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- Here everything is Shri Krishna. He is the creator, the creation, the nourisher, the nourished, the destroyer as well as that which is being destroyed. This is the essence of Brahmavada; know every¬thing else to be mere confusion. (Sarva-Nirnaya-Nibandh).
- All perceivable things and beings are the forms taken by Shri Krishna. Shri Krishna becomes everything and also remains uncompa¬rable. (Subodhini).
- The Purnaprushotam (Supreme Bhagwan) is as tiny as an atom and yet omnipresent. Shri Krishna while sitting in the lap of his mother, Yashoda, is the foundation of the entire creation. (Shastrartha Nibandh).
- Love is Shri Krishna’s exclusive quality. This wonderful power of love Shri Krishna distributes more or less to everyone, so that all living creatures are able to experience joy. Our experience of pleasure owes its existence to the faculty of this love. (Subodhini).
- The only feasible way to achieve Shri Krishna is through love. Shrimad Bhagavata provides the solution by germinating divine seeds of love into the hearts of those who recite or listen to it. (Sarva¬Nirnaya-Nibandh ).
- The mind should. completely immerse itself in the devotional sentiment of love for Shri Krishna: then He is waiting just before us. (Subodhini).
- The ideal devotional practice is not just to live in the home as a devotee, but to illuminate one's household life by directing all of its activities around Shri Krishna's seva (devotional service). If this is not possible, then one should renounce the home. (Subodhini).
- It is useless to renounce what one has received; the most praise¬worthy thing is to offer it to Shri Krishna. (Subodhini).
- Wherever sincere devotees perform Shri Krishna’s seva (devotional service) know that place to be on a par with the eternal realm of Vaikuntha. Such accomplished devotees remain free from the bonding effects of conditioned living. (Subodhini).
- The incarnation of Bhagwan occurs when Shri Krishna condescends to appear here as an earthly being. A person who falls into a well can be saved by throwing him a rope; but if the distressed person begins to drown, then it becomes necessary for someone else to jump down into the well in order to save him. Similarly when the world falls into extreme distress, than Shri Krishna personally appears (Subodhini).
- Because we are unable to transform the nature of our own being, than Shri Krishna disguised as a human being appears here, and through the agency of His divine lilas (sports) we become drawn towards and enter into His Divinity. (Subodhini).
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