prabhupāda on my songs about Kṛṣṇa or the philosophy, I’d get

In order to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, one need not equip oneself with expensive props and paraphernalia, learn The tongue simply has to vibrate Kṛṣṇa’s holy names, and the ears must hear it.

He cited several Sanskrit verses that explained the qualifications one needed to become Kṛṣṇa conscious