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Lover of God- this term evokes different feelings or images in our hearts. Who is a lover of God? What are his symptoms? How does he behave?<\/p>\n
And do we know that all of us, yes each one of us, has love of God within our heart and the perfection of our spiritual life is get eternally and permanently reinstated as a lover of God!<\/p>\n
By nature, we are lover of God, but here, being illusioned, we think God as our enemy and we don\u2019t like God. We like this\u00a0m\u0101y\u0101<\/em>.<\/p>\n (SP Lecture, January 9, 1967, New York)<\/p>\n Religion means to awaken that Krishna consciousness. That is religion.\u00a0Sa vai pu\u1e41s\u0101\u1e41 paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhok\u1e63aje<\/em>\u00a0(SB 1.2.6). That is religion. Religion is not formalities and ritualistic ceremonies.\u00a0Religion means how to awaken the normal condition, to become lover of God<\/strong>. That is normal condition. Love is there, but because we have no objective, because we have no instruction where to place our love we are loving so many things\u2014up to the dog. Instead of God we are loving dog. Love is there.<\/p>\n (SP Lecture, September 6, 1976, Vrindavan)<\/p>\n The living entity is\u00a0san\u0101tana<\/em>.\u00a0Mamaiv\u0101\u1e41\u015bo j\u012bva-bh\u016bta\u1e25 j\u012bva-loke san\u0101tana<\/em>. He is\u00a0san\u0101tana<\/em>. God is\u00a0san\u0101tana<\/em>.\u00a0The exchange between God and the living entity is called san\u0101tana-dharma or Vaishnavism<\/strong>. So we are teaching that. We are not teaching Hinduism, Muslimism, Christianism. We are teaching how to love God. That\u2019s all. There is no question of proselytization. It is natural. We are, by nature we are lover of God. Just like father and son. The love is already there. It cannot be extinguished. The father and son may be separated for many, many years, but when they come together the affection immediately revives.<\/p>\n (SP room conversation, June 28, 1976, Vrindavan)<\/p>\n Originally every living entity is unimaginably beautiful, intelligent, wealthy, and so strong that his spiritual body lives forever<\/strong>. But we foolishly give up this eternal, blissful situation because we are unwilling to meet the condition for eternal life.\u00a0The condition is that one should be a lover of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna<\/strong>. Although love of Krishna is the most exquisite ecstasy, surpassing by millions of times the most intense pleasure of the material universe,\u00a0we foolishly break off our loving affair with the Supreme Lord and artificially try to become independent enjoyers<\/strong>\u00a0in the material atmosphere of self-delusion and false pride.<\/p>\n (SB 11.3.20p<\/a>)<\/p>\n If one does not become a lover of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a,\u00a0his connection with K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a takes place<\/strong>\u00a0indirectly<\/strong>, through the illusory potency of the Lord.<\/p>\n (SB 11.3.21p<\/a>)<\/p>\n In the human form of life the highest achievement is to attain the platform of love of Godhead. Lord Caitanya did not invent a system of religion, as people sometimes assume. Religious systems are meant to show the existence of God, who is then generally approached as the cosmic order-supplier.\u00a0<\/strong>But Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu\u2019s transcendental mission is to distribute love of Godhead to everyone.\u00a0Anyone who accepts God as the Supreme can take to the process of chanting Hare Krishna and become a lover of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n (CC Adi 4.41p<\/a>)<\/p>\n A person who is completely free from sinful activities, such person can become a devotee, a lover of God. So this K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement is teaching to the human society how to become purified.\u00a0There is no such restriction that \u201cThis man can be purified; that man cannot be.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>No, there is nothing like that.\u00a0Everyone can be purified if he desires to be so<\/strong>. So immediately we may not be able to purify. As it is prescribed\u2014no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication\u2014it may not be possible because those who are accustomed, it is difficult to give up.\u00a0Therefore the process is given very simple: \u201cChant Hare Krishna.<\/strong>\u201d So purification is absolute. That is necessary. Without purification, you cannot understand God. But the method we are prescribing\u2026 Not we are prescribing;\u00a0it is Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s prescription<\/strong>. We are simply propagating that \u201cChant Hare Krishna.<\/p>\n ( SP Lecture, February 12, 1975, Mexico)<\/p>\n Lust is only the perverted reflection of the love of God which is natural for every living entity. But if one is educated in Krishna consciousness from the very beginning, that natural love of God cannot deteriorate into lust. When love of God deteriorates into lust, it is very difficult to return to the normal condition. Nonetheless,\u00a0Krishna consciousness is so powerful that even a late beginner can become a lover of God\u00a0<\/strong>by following the regulative principles of devotional service.\u00a0So, from any stage of life, or<\/strong>\u00a0from the time of understanding its urgency<\/strong>, one can begin regulating the senses in Krishna consciousness, devotional service of the Lord, and turn the lust into love of Godhead\u2014the highest perfectional stage of human life.