Category:Writing about Krsna
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that writing about Kṛṣṇa is a profound devotional process that requires strict authorization from the spiritual master and the Lord. He establishes that only self-realized souls situated within the authorized sampradāya, such as Śrīla Vyāsadeva, the Six Gosvāmīs, and Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, can perfectly capture the Lord's transcendental pastimes without any tinge of mundane imagination. Conversely, Śrīla Prabhupāda strongly warns against reading whimsical literature about Kṛṣṇa composed by ordinary fiction writers or mundane scholars, as their works are deeply flawed and spiritually useless. However, for practicing devotees, writing articles or books under proper guidance to glorify Kṛṣṇa is highly encouraged, because the intense concentration required acts as a powerful purifying agent, perfectly dovetailing one's literary talents in the supreme service of the Lord.
- The Necessity of Authorization: Writing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not an ordinary endeavor. It requires specific permission from the spiritual master and Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as well as a deep, scientific understanding of the absolute truth.
- Relying on the Authorized Ācāryas: True knowledge of Kṛṣṇa is received through the disciplic succession. Exalted, self-realized Vaiṣṇavas like Śrīla Vyāsadeva and the Six Gosvāmīs composed vast, authoritative literatures that perfectly describe the Lord's transcendental activities.
- Rejecting Mundane Speculation: Literature written by mundane scholars, fiction writers, or unqualified individuals is heavily contaminated by material consciousness. Such unauthorized writings present a fictitious or offensive understanding of the Lord's pastimes and must be strictly avoided.
- Purification Through Dedicated Service: Śrīla Prabhupāda actively encourages his disciples to write articles and books supporting the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. Concentrating the mind to write about Kṛṣṇa is a potent process that purifies the heart and perfectly utilizes one's talents in devotional service.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Authorized Writing about Kṛṣṇa.
Pages in category "Writing about Krsna"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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- After Him (Caitanya Mahaprabhu), His six disciples, the gosvamis, have left us an immensely valuable literature - especially Jiva Gosvami. They have written volumes on Krsna. So, under disciplic succession, we have come to this point
- Anyone who attempts to write about Krsna must first take permission from the spiritual master and Krsna
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- Before writing about Krsna, I request you to learn the science very well. If you live with us and study Krsna in the process then your writing will be very effective and Krsna will bless you
- Bilvamangala Thakura writes, "How miserable it is, my dear Krsna, O friend of the hopeless! O merciful Lord, how can I pass these thankless days without seeing You"
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- If any Vaisnava is writing song about Krishna, he should have realized himself what is Krishna, just like our great saints and acaryas like Madhvacarya, Ramanujacarya, Rupa Goswami, six Gosvamis, Bilvamangala, Bhaktivinode Thakura, like that
- If some ordinary person has written something about Krsna's lila, you should not touch even. It must be in the sampradaya, must be authorized person. Otherwise it is useless
- If you like past history, then go back a long, long time to Vyasadeva. He is known to have written the Srimad-Bhagavatam and other literature on Krsna. Srimad-Bhagavatam is nothing but a description of Krsna
- If you sit down and write some article on Krsna, that means you have to concentrate on Krsna's activities, & that very process will purify your heart. Therefore we always recommend to our students that you write articles, read our magazine, read our book
- It is your good fortune that you can serve Krishna in so many ways - to work, to write, to speak, to paint, to build - all of these talents must be employed in Krishna's service. That will make you perfect
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- So many paraphernalia how to engage your mind. Hearing and chanting about Krsna, thinking of Krsna, worshiping Krsna, talking about Krsna, writing about Krsna, selling the books about Krsna, eating Krsna prasadam. In this way you become Krsna-ized
- Some distinguished fiction writer in Bengal concluded that the Krsna of Vrndavana, that of Mathura and that of Dvaraka were different personalities. Historically there is no truth in this conclusion
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- There are many descriptions of Krsna’s Bhagavad-gita written by persons whose consciousness is mundane and who are not qualified by pure devotion
- They are self-realized souls, therefore if they write something song about Krishna that will be perfectly from the transcendental platform, without any tinge of mundane influence or nonsense imagination
- This verse (CC Adi 1.57) is from the Krsna-karnamrta, which was written by a great Vaisnava sannyasi named Bilvamangala Thakura, who is also known as Lilasuka