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Beyond birth and death 2
“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, fulfilling all
Beyond birth and death 2
Similarly, the cows are called surabhi, and they yield an endless supply of milk.
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Such meditation on Kṛṣṇa may seem very difficult, but it is not. If one practices Kṛṣṇa consciousness by chanting the mahā-mantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa and His name are nondifferent, and Kṛṣṇa and His transcendental abode are also nondifferent. If, for instance, we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa on the street, we will see that Kṛṣṇa is going with us, just as If, however, we are always merged in the thought of Kṛṣṇa, we should rest assured that Kṛṣṇa is always
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namo mahā-vadānyāya kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya- nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ
Beyond birth and death 2
, and now I am in America, but this does not mean that I am out of Vṛndāvana, because if I think of Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa consciousness means that one always lives with Kṛṣṇa on that spiritual planet, Goloka Vṛndāvana Smarati nityaśaḥ means “continuously remembering,” and for one who is continuously remembering Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Himself says that He is easily purchased by this bhakti-yoga process. We can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare
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on the pure brahma-bhūta spiritual platform, above the three modes, we must take up the method of Kṛṣṇa The gift of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the chanting of the names of Kṛṣṇa – Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa
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“I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other avatāra, even Kṛṣṇa Himself, because He is bestowing freely what no one else has ever given – pure love of Kṛṣṇa.”
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For one who dies in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, as stated before, entrance into Kṛṣṇaloka, the supreme abode where Kṛṣṇa resides, is guaranteed. At this point one may ask what the advantage is in going to that planet, and Kṛṣṇa Himself answers,
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It has already been ascertained that at the time of death, if one can think of Kṛṣṇa, he is immediately transferred to the abode of Kṛṣṇa.
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But this ignorance can be removed by this process of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. How is this? , Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Hare Kṛṣṇa is simply an address to the Supreme Lord and His energies. Hare means energy, and Kṛṣṇa is the name of the Supreme Lord, so when we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa we are saying Hare Kṛṣṇa is but an address to the Supreme Lord, requesting Him to accept us.
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Associating with Kṛṣṇa
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He who has progressed in devotional life and who is relishing service to Kṛṣṇa will automatically become The symptom of one absorbed in bhakti is that he is fully satisfied with Kṛṣṇa.