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	== Srimad-Bhagavatam ==		<div class="section" id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2></div>

	=== SB Canto 6 ~~===~~		<div class="sub_section" id="SB_Canto_6" text="SB Canto 6"><h3>SB Canto 6</h3></div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~q_heading~~">~~'''~~ By chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra without offenses, one increases his love for Kṛṣṇa. ~~'''~~</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="SB" link="SB 6.3.24" link_text="SB 6.3.24, Purport">
			<div class="heading">By chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra without offenses, one increases his love for Kṛṣṇa.</div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~SB-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:SB 6.3.24\|SB 6.3.24, Purport]]:''' The chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is recommended even for persons who commit offenses, because if they continue chanting they will gradually chant offenselessly. By chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra without offenses, one increases his love for Kṛṣṇa. As stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, premā pum-artho mahān: one's main concern should be to increase one's attachment to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and to increase one's love for Him.</~~span~~>		<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:SB 6.3.24\|SB 6.3.24, Purport]]:''' The chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is recommended even for persons who commit offenses, because if they continue chanting they will gradually chant offenselessly. By chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra without offenses, one increases his love for Kṛṣṇa. As stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, premā pum-artho mahān: one's main concern should be to increase one's attachment to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and to increase one's love for Him.</div>
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	== Lectures ==		<div class="section" id="Lectures" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2></div>

	=== Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures ~~===~~		<div class="sub_section" id="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures"><h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3></div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~q_heading~~">~~'''~~Therefore, if we increase our love for Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa becomes purchased by us.~~'''~~</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="Lec" link="Lecture on SB 1.8.45 -- Los Angeles, May 7, 1973" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.8.45 -- Los Angeles, May 7, 1973">
			<div class="heading">Therefore, if we increase our love for Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa becomes purchased by us.</div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~LEC-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.8.45 -- Los Angeles, May 7, 1973\|Lecture on SB 1.8.45 -- Los Angeles, May 7, 1973]]:''' But here it is said, premṇā. Premṇā means out of love. Rājñā nivāritaḥ. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira cannot order the Supreme Personality of Godhead to stay or to undo His decisions. But premṇā, everything is possible. Premṇā. Premṇā means by love. Therefore, if we increase our love for Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa becomes purchased by us. Kṛṣṇa agrees.</~~span~~>		<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.8.45 -- Los Angeles, May 7, 1973\|Lecture on SB 1.8.45 -- Los Angeles, May 7, 1973]]:''' But here it is said, premṇā. Premṇā means out of love. Rājñā nivāritaḥ. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira cannot order the Supreme Personality of Godhead to stay or to undo His decisions. But premṇā, everything is possible. Premṇā. Premṇā means by love. Therefore, if we increase our love for Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa becomes purchased by us. Kṛṣṇa agrees.</div>
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	<~~span~~ class="~~q_heading~~">~~'''~~Just like in practical life also, we begin to love somebody, one after another, gradually, not all of a sudden, similarly, we have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa.~~'''~~</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="Lec" link="Lecture on SB 3.26.40 -- Bombay, January 15, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB 3.26.40 -- Bombay, January 15, 1975">
			<div class="heading">Just like in practical life also, we begin to love somebody, one after another, gradually, not all of a sudden, similarly, we have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa.</div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~LEC-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 3.26.40 -- Bombay, January 15, 1975\|Lecture on SB 3.26.40 -- Bombay, January 15, 1975]]:''' So this is possible by increasing our love for Kṛṣṇa. Simply we have to increase our love. Just like in practical life also, we begin to love somebody, one after another, gradually, not all of a sudden, similarly, we have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa. That love for Kṛṣṇa is the devotional process.</~~span~~>		<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 3.26.40 -- Bombay, January 15, 1975\|Lecture on SB 3.26.40 -- Bombay, January 15, 1975]]:''' So this is possible by increasing our love for Kṛṣṇa. Simply we have to increase our love. Just like in practical life also, we begin to love somebody, one after another, gradually, not all of a sudden, similarly, we have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa. That love for Kṛṣṇa is the devotional process.</div>
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	<~~span~~ class="~~q_heading~~">~~'''~~To advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa.~~'''~~</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="Lec" link="Lecture on SB 7.6.15 -- New Vrindaban, June 29, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.6.15 -- New Vrindaban, June 29, 1976">
			<div class="heading">To advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa.</div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~LEC-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.6.15 -- New Vrindaban, June 29, 1976\|Lecture on SB 7.6.15 -- New Vrindaban, June 29, 1976]]:''' So it is a fact, even for the animals, even for the beasts. So Śukadeva Gosvāmī has recommended that, that "Do not be anxious." That verse, now I forget, it is in the Second Canto... I forget that verse, but Śukadeva Gosvāmī said that "Don't stock, don't beg. Kṛṣṇa will provide everything, everyone." So except gṛhastha, the brahmacārī, vānaprastha and sannyāsī, they should simply depend on Kṛṣṇa. Prahlāda Mahārāja has already explained it in many ways, that there is no need of endeavoring for so-called economic development. Our energy should be only utilized how to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. To advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa. That is perfection of life.</~~span~~>		<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.6.15 -- New Vrindaban, June 29, 1976\|Lecture on SB 7.6.15 -- New Vrindaban, June 29, 1976]]:''' So it is a fact, even for the animals, even for the beasts. So Śukadeva Gosvāmī has recommended that, that "Do not be anxious." That verse, now I forget, it is in the Second Canto... I forget that verse, but Śukadeva Gosvāmī said that "Don't stock, don't beg. Kṛṣṇa will provide everything, everyone." So except gṛhastha, the brahmacārī, vānaprastha and sannyāsī, they should simply depend on Kṛṣṇa. Prahlāda Mahārāja has already explained it in many ways, that there is no need of endeavoring for so-called economic development. Our energy should be only utilized how to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. To advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa. That is perfection of life.</div>
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	<~~span~~ class="~~q_heading~~">~~'''~~Similarly, if you increase your love for Kṛṣṇa, then you decrease your love for nonsense.~~'''~~</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="Lec" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.10 -- Montreal, July 10, 1968" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.10 -- Montreal, July 10, 1968">
			<div class="heading">Similarly, if you increase your love for Kṛṣṇa, then you decrease your love for nonsense.</div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~LEC-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.10 -- Montreal, July 10, 1968\|Lecture on SB 7.9.10 -- Montreal, July 10, 1968]]:''' So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness process is simultaneously detachment from matter and attachment for Kṛṣṇa. It is so nice system. It is so nice. Just like we have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa. The proportionately we increase our love for Kṛṣṇa, we decrease our love for matter. So I have got a spirit to love. That I cannot stop. Similarly, there are many examples. Just like a boy or a girl. If he, she increases the love for another boy, another girl, he decreases the love for other boys and girls. This is natural. Similarly, if you increase your love for Kṛṣṇa, then you decrease your love for nonsense. So vairāgya, this detachment from matter, is automatically done.</~~span~~>		<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.10 -- Montreal, July 10, 1968\|Lecture on SB 7.9.10 -- Montreal, July 10, 1968]]:''' So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness process is simultaneously detachment from matter and attachment for Kṛṣṇa. It is so nice system. It is so nice. Just like we have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa. The proportionately we increase our love for Kṛṣṇa, we decrease our love for matter. So I have got a spirit to love. That I cannot stop. Similarly, there are many examples. Just like a boy or a girl. If he, she increases the love for another boy, another girl, he decreases the love for other boys and girls. This is natural. Similarly, if you increase your love for Kṛṣṇa, then you decrease your love for nonsense. So vairāgya, this detachment from matter, is automatically done.</div>
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	=== General Lectures ~~===~~		<div class="sub_section" id="General_Lectures" text="General Lectures"><h3>General Lectures</h3></div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~q_heading~~">~~'''~~We have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa; therefore this worship, temple worship.~~'''~~</~~span~~>		<div class="quote" book="Lec" link="Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, February 10, 1969" link_text="Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, February 10, 1969">
			<div class="heading">We have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa; therefore this worship, temple worship.</div>

