Who is Krishna?
Knowing God:
The Western countries are traditionally Christian so if one asks “Who is Krishna” we could reply “Krishna is God.” But that would not be very helpful for most people because in the Christian religion there is very little information available about God.
The Bible talks about God, Jesus talks about his father in heaven, Christians even talk about having a personal relationship with God. So we have these vague concepts of God in heaven, even the idea of having a relationship with Him. Sometimes we see the Christians drawing pictures of an old man with a beard and imagining God might be something like that… You can test it. Ask anyone to describe God, it doesn’t matter what religion, generally they will not be able to give any clear description of God. They can say things like “God is good”, “God is love”, “God is great”… Which are of course true. But exactly who is God, where does He live, what does He spend his time doing? Almost non one has any idea about these things…
Krishna is the All-Attractive Person:
So who is Krishna? Firstly the Sanskrit word “Krishna” means “the all-attractive person.” Krishna is the perfect name for God because outside the principle of all-attraction there is no meaning to the word God.
How is it that one can be all-attractive? First of all if one is very wealthy, if he has a lot of money, he becomes attractive to the people in general. Similarly if someone is very powerful, he also becomes attractive, and if someone is very famous he also becomes attractive, and if someone is very beautiful or wise or unattached to all kinds of possessions, he also becomes attractive.
So from practical experience we can observe that one becomes attractive due to:
- Wealth
- Power, strength
- Fame
- Beauty
- Wisdom, knowledge
- Renunciation
One who is in possession of all six of these opulences at the same time and possesses them to an unlimited degree, is understood to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna.
So “Krishna” is the perfect description of God. “Krishna” means the person who possesses all the attractive qualities in full. So God is the person who possesses all attractive qualities in full.
In this material world we have seen many rich people, many powerful people, many famous people, many beautiful people, many learned and scholarly people, and we have seen some persons in the renounced order of life unattached to material possessions. But we have never seen, in the history of this world, any one person who is simultaneously wealthy, powerful, famous, beautiful, wise and unattached, like Krishna.
Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a historical person who appeared on this earth five thousand years ago. He stayed on this earth for one hundred and twenty-five years and played exactly like a human being, but His activities were extraordinary. From the very moment of His appearance to the moment of His disappearance every one of His activities is unparalleled in the history of the world. Therefore, anyone who understands that “Krishna” means the person who possesses all opulences in full will accept Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
There are many people all over the world who speak of God in various ways but according to the Vedic literatures and according to the great acharyas, the authorized persons vested with the knowledge of God, all unanimously agree that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Human Histories Billions of Years Ago:
As far as we, the followers of the Vedic civilization, are concerned, we accept the Vedic history of the whole universe, which consists of different planetary systems consisting of the higher, middle and lower planetary systems. The modern historians of this earth can not supply historical evidences of events that occurred before five thousand years ago, and the anthropologists say that fourty thousand years ago the homo-sapians speices [man] had not appeared on this planet because evolution had not reached that point. But the Vedic histories disagree. The Puranas and the Mahabharata relate human histories which extend millions and billions of years into the past.
For example the Vedic literatures give the history of Krishna’s appearances and disappearances millions and billions of years ago. In the Bhagavad-gita Krishna tells Arjuna that both He and Arjuna had had many births before and that He (Krishna) could remember all of them but that Arjuna could not. This illustrates the difference between the knowledge of Krishna and the knowledge of Arjuna who was playing the part of an ordinary human being. Arjuna was a very great warrior and a well-cultured member of the royal Kuru dynasty, but after all, he was an ordinary human being, whereas Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the possessor of unlimited knowledge, Krishna has a memory that is boundless.
Krishna’s knowledge is so perfect that He remembers all the details of His appearances millions and billions of years in the past, but Arjuna’s memory and knowledge are limited by time and space, for he is an ordinary human being. In the Forth Chapter Krishna states that He can remember instructing lessons of the Bhagavad-gita millions of years ago to the sun-god, Vivasvan.
Krishna Never Becomes God:
Sometimes atheistic men claim try to become God by following some mystic process. Generally athiests claim to be God by dint of their imagination or by some process of meditation. Krishna is not that kind of God. He does not become God by manufacturing some mystic process of meditation, nor does He become God by undergoing the severe austerities of the mystic yoga exercises. Krishna never becomes God because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead in all circumstances.
