Category:Attaining Krsna Consciousness
Theme Analysis
The attainment of Kṛṣṇa consciousness stands as the supreme perfection of human life in all of Śrīla Prabhupāda's teachings, and its most striking characteristic is its paradoxical accessibility: it can be attained in a single second by the sincere soul, yet it may elude even millions of lifetimes of endeavor for one who remains doubtful, distracted, or attached to material perfection. This paradox is not a contradiction but a precise teaching on the nature of spiritual attainment, it is not a product of accumulated effort or gradual philosophical progress but of intensity of desire, sincerity of surrender, and the grace that flows through the association of pure devotees and the realized spiritual master. Śrīla Prabhupāda identifies the means of attaining Kṛṣṇa consciousness with clarity: the company of pure devotees, the guidance of a self-realized guru, the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, and the faithful hearing of the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The results of genuine attainment are simultaneous and comprehensive: the attainment of Brahman, the cessation of material desire, the acquisition of all good qualities, true peace of mind, real spiritual fame, and the ultimate return to Godhead at the end of life. No amount of moral refinement, yogic practice, or economic development can substitute for this supreme attainment, and the human life that fails to pursue it is considered simply wasted.
- The Paradox of Attainment: Kṛṣṇa consciousness can be attained in an instant by the soul who sincerely surrenders, yet it may remain beyond reach across countless lifetimes for one who doubts or delays. This teaching reveals that spiritual attainment is not a function of time or accumulated effort but of the quality of surrender, sincerity, and the intensity of one's spiritual greed to obtain it.
- The Means of Attaining Kṛṣṇa Consciousness: The path to Kṛṣṇa consciousness requires specific and indispensable means: the association of pure devotees who have nothing to do with this material world, the external guidance of a self-realized spiritual master whose lotus feet must be touched in genuine humility, the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, and the faithful hearing of the Bhagavad-gītā from the right source. No self-endeavor alone is sufficient.
- The Fruits of Attaining Kṛṣṇa Consciousness: One who attains Kṛṣṇa consciousness simultaneously attains all good qualities, all real achievements, Brahman realization, cessation of material desire, genuine fame, and uninterrupted transcendental bliss at every moment. These perfections are not sequential attainments but the natural and simultaneous fruits of a consciousness that has become fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa.
- The Urgency of Attaining Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in This Very Life: Śrīla Prabhupāda consistently warns against postponing the attainment of Kṛṣṇa consciousness to a future life, emphasizing that one should not waste the priceless human energy on material pursuits when the supreme perfection is immediately available. The human form of life is the unique opportunity, and to miss it is to remain in the cycle of repeated birth and death without resolution.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Attaining Kṛṣṇa Consciousness - One Second or a Thousand Births, and Why Only Devotion Succeeds.
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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Pages in category "Attaining Krsna Consciousness"
The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
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- According to the Caitanya-bhagavata, he (Raghunatha Vaidya) was formerly Revati, the wife of Balarama. Anyone he glanced upon would immediately attain KC. He lived on the seashore at Jagannatha Puri and compiled a book of the name Sthana-nirupana
- Actual peace and mental tranquillity can be attained only in perfect Krsna consciousness
- Actual perfection of knowledge is in attaining pure Krsna consciousness; that is described in the following verses (of BG 18). BG 1972 purports
- After attaining full Krsna consciousness, the devotee does not return to this material world after death. He goes back home, back to Godhead. That is the perfect stage of happiness, unblemished by any trace of distress
- After passing through many, many births, when one perfect in knowledge surrenders unto Krsna, or when one attains Krsna consciousness, then everything is revealed to him, as the sun reveals everything in the daytime. BG 1972 purports
- An uttama-adhikari is not interested in blaspheming others, his heart is completely clean, and he has attained the realized state of unalloyed Krsna consciousness
- Anyone who attentively hears these discourses and instructions of Lord Caitanya to Sanatana Gosvami very soon attains to Krsna consciousness and engages in devotional service to the Lord
- Attaining Krsna consciousness by controlling the above-mentioned passions (desire and anger), one remains factually in the transcendental stage, or brahman-nirvana. BG 1972 purports
