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Betraying Jesus Christ by taking to Krishna consciousness?

• Subject: Betraying Jesus Christ by taking to Krishna consciousness?
• From: Brad S
• Date: Wed Feb 21 10:51:48 1996
• Message-Id: id751

Dear Brad



Hello. Hare Krishna! 



Yes. Seeing God is not such a cheep thing... We have to become qualified to see 

Him. We have come here, to the material world, in a rebellious mood. We want to 

become the enjoyer, the supreme person ourselves, that is the material disease. 

But we are servants of God, Krishna -- we should use all our energy to serve 

Him, to give Him pleasure. 



Chanting Hare Krishna always works, but in the beginning we can't appreciate 

it. Our hearts are so covered by the reactions to our sinful activities in the 

past and our material concept of life that it takes some cleaning of the heart 

before we can appreciate the chanting. But the way to clean the heart is by 

chanting... there is no other way. So keep chanting!



"All glories to the sri-krishna-sankirtana [chanting of Hare Krishna], which 

cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the 

fire of conditional life of repeated birth and death. This sankirtana movement 

is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of 

the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It 

increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste 

the nectar for which we are always anxious.



"O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, 

and thus you have hundreds and millions of names, like Krishna and Govinda. In 

these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. 

There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my lord, out 

of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am 

so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.



"One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking 

oneself lower than a straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a 

tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready to offer all 

respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the 

Lord constantly.



"O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire 

beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your 

causeless devotional service, birth after birth.



"O son of Maharaja Nanda [Krishna], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or 

other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from 

this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet.



"O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing 

constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and when 

will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?



"O Govinda! Feeling your separation, I am considering a moment to be like 

twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and 

I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.



"I know no one but Krishna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He 

handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being 

present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He 

is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally."  (Sri Sri Siksastaka -- Prayers 

by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu)



                            [ Sudarsana ] [Image]

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                 Christ and Krishna - the Name is the Same



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At 12:09 PM 20/2/96 -0800, you wrote:

>Thank-you for writing again.  I want to access those web pages very soon.  

>Some would call this heresy.  If seeing God is so accessible, why do so many 

>miss it?  I want to see Him, but chanting doesn't seem to work yet.  Perhaps I 

>have too much sin.  How long does it take?  what is it like when you do see 

>Him?  Is it incredible?

>God bless,

>Brad  

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