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Bhakti Yoga-Devotional Service to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna

Bhakti Yoga-Devotional Service to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna
Gopis performing Devotional Service to the Lordships Sri Sri Radha Krishna

Preaching Krishna's Glories Tirelessly


On the twenty-hour journey from Frankfurt to Melbourne, Satsvarupa
dasa Goswami was Srila Prabhupada's only travelling companion. During
the flight to Singapore, Srila Prabhupada opened one of his
Srimad-Bhagavatam volumes. He read for over an hour and then placed it
in the chair-pocket in front of him. He was mostly quiet, but once,
while looking out at the silver wing he turned to Satsvarupa Goswami.
"It took so much intelligence to build a plane like this," he said,
"so how can they say there is no God? If a plane flies in the sky by
human ingenuity, then how can we say that the planets, sky, clouds and
the whole cosmic arrangement have no brain behind it?" Prabhupada's
observation struck Satsvarupa as wonderful.
Satsvarupa: It was simple, but solid. Here you were, riding with that
person whose task it was to glorify God to the whole world, and even
in his quiet moment he had a Krsna conscious thought and shared it
with you. I was grateful and felt renewed strength.

In the morning, Srila Prabhupada and Satsvarupa dasa Goswami changed
planes in Singapore. As they sat in the waiting lounge, a weary
Satsvarupa kept dutifully checking their tickets and his watch, hoping
that everything would go without mishap. Again Prabhupada was mostly
silent, but when a little child passed with a toy on wheels,
Prabhupada said to Satsvarupa: "I remember being that young. I also
had toys like that." And he added, "I once scraped my knee".

Satsvarupa: Prabhupada tended to be withdrawn during the airplane
trips. He did not feel at home with the karmis and their meat-eating
and smoking. He was not like a businessman, who has a few drinks and
then starts talking loudly or does a lot of office work during a
flight. Prabhupada, at least when I saw him, was mostly quiet, just
waiting with infinite patience to get to the next place for spreading
Krsna consciousness.

As the plane descended through the clouds over Melbourne, Prabhupada
again spoke to Satsvarupa: "When we took off in Germany there was all
green, and now here it's also green. So why do they say that we cannot
travel to the spiritual world, and that there will be no life there,
just as there is here?"

Prabhupada spoke simply, but Satsvarupa took it as unforgettable nectar.

- From "The Great Transcendental Adventure" by HG Kurma Prabhu

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Dinesh
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Pure Devotion Transcendental to Knowledge

Pradyumna: Is there a difference in the quality of service between a
person who is, just accepts outright Krsna, service to Krsna, and one
who wants to scrutinize and inquire more and more about it, between
someone who just accepts, "That's it, this and this," and someone who
inquires more and more?

Prabhupada: One who loves Krsna without inquiry, that is nice
position. To inquire about Krsna is knowledge. And pure devotion is
transcendental to knowledge.

Love does not depend on the greatness. If a boy loves a girl or the
girl loves a boy, even in this material field, it does not depend on
the greatness of the boy. Of course, here everything is on material
consideration. But actual love is without any consideration, what He
is or what He isn't. That is real love. That is the perfectional stage
of love, without inquiring how great He is or what He is. But for the
neophytes it is necessary to know about Krsna. Because we have no
love, so if we understand that Krsna is so great, then gradually we
can love.

Our position is different because when... Therefore
Caitanya-caritamrta, it is said that siddhanta boliya citte na kara
alasa: "Try to understand about Krsna." Just like Krsna is explaining
in Bhagavad-gita that "I am this amongst the trees. I am this. I am
this planet. Amongst this, I am this. I am this." So just to impress
upon the neophyte devotees about the greatness... And those who are
advanced devotees, they do not want to see whether Krsna is great or
small. They simply love Him. That's all. That is pure love. In
Vrndavana, at least these gopis, they never saw Krsna's any jugglery
or any greatness. But they still love, pure love.