- Attainment of Krsna consciousness even during this life is immediate attainment of Brahman, and one who is situated in Krsna consciousness has certainly already entered into the kingdom of God. BG 1972 purports
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- But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next. BG 4.40 - 1972
- By chanting this (Hare Krsna) mantra and by hearing BG, we can gradually attain to KC. Isvarah sarva-bhutanam (Bg. 18.61) - Krsna is always present within our heart. The individual soul and the Supersoul are both sitting in the tree of the body
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- His heart, having been cleansed, became a place of pastimes for the Supreme Personality of God. Thus he was able to return to the path of Krsna consciousness, spiritual life, and resume the position he had attained by the grace of the great saint Narada
- How to serve Krsna, how to disentangle ourselves from materialistic service, how to attain Krsna consciousness and become free from material designations is all taught as a science by Sri Krsna in Bhagavad-gita
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- If one can fix his mind on Krsna without deviation, he can attain a steadfast position in Krsna consciousness, santa-rasa. When one attains santa-rasa, unflinching faith in Krsna is established, and all material desires cease
- If surrender is the end of perfection, why not accept perfection immediately? Of course the answer is that people are generally doubtful. Krsna consciousness can be attained in one second, or it cannot be had even after a thousand births and deaths
- In the Srimad-Bhagavatam you will find the instruction is by Rsabhadeva, that this life is not meant for that simply hard labor for sense gratification. If you work hard, you try to work hard for attaining Krsna consciousness
- Instead of wasting your time trying to change your economic condition or material destiny apart from Krsna consciousness, you should employ your priceless human energy for attaining Krsna consciousness, which cannot be checked
- It is better to be situated in one's position and to try to attain Krsna consciousness under superior training (than to give up one's prescrbied duties and become a so-called yogi). Thus one may be freed from the clutches of maya. BG 1972 purports
- It is deplorable to become famous on the basis of the body or to become known as a man of spiritually developed consciousness without knowing the supreme spirit, Visnu. Real fame can only be had if one attains Krsna consciousness
- It is stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam that one who has attained Krsna consciousness has simultaneously attained all good qualities
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- One can attain Krsna consciousness or divine life at once, within a second - or one may not attain such a state of life even after millions of births. It is only a matter of understanding and accepting the fact. BG 1972 purports
- One should become very serious. That is the law in every sphere of achievement. So for attaining to the perfectional stage of Krsna consciousness, one should be very much enthusiastic
- One should gradually raise himself to the platform of Krsna consciousness and devotional service; it is then and there that he can attain the highest perfectional stage, not otherwise. BG 1972 purports
- One should not limit his progress only to the point of moral codes, but should transcend them, to attain Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports
- One should not think that he will do well to wait for the next life to attain Krsna consciousness. We should try to fulfill the mission of Krsna consciousness in this life. Krsna promises us that one who becomes His devotee will come to Him without fail
- One should think of no pleasure aside from the pleasure of the Supreme Self. This state is easily attained by directly practicing Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports
- One who hears the Gita from the right source, directly from Krsna, attains full KC. The result of Krsna consciousness is that one becomes increasingly enlightened, and he enjoys life with a thrill, not only for some time, but at every moment. BG 1972 pur
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- Prahlada Maharaja says that to attain this Krsna consciousness is not very difficult task. Actually it is so, it is not very difficult task. Simply we have to make association, and that association is very easily made, simply by chanting
- Pure devotional service in KC cannot be had even by pious activity in hundreds and thousands of lives. It can be attained only by paying one price - that is, intense greed to obtain it. If it is available somewhere, one must purchase it without delay
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- The possibility of our attaining Krsna consciousness will be easier (if we learn to despise all the causes of devastation and make advancement in a life of piety by cleansing the heart), and we shall not be subjected to repeated devastation
- To attain such an end (Krsna Consciousness), one must touch the lotus feet of the spiritual master. Krsna consciousness cannot be achieved by self-endeavor. One must therefore approach a self-realized, Krsna conscious person and touch his lotus feet