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The path of perfection 6
Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the development of love of Kṛṣṇa – a position transcendental even to material Because he has love for Kṛṣṇa. Now let us eat this cow.” Such a person may look on other humans as brothers, but he looks on the cow as food. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person, however, thinks, “Oh, here is a cow. Here is a dog.
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Since Kṛṣṇa is speaking, the “Me” refers to Kṛṣṇa. Now let us eat this cow.” Such a person may look on other humans as brothers, but he looks on the cow as food. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person, however, thinks, “Oh, here is a cow. Here is a dog. It is not that God is sitting in my heart and not in the heart of a dog, cat, or cow.
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Kṛṣṇa consciousness means always living with Kṛṣṇa in His spiritual planet. Because we are conscious of Kṛṣṇa, we are already living with Him. For one who remembers Kṛṣṇa without deviation, He is easy to obtain. Why should we try so hard to attain Kṛṣṇa, when Kṛṣṇa Himself says, “I am easy to obtain”? We have only to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma
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When we serve Kṛṣṇa, we are preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or cooking, or cleansing the temple, or distributing books about Kṛṣṇa, or writing about Him, or shopping for foodstuff to offer Him. Kṛṣṇa consciousness means activity. Whatever assets we have should be utilized for Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa has given us a mind, and we must utilize this mind to think of Kṛṣṇa. We have been given these legs, and we should use them to go to the temple of Kṛṣṇa.
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(Bhagavad-gītā 6.35) Kṛṣṇa does not say that it is not difficult. Constant practice means engaging ourselves in some activities that remind us of Kṛṣṇa. Everyone is engaged in some activity with Kṛṣṇa at the center. Therefore whether one is typing for Kṛṣṇa, cooking for Kṛṣṇa, chanting for Kṛṣṇa, or distributing literature for Kṛṣṇa, he is in the yoga system, and he is also in Kṛṣṇa.
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“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the surabhi cows that fulfill
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A person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness certainly sees Lord Kṛṣṇa everywhere, and he sees everything in Kṛṣṇa Nothing can exist without Kṛṣṇa, and Kṛṣṇa is the Lord of everything – this is the basic principle of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In this way, the Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not see the tree, but sees Kṛṣṇa present. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness: you don’t see the tree. You see Kṛṣṇa.
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(Bhagavad-gītā 6.30) This is sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ: always remembering Kṛṣṇa. If we practice living in this way, we never lose Kṛṣṇa and are never lost to Kṛṣṇa, and at the time of death we are therefore sure to go to Kṛṣṇa. If we are not lost to Kṛṣṇa, where can we go but to Kṛṣṇa? In the ninth chapter, Kṛṣṇa tells Arjuna, kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati: “O son of Kuntī
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In order to attain peace, we must meditate on Kṛṣṇa, and by meditating on Kṛṣṇa, we can control the body The tongue is controlled by chanting and eating kṛṣṇa-prasāda. When the mind is fixed on Kṛṣṇa and has no other engagement, it is automatically controlled. which abides in Kṛṣṇa. Everything is in Kṛṣṇa; therefore we cannot find peace outside Kṛṣṇa conscious activities.
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“The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate, and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it is, I think, (Bhagavad-gītā 6.34) By chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, one captures the mind immediately. Just by saying the name Kṛṣṇa and hearing it, the mind is automatically fixed on Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is like the original candle from which all other candles are lit. Similarly, from Kṛṣṇa millions of Viṣṇu forms expand, and each Viṣṇu form is as good as Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa
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Without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one must be always seeking self-centered or extended selfish activities. But a Kṛṣṇa conscious person can do everything for the satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa and thereby be perfectly One who has not realized Kṛṣṇa must mechanically try to escape material desires before being elevated
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preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Because he sees Kṛṣṇa in all beings. How is this? Because he sees that all beings are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. He also understands that since these beings have forgotten Kṛṣṇa, it is his duty to awaken them to Kṛṣṇa He understands that everyone should know himself to be part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa.