The Bliss Of Krishna Consciousness

The happiness and distress derived from the activities of the material senses are not actual happiness and distress. Therefore Bhagavad-gita speaks of happiness that is transcendental to the material conception of life (sukham ātyantikaṁ yat tad buddhi-grāhyam atīndriyam). When our senses are purified of material contamination, they become atīndriya, transcendental senses, and when the transcendental senses are engaged in the service of the master of the senses, Hṛṣīkeśa, one can derive real transcendentalpleasure. Whatever distress or happiness we manufacture by mental concoction through the subtle mind has no reality, but is simply a mental concoction. One should therefore not imagine so-called happiness through mental concoction. Rather, the best course is to engage the mind in the service of the Lord, Hṛṣīkeśa, and thus feel real blissful life. Purport SB 7.2.48 given by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedant Swami Prabhupada

"You cannot say that, "I want this kind of body." God is not your order supplier. You'll get. Either you ask for it or don't ask for it, you, according to your karma, you'll have a next body, karmaṇā daiva . . . by the superior arrangement. If you work in this life like god, you'll get next life a god's body. And if you work in this life as a dog, then you get next the life as a dog. That is not in your hands. Prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ (BG 3.27). Guṇaiḥ, according to your qualities, as you will work, and prakṛti, nature, will give you a similar body." ~Lecture by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedant Swami Prabhupada on BG 13.19 - Bombay October 13,1973

"In the Bhagavad-gītā you'll find, sarvasya cāham hṛdi sannivisto (BG 15.15). Krşņa says that "I am living in everyone's heart." Sarvasya cāham hṛdi sannivişţo mattah smrtir jñānam apohanam ca: "And through Me one is forgetting and one is remembering." So why Krşņa is doing like that? He is helping somebody to forget, and He is helping somebody to remember. Why? The same answer: ye yathā māṁ prapadyante. If you want to forget Krsna, or God, He will give you intelligence in such a way that you will forget forever. There will be no chance to come to the precincts of God. But it is the devotees of Krşņa. They are very compassionate. Kṛṣņa is very strict. If anyone wants to forget Him, He will give him so many chances that he will never be able to understand what is Kṛṣņa. But Kṛṣṇa's devotee are more compassionate than Krşņa. Therefore they preach Krşņa consciousness or God consciousness to the poor people." ~Lecture by His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedant Swami Prabhupada SB 07.06.01 - San Francisco 6 March,1968

"Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not an artificial thing, that we have manufactured some ideas and advertising that we are Kṛṣṇa conscious. No. Kṛṣṇa consciousness means just a obedient citizen of the state, he's always conscious of the state's supremacy, similarly, a person who is always conscious of the supremacy of God, or Kṛṣṇa, he is called Kṛṣṇa conscious. He's called Kṛṣṇa conscious. And if we say that "Why should we become Kṛṣṇa conscious?" If you do not become Kṛṣṇa conscious, then you become criminal. You become sinful. You have to suffer. The laws of nature is so strong that it will not let you go without suffering." ~Lecture given by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedant Swami Prabhupada on CC Adi 07.106-107 - San Francisco(Feb 17,1967)

I am friend so far I am giving you this information. But actual friend is Krsna. So this is friendship. Krsna is your best friend...I am your best friend in this sense, that I am giving you this information." Actually, Krsna is your best friend. What can I do? I am a teeny living entity. What can I do for you? I may become your friend, but when you are in danger, I cannot give you any protection; Krsna can give you protection. This is real friendship. Simply our business is to carry the message of Krsna. Then we are friend. Otherwise we are not friend. We may pose to become friend, but we are not friend, because we do not know how to benefit the friend. Therefore our business is to point out that "Krsna is your friend. Lecture by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedant Swami Prabhupada on Nectar of Devotion 30 October 1972, Vrindavan

"So here every living entity is trying to lord it over, competition. I am trying individualwise, nationwise. Everyone is trying to lord it over. That is material existence. And when he comes to his senses, jñānavān, that "I am falsely trying to lord it over. Rather, I am becoming implicated with material energy," when he comes to that, then he surrenders. Then again his liberated life begins. That is the whole process of spiritual life. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, sarva-dharmān parityajya māṁ ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja (BG 18.66). Don't manufacture ways and means, falsely trying to lord it over. That will... You'll not be happy, because you cannot lord it over the material nature. It is impossible." ~Room Conversation of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedant Swami Prabhupada with Allen Ginsberg - Columbus-May 10,1969

The real principle of religion We are trying to convince everyone that the devotional service of the Lord is enjoined in every scripture. If a person is religious, he must accept the supreme authority of the Lord, become His devotee and try to love Him. This is the real principle of religion. It does not matter whether one is Christian, Muslim, or whatever. He simply must accept the sublime position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and render service unto Him. It is not a question of being Christian, Muslim, or Hindu. One should be purely religious and freed from all these material designations. In this way one can learn the art of devotional service. This argument appeals to all intelligent men. Purport CC 2.25.20 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedant Swami Prabhupada