Krishna did not appear in this world in the same way an ordinary child appears. Within the prison of his uncle, the king Kamsa, where His father and mother were confined, Krishna appeared outside His mother’s body as the four-handed Visnu-Narayana. Then He turned Himself into a baby and told His father to carry Him to the house of Nanda Maharaja and his wife Yasoda. When Krishna was just a small baby the gigantic demoness Putana tried to kill Him, but when He sucked her breast He pulled out her life.
This is the difference between Krishna, the real Supreme Personality of Godhead, and a so-called god manufactured in a mystic factory.
Krishna did not practice any mystic process, nor did he undergo any severe austerities to become God yet He manifested Himself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead at every step, from infancy to childhood, from childhood to boyhood, and from boyhood to young manhood. Although Krishna plays as a human being, He always maintains His identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
We Should Focus All our Desires on Krishna:
Since Krishna is all-attractive one should know that all his desires should be focused on Krishna. In the Bhagavad-gita it is said that the individual person is the proprietor or master of each and every individual body, but Krishna, who is the Supersoul present in everyone’s heart, is the supreme proprietor and supreme master of each and every individual body. Therefore if we concentrate our loving propensities on Krishna only then immediately universal love, unity and tranquility will be automatically realized. When one waters the root of a tree, he automatically waters the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers; when one supplies food to the stomach through the mouth he satisfies all the various parts of the body.
We Can only be Happy by Loving Krishna:
The art of focusing one’s attention on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, and giving one’s love to Him is called Krishna consciousness. The purpose of the Krishna consciousness movement is to give everyone the chance to satisfy his propensity for loving others simply by directing his love towards Krishna.
The whole world is very anxious to satisfy their dormant propensity for loving others but the inventions of various methods like socialism, communism, altruism, humanitarianism, nationalizm and whatever else may be manufactured for the peace and prosperity of the world, are all useless and frustrating because of our gross ignorance of the art of loving Krishna. Generally people think that by advancing the cause of moral principles and religious rites they will be happy. Others may think that happiness can be achieved by economic development, and yet others think that simply by sense gratification they will be happy. But the real fact is that people can only be happy by loving Krishna.
Krishna perfectly reciprocates one’s loving propensities in different relationships called mellows or rasas. Basically there are twelve loving relationships we can share with Krishna:
- One can love Krishna as the supreme unknown
- One can love Krishna as the supreme master
- One can love Krishna as the supreme friend
- One can love Krishna as the supreme child
- One can love Krishna as the supreme lover
One can also love Krishna indirectly in seven different relationships, which are apparently different from the five primary relationships. All in all, however, if one simply reposes his dormant loving propensity in Krishna, then his life becomes successful. This is not fiction but is a fact which can be realized by practical application. One can directly perceive the effects that love for Krishna has on his life.
Knowing Krishna is the King of all Knowledge:
In the Ninth Chapter of the Bhagavad-gita this science of Krishna consciousness is called the king of all knowledge, the king of all confidential things, and the supreme science of transcendental realization. Yet we can directly experience the results of this science of Krishna consciousness because it is very easy to practice and is very pleasurable. Whatever percentage of Krishna consciousness we perform will become an eternal asset to our life, for Krishna consciousness is imperishable in all circumstances.
It is said that if one executes severe austerities, penances and sacrifices in his life but fails to awaken his dormant love for Krishna, then all of his penances are useless. On the other hand, if one has awakened his dormant love for Krishna, then what is the use of executing penances and austerities uselessly?
The Krishna Consciousness Movement:
The Krishna consciousness movement is the unique gift of Lord Caitanya to the fallen souls of this age of Kali. It is a very simple method and there is do doubt that this movement can satisfy the dormant loving propensities of humanity. It is said in the Bhagavad-gita that even a little effort expended on the path of Krishna consciousness can save one from the greatest danger. Hundreds of thousands of examples can be cited of people who have escaped the greatest dangers of life due to a slight advancement in Krishna consciousness.
