The Bliss Of Krishna Consciousness

2022-08-10 06:35:12 Krishna informs us that beyond this material world is a spiritual sky, which is filled with innumerable planets. That sky is far, far greater than material space, which constitutes only one fourth of the entire creation. Similarly, the living entities within the material world are but a small portion of the living entities throughout the creation.

This material world is compared to a prison, and just as prisoners represent only a small percentage of the total population, so the living entities within the material world con­stitute but a fragmental portion of all living entities.

Those who have revolted against God-who are criminal-are placed in this material world. Sometimes criminals say that they don't care for the government, but nonetheless they are arrested and punished. Similarly, living entities who declare their defiance of God are placed in the material world.

Originally the living entities are all part and parcel of God and are related to Him just as sons are related to their father. Christians also con­sider God the supreme father. Christians go to church and pray, "Our Father, who art in heaven." The conception of God as father is also in the Bhagavad-gita [14.4] :-

sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya
mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ
tāsāṁ brahma mahad yonir
ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā

"It should be understood that all the species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed­ giving father."


From The Book :- The Science Of Sel Realization

Written by :- His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Open / Comment

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2022-08-07 04:45:46 Hare Krishna For all those who are willing to advance further in Krishna Consciousness, this is some information on how to observe Ekadashi fasting :- Ekadasi is observed for increasing the strength of devotion. (Srila Prabhupada’s Letter to Madhusudana… Open / Comment

2022-08-05 11:08:17 Open / Comment

2022-08-05 07:00:52 " Anyone, anywhere, can easily take to this Hare Kṛṣṇa movement; one need only chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, observe the rules and regulations, and stay free from the contamination of sinful life. Even if one is sinful and cannot give up sinful life immediately, if he chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra with devotion and faith he will certainly be freed from all sinful activities, and his life will be successful. Paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam. This is the blessing of Lord Rāmacandra, who has appeared in this age of Kali as Lord Gaurasundara. "


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The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Ramacandra (SB 9.10.51) Open / Comment

2022-08-04 10:57:36 Open / Comment

2022-08-04 08:08:38 “The yogī whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest happiness. By virtue of his identity with Brahman, he is liberated; his mind is peaceful, his passions are quieted, and he is freed from sin.”

(Bhagavad Gita. 6.27)

The mind is always concocting objects for happiness. I am always thinking, “This will make me happy,” or “That will make me happy. Happiness is here. Happiness is there.” In this way the mind is taking us anywhere and everywhere. It is as though we are riding on a chariot behind an unbridled horse. We have no power over where we are going but can only sit in horror and watch helplessly. As soon as the mind is engaged in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness process—specifically by chanting
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare—then the wild horses of the mind will gradually come under our control.

We must engage in Kṛṣṇa’s service every moment of our lives in order to keep the restless and turbulent mind from dragging us from one object to another in a vain search for happiness in the temporary material world.


From the book :- On The Way To Krishna

Written by :- His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Open / Comment

2022-08-03 08:18:55 Open / Comment

2022-08-03 05:49:25 Ordinarily when one quits the body he has to take up another body. The lives of the living entities are going on simply due to the living
entities’ changing dress from one body to another—transmigration of the soul—according to the work of the living entities. At the present moment we may think that this material body is our actual body, but it is like a dress. In reality we do have an actual body, a spiritual body. This material body is superficial compared to the real spiritual body of the living entity. When this material body becomes old and worn out, or when it is rendered useless by some accident, we put it aside as we might put aside a soiled or ruined suit and take up another material body.

vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya
navāni gṛhṇāt naro ’parāṇi
tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny
anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī

“As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.” (Bg. 2.22)

In the beginning the body is the size of a pea. Then it grows to become a baby, then a child, a young boy, a youth, a grown man and an old man, and finally, when it becomes useless, the living entity changes into another body. The body is therefore always changing, and death is simply the ultimate change of the present body.


From the book :- On The Way To Krishna

Written by :- His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Open / Comment