KRSNA: THE ALL ENCOMPASSING NAME OF GOD
Although God is known throughout the world by many different names, each of which describes some particular aspect of His glories and attractive features, there is one name which expresses the sum total of God's infinite qualities and characteristics. This supreme, all encompassing, and most powerful name of God is found in the oldest religious scriptures in the world, the Sanskrit Vedas of India, which state that the principal name of God is Krsna.
Srila Prabhupada explains: "When Out of sheer mercifulness You chased after the fallen conditioned souls, who are always in pursuit of the false enjoyment of illusion, and at the same time engaged in searching out Your own desired object, Lord Syamasundara." (S.B.11:5:33ª34).
"Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya is the initiator of sankirtana [congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord]. One who worships Him through sankirtana is fortunate indeed. Such a person is truly intelligent, whereas others, who have but a poor fund of knowledge, must endure a cycle of repeated birth and death. Of all sacrificial performances, the chanting of the Lord's holy name is the most sublime." (CC Adi 3.77 78).
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the father and inaugurator of the sankirtana movement. One who worships Him by sacrificing his life, money, intelligence and words for the sankirtana movement is recognized by the Lord and endowed with His blessings. All others may be said to be foolish, for of all sacrifices in which man may apply his energy, a sacrifice made for the sankirtana movement is the most glorious. (purport)
"O my merciful Lord Caitanya, may the nectarean Ganges waters of Your transcendental activities flow on the surface of my desertªlike tongue. Beautifying these waters are the lotus flowers of singing, dancing and loud chanting of Krsna's holy name, which are the pleasure abodes of unalloyed devotees. These devotees are compared to swans, ducks and bees. The river's flowing produces melodious sound that gladdens their ears." (CC Adi 2.2)
Despite crying in various conferences of art, culture, politics, sociology, dry philosophy, poetry and so on, the desert like tongue continues to be parched. For this reason, people from all parts of the world must call for the devotees of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who are compared to swans swimming around the beautiful lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or bees humming around His lotus feet in transcendental pleasure, searching for honey. Lord Caitanya's movement of Krsna consciousness is full of dancing and singing about the pastimes of Lord Krsna. It is compared to the pure waters of the Ganges, which are full of lotus flowers. The enjoyers of these lotus flowers are the pure devotees, who are like bees and swans. They chant like the flowing of the Ganges, the river of the celestial kingdom. (purport)
"I shall personally inaugurate the religion of the age namaªsankirtana, the congregational chanting of the holy name. I shall make the world dance in ecstacy, realizing the four mellows of loving devotional service. I shall accept the role of a devotee, and I shall teach devotional service by practicing it Myself." (CC Adi 3.19 20). No one but the Lord Himself can teach this highest form of devotional service. Therefore, when the Lord took the place of the incarnation of Kali yuga to spread the glories of chanting Hare Krsna the system of worship recommended in this age He also distributed the process of devotional service performed on the platform of transcendental spontaneous love. To teach the highest principles of spiritual life, the Lord Himself appeared as a devotee in the form of Lord Caitanya. (purport)
"In the Upa puranas we hear Sri Krsna showing His mercy to Vyasadeva by speaking to him as follows.
'O learned brahmana, sometimes I accept the renounced order of life to induce the fallen people of the age of Kali to accept devotional service to the Lord.'" (CC Adi 3.82 83)
Srimad Bhagavatam, Mahabharata, the Puranas and other Vedic literatures all give evidence to prove that Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the incarnation of Krsna.
"That Govinda personally appears as Caitanya Gosani. No other Lord is as merciful in delivering the fallen souls." (CC Adi 2.22)
gaurah sarvatma maha puruso mahatma maha yogi
tri gunatitah sattva rupo bhaktim loke kasyati.
"Lord Gaura, who is the all pervading Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears as a great saint and powerful mystic who is above the three modes of nature and is the emblem of transcendental activity. He disseminates the cult of devotion throughout the world." (Caitanya Upanisad)
tam isvaranam paramam mahesvaram
tam devatanam paramam ca daivatam
patim patinam paramam parastad
vidama devam bhuvanesam idyam
"O Supreme Lord, You are the Supreme Mahesvara, the worshipable Deity of all the demigods and the Supreme Lord of all Lords. You are the controller of all controllers, the Personality of Godhead, the Lord of everything worshipable." (Svet. Up.6.7)
mahan prabhur vai purusah
sattvasyaisa pravartakah
sunirmalam imam praptim
isano jyotir avyayah
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead is Mahaprabhu, who disseminates transcendental enlightenment. Just to be in touch with Him is to be in contact with the indestructable brahmajyoti ." (Svet.Up.3.12)
yada pasyah pasyate rukma varnam
kartaram isam purusam brahma yonim
"One who sees that golden colored Personality of Godhead, the Supreme Lord, the supreme actor, who is the source of the Supreme Brahman, is liberated." (Mundaka Upanisad)
ya eva bhagavan krsno
radhika prana vallabhah
srstyadau sa jagan natho
gaura asin mahesvari
The Supreme Person, Sri Krsna Himself, who is the life of Sri Radharani, and is the Lord of the universe in creation, maintenance and annihilation, appears as Gaura, O Mahesvari." (Ananta samhita).
