Intense Greed for Krishna Bhakti

Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhupada advises us that the only way to attain the perfectional stage of consciousness, Krishna consciousness, is by the intense greed to obtain it. It cannot be had even by pious activities for hundreds and millions of years. He says that if it is available somewhere that we should purchase it without delay.

The fantastic news is that it is available right now in the Krishna consciousness movement, which is currently manifested on this planet in the form of ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Visit your local ISKCON branch as soon as possible, and make sure to bring along an intense greed for Krishna bhakti, for awakening your dormant Krishna consciousness.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Does Krishna Have an Impersonal Form?

In Bhagavad-gita 12.2 Lord Krishna says that he who concentrates on His personal form and who worship Him with faith and devotion is to be considered to be most perfect in yoga. One of my friends is always arguing that there is a God in impersonal form also. Is it true ?

Tushar

Answer: Yes, Like the Sun and the Sunshine.

It is a fact as confirmed by the Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gita that He also has Has unmanifested, impersonal aspect.

mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ
jagad avyakta-mūrtinā
mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni
na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ

"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them."
--Bhagavad-gita 9.4

Just as the sun is situated in one place but is expanded throughout the universe in form of the sunshine, Krishna has his transcendental form in which He enjoys His transcendental pastimes in Goloka Vrindavan and at the same time He is expanded everything in His impersonal aspect throughout all of existence.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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