	<~~span~~ class="~~LEC-statistics~~">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, February 10, 1969\|Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, February 10, 1969]]:''' So real thing is to develop love for Kṛṣṇa. That is the Vṛndāvana standard. In Vṛndāvana, Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā-mayī, Rādhārāṇī, gopīs, the cowherdsmen, boys, cows, calves, trees, they do know that Kṛṣṇa is God. You have read in Kṛṣṇa book, sometimes when Kṛṣṇa does something wonderful, they take Him as a wonderful child, boy, that's all, or child. They do not know that Kṛṣṇa is God. But they love Kṛṣṇa more than anything. They do not know except Kṛṣṇa. That is wanted. Not very much philosophy. Whether Kṛṣṇa is God or not, whether the symptoms of God are there or not, the Vṛndāvana-vāsī, inhabitants, they do not care for it. Kṛṣṇa may be God or a man, but they love Him. That's all. That is wanted. We have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa; therefore this worship, temple worship. If you always be engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service, naturally you develop love for Kṛṣṇa. That is wanted. Premā pumartho mahān. Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that prema, love for Kṛṣṇa, love for God, that is the highest achievement in human life.</~~span~~>		<div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, February 10, 1969\|Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, February 10, 1969]]:''' So real thing is to develop love for Kṛṣṇa. That is the Vṛndāvana standard. In Vṛndāvana, Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā-mayī, Rādhārāṇī, gopīs, the cowherdsmen, boys, cows, calves, trees, they do know that Kṛṣṇa is God. You have read in Kṛṣṇa book, sometimes when Kṛṣṇa does something wonderful, they take Him as a wonderful child, boy, that's all, or child. They do not know that Kṛṣṇa is God. But they love Kṛṣṇa more than anything. They do not know except Kṛṣṇa. That is wanted. Not very much philosophy. Whether Kṛṣṇa is God or not, whether the symptoms of God are there or not, the Vṛndāvana-vāsī, inhabitants, they do not care for it. Kṛṣṇa may be God or a man, but they love Him. That's all. That is wanted. We have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa; therefore this worship, temple worship. If you always be engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service, naturally you develop love for Kṛṣṇa. That is wanted. Premā pumartho mahān. Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that prema, love for Kṛṣṇa, love for God, that is the highest achievement in human life.</div>
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== Srimad-Bhagavatam ==

