Category:Connection with Krsna Consciousness
Theme Analysis
The concept of connection is the very essence of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. To be disconnected from the Supreme Personality of Godhead is to be plunged into a state of fear, illusion, and animalistic existence. Even if someone is considered a great personality in mundane society, without a tangible connection to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they are merely an exalted animal praised by other animals. Therefore, the primary duty of human life is to connect oneself to the original powerhouse of the Supreme Lord. By establishing this link, a person achieves true peace, steady intelligence, and absolute fearlessness.
Establishing this connection requires a systematic and direct process. The actual connection with Kṛṣṇa consciousness is formally performed through initiation by a bona fide spiritual master. Once initiated, a devotee must rigorously cultivate this link by studying the transcendental literatures, such as the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. If a devotee neglects reading these books, they risk falling down to the platform of simply eating and sleeping, missing the opportunity for eternal, blissful life. Furthermore, a sincere practitioner must be highly vigilant about their time, strictly avoiding idle, nonsense talking (prajalpa) and any activity that has no connection with Kṛṣṇa consciousness, as such disconnected activities are inherently sinful.
When a person is fully connected, every aspect of their life becomes spiritualized. Sense activities, which are normally the cause of material bondage, become instruments of liberation when enacted exclusively in connection with Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Because this movement trains individuals to act directly for God, it establishes Kṛṣṇa consciousness as the supreme religion. The ultimate guarantee of this path is that any action performed in connection with Kṛṣṇa consciousness is never lost; it yields permanent, transcendental benefits, shielding the devotee from being tossed by the waves of material nature.
- The Necessity of Connection: Without being linked to Kṛṣṇa, a human being remains in a fearful, animalistic state devoid of steady intelligence and peace.
- Avoiding Disconnected Acts: Activities and conversations that lack connection to Kṛṣṇa consciousness are deemed sinful and must be strictly avoided.
- The Role of Initiation and Study: The actual connection is established via initiation and must be maintained by rigorously reading authorized transcendental literatures.
- The Eternal Results: Senses engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness become liberated, and any effort made in this divine connection yields permanent, eternal results.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Connection with Kṛṣṇa Consciousness - Linking with the Original Powerhouse.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Pages in category "Connection with Krsna Consciousness"
The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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- A person who has no connection with Krsna consciousness may be a very great personality in so-called human society, but actually he is no better than a great animal. Such big animals are generally praised by other animals like dogs, hogs camels and asses
- Abhayam means fearlessness. So long we are not connected in Krsna consciousness or not connected with the Supreme Lord, we shall always be fearful. Fearful is one of the qualification of the conditioned soul
- All the devotees connected with the Krsna consciousness movement must read all the books that have been translated (the CC, SB, BG and others); otherwise, after some time, they will simply eat, sleep and fall down from their position
- All the devotees connected with the Krsna consciousness movement must read all the books that have been translated (the CC, SB, BG and others); otherwise, they will miss the opportunity to attain an eternal, blissful life of transcendental pleasure
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- I hope you shall altogether consult and do the needful. Not a single moment should be wasted - that is very important thing. We shall not act anything which has no connection directly with Krishna Consciousness business
- If somebody becomes in connection with Krsna consciousness, or God consciousness, and acts in that spirit, that is never lost. The action of Krsna conscious activities will never be lost
- In this temple every one of us trying to enjoy life in connection with Krsna. As soon as we are disconnected with KC, this kind of foodstuff or this kind of living, simple living, will not satisfy you. You'll be tossed by the waves of material nature
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- The indirect process is philosophical speculation, by which, gradually, one may come to the point of Krsna consciousness; and the other process is directly connecting with everything in Krsna consciousness. BG 1972 purports
- The mind becomes sinful because we are always engaged in sinful activities. Anything not connected with Krsna consciousness should be understood to be sinful
- This seeing of "spirits'' has no connection with Krishna Consciousness - it is hallucination
- Those who are engaged in devotional service are acting for Krsna or God, and since in this way there is connection with God, Krsna consciousness is a religion