love Krsna, go back to Godhead

01-12-2006, 05:59 AM

....if we want to go back to Krsna (tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti
so 'rjuna), we need only understand Him and love Him. Through love only, we
can very easily go back home, back to Godhead. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
therefore declared, prema pum-artho mahan: love of Godhead is the highest
achievement for anyone.

In this age, we are all fallen, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead has
appeared as Caitanya Mahaprabhu to bestow upon us love of Godhead directly.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is described as maha-vadanya, the most munificent of
charitable persons, because He gives Krsna so easily that one can attain
Krsna simply by chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. We should therefore
take advantage of the benediction given by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and when
by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra we are cleansed of all dirty things
(ceto-darpana-marjanam), we shall be able to understand very easily that
Krsna is the only object of love (kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sangah param
vrajet).

....one need not undergo severe penances for many thousands of years; one
need only learn how to love Krsna and be always engaged in His service
(sevonmukhe hi jihvadau svayam eva sphuraty adah). Then one can very easily
go back home, back to Godhead.

extracts from SB 10.3.37-38 ppt