About the Author
Madhudvisa dasa My first contact with a Hare Krishna was a most merciful Mataji in Oxford Street, London who sold me a "Higher Taste" cook book in 1984 while I was on holidays there. I started seriously reading Srila Prabhupada's books in Australia 1985 and by 1986 Srila Prabhupada had convinced me "Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead" and "we should surrender to Krishna." I joined the Hare Krishnas in Perth, Western Australia in 1986. Since then I have been chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, reading and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and preaching as much as I can. That's my life and full-time occupation now really. I like it more than anything I've ever experienced before. Srila Prabhupada's books are so amazing... Even after reading them all many times they're still fresh and new. They are truly transcendental! That's it really. Now I'm just hankering to once again see the world chant Hare Krishna, dance and feast and float away in the ecstasy of Lord Caitanya's Sankirtana movement as it did in Srila Prabhupada's physical presence. Let the whole world drown in the ecstatic flood of love of Krishna!
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Does Krishna love me? Will I ever be able to meet him?
Yes. Of course Krishna loves you, but the question is do you love Krishna?
If you love Krishna then you will be able to meet Him one day. But if you are concerned about other things, not Krishna, then Krishna knows that you do not love Him and Krishna will supply you with the things you actually want and help you to forget Him.
Does krishna love me?
Krishna loves everyone, but do you love Krishna?
I want to know more.
Read Srila Prabhupada’s books. Everything you are looking for and more, you will find it in Srila Prabhupada’s books…
Best !!!I really liked reading about the opulences of Krishna! The way he has told us to leave marriage and join his will is amazing.
This is a great amazing most knowledgeable piece of writing. Write more!
hare krsna prabhu all glories to srila prabhupad this is the wonderful description of god krsna the original supreme personality of godhead there is also a description of the word bhagawan in vishnu purana explained by great sage parasara muni “Bhagavān means who possesses these six opulences in full: all riches, all strength, all influence, all wisdom, all beauty, all renunciation.”
Lecture on BG 4.5 — Bombay, March 25, 1974:
Prabhupāda: Śrī bhagavān uvāca. We have already explained the meaning of bhagavān in connection with the first verse. Still, again, we are repeating, bhagavān… Bhaga means opulence, and when the Sanskrit affix is there, vat-pratyaya, one who possesses opulence, he’s called bhagavān. So it is described by Parāśara Muni that
aiśvaryasya samagrasya
vīryasya yaśasaḥ śriyaḥ
jñāna-vairāgyayoś caiva
ṣaṇṇāṁ bhagam itīṅganā
(Viṣṇu Purāṇa 6.5.47)
“Bhagavān means who possesses these six opulences in full: all riches, all strength, all influence, all wisdom, all beauty, all renunciation.” So, it has been analyzed how we possess all these opulences, and it has been found by the great sages that Kṛṣṇa is the possessor of all opulences—all beauty, all wisdom. Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ (Bs. 5.1). The supreme possessor is Kṛṣṇa. Sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ, anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam (Bs. 5.1)
Hare Krishna 🙏
Each time reading about Krishna gives a pleasant feeling and curious to know more and more about Krishna.
The surprising thing is Krishna guides and open a new way to know more about Krishna
Hare Krishna. Thankful for another peaceful Krishna day in life.
Radhe Radhe.
impersonal – impersonal relation means that we don’t realise our self as part of God neither have idea of God from. Paramatma concept means personal – impersonal relation because there is a identity of our self as sons of God but we dont know God form and, personal – personal relation means we id our self as a fragment of His and we know God as it is.
If human character is based on 3 guun tamsh, rajsh, and sato guun then their behaviour is prior fixed? Is it or not.
Please explain me in detail.
Yes. Behavior is more-or-less fixed based on the body we have got. Like if one has got a dog’s body he barks…
So for non-devotee behavior is predetermined because of his body. But if one becomes a devotee and chants Hare Krishna and gets off the bodily conception of life then he is free from that predetermined behavior based on his material body.
Jai Shree Krishna,
I am from Varanasi (Kashi) which is said to the land of being freed from worldly life or mokhshya attainment.
In hinduism- trio – Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Brahma- the controller of worldly life.
Supreme power Lord Krishna is from within Lord Vishnu.
I am in little confusion- is Lord Krishna fourth controller or one and only spirit above all?
2. While chanting
Should I chant first pancakes tattva Maya Matta and next hare Krishna Maha mantra.
