The Universal Revolution in Consciousness

The Krishna consciousness movement is a revolution in consciousness which begins in the heart of the pure devotee and then expands outward to engulf the entire universe in a tidal wave of love of God. It's understanding is encapsulated in these four words which emanated from the mouth of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He took darshan of the deity of Lord Nrsimhadeva:

bahir nṛsiṁho hṛdaye nṛsiṁhaḥ

Srila Prabhupada has wonderfully translated these four words in the following way in his Srimad Bhagavatam purport:

"Let Lord Nrsimhadeva sit in the core of my heart, killing all my bad propensities. Let my mind become clean so that I may peacefully worship the Lord and bring peace to the entire world."

Srila Prabhupada is the perfect example of this principle. Because he has fully taken shelter of the Lord, his heart is 100% clean, and now by his pure and most powerful influence the Krishna consciousness movement will gradually inundate the entire universe drowning everyone in an ocean of love of God.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Srila Prabhupada Blesses the Universe with Krishna Bhakti

Srila Prabhupada Blesses the Universe with Krishna Bhakti

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Do All of Us Together Comprise Krishna?

I am confused about the relation of the individual soul and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We are all individual souls and are conscious of ourselves only, while the Supreme Person is conscious of all beings. We are the same quality but not the same in quantity as God. So do all of our individual souls lumped together comprise God thus making God nothing more than the sum total of all the individual souls? The transcendental person is all of us? Or is God in each person and we individual souls are separate from Him and all of us don't comprise Him?

Thanks

Sameer

Answer: Krishna Is Much More Than Sum Total of His Energies

Just as the sun expands out from itself sunlight all over the universe, in a similar way Krishna expands out from Himself innumerable living beings. And just as there is a distinction between the sun globe and the sunlight, in a similar way there is a distinction between Lord Krishna and His expanded energy, the living beings. And just as if we collect all the sun rays scattered throughout the universe, we still do not have the sun globe, in the same way if lump together all of the living beings, we still do not have Krishna. In conclusion, there is always a distinction between Krishna, the energetic source of all energies, and the living beings who are part of the energy emanating from Krishna. There is always a distinction between powerhouse and the energy it produces.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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