Krishna consciousness Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
When Srila Prabhupada in 1966 in New York founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a friend of his told him why not put God consciousness instead of Krishna and Srila Prabhupada replied that God is somewhat vague, but Krishna is something concrete, and if someone does not know that Krishna is God to come here and we'll explain.
In the book's preface Krishna Srila Prabhupada explains that Krishna is God: Now, one can ask the question Why Is Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead? The answer is, because He is set to accurate and detailed descriptions of the Supreme Being, the Divine, in other words, Krishna is God because He is supremely attractive. Beyond the supreme principle of attraction, there is no other meaning of the word "God." How can anyone be supremely attractive? First of all, if someone is very rich, if he has great riches, it then becomes an attractive person for people in general. In a similar way if someone is very powerful, it also becomes an attractive person; and if someone is very famous, very beautiful, or wise, or is unattached to all kinds of possessions, he also becomes an attractive person. So from practical experience we can observe that one is attractive due to: 1) wealth, 2) power, 3) fame, 4) beauty, 5) wisdom, and 6) renunciation. One who simultaneously possesses all of these six opulences and that has unlimited degree, is understood to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Parasara Muni, a great Vedic authority describes these opulences of God. We have seen many rich, powerful, famous, beautiful, learned and erudite people; We have seen many people who belong to the order of renounced life and are detached from material possessions, but we have never seen anyone like Krishna in the history of mankind, which was simultaneously and unlimitedly rich, powerful, famous, beautiful it , wise and unattached. Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a historical figure who appeared on this planet five thousand years ago and behaved as a human being; but their activities were not parallel, from the moment of its appearance until the time of his disappearance. Each of its activities is unique in world history, and therefore who knows what we mean by the word "God," will accept Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. No one is equal to God, no one is greater than Him. That is the meaning of the familiar proverb "God is great."
Krishna consciousness means the art of concentrating our attention on God and give our love. Many people think they will be happy to promote the cause of moral principles and religious rites, others think they will be happy in economic development, and others through the indulgence of the senses, but the fact is that people can only be happy loving God or Krishna. And all the great representatives of God in different cultures as Jesus Christ, Srila Prabhupada, Muhammad, Confucius, etc., preach this truth: Love God above all things and your neighbor as yourself. Krishna consciousness is not a sectarian but universal process, and is practiced worldwide, Srila Prabhupada always said that Krishna consciousness is simple for simple-hearted and for those who are serious and sincere and it is difficult for those of twisted mind. Although the origin of consciousness of Krishna is India, punya bhumi the land of piety, caste systems ruined the whole spiritual culture of India, so Srila Prabhupada came to the West to preach Krishna consciousness and then went to India with his Western disciples and Hindus were very surprised that Westerners full of love for God chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. It is very interesting what Srila Prabhupada says in the introduction of the Bhagavad Gita about the difference between faith and Sanatana dharma, faith can change, we see that a Christian Muslim does, or is Hindu, or vice versa, but Sanatana Dharma does not change, sanatana means eternal, and dharma means duty, the duty of eternal espirtual eternal soul is to serve God or Krishna and His devotees.
I am personally very pleased and happy to see that so many people are interested in knowing God and loving him, it is a fact that today there is a great spiritual awakening throughout the world, and increasingly there are peaceful dialogue between religions, the other day a friend of mine told me that Pope Francis spoke about the law of karma and when Srila Prabhupada asked him what he thought about Jesus Christ, he always said that Jesus Christ is our spiritual master, thank God we are no longer in the age media in the era of the Inquisition, which say that the Earth was round you burned at the stake, while this was happening in the West in India Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu and his associates were discussing the Srimad Bhagavatam that informs us of the nature of all planets in the universe and the distances between all the planets in a scientific way.
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When Srila Prabhupada in 1966 in New York founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a friend of his told him why not put God consciousness instead of Krishna and Srila Prabhupada replied that God is somewhat vague, but Krishna is something concrete, and if someone does not know that Krishna is God to come here and we'll explain.
In the book's preface Krishna Srila Prabhupada explains that Krishna is God: Now, one can ask the question Why Is Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead? The answer is, because He is set to accurate and detailed descriptions of the Supreme Being, the Divine, in other words, Krishna is God because He is supremely attractive. Beyond the supreme principle of attraction, there is no other meaning of the word "God." How can anyone be supremely attractive? First of all, if someone is very rich, if he has great riches, it then becomes an attractive person for people in general. In a similar way if someone is very powerful, it also becomes an attractive person; and if someone is very famous, very beautiful, or wise, or is unattached to all kinds of possessions, he also becomes an attractive person. So from practical experience we can observe that one is attractive due to: 1) wealth, 2) power, 3) fame, 4) beauty, 5) wisdom, and 6) renunciation. One who simultaneously possesses all of these six opulences and that has unlimited degree, is understood to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Parasara Muni, a great Vedic authority describes these opulences of God. We have seen many rich, powerful, famous, beautiful, learned and erudite people; We have seen many people who belong to the order of renounced life and are detached from material possessions, but we have never seen anyone like Krishna in the history of mankind, which was simultaneously and unlimitedly rich, powerful, famous, beautiful it , wise and unattached. Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a historical figure who appeared on this planet five thousand years ago and behaved as a human being; but their activities were not parallel, from the moment of its appearance until the time of his disappearance. Each of its activities is unique in world history, and therefore who knows what we mean by the word "God," will accept Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. No one is equal to God, no one is greater than Him. That is the meaning of the familiar proverb "God is great."
Krishna consciousness means the art of concentrating our attention on God and give our love. Many people think they will be happy to promote the cause of moral principles and religious rites, others think they will be happy in economic development, and others through the indulgence of the senses, but the fact is that people can only be happy loving God or Krishna. And all the great representatives of God in different cultures as Jesus Christ, Srila Prabhupada, Muhammad, Confucius, etc., preach this truth: Love God above all things and your neighbor as yourself. Krishna consciousness is not a sectarian but universal process, and is practiced worldwide, Srila Prabhupada always said that Krishna consciousness is simple for simple-hearted and for those who are serious and sincere and it is difficult for those of twisted mind. Although the origin of consciousness of Krishna is India, punya bhumi the land of piety, caste systems ruined the whole spiritual culture of India, so Srila Prabhupada came to the West to preach Krishna consciousness and then went to India with his Western disciples and Hindus were very surprised that Westerners full of love for God chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. It is very interesting what Srila Prabhupada says in the introduction of the Bhagavad Gita about the difference between faith and Sanatana dharma, faith can change, we see that a Christian Muslim does, or is Hindu, or vice versa, but Sanatana Dharma does not change, sanatana means eternal, and dharma means duty, the duty of eternal espirtual eternal soul is to serve God or Krishna and His devotees.
I am personally very pleased and happy to see that so many people are interested in knowing God and loving him, it is a fact that today there is a great spiritual awakening throughout the world, and increasingly there are peaceful dialogue between religions, the other day a friend of mine told me that Pope Francis spoke about the law of karma and when Srila Prabhupada asked him what he thought about Jesus Christ, he always said that Jesus Christ is our spiritual master, thank God we are no longer in the age media in the era of the Inquisition, which say that the Earth was round you burned at the stake, while this was happening in the West in India Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu and his associates were discussing the Srimad Bhagavatam that informs us of the nature of all planets in the universe and the distances between all the planets in a scientific way.
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