<\/p>\n (BG 3.41p<\/a>)<\/p>\n So this is the process,\u00a0how to increase your attachment for Krishna<\/strong>. This bhakti-yoga or Krishna consciousness movement is nothing\u2026 We do not say that \u201cYou Christian, you are good. I am Hindu, I am bad.\u201d Or \u201cYou are bad, I am good.\u201d We don\u2019t say that. We simply say that \u201cIt is your right now, this human form of body, how to love God.\u201d That\u2019s all. \u201cYou have loved so long dog. Now you try to love God.\u201d That is our propaganda.<\/p>\n So we don\u2019t criticize anyone. Simply we want to see whether he or she has developed his love of God. That\u2019s all. So you can do it either as Christian or as Hindu, as Muhammadan. We don\u2019t care for that. But we want to see you that you are actually lover of God. If you are not, then we tell you, \u201cYou try to love God in this way.\u201d What is that?\u00a0\u015arava\u1e47a\u1e41 k\u012brtana\u1e41 vi\u1e63\u1e47o\u1e25<\/em>.\u00a0Simply hear about Krishna. Simply chant about Krishna.<\/strong>\u00a0Is that very difficult? If you have not yet learned how to love God,\u00a0take this process, and you will learn how to love God<\/strong>. This is our propaganda. It is not difficult.<\/p>\n (SP Lecture, June 30, 1972, San Diego)<\/p>\n A bona fide lover of God could never forget Him, even in exchange for everything else. The devotee of the Lord cannot be happy in any circumstance without the Lord. In the absence of the Lord\u00a0the devotee associates with Him by remembering His separation, and because the Lord is absolute, the devotee\u2019s feeling of separation is transcendentally more relishable than direct contact<\/strong>. This is possible only when we develop genuine love for Him.\u00a0In that state the devotee is always with the Lord by feelings of separation<\/strong>, which become more acute and intolerable in suitable circumstances.<\/p>\n (Light of the Bhagavata 42, Purport)<\/p>\n Prem\u0101\u00f1jana-cchurita<\/em>. By\u00a0prema<\/em>\u2026\u00a0Prema\u00a0<\/em>means love. The ointment of love, when it is smeared over the eyes,\u00a0then those who are devotees,\u00a0santa\u1e25<\/em>, saintly persons, they can see always Krishna within his<\/strong>\u00a0heart<\/strong>.\u00a0Prem\u0101\u00f1jana-cchurita-bhakti<\/em>.\u00a0Anta\u1e25<\/em>. And\u00a0bahi\u1e25<\/em>, so far experience, that he sees everything.\u00a0One who is lover of God, he can see Krishna in everything<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Whatever he sees, he sees Krishna there, because he knows that \u201cThis thing is produced out of Krishna\u2019s energy.\u201d Take for example a flower. A devotee sees a flower produced by Krishna\u2019s energy. He sees the beauty of flower, appreciating Krishna\u2019s artistic sense. When he hears the sweet voice of a bird, he immediately understands that \u201cKrishna is speaking so nicely through this bird.\u201d\u00a0This is called Krishna consciousness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n (SP Lecture, April 9, 1971, Bombay)<\/p>\n This relationship of attachment is very sublime. It requires time to understand, but there is a position where, instead of asking, \u201cO God, please give us our daily bread,\u201d you can instead think that God will die if you do not supply bread to Him. This is the ecstasy of extreme love. There is such a relationship between Krishna and His devotee\u00a0R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b<\/strong>, the greatest devotee, the greatest lover of Krishna. Mother\u00a0Ya\u015bod\u0101<\/strong>\u00a0is His lover as a parent;\u00a0Sud\u0101m\u0101<\/strong>\u00a0is His lover as a friend; Arjuna also as a\u00a0friend<\/strong>\u2014there are millions and billions of different kinds of direct devotees of Krishna<\/strong>.<\/p>\n ( KC- Topmost yoga system, chapter 2)<\/p>\n Among the\u00a0gop\u012bs<\/em>, Srimati Radhika is the foremost. She surpasses all in beauty, in good qualities, in good fortune and, above all, in love<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n Among all the\u00a0gop\u012bs<\/em>, Srimati Radharani is the most exalted. She is the most beautiful, the most qualified and, above all, the greatest lover of Krishna.<\/p>\n (CC Adi 4.214+p<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktisiddh\u0101nta Sarasvat\u012b \u1e6ch\u0101kura\u00a0<\/em>explains that\u00a0unless one is directly empowered by the causeless mercy of Krishna, one cannot become the spiritual master of the entire world<\/strong>\u00a0(jagad-guru<\/em>).<\/em>\u00a0One cannot become an\u00a0\u0101c\u0101rya<\/em>\u00a0simply by mental speculation.\u00a0The true\u00a0\u0101c\u0101rya<\/em>\u00a0presents Krishna to everyone<\/strong>\u00a0by preaching the holy name of the Lord throughout the world. Thus the conditioned souls, purified by chanting the holy name, are liberated from the blazing fire of material existence. In this way, spiritual benefit grows increasingly full, like the waxing moon in the sky. The true\u00a0\u0101c\u0101rya,\u00a0<\/em>the spiritual master of the entire world, must be considered an incarnation of Krishna\u2019s mercy.\u00a0Indeed, he is personally embracing Krishna.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\nReligion means to awaken that love<\/h3>\n
An exchange between God and the living entity<\/h3>\n
We broke this relationship!<\/h3>\n
And it\u2019s result\u2026<\/h3>\n
Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to distribute it<\/h3>\n
Everyone can become a lover of God!<\/h3>\n
We can begin from any stage<\/h3>\n
A simple process to become a lover of God<\/h3>\n
Heart of a Premi Bhakta<\/h3>\n
Lover of God<\/h3>\n
Srila Prabhupada- a lover of God<\/h3>\n