S.B. 4.7.45 and more

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Dear Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances at the lotus feet of

Srila Prabhupada.

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.7.45

"The brahmanas said : Dear Lord, You are sacrifice personified. You

are the offering of the clarified butter, You are the fire, You are the

chanting of Vedic hymns by which the sacrifice is conducted, You are the

fuel, You are the flame, You are the kusha grass, and You are the sacrificial

pots. You are the priests who perform the yajna, You are the demigods

headed by Indra, and You are the sacrificial animal. Everything that is

sacrificed is You or Your energy."

Srila Prabhupada teaches us (partial purport) "In this statement Lord

Vishnu's all-pervasiveness is partially explained. It is said in the Vishnu

Purana that as a fire is situated in one place emanates its heat and

illumination everywhere, so whatever we see within the material or spiritual

worlds is nothing but a manifestation of different energies emanating from

the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The brahmanas' statement is that Lord

Vishnu is everything... He is everything. It is confirmed herein that the

performance of sankirtana-yagna in this age is as good as all other

yajnas in all other ages. If one performs sankirtan-yajna

by chanting Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare

Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, there is no need to arrange elaborate paraphernalia

for the prescribed sacrificial ceremonies recommended in the Vedas. In

the chant of the holy names, Hare and Krsna, Hare means the energy

of Krsna, and Krsna is the vishnu-tattva. Combined together

they are everything...if one simply chants Hare Krsna, it is to be understood

that he is performing all kinds of yajna because there is nothing

within our vision except Hare and Krsna. There is no difference between

Krsna and His energies. Thus since everything is a manifestation of His

energy, it is to be understood that everything is Krsna. One simply has

to accept everything in Krsna consciousness, and he is a liberated person.

One should not misunderstand that because everything is Krsna, Krsna has

no personal identity. Krsna is so full that in spite of keeping Himself

separate from everything by His energy, He is everything. This is confirmed

in Bhagavad-gita, Ninth Chapter. He is spread throughout the creation

as everything, but still He is not everything. The philosophy recommended

by Lord Chaitanya is that He is simultaneously one and different."

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The following is a short excerpt from a lecture given by His

Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, in Edinburgh, July 17, 1972, on

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 1 Chapter 2 Text 5

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Pradyumna: "O sages, I have been justly questioned by you. Your questions

are worthy because they relate to Lord Krsna and so are of relevance to

the world's welfare. Only questions of this sort are capable of completely

satisfying the self."

Prabhupada: So questioning about Krsna and answering the question is

krsna-katha. So here it is recommended that if we are constantly

engaged in krsna-katha about Krsna, talking about Krsna, questioning

about Krsna, then atma suprasidati. We are hankering after peacefulness

of our heart, peacefulness of our atmosphere. So here it is recommended

that simply by inquiring about Krsna and taking answer of the question,

both the questioner and the answer-giver, both will be pleased. Yenatma

suprasidati. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu ordered, yare dekha,

tare kaha krsna-upadesa. The world is like the blazing fire in the

forest. So this krsna-katha, this Krsna consciousness movement,

will give them relief. Yenatma suprasidati. And the Suta Gosvami

said, "Your question is very pious question, sadhu, because it is about

Krsna."...

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(The following is taken from "My Relationship With Lord Krsna" by HIs

Holiness Satswarupa das Goswami, p.41)

"...Turn to Him, turn to Him. We really don't need to have our

minds completely jammed with sensory input. Our bodies function automatically.

The heart beats, the breaths go on. We will survive or not survive, but

we can keep our minds fixed on Krsna. We don't have to make feverish effort

to survive. Our survival is not in our power. All that's in our power is

to remain fixed on Krsna or not..."

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Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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your grateful servant...

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