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Krsna consciousness movement means how to become dear to Krsna: "How Krsna will love me"

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So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means how to become dear to Kṛṣṇa: "How Kṛṣṇa will love me." Kṛṣṇa loves. Kṛṣṇa says that He is no one's enemy and no one's friend. That is in neutrality. But He says, God must be equal to everyone. He is neither envious to anyone nor friendly to anyone. This is general. But there is special significance. "Persons who are engaged in devotional service with love and faith, I have got a special intimate relation with him."


Lecture on BG 12.13-14 -- Bombay, May 12, 1974:

So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means how to become dear to Kṛṣṇa, "How Kṛṣṇa will love me." Kṛṣṇa loves. Kṛṣṇa says that He is no one's enemy and no one's friend. That is in neutrality. But He says, ye tu bhajanti māṁ bhaktyā teṣu te mayi, samo 'haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu (BG 9.29). (child crying) (aside) That talking, stop. Samo 'haṁ sarva-bhūteṣu na me dveṣyo 'sti na priyaḥ. God must be equal to everyone. He is neither envious to anyone nor friendly to anyone. This is general. But there is special significance. Ye tu bhajanti māṁ bhaktyā (BG 9.29): "Persons who are engaged in devotional service with love and faith," teṣu te mayi, "I have got a special intimate relation with him."

It is not partiality. Just like if a gentleman has got five sons, and out of the five sons, those who are very obedient to the father, or one of them, two of them, naturally the father is inclined to them. That is not partiality that, "Why the father is inclined to some sons and other sons, indifferent?" That is natural. As we have got this natural instinct, similarly, God has also the same instinct. If we study ourself analytically, we can understand what is God, because we are the sample of God. Mamaivāṁśo jīva-bhūtaḥ (BG 15.7). Sample. Just like if you take one drop of water from the seawater, you can understand what is the chemical composition of the whole sea. It is not very difficult. Similarly, if you study yourself, what are your inclinations, propensities . . . there are so many things. So everything, what you have got, the same thing God has also got. The difference is that you are like a drop of seawater and He is vast sea. That's all. Big quantity. Quantitatively, we are different, but qualitatively, we are one. The same quality.

Page Title:Krsna consciousness movement means how to become dear to Krsna: "How Krsna will love me"
Compiler:MadhuGopaldas, Sahadeva
Created:10 of Sep, 2009
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1