The gaudiya temple of lovill a balance of 427,000 years to come. of these 427,000 years, the 10,000 years of the sankirtana movement inaugurated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 500 years ago provide the opportunity for the fallen souls of Kali yuga to take to the Krsna consciousness movement, chant the Hare Krsna maha mantra, and thus be delivered from the clutches of material existence and return home, back to Godhead."(32)
Srila Prabhupada explains: "When Out of sheer mercifulness You chased after the fallen conditioned souls, who are always in pursuit of the false enjoyment of illusion, and at the same time engaged in searching out Your own desired object, Lord Syamasundara." (S.B.11:5:33ª34).
"Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya is the initiator of sankirtana [congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord]. One who worships Him through sankirtana is fortunate indeed. Such a person is truly intelligent, whereas others, who have but a poor fund of knowledge, must endure a cycle of repeated birth and death. Of all sacrificial performances, the chanting of the Lord's holy name is the most sublime." (CC Adi 3.77 78).
Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the father and inaugurator of the sankirtana movement. One who worships Him by sacrificing his life, money, intelligence and words for the sankirtana movement is recognized by the Lord and endowed with His blessings. All others may be said to be foolish, for of all sacrifices in which man may apply his energy, a sacrifice made for the sankirtana movement is the most glorious. (purport)
"O my merciful Lord Caitanya, may the nectarean Ganges waters of Your transcendental activities flow on the surface of my desertªlike tongue. Beautifying these waters are the lotus flowers of singing, dancing and loud chanting of Krsna's holy name, which are the pleasure abodes of unalloyed devotees. These devotees are compared to swans, ducks and bees. The river's flowing produces melodious sound that gladdens their ears." (CC Adi 2.2)
Despite crying in various conferences of art, culture, politics, sociology, dry philosophy, poetry and so on, the desert like tongue continues to be parched. For this reason, people from all parts of the world must call for the devotees of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who are compared to swans swimming around the beautiful lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu or bees humming around His lotus feet in transcendental pleasure, searching for honey. Lord Caitanya's movement of Krsna consciousness is full of dancing and singing about the pastimes of Lord Krsna. It is compared to the pure waters of the Ganges, which are full of lotus flowers. The enjoyers of these lotus flowers are the pure devotees, who are like bees and swans. They chant like the flowing of the Ganges, the river of the celestial kingdom. (purport)
"I shall personally inaugurate the religion of the age namaªsankirtana, the congregational chanting of the holy name. I shall make the world dance in ecstacy, realizing the four mellows of loving devotional service. I shall accept the role of a devotee, and I shall teach devotional service by practicing it Myself." (CC Adi 3.19 20). No one but the Lord Himself can teach this highest form of devotional service. Therefore, when the Lord took the place of the incarnation of Kali yuga to spread the glories of chanting Hare Krsna the system of worship recommended in this age He also distributed the process of devotional service performed on the platform of transcendental spontaneous love. To teach the highest principles of spiritual life, the Lord Himself appeared as a devotee in the form of Lord Caitanya. (purport)
"In the Upa puranas we hear Sri Krsna showing His mercy to Vyasadeva by speaking to him as follows.
'O learned brahmana, sometimes I accept the renounced order of life to induce the fallen people of the age of Kali to accept devotional service to the Lord.'" (CC Adi 3.82 83)
Srimad Bhagavatam, Mahabharata, the Puranas and other Vedic literatures all give evidence to prove that Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the incarnation of Krsna.
"That Govinda personally appears as Caitanya Gosani. No other Lord is as merciful in delivering the fallen souls." (CC Adi 2.22)
gaurah sarvatma maha puruso mahatma maha yogi
tri gunatitah sattva rupo bhaktim loke kasyati.
"Lord Gaura, who is the all pervading Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears as a great saint and powerful mystic who is above the three modes of nature and is the emblem of transcendental activity. He disseminates the cult of devotion throughout the world." (Caitanya Upanisad)
tam isvaranam paramam mahesvaram
tam devatanam paramam ca daivatam
patim patinam paramam parastad
vidama devam bhuvanesam idyam
"O Supreme Lord, You are the Supreme Mahesvara, the worshipable Deity of all the demigods and the Supreme Lord of all Lords. You are the controller of all controllers, the Personality of Godhead, the Lord of everything worshipable." (Svet. Up.6.7)
mahan prabhur vai purusah
sattvasyaisa pravartakah
sunirmalam imam praptim
isano jyotir avyayah
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead is Mahaprabhu, who disseminates transcendental enlightenment. Just to be in touch with Him is to be in contact with the indestructable brahmajyoti ." (Svet.Up.3.12)
yada pasyah pasyate rukma varnam
kartaram isam purusam brahma yonim
"One who sees that golden colored Personality of Godhead, the Supreme Lord, the supreme actor, who is the source of the Supreme Brahman, is liberated." (Mundaka Upanisad)
ya eva bhagavan krsno
radhika prana vallabhah
srstyadau sa jagan natho
gaura asin mahesvari
The Supreme Person, Sri Krsna Himself, who is the life of Sri Radharani, and is the Lord of the universe in creation, maintenance and annihilation, appears as Gaura, O Mahesvari." (Ananta samhita).
The gaudiya temple of lovill a balance of 427,000 years to come. of these 427,000 years, the 10,000 years of the sankirtana movement inaugurated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 500 years ago provide the opportunity for the fallen souls of Kali yuga to take to the Krsna consciousness movement, chant the Hare Krsna maha mantra, and thus be delivered from the clutches of material existence and return home, back to Godhead."(32)
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