And both are for 16 times.
Pl guide.
Hare Krishna. You should chant panca tattva maha mantra:
sri krsna caitanya prabhu nityananda sri advaita gadadhar srivasadi gaura bhakta vrinda, then chant the Hare Krsihna maha mantra.
Not both the same number of times.
Panca-tattva maha mantra at the beginning a few times, then at least 16 rounds of Hare Krishna maha mantra. It means you cant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
On each of the 108 beads, that is one round, then repeat sixteen times, then you have chanted 16 rounds of Hare Krishna maha-mantra
Thanks! Thanks once again!
Thank you for all the info,very helpful helpful.
Hare krishna:
Krishna is – One can love Krishna as the supreme friend & strength.
Krishna is the creator of Brahmaand, there is no motion without Krishna, there is no release without Krishna. HARE KRISHNA* HARE KRISHNA* KRISHNA KRISHNA* HARE HARE* HARE RAMA* HARE RAMA* RAMA RAMA* HARE HARE.
Hare Krishna prabhu,
“Krishna is the perfect name for God because outside the principle of all-attraction there is no meaning to the word God.”
Are the names like Govinda, Gopala, Madhava, Keshava, etc same as Krishna? It is said Krishna, the person and the “name” Krishna are non different and They are equally powerful. So are the names like Govinda, Madhava equally powerful too?
Hare krishna. Sir kindly tell me if due to any strong reason if a devotee is unable to continue chanting for 2 days suppose, then all the previously done japa counts wasted or he can count the japa number from the lefted total counting, hope you are getting my words sir. Pls tell because this is the only wealth of a devotee. Thanking you.
None of the devotional service we do in Krishna consciousness is ever wasted. Whatever service we do that is to our eternal benefit.
If you missed chanting Hare Krishna for 2 days then just chant some extra rounds on the following days until you catch up. Or at least just start chanting 16 rounds every day again and be careful not to miss any more days.
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!
Madhudvisa dasa
I strongly feel that krishna is supreme of unknown hare rama hare Krishna chanting make me to feel blissful
Hare Krishna, my dear prabhuji thank you so much. Iam very lowborn soul, and full of ignorance please guide me to be Krishna and guru servant. Now i try to follow basic principle of iskcon chant 16 round and read bhagavat gita, no illicit sex,meat eating, intoxiciaton and gambling but i never meet devotee to learn about Krishna , please kindly help me, i want to be Krishna servant and serve a Guru. Please prabhuji kindly help me
Hare Krishna Vincent
Please get Srila Prabhupada’s books and read them. That is the way to learn about Krishna consciousness, by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada. A pure devotee of Krishna. He is living in his books. All we have to do is get his books and read them to experience his personal association and to get his personal direction.
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!
Madhudvisa dasa
Hare Krishna prabhu, Thank you. maybe any book recomended for newbie like me? Prabhuji i only have bhagavat gita.
All of Prabhupada’s books are good. Science of Self-Realization is very good, but please read all of Prabhupada’s books…
Hare Krishna ? ? Thank you very much prabhuji
Thank you very much prabhuji, please bless me to make progress in bhakti. I am your servant, Hare Krishna ?
Hare Krsna.
Can I realize Krsna by meditating on ‘Hare krsna’ mantra?
Hare Krishna Vishal
We don’t actually ‘mediate’ on the Hare Krishna mantra. We chant and hear the Hare Krishna mantra. And yes. You can certainly realize Krishna by chanting and hearing the Hare Krishna mantra. The power is in the transcendental sound vibration. So you have to chant the Hare Krishna mantra and hear it. That is mantra meditation. But the process is chanting and hearing.
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!
Madhudvisa dasa
Hare Krishna,
How will I get to know, what is relationship between me and Krishna?
Krishna will reveal it to you in due course. First you have to become Krishna conscious… So please do that now and don’t worry about your relationship with Krishna. You can only come to know that after becoming a pure devotee of Krishna.
Hare Krishna
I have one doubt, in scriptures it is mentioned that life span of people in dwapar yuga is 1000 years but in your explanation you have mentioned that Krishna lived on the earth for only 125 years so I’m confused why is it so?
Krishna lived for 125 years.
Hare Krishna.
