How to love Krishna and surrender to Him without seeing Him ? .

October 31, 2008

Question : How can we love Lord Krishna or surrender to Him, without seeing Him?

Guru's answer : "Don't you send your application for a job to the Manager of a company without ever seeing him? Your interview with the manager depends upon sending your application to him. You write the application thus : `Sir, please appoint me for the job; I shall be extremely happy to serve you ; I promise my unswerving obedience to you,' and so on. And you write all this without ever having seen the manager, don't you? Similarly, you can send an application to Bhagavan Sree Krishna . However, this application is not to be written on paper, but on the pages of one's mind : `O Bhagavan , may I never forget Your Name . I take refuge in You . Please assign me to Your service and destroy my ego and doubts . You are my master, guru, father, mother, and all in all. I am Your child. Make me your instrument . Do not delude me with Your bewitching maya. O my sweet Bhagavan , I have not seen You ; I have only heard Your name . Please make me Your own .' You will have to pray like this daily . Only then will Bhagavan Krishna choose to bestow His grace on you ."Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare