Understanding Krishna’s Supreme Attractiveness
The Bhagavad-gita (7.19) describes a person who is enlightened and understands that Krishna is everything. What does “everything” refer to? Does it refer to the [...]
Turn to God not just for answers; turn to God as the answer
The Bhagavad-gita (7.19) declares that the enlightened surrender to Krishna, knowing him to be the ultimate reality and the embodiment of the fulfillment of all [...]
Gita 07.19 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya In this 7th chapter now we [...]
Seeing Krishna’s love for us and showing our love for him
Many of us turn toward God after we have tried everything else in our quest to be happy and it all has left us disappointed. [...]
Is God our problem-solver?
Most people turn toward God when they face problems. The Bhagavad-gita (07.16) appreciates as virtuous those who seek God as their problem-solver. Simultaneously, it (07.19) [...]
When we say no to God, it’s mostly because we don’t know God
Contemporary society has largely said no to God — not so much by denying his existence as by relegating him to irrelevance. Most people nowadays [...]
If Krishna takes away the things that can take us away from him, don’t go away from him
We usually approach God when we need something. If we get it by praying to him, we feel our faith vindicated. But suppose the opposite [...]
Devotion commences when God becomes our guide and culminates when he becomes our goal
To embark on any journey, we need to know the starting and ending points. In our devotional journey toward God, what are the starting and [...]
To be dissatisfied with the material is ordinary, to be so dissatisfied as to look beyond the material is extraordinary
During the course of life, we often feel dissatisfied – with our phone, vehicle, house, salary, looks. Essentially, we feel dissatisfied that some material thing [...]
Knowledge about Krishna protects and propels
Sometimes people ask, “What is the practical use of gaining knowledge about Krishna? When we get knowledge about, say, engineering, we can earn a living. [...]
See Krishna not just as a shock-absorber, but also as a goal-transformer
Many people treat God as a shock-absorber. Just as a car’s shock-absorber is needed to minimize jolts while driving, they think God is needed to [...]
To see Krishna’s love through the filter of our desires is to blind ourselves to his love
Suppose a child gets infatuated with a toy and demands it from his mother. If she refuses, he cries, “You don’t love me.” The mother [...]
Between the extremes of pantheism and deism lies the holism of panentheism
Pantheism equates God with nature. It implies that whatever exists in nature is all that there is to God, that he has no self-existence beyond [...]
Don’t raise your eyes alone – raise your heart too
When we face overwhelming problems in life, we may lift our eyes and look for help from higher powers, ultimately from God, Krishna. Such lifting [...]
To sweeten your devotion, heighten your conception and motivation
Sometimes we may find our bhakti practices lacking in taste. To gain steady taste, we need to heighten our conception of God and our motivation [...]
Don’t use a gold slab as a shade against sunburn
Suppose a tribal who has never heard of gold is walking under the hot sun and spots a gold slab jutting out of the ground. [...]
See beyond the provision to the provider
A newborn infant sees everything as potential food. It suckles the mother’s breasts and sees it as a source of nourishment. Only after some growth [...]
Krishna is not just a solace from the world – he is the substance of the world
Many people come to God to gain relief from the wounds incurred while battling for the things of this world. What they find too difficult [...]
Life’s supreme success is not to conquer everyone but to be conquered by the lover of everyone
Many people think of success in terms of power – they think that the more people they can conquer, the more successful they have become. [...]
It takes great intelligence to recognize that intelligence is not great enough
Some people feel that the path of bhakti is too simplistic: “If we just do what Krishna tells, then how are we doing justice to [...]
Krishna is not a dispensable filler; he is an indispensable shelter
“I don’t have time.” That’s how we often respond whenever we are urged to give devotion to Krishna its due place in our lives. This [...]