=== SB Canto 6 ===

''' By chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra without offenses, one increases his love for Kṛṣṇa. '''

'''[[Vanisource:SB 6.3.24|SB 6.3.24, Purport]]:''' The chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is recommended even for persons who commit offenses, because if they continue chanting they will gradually chant offenselessly. By chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra without offenses, one increases his love for Kṛṣṇa. As stated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, premā pum-artho mahān: one's main concern should be to increase one's attachment to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and to increase one's love for Him.

== Lectures ==

=== Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures ===

'''Therefore, if we increase our love for Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa becomes purchased by us.'''

'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.8.45 -- Los Angeles, May 7, 1973|Lecture on SB 1.8.45 -- Los Angeles, May 7, 1973]]:''' But here it is said, premṇā. Premṇā means out of love. Rājñā nivāritaḥ. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira cannot order the Supreme Personality of Godhead to stay or to undo His decisions. But premṇā, everything is possible. Premṇā. Premṇā means by love. Therefore, if we increase our love for Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa becomes purchased by us. Kṛṣṇa agrees.

'''Just like in practical life also, we begin to love somebody, one after another, gradually, not all of a sudden, similarly, we have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa.'''

'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 3.26.40 -- Bombay, January 15, 1975|Lecture on SB 3.26.40 -- Bombay, January 15, 1975]]:''' So this is possible by increasing our love for Kṛṣṇa. Simply we have to increase our love. Just like in practical life also, we begin to love somebody, one after another, gradually, not all of a sudden, similarly, we have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa. That love for Kṛṣṇa is the devotional process.

'''To advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa.'''

'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.6.15 -- New Vrindaban, June 29, 1976|Lecture on SB 7.6.15 -- New Vrindaban, June 29, 1976]]:''' So it is a fact, even for the animals, even for the beasts. So Śukadeva Gosvāmī has recommended that, that "Do not be anxious." That verse, now I forget, it is in the Second Canto... I forget that verse, but Śukadeva Gosvāmī said that "Don't stock, don't beg. Kṛṣṇa will provide everything, everyone." So except gṛhastha, the brahmacārī, vānaprastha and sannyāsī, they should simply depend on Kṛṣṇa. Prahlāda Mahārāja has already explained it in many ways, that there is no need of endeavoring for so-called economic development. Our energy should be only utilized how to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. To advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa. That is perfection of life.

'''Similarly, if you increase your love for Kṛṣṇa, then you decrease your love for nonsense.'''

'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.10 -- Montreal, July 10, 1968|Lecture on SB 7.9.10 -- Montreal, July 10, 1968]]:''' So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness process is simultaneously detachment from matter and attachment for Kṛṣṇa. It is so nice system. It is so nice. Just like we have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa. The proportionately we increase our love for Kṛṣṇa, we decrease our love for matter. So I have got a spirit to love. That I cannot stop. Similarly, there are many examples. Just like a boy or a girl. If he, she increases the love for another boy, another girl, he decreases the love for other boys and girls. This is natural. Similarly, if you increase your love for Kṛṣṇa, then you decrease your love for nonsense. So vairāgya, this detachment from matter, is automatically done.

=== General Lectures ===

'''We have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa; therefore this worship, temple worship.'''

'''[[Vanisource:Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, February 10, 1969|Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, February 10, 1969]]:''' So real thing is to develop love for Kṛṣṇa. That is the Vṛndāvana standard. In Vṛndāvana, Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā-mayī, Rādhārāṇī, gopīs, the cowherdsmen, boys, cows, calves, trees, they do know that Kṛṣṇa is God. You have read in Kṛṣṇa book, sometimes when Kṛṣṇa does something wonderful, they take Him as a wonderful child, boy, that's all, or child. They do not know that Kṛṣṇa is God. But they love Kṛṣṇa more than anything. They do not know except Kṛṣṇa. That is wanted. Not very much philosophy. Whether Kṛṣṇa is God or not, whether the symptoms of God are there or not, the Vṛndāvana-vāsī, inhabitants, they do not care for it. Kṛṣṇa may be God or a man, but they love Him. That's all. That is wanted. We have to increase our love for Kṛṣṇa; therefore this worship, temple worship. If you always be engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service, naturally you develop love for Kṛṣṇa. That is wanted. Premā pumartho mahān. Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that prema, love for Kṛṣṇa, love for God, that is the highest achievement in human life.