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hierarchy: The Path of Perfection
hierarchy: Chapter 8
The path of perfection 8
Through bhakti, pure devotion to Kṛṣṇa, we can leave the association of Māyā and be promoted to the eternal association of Kṛṣṇa. of becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious? We can also become eternal associates of Kṛṣṇa through pious deeds executed in many, many lives. living entities who have been promoted to the perfect stage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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But who renders service to Kṛṣṇa unless he is a devotee of Kṛṣṇa? In this Society of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devotees are rendering service without payment, out of love for Kṛṣṇa. All activities are connected with Kṛṣṇa, and therefore Kṛṣṇa consciousness is prevailing twenty-four We are not simply boasting that even a child can be the highest yogi simply by participating in Kṛṣṇa
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We have more or less seen Kṛṣṇa as the viśva-rūpa during wartime in Calcutta in 1942. , we were seeing that viśva-rūpa, and I was thinking, “Of course, this is also just another form of Kṛṣṇa A devotee wants to love Kṛṣṇa in His original form, and this viśva-rūpa is not His original form. Being omnipotent, Kṛṣṇa can appear in any form, but His lovable form is that of Kṛṣṇa, Śyāmasundara. Naturally, the child loves his father when he’s at home like a father, and similarly we love Kṛṣṇa as
The path of perfection 8
(Brahma-saṁhitā 5.44) Thus when we pray to Kṛṣṇa, we pray to Durgā immediately, because Durgā is His And when we pray to Durgā, we are actually praying to Kṛṣṇa, because she is working under the direction of Kṛṣṇa. When the devotee sees the activities of Māyā, he sees Kṛṣṇa immediately, thinking, “Oh, Māyā is acting so nicely under the direction of Kṛṣṇa.”
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In this material world, we have forgotten the service of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa; therefore we have become servants Now just turn your service to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa and you will be happy. You have to render service – either to māyā [illusion], the senses, or to Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.”
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arjuna uvāca ayatiḥ śraddhayopeto yogāc calita-mānasaḥ aprāpya yoga-saṁsiddhiṁ kāṁ gatiṁ kṛṣṇa gacchati
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etan me saṁśayaṁ kṛṣṇa chettum arhasy aśeṣataḥ tvad-anyaḥ saṁśayasyāsya chettā na hy upapadyate
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Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not rendered with some motive in mind. The devotees are not serving Kṛṣṇa in order that He supply them this or that. If Kṛṣṇa is there, everything is there, because Kṛṣṇa is everything. But this does not mean that we should try to conduct business with Kṛṣṇa, demanding, “Kṛṣṇa give me this Kṛṣṇa knows better than we do, and He knows our motives.
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Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a method for connecting directly with the Supreme. Although many people entering this Society have no qualifications, they have become highly advanced in Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa is present in the form of His transcendental name, and we can contact Him immediately by hearing Simply by hearing the name Kṛṣṇa we immediately become freed from material contamination.
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“O son of Mahārāja Nanda [Kṛṣṇa], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other I have fallen into (Śikṣāṣṭaka 5) This is another way of asking Kṛṣṇa to engage us in His service.
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Therefore please bestow Your grace upon me and reveal again Your form as the Personality of Godhead [Kṛṣṇa If Kṛṣṇa comes before you in the virāṭ-rūpa form, you will be so filled with fear that you will forget eager like the impersonalists to see the virāṭ-rūpa form; just render loving service to Śyāmasundara, Kṛṣṇa
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It is herein stressed that one must be completely fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, devoid of duality, and One is always wondering, “Shall I become Kṛṣṇa conscious, or should I engage in another consciousness executed in a previous life, his consciousness will be steadily fixed, and he will resolve, “I will be Kṛṣṇa