I am very greatful that I came to knew that I am part of the Supreme Personality i.e Lord Krishna….Joy Sree Krishna.
Thank you for mailing me.
Hare Krishna,
islam give permission to cut throat of goat on id.
Is the Islam religion is right or wrong ?
Hindus also sacrifice goats. That is most likely where Mohammad got the idea for it…
Respected Sir,
Chapter “We can only be happy……….
says…….One can love Krishna indirectly in seven different relationship.
Please mention those seven relationship for my knowledge.
Thanks®ards.
Hare Krishna Kamlesh
There are 12 relationships we can have with Krishna. As this material world is a perverted reflection of the spiritual world these 12 relationships also exist here in the material world. So every sort of relationship that is possible between people here in the material world is also possible with Krishna.
So there are five direct favorable relationships with Krishna: neutrality, service, friendship [like cowherd boys], parental [like Mother Yasoda, Nanda Maharaja, etc], and congeal love [like the gopis]. In addition there are seven ind erect, you can say unfavorable, relationships that are possible with Krishna. This includes laughter, wonder, chivalry, compassion, anger, disaster and fear. So these relationships are there with the enemies of Krishna, like Kamsa for example. Kamsa was always angry at Krishna and fearful of Krishna because he knew that Krishna would kill him. So this is not devotional service, but it is Krishna consciousness. Kamsa was always thinking of Krishna. So this Krishna consciousness of Kamsa, even though he wanted to kill Krishna, was very beneficial to him. Because he was always thinking of Krishna.
These seven indirect relationships are also found in the devotees as secondary relationships. The devotees have one of the primary five relationships as primary, but they may be also manifesting some of the secondary indirect relationships also. For example sometimes Srimati Radharani becomes angry with Krishna, but this anger is pleasing to Krishna, it is service to Krishna, it enhances the loving relationship between Radharani and Krishna. And Krishna’s wife, Rukmini, when Krishna was joking with her, saying He may leave her, she took Him seriously and became very fearful of being separated from Krishna.
So how these indirect relationships appear and disappear and interact within the devotee of Krishna is a great science and Srila Prabhupada has very elaborately described it in great detail in Nectar of Devotion. So please read this book.
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!
Madhudvisa dasa
Hare Krishna . thank you so much. I enjoy learning more and more of Sweet Lord Krishna. I don’t know much but I have downloaded all the pdfs and will study every minute I can.. I feel sincere love in my heart for Lord Krishna after listening to and reading the words of Beloved Srila Prabhupada.
HARE KRSNA, I don’t know how to give thanks to you. I have some ideas about LORD KRSNA but it was not so clear. After reading this mail I understood the real meaning of KRSNA. I am a beginner but in my life I feel that my KRSNA helps me in my every work,saves me from every danger . Now I just want to serve HIM . I am 18 years old .So it is difficult for me to obey all the instructions of serving KRSNA . Please tell me how can I serve him
Radhe krishna,
I have been doing japa fir the past 2 months now and that too regularly…but a week ago…the regularity broke off due to travelling and I just don’t know how to do it. I am a beginner. I am obsessed with bhagavad giTa written by guru prabhu pada. I just want to serve god krishna. We belong to mathura and vrindavan area. So I have heard about krishna since my childhood and have this unlimited curiosity to know more and more. I went so mad that I even have made some notes on bhagavad giTa. I have recited gayatri mantra since childhood. Now I don’t know how to do good japa. Please explain. Or refer me a particular book written by prabhu pada ji. I am improving only cuz of krishna. I am doing everything for him. I don’t feel like doing anything for myself anymore. It doesn’t make happy. I am very thirsty for the knowledge that prabhu pada has written about in d gita. And I currently onto shrimad bhagawatam. Kindly tell me if I am going on the right path? Do tell me about japa. I am really serious about krishna . Please help.
Hare Krishna Sheetal
It is very good news you are chanting Hare Krishna and you are very fortunate that you belong to the Vrindavan-Mathura and have heard about Krishna since your birth. This is a very great opportunity for you and now if you take Krishna consciousness seriously it will be easy for you to become Krishna consciousness. But there will be difficulties of course. As soon as we try to become Krishna conscious maya tests us in so many ways. So there will be so many obstacles because here in the material world almost everyone is on the bodily concept of life an are just interested in satisfying the senses of their material bodies. So when we associate with all the materialists around us it makes it difficult for us to become Krishna conscious.
But you are there in the Vrindavan area so that place is a very special place and has very strong spiritual energy. Of course now in Vrindavan there are so many materialistic people, but still the mood of Krishna consciousness is there.
As far as chanting Hare Krishna it is simple and you just have to practice it. You just have to do it regularly. You just chant the mantra:
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
So you just chant the words being careful to pronounce them properly and hear them. So that is it. You just have to chant the maha mantra with your tongue and hear the chanting through your ears. In the beginning we don’t have much taste for it and it may not seem that it is doing very much, but the Hare Krishna maha mantra is very powerful and it is working when we chant it, even if we can’t feel that it is working.
So it is important to chant a fixed minimum number of rounds every day. Because sometimes we don’t feel like chanting, on those days we have to force ourselves to chant Hare Krishna. So Srila Prabhupada has set the minimum number of rounds for a serious devotee at 16. So we need to make this vow, to chant at least 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra every day without fail. And the other thing is we need to follow the four regulative principles: no illicit sex, no meat eating, no gambling and no intoxication. And of course we need to read all of Srila Prabhupada’s books. So you are very eager to read Srila Prabhupada’s books and you have read Bhagavad-gita and are reading Srimad-Bhagavatam. If you can read the books aloud also so you are chanting the Sanskrit verses in the books and hearing them as well that will be more powerful than just reading the books in your mind. Understanding Krishna consciousness is much more about hearing and chanting. It is not so much an intellectual process but depends on hearing and chanting.
So you can just gradually get all of Srila Prabhupada’s books and read them all. All of Prabhupada’s books are very good and we need to read all of his books…
So keep chanting Hare Krishna and be happy!
Madhudvisa dasa
Hare Krishna. Thank you for your mail it was nice reading about Krishna. I’m actually interested in Krishna and wanted to know how to serve him and love him. Due to Krishna’s grace I was born in brahmana family in India and from my childhood I was interested in Krishna and wanted to know how to serve him. Tell me how to surrender to Krishna and what it means.
It is a big question and Srila Prabhupada has written almost 100 books to teach this to you. So PLEASE READ SRILA PRABHUPADA’S BOOKS…
It is not something that I can write in a couple of paragraphs. It is a science, it is something you have to study under the authority of a bonafide spiritual master. You have to study the books. You have to apply the teachings in your life. You have to undergo the course of study and pass the exams.
It is the 3rd day in March 2017 and I am still in love with Krishna. Hare Krishna, Hare Rama.
HARE KRISHNA HARI HARI BHOL
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Shrila Prabhupad, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai and Lord Krishna
Prabhuji,
Now we are holidaying in Charleston in SC in USA.
Thanks for the important information about Krishna. It is greatly useful for us to use while distributing books. In Charleston in SC we distributed books 2 boxes. Unfortunately, due to various reasons we could not continue. This is a favourable place for book distribution for people are interested to know more.
As a senior person, mind is not allowing to go further in distribution of books and speak to people.
In case you have someone who will be abe to visit this place and distribute books, it is a worthy place.
Thanks for this best topic Krishna
Yurs humble servant
hari namamrta dasa
Hare Krishna Prabhu
It is very, very good news that you have distributed two of Srila Prabhupada’s books in Charleston SC. But it is not good that your mind is not letting you distribute more books… We have to expect this. As soon as we try a little bit to serve Srila Prabhupada and Krishna the mind will come up with so many very good reasons why we should not do it…
So we have to learn to IGNORE THE MAD MIND.
So just keep on distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books yourself wherever you find yourself in the world. Don’t think that others will come there to distribute Prabhupada’s books. You are there so you have to take it as your responsibility to help the people in that place by giving them Prabhupada’s books.
So please just ignore your mind and distribute more of Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental books to the people there.
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!
Madhudvisa dasa
Yes, ignore the mad mind.
