Becoming Krishna Conscious - an essential subject

Becoming Krishna conscious means dedicating one's life to Lord Krishna with love and devotion. However, one might feel that the concept is rather deep and intense, and therefore prefer to acquire more knowledge on the topic of Krishna consciousness before dedicating his life to the Krishna consciousness movement. If one reads the Bhagavad-gita and the Srimad-Bhagavatam sincerely, under the guidance of a genuine spiritual master, he will be able to acquire this very intimate transcendental knowledge, thus realising that one's life is meant for engaging in devotional service to the Supreme Lord (also known as 'becoming Krishna conscious').

Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes Becoming Krishna Conscious category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 8 quotes.

Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's books


vanipedia.org 		A gṛhavrata, one who has taken a vow to execute family duties, has no chance to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. This is because most gṛhavratas are guided by sense gratification and therefore gradually glide down to the darkest regions of material existence. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.1.4)



vanipedia.org 		The special feature of a birth in India is that a person born in India becomes automatically God conscious. In every part of India, and especially in the holy places of pilgrimage, even an ordinary uneducated man is inclined toward Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and as soon as he sees a Kṛṣṇa conscious person, he offers obeisances. India has many sacred rivers, such as the Ganges, Yamunā, Narmadā, Kāverī and Kṛṣṇā, and simply by bathing in these rivers people are liberated and become Kṛṣṇa conscious. (Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 4.98)



vanipedia.org 		One should endeavor for that which is never obtained by wandering up and down the universe as a result of the reactions of karma. What is that? One should endeavor to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. If one tries to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness all over the world, he should be understood to be performing the best welfare activity. The Lord is automatically very pleased with him. If the Lord is pleased with him, what is left for him to achieve? (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.7.44)



vanipedia.org 		When a Vaiṣṇava king like Dhruva Mahārāja is the head of the government of the entire world, the world is so happy that it is not possible to imagine or describe. Even now, if people would all become Kṛṣṇa conscious, the democratic government of the present day would be exactly like the kingdom of heaven. If all people became Kṛṣṇa conscious they would vote for persons of the category of Dhruva Mahārāja. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.9.66)



vanipedia.org 		The perfect yogī knows that the living being who is conditioned by the modes of material nature is subjected to the threefold material miseries due to forgetfulness of his relationship with Kṛṣṇa. And because one in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is happy, he tries to distribute the knowledge of Kṛṣṇa everywhere. Since the perfect yogī tries to broadcast the importance of becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious, he is the best philanthropist in the world, and he is the dearest servitor of the Lord. (Bhagavad-gītā 6.32)



vanipedia.org 		Material activities may be either pious or impious, but because they are all material, they are compared to stool. Worms cannot get out of stool by their own endeavor; similarly, those who are overly attached to material existence cannot get out of materialism and suddenly become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Attachment is there. (Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 1.198)



vanipedia.org 		Real knowledge is expounded in Bhagavad-gītā: "Just become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Just worship Kṛṣṇa and become a devotee of Kṛṣṇa." That is real knowledge, and anyone who follows that system becomes perfect without a doubt. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.24.18)



vanipedia.org 		External māyā is exhibited in two phases—jīva-māyā, the living entities, and guṇa-māyā, the material world. In the material world there is prakṛti (material nature) and pradhāna (the ingredients of material nature). However, for one who becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, the distinction between material and spiritual varieties does not exist. An advanced devotee like Prahlāda Mahārāja sees everything as one—Kṛṣṇa. (Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 12.194)


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