Pure love means
anyabhilasita-sunyam
jnana-karmady-anavrtam
anukulyena krsnanu
silanam bhaktir uttama
 [Brs. 1.1.11]
Without any cultivation of knowledge, without any activities of
fruitive action, without any desire, simply to love Krsna in order to
please Him -- that is the highest perfectional stage of devotion.
There is no consideration "Whether Krsna is God or not, whether we are
getting benefit or not." "Simply we love Krsna." That is the
perfectional stage.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Questions and Answers -- September 6, 1968, New York

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Everywhere are His hands and legs, Bhagavad-gita As It Is | Part [BG.13.16]

Bhagavad-gita As It Is | Part [BG.13.16]

TEXT 14:

sarvatah pani-padam tat
sarvato 'kshi-siro-mukham
sarvatah srutimal loke
sarvam avritya tishthati

TRANSLATION:

Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes, heads and faces, and He
has ears everywhere. In this way the Supersoul exists, pervading
everything.

PURPORT:

As the sun exists diffusing its unlimited rays, so does the Supersoul,
or Supreme Personality of Godhead. He exists in His all-pervading
form, and in Him exist all the individual living entities, beginning
from the first great teacher, Brahma, down to the small ants. There
are unlimited heads, legs, hands and eyes, and unlimited living
entities. All are existing in and on the Supersoul. Therefore the
Supersoul is all-pervading. The individual soul, however, cannot say
that he has his hands, legs and eyes everywhere. That is not possible.
If he thinks that under ignorance he is not conscious that his hands
and legs are diffused all over but when he attains to proper knowledge
he will come to that stage, his thinking is contradictory. This means
that the individual soul, having become conditioned by material
nature, is not supreme. The Supreme is different from the individual
soul. The Supreme Lord can extend His hand without limit; the
individual soul cannot. In Bhagavad-gita the Lord says that if anyone
offers Him a flower, or a fruit, or a little water, He accepts it. If
the Lord is a far distance away, how can He accept things? This is the
omnipotence of the Lord: even though He is situated in His own abode,
far, far away from earth, He can extend His hand to accept what anyone
offers. That is His potency. In the Brahma-samhita (5.37) it is
stated, goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhutah: although He is always
engaged in pastimes in His transcendental planet, He is all-pervading.
The individual soul cannot claim that he is all-pervading. Therefore
this verse describes the Supreme Soul, the Personality of Godhead, not
the individual soul.


Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada


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GLORIOUS KRISHNA: Vrindavan Meditations - Krishna Controlled by Love...

GLORIOUS KRISHNA: Vrindavan Meditations - Krishna Controlled by Love...:

"The sun is naturally warm, the moon is naturally cool, the earth naturally tolerant, the wind naturally restless, the saints naturally grave, and the ocean naturally deep. Similarly, Krishna is naturally controlled by love."

[Krishnadas Kaviraja Goswami, Sri Govinda-lilamrta]
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Am I God? [BG.13.14]

 
Bhagavad-gita As It Is | Part [BG.13.14]
 
(Purport to 13.08-13.12 continued) 
 
In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.11) this is explained. Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam yaj jnanam advayam. "Those who are actually knowers of the Absolute Truth know that the Self is realized in three different phases, as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan." Bhagavan is the last word in the realization of the Absolute Truth; therefore one should reach up to that platform of understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus engage in the devotional service of the Lord. That is the perfection of knowledge.
 
Beginning from practicing humility up to the point of realization of the Supreme Truth, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, this process is just like a staircase beginning from the ground floor and going up to the top floor. Now on this staircase there are so many people who have reached the first floor, the second or the third floor, etc., but unless one reaches the top floor, which is the understanding of Krishna, he is at a lower stage of knowledge. If anyone wants to compete with God and at the same time make advancement in spiritual knowledge, he will be frustrated. It is clearly stated that without humility, understanding is not truly possible. To think oneself God is most puffed up. Although the living entity is always being kicked by the stringent laws of material nature, he still thinks, "I am God" because of ignorance. The beginning of knowledge, therefore, is amanitva, humility. One should be humble and know that he is subordinate to the Supreme Lord. Due to rebellion against the Supreme Lord, one becomes subordinate to material nature. One must know and be convinced of this truth.
 
Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
 
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