Category:Always Remember Krsna
Theme Analysis
The instruction to "always remember Kṛṣṇa" is the central pivot of spiritual life. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that all regulative principles and devotional activities are ultimately meant to serve two main rules: always remember Kṛṣṇa and never forget Him. This constant remembrance, known as smaraṇam, is not merely a mental exercise but the natural result of chanting the holy names and engaging in service. It offers the devotee complete protection from the illusory energy (māyā) and establishes them as the highest class of yogi.
- The Supreme Commandment: Śrīla Prabhupāda identifies the instruction to always remember Kṛṣṇa as the "most confidential" part of Vedic knowledge. It is coupled with the prohibition to never forget Him. All other rules are servants to this principle.
- The Method of Remembrance: How does one remember Kṛṣṇa 24 hours a day? Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that the process begins with chanting and hearing. When one is perfect in chanting, constant remembrance naturally follows.
- Protection from Māyā: The quotes emphasize that māyā cannot touch one who always remembers Kṛṣṇa. Such a person, though physically in the material world, is actually living in Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world) and is fearless even of death.
- The Perfection of Yoga: Contrary to gymnastic feats or silent meditation, Śrīla Prabhupāda defines the first-class yogi as the devotee who constantly thinks of Kṛṣṇa within the heart. This internal absorption is the highest stage of yoga.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Always Remember Kṛṣṇa - The Essence of Spiritual Life
Pages in category "Always Remember Krsna"
The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
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- A devotee should always be alert, keeping his mind in a sanguine state so that he can always remember Lord Sri Krsna
- Actually there is no difference between devotees living inside the temple and devotees living outside the temple. You are right that the important thing is to remember Krsna, whatever is your activity. So try to remember Krsna always
- Always remember Krsna Who is your dearmost friend and always serve Him just to please Him, and He will give you all intelligence how to be a first-class devotee
- Always remember Krsna. Then maya will not be able to touch you. Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etan taranti (BG 7.14). Maya cannot touch
- Always try to remember Krsna in all your activities and gradually He will help you to break free of all material attachments of life and along with your sincere desire your path back home back to godhead can be clear
- Anyone who remembers Krsna always, twenty-four hours, he is living in Vaikuntha. He is not in the kingdom of maya
- At the time of death, somehow or other, if you can remember Narayana, Krsna, your life is successful. Therefore, practice, practice, while you are strong, while you are in good life, practice how to remember Narayana, Krsna, always
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- I was also at one time interested in politics and Gandhi's non-cooperation movement. But now-a-days I am not too much familiar with the politics of your country, so whatever you consider the best thing, do it very nicely and always remember Krishna
- If one can chant and hear Hare Krsna and always remember Lord Krsna, then he is sure to become fearless of death, which may come at any moment
- If we always chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, we will always remember Krsna, and immediately the form of Krsna will be awakened within our hearts. The process of always thinking of Krsna is the process of Krsna consciousness
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- Karandhara and you are sincere workers, so Krishna will give you intelligence. So go on with your program nicely. In every case always remember Krishna so intelligence will come from within
- Krsna consciousness means to be always remembering Krsna in some way or other
- Krsna is air. Krsna is fire. Krsna is earth. Krsna is water. Krsna is sky. Krsna is everything. Even the small, very, very minute particle, atom - that is also Krsna. So if we always remember like that, our Krsna consciousness will be very, very strong
- Krsna is wonderful undoubtedly. Who can become more wonderful than Krsna? Mattah parataram nanyat (BG 7.7). Always remember, Krsna is wonderful
- Kunti continued, "You (Krsna) are present in everyone's heart, but because the devotees always remember You, You respond accordingly. Although the mother has affection for all the children, she takes special care of the one who is fully dependent"
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- Oh, these are my child's shoes. These are my child's playthings. This is his garment. - This is the nature of love. So if one actually loves God, Krsna, one can remember Him always
- One must act in such a way that he will always remember Krsna, and one must refrain from doing things that make him forget Krsna. These two principles form the basic background of Krsna consciousness
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- The first-class yogi is he who always thinks of Me. - One should always remember that Krsna is within his heart and think of Him. This is the proper system of meditation
- The most confidential part of the instruction is that one should always chant & remember the glories of the Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His different plenary portions expanded as Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha
- The next process (after hearing and chanting) is smaranam - always remembering Krsna. When one is perfect in chanting and hearing, he will always remember Krsna. In this third stage, he becomes the greatest yogi
- There are many varieties of yogis. And Krsna concludes, - Of all the yogis, big, big yogis, the person who is always remembering Krsna and chanting Hare Krsna maha-mantra is first class
- These regulative principles should act as servants of the basic principle - that is, one should always remember Krsna and never forget Him. This is possible when one chants the Hare Krsna mantra
- They (the inhabitants of Vrndavana) expressed their feelings with tears in their eyes due to intense attachment for Krsna. All of them desired a benediction from Uddhava. They desired to always remember the glorious activities of Krsna
- Try to remember Krsna always by following the principles as you know them, namely, rising early, taking bath, cleansing, attending aratrika, reading scriptures at least one hour or two hours daily, chanting sixteen rounds on beads of Hare Krsna mantra
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- We are always remembering Krsna. So the real process is... Either you think of Krsna or son of Krsna, it doesn't matter, but you should always think of Him. That is the requisition
- We are always thinking how we can do something nice to please Krsna with some service or other, or we are reading literature about Krsna or speaking about Krsna. In this way we are always remembering Krsna and that is our natural conscious state
- We have an immense field of work in distributing books, in reading and chanting and working for Krsna in many fields. And the aim of it is to always remember Krsna
- We shall not forget Visnu even for a moment. This is the basic principle of devotional life. Some way or other, we have to remember always Krsna. Then whatever condition we may be, we are pure
- When Krsna was leaving, Queen Kunti said "It is better that we again suffer so that we can always remember You." Thus the devotee sometimes welcomes suffering as an opportunity to remember Krsna constantly
- When you are perfect in chanting and hearing, then you'll always remember Krsna. That means in the third stage you become the greatest yogi