Have you heard Srila Prabhupada’s beautiful song(composed by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada):
dusta mana tumi kisora visnava! pratisthara tare nirjanera ghare
Tava harinama kevala kaitava
Srila Prabhupada always asked his disciples, to help save the people no matter what problem we face(or whatever excuse the mind tries to give). So please distribute his books…Please save the souls, please , there are innumerable of them suffering here, and waiting for us, for the nectar we have with us. We cant be selfish enough to go back to godhead alone…
Sri Krsna Sankirtan Ki Jai,all glories to Srila Pabhupada Ki Jai,we are sooo blessed ,considering where we all came from,that is the mercy of a pure devotee!Hare Krsna
Mohini
Hare Krishna
Where can I get Hare Krishna mahamantra meaning ?
You can hear Srila Prabhupada explain the meaning of the Hare Krishna mantra at:
https://krishna.org/the-meaning-of-the-hare-krishna-mantra-1966-mp3-audio-lecture/
Hare Krishna
All glories to hare Krishna mahamantra
Why u ar telling Radhanath swami is Mayavadi ?
He is Krishna devotee or not?
Hare Krishna Veeranjinigowda
Actually devotee of Krishna is a very rare thing, Mayavadi is very common. These days almost everyone who is a little bit interested in spirituality, particularly in India, is a Mayavadi.
This is because we are basically self-interested. We are all inclined in that way in the material world because this material world is a prison house and only the criminals are sent here. So we have all come to the material world because we are envious of Krishna and we want to become like Krishna.
Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna is the controller, and our eternal natural position is that we are eternal servants of Krishna.
But because we have a little independence then sometimes we become envious of Krishna and we want the attention ourselves. Instead of surrendering to Krishna and serving Krishna we start to think it would be good if people would surrender to us and serve us instead… That is why we come to the material world. Because we do not want to surrender to and serve Krishna, we want to imitate Him.
So you will find practically everyone these days is like this, even ISKCON gurus, they have some personal interest, they want something for themselves. It is natural in the material world. It is very rare to find a pure devotee in the material world.
But those who are not pure devotees and get into the ‘guru business’ for some personal benefit are the greatest criminals and Krishna has set aside the worst hellish planet for there future residence. You can read about this in Sri Isopanisad.
As far as Radhanatha Swami, yes, he is a Mayavadi. You can just read his biography, I think it is called ‘coming home’ or something like that. There he clearly mentions prominently his Mayavadi gurus and he minimizes Srila Prabhupada. So even he puts great importance on his Mayavadi gurus. And you will see he is always associating with Mayavadis. Devotees do not associate with Mayavadis…
So yes, you can know if for certain that Radhanatha Swami is a Mayavadi. You need to avoid his association if you want to make advancement in Krishna consciousness.
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!
Madhudvisa dasa
Hare Krishna, Thank you for your message that I received in my Gmail this morning, “Who Is Krishna?” My background is Christian/Catholic. I have recently got the Bhagavad-gita as it is and a Japa beads from your Krishna store. I believe that it is so simple to stay in contact and get even closer to Krishna when our life may have turmoil simply by chanting. We do not have to think about what to ask God. It’s covered in the Maha Mantra Hare Krishna chant. In Christianity you have to ask/beg God to intervene and might not know how to say it. Anyways, thank you for your message. I look very much forward to the next Krishna Connect newsletter. Thank you.
Hare Krishna Miki
Yes. Your realizations are very good. Chanting Hare Krishna is perfect. It can be understood as a prayer to Krishna, “Krishna, please engage me in Your service.”
So the idea is that a devotee does not ask Krishna to give him things for his enjoyment. No. A devotee simply desires to be engaged in the service of Krishna. He wants to do things that please Krishna. And, because we are all part and parcel of Krishna, if Krishna is pleased by our service then automatically we become pleased also.
This is actually the secret to happiness. If we can make Krishna happy by our service then we will be happy. There is no other way to be happy.
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!
Madhudvisa dasa
Knowing about Krishna I felt sweet while reading this article.I am blessed with God Krishna from big danger,afterthat now I am feeling everything is new to me.Glory to the Krishna.Thanks Sir.If any mistakes from m6 communication please correct me.I am the one of the learner or student of u in spirituality.
Hare Kirshna
I have query, who are Mahadeva and Brahma? Are they subordinate of Shri Kirshna?
Yes. Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original person, the father of everyone. Everyone is subordinate to Krishna.
Super write up, Thanks..
Jai Sri Krishna !!