“CRYING FOR KRISHNA”

A SEMINAR
 BG 7.14
THIS DIVINE ENERGY OF MINE IS
VERY DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME
BUT THOSE WHO HAVE SURRENDERED UNTO ME
CAN EASILY CROSS BEYOND IT
THROUGH SINCERE CHANTING OF THE
HOLY NAME AND BY CRYING
FOR
KRISHNA
KRISHNA
KRISHNA

HARE BOL!
 A CHANGE IN HEART
SB 2.3.24
tad açma-säraà hådayaà batedaà
yad gåhyamäëair hari-näma-dheyaiù
na vikriyetätha yadä vikäro
netre jalaà gätra-ruheñu harñaù
TRANSLATION
Certainly that heart is steel-framed which, in
spite of one’s chanting the holy name of
the Lord with concentration, does not
change when ecstasy takes place, tears fill
the eyes and the hairs stand on end.
 WHAT PREVENTS
THIS
CHANGE OF HEART?

??????
 TQK “crying with sincere feeling”

SB 1.8.26 Pp
by once uttering the holy name of the Lord, the
sinner gets rid of a quantity of sins that he is unable to commit.
Such is the power of uttering the holy name of the Lord.
There is not the least exaggeration in this statement. Actually
the Lord’s holy name has such powerful potency. But there
is a quality to such utterances also. It depends on the
quality of feeling. A helpless man can feelingly utter the holy name
of the Lord, whereas a man who utters the same holy name in
great material satisfaction cannot be so sincere. A materially puffed up
person may utter the holy name of the Lord occasionally, but he is
ncapable of uttering the name in quality.”
LIFE IS LIKE A BATTLEFIELD
 SB 1.8.23 Pp

• “Kåñëa endows more favor to a devotee who

is in greater dangers. Sometimes He puts His
pure devotees in such dangers because in that
condition of helplessness the devotee becomes
more attached to the Lord. The more the
attachment is there for the Lord, the more
success is there for the devotee.”
OUR CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION
 SB 6.16.24
As Red-hot iron can burn, but
it cannot burn the original fire.
Therefore the consciousness of
the small particle of Brahman
is fully dependent on the
power of the Supreme
Brahman.

The power for activities comes

from the Supreme Lord, and
when the Lord withdraws this power, the
conditioned soul no longer has energy
with which to act through his various
senses.
 SB 1.8.26
Translation
My Lord, Your Lordship can easily be approached,
but only by those who are materially exhausted.
One who is on the path of [material] progress,
trying to improve himself with respectable parentage,
great opulence, high education and bodily beauty,
cannot approach You with sincere feeling.
 Bg 8.14
ananya-cetäù satataà
yo mäà smarati nityaçaù
tasyähaà sulabhaù pärtha
nitya-yuktasya yoginaù
Translation
For one who always remembers Me without deviation, I
am easy to obtain, O son of Prtha, because of his
constant engagement in devotional service.
GOVINNDAA!!!
KRSNAA!!
 SB 1.8.25 Pp
• for a pious person, if there is some
calamity there is no other alternative than
to take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord.
Constantly remembering the lotus feet of
the Lord means preparing for liberation
from birth and death. Therefore, even
though there are so-called calamities, they
are welcome because they give us an
opportunity to remember the Lord, which
means liberation.
 “GITANJALI”14 R.Tagore
My desires are many and my cry is pitiful,
but ever didst thou save me by hard refusals;
and this strong mercy has been wrought into my life
through and through.
Day by day thou art making me worthy of the simple,
great gifts that thou gavest to me unasked –
this sky and the light, this body and the life and the
mind –
saving me from the perils of unlimited desire.
There are times when I languidly linger and
times when I awaken and hurry in search of my goal;
but cruelly thou hidest thyself from before me.
 SB 7.9.9
Sri Prahlada prays
• One may possess wealth, an aristocratic family,
beauty, austerity, education, sensory expertise,
luster, influence, physical strength, diligence,
intelligence and mystic yogic power, but I think
that even by all these qualifications one cannot
satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
However, one can satisfy the Lord simply by
devotional service. Gajendra did this, and thus
the Lord was satisfied with him.
– X Reference Bg 9.26
 SB 7.9.9 Pp
• No kind of material qualification is the means for
satisfying the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
• As stated in Bhagavad-gétä, only by devotional
service can the Lord be known (bhaktyä mäm
abhijänäti [Bg. 18.55]).
• Unless the Lord is pleased by the service of a
devotee, the Lord does not reveal Himself
• (nähaà prakäçaù sarvasya yoga-mäyä-samävåtaù
[Bg. 7.25]).
 Other examples of crying
Crying of Sati to get her way…

SB 4.4.2
• Saté felt very sorry at being forbidden to go see her relatives at
her father’s house, and due to affection for them, tears fell
from her eyes.
SB 4.4.2Pp
• Since Lord Çiva could not be persuaded to give her
permission, Saté took shelter of a woman’s last weapon,
weeping, which forces a husband to agree to the proposal of
his wife.
SATI CRIED TO ATTEND HER FATHERS SACRIFICE
 Happy & Sad
Different types of crying; cold and hot tears….

SB 4.9.44
• Reunion with Dhruva Mahäräja fulfilled King Uttänapäda’s
long-cherished desire, and for this reason he smelled Dhruva’s
head again and again and bathed him with torrents of very
cold tears.

• Pp By nature’s way, when a man cries, there may be two

causes. When one cries in great happiness upon the fulfillment
of some desire, the tears coming forth from the eyes are very
cold and pleasing, whereas tears in times of distress are very
hot.
CRYING IN SEPARATION
“WE MUST LEARN
TO CRY OUT TO
THE LORD AT
DEATH”