'What kind of hypnotist is K��Ša?'

[Guest guest]

"KŠa is so attractive that one becomes hypnotized," he [®r…la Prabhup€da]

says. Otherwise why are these boys working so hard on this farm [New

Vnd€vana]? They're all qualified to earn money outside. In your country

[America], sufficient money is paid for work, but these boys are hypnotized

here.

 

"You have hypnotized them, Prabhup€da," Pradyumna says.

 

"Not I. What attraction do I have? Krishna is all-attractive. He

hypnotizes you in spite of yourself. Like the P€Šavas. (...) By becoming

KŠa's devotees, the P€Šavas underwent many difficulties. Still, their

love for KŠa increased. Narada Muni was astonished by this. 'What kind of

hypnotist is KŠa?' he was asking."

 

(...) They are hypnotized by KŠa. That is sam€dhi. Sam€dhi doesn't mean

inactivity. It means being completely absorbed in KŠa. Anyone chanting

Hare KŠa is in sam€dhi. Anyone cooking for KŠa or writing for KŠa or

working in the field for KŠa is in sam€dhi because the consciousness is:

'I am doing this for the satisfaction of KŠa.' (...) Sam€dhi is the goal

of all yoga. It is total absorption. The illiterate brahmin looking at the

picture was in sam€dhi because he was absorbed in thoughts of KŠa and

Arjuna. But sam€dhi doesn't mean sitting like a statue, holding your breath,

and thinking of merging with some void or spirit. No. Working for KŠa is

sam€dhi. Thinking of Him is sam€dhi. Preaching Bhagavad-g…t€ is sam€dhi."

 

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Hayariva das. (1985). The Hare Krishna Explosion - The Birth of

Krishna Consciousness in America (1966-1969). Palace Press. p. 335.