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our love in Krishna From Sriman Krishna Caitanya Prabhu, who is the great preacher/2nd Generation Minister in Vancouver, British Columbia (CANADA). Hari Hari Bolo!!! The other day i had picked up the Quest for Enlightenment and there is this class Srila Prabhupada gives on love and Krsna - which he gave in seattle like forever ago;)! soo it really got me thinking that day and thought i would share it!!! Its an excerpt from the book, which goes one to explain how our postions are and how are relationship with Krishna is made! but this is a lil teaser;) hope all is well! your servent, krsna caitanya dasa Placing Our Love in Krishna In this talk Srila Prabhupada says, "To love your home, to love your country, to love your husband, to love your children, to love your wife, and on and on-all this love is more or less present in the animal kingdom. But that sort of love will not give you happiness. You'll be frustrated.... If you really want peace, if you really want satisfaction... then try to love Krishna." (September 1968, Seattle, Washington) Govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajãmi. Our program is to worship Govinda, the original person, with love and devotion. This is Krishna consciousness. We are teaching people to love Krishna. That's all. Our program is to direct your love toward the proper place. Everyone wants to love, but they're being frustrated because their love is being misplaced. People do not understand where to place their love. First of all you love your body. Then, a little extended, you love your father and mother. Then you love your community, then your country, then the whole human society. And at last you love all living entities. But all this extended love will not give you satisfaction-until you reach the point of loving Krishna. Then you'll be satisfied. For example, when you throw a stone into a lake, a circle begins expanding. The circle keeps expanding, expanding, expanding. . . And when the circle touches the shore, it stops. Until the circle reaches the shore of the lake, it must go on increasing. So we have to go on increasing and increasing our love until we love Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are two ways to increase your love. You can practice loving your society, loving your country, loving all humanity, all living entities, and on and on. Or you can directly love Krishna. Then everything is complete. It is so nice. Because Krsna is all attractive, love for Him includes everything. Why? Because Krishna is the center of everything. In family, if you love your father, then you love your brothers, your sisters, the servant of your father, the home of your father, the wife of your father (namely, your mother)-everyone. The central point is the father. Similarly, if you love Krishna, then your love will be expanded everywhere. Another example: If you love a tree, you can simply pour water on the root. Then the leaves, the flowers, the branches, the trunk, the twigs-everything-will be nourished. Then your love for the tree will be properly expressed. Similarly, if you love your countrymen, if you want to see that they become educated, advanced economically and mentally and physically, then what do you do? You pay taxes to the government; you don't hide your income tax. You simply pay taxes to the central government, and your money will be distributed to the education department, to the defense department, to the hygiene department-everywhere. These are crude examples, but they show that if you actually want to love everyone and everything, you should love Krishna. You'll not be frustrated, because loving Krishna is complete. When your love is complete, you'll be completely satisfied. It is just like when you eat food to your full satisfaction: you say, "I am satisfied; I don't want any more." So, this Krishna consciousness movement is very simple. Although it was inaugurated five hundred years ago by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, it is even older than that, since it is spoken of in the Vedic scriptures. From the historical point of view, this Krishna consciousness movement has existed at least since Lord Krishna appeared on the surface of this planet five thousand years ago. And more recently, five hundred years ago, Lord Caitanya expanded the movement. His mission is aradhyo bhagavan, to propagate the worship of Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. [BACK] Tattva
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