Category:Loving Attitude
Theme Analysis
The loving attitude toward Kṛṣṇa is not an external religious discipline imposed upon the soul but its most natural and original form of expression. Śrīla Prabhupāda, drawing from the Caitanya-caritāmṛta and the Brahma-saṁhitā, confirms that this love is nitya-siddha, eternally present within every living being and requiring only the right spiritual process to emerge. From the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra to the most sublime exchanges of rasa in Vṛndāvana, the entire path of bhakti is the gradual unfolding of this inherent loving relationship with the Supreme Lord.
- The Eternal Position of the Soul: The Caitanya-caritāmṛta establishes that the living entity's loving attitude toward Kṛṣṇa is nitya-siddha, eternally perfect and residing within the soul. This is the soul's natural constitutional position, and deviation from it by imitating or competing with Kṛṣṇa is the very cause of its descent into the material world.
- The Path of Awakening Through Devotional Practice: Śrīla Prabhupāda affirms that the transcendental loving attitude is accessible to everyone through sincere practice, principally the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and residence in holy dhāmas such as Mathurā. The rapid flowering of love for Kṛṣṇa among those in the West who had no prior knowledge of Him is offered as living proof that this love is the latent inheritance of every soul.
- The Vision Granted by Love: According to the Brahma-saṁhitā, a devotee who has cultivated the transcendental loving attitude receives the rare gift of seeing Govinda always, both within oneself and throughout the external world. The specific quality of each devotee's loving exchange with the Supreme Lord is called rasa, the spiritual mellow that defines and enriches every devotional relationship.
- The Supreme Expressions of Transcendental Love: In the intimate pastimes of Vṛndāvana, the loving attitude reaches its highest summit. The gopīs of Vrajabhūmi attained qualitative oneness with Kṛṣṇa through the intensity of their loving service, and even the apparent rebukes offered by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī are recognized by the ācāryas as the most exuberant possible expressions of transcendental devotional love.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Developing a Loving Attitude Toward Kṛṣṇa - The Natural Position of Every Living Being.
Pages in category "Loving Attitude"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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- As stated in Brahma-samhita (BS 5.38): One can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, always, within oneself and outside oneself, if one has developed the transcendental loving attitude toward Him. Thus for people in general, He is not visible
- Attachment to Krsna is permanent. That permanent loving attitude is sometimes mixed with different kinds of taste, called vibhava, anubhava and vyabhicari
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- Brahma said, "When You place Yourself as subordinate to Your father and mother, Nanda and Yasoda, You are not reduced in Your potency; this is an expression of Your loving attitude toward Your devotees. There is no second identity to compete with You"
- By intense ecstasy in loving service, the damsels of Vrajabhumi attained qualitative oneness with the Lord by dancing with Him on an equal level, embracing Him in nuptial love, smiling at Him in joke, and looking at Him with a loving attitude
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- In the BS it is stated, premanjanacchurita... One can see the SPG, Govinda, always within himself and outside himself if he has developed the transcendental loving attitude towards Him. Thus for people in general He is not visible. BG 1972 purports
- In the Caitanya-caritamrta it is said that nitya-siddha krsna-bhakti: "The loving attitude of the living entity towards Krsna is nitya-siddha." That is eternally fact
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- Simply by chanting Hare Krsna, you'll gradually develop a transcendental loving attitude for Krsna
- Such denunciations (of Radharani for Krsna) reflect an exuberant loving attitude that an ordinary man cannot understand. When the foolish student questioned Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Caitanya similarly rebuked Lord Krsna in loving exuberance
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- The natural position of the living entity is to serve the Lord in a transcendental loving attitude. When the living entity wants to become Krsna Himself or imitate Krsna, he falls down into the material world
- The particular loving mood or attitude relished in the exchange of love with the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called rasa, or mellow
- These boys are trying to preach this Krsna consciousness movement. So my humble request to you all is to try to understand this sublime benediction of life. Simply by chanting HK, you'll gradually develop a transcendental loving attitude for Krsna