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hierarchy: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa)
hierarchy: Canto 11: General History
hierarchy: CHAPTER SEVEN
ŚB 11.7.50
A Kṛṣṇa conscious person never feels proprietorship over the opulences entrusted to him by Lord Kṛṣṇa for spreading the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. The devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa should not merely accumulate material wealth, but should distribute the opulences of Lord Kṛṣṇa in such a way that the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement spreads unlimitedly.
ŚB 11.7
Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Uddhava
ŚB 11.7.28
The followers of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu simultaneously cultivate their own Kṛṣṇa consciousness and strenuously endeavor in missionary work to help others become Kṛṣṇa conscious. The act of trying to enjoy without Kṛṣṇa is in itself the culmination of irrationality, and thus we cannot Many devotees of Kṛṣṇa come from wealthy, learned and influential families, and they take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness voluntarily gives up all types of material enjoyment, knowing that nothing but love of Kṛṣṇa and service
ŚB 11.7.7
As stated in Bhagavad-gītā, vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti: Lord Kṛṣṇa is actually everything because He is present Kṛṣṇa is sarva-loka-maheśvaram, the Lord and proprietor of all worlds. To see anything separate from Kṛṣṇa is illusion, and attraction to any kind of material illusion, either
ŚB 11.7.39
It is the duty of a devotee of the Lord to avoid seeing any object as separate from Kṛṣṇa, because that Similarly, if one sees everything in relation to Kṛṣṇa, there is no scope for material sense gratification But if one sees material objects as separate from Kṛṣṇa, then one’s material enjoying propensity is immediately One may accept sense activity in a regulated, limited fashion so that one will be strong for serving Kṛṣṇa The ultimate goal, as stated here, is jñānam, or steady consciousness of the Absolute Truth, Lord Kṛṣṇa
ŚB 11.7.6
The sincere servants of Caitanya Mahāprabhu are vigorously endeavoring to spread this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement for the pleasure of their spiritual master and Lord Kṛṣṇa. At the present time thousands of devotees in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, in all parts of the world The people who receive this literature usually have no previous experience of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, yet In order to execute the tremendous task of spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the devotees are tirelessly
ŚB 11.7.18
He has been forced, therefore, to become humble and surrender to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, the personal Lord Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate shelter of even Nāra, or the Lord’s puruṣa expansion who creates the material The word nārāyaṇa indicates that even Mahā-Viṣṇu finds His shelter in Kṛṣṇa, who is certainly supreme Taking shelter of Kṛṣṇa means taking shelter of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa and obeying Him. Lord Kṛṣṇa demands this in Bhagavad-gītā, and if we comply with the order of the Lord our life can become
ŚB 11.7.23
ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ
ŚB 11.7.19
According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, Lord Kṛṣṇa considered Uddhava to be more intelligent But Uddhava was actually perfectly situated because he had achieved Lord Kṛṣṇa as his personal spiritual Similarly, the members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement are guided by the instructions of the Society Therefore, a sincere member of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement should never feel discouraged but should Even one who has not yet received the complete mercy of the bona fide Kṛṣṇa conscious spiritual master
ŚB 11.7.7
may be raised that since we find good and bad qualities throughout the material world, how can Lord Kṛṣṇa In this verse Kṛṣṇa explains that material good and evil are a creation of the illusory energy, just
ŚB 11.7
As described in this chapter, the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, replied to Uddhava’s prayerful entreaty that he Kṛṣṇa advised Uddhava to take to the renounced order of sannyāsa, and when Uddhava showed interest in
ŚB 11.7.13
It is clear from previous verses that Śrī Uddhava is a pure devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa and that he considers devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa to be the perfection of life. Thus the words tattvaṁ jijñāsuḥ indicate that since Lord Kṛṣṇa is about to leave the earth, Uddhava is