Srimad Bhagavad-gītā

Essay
Q3 Select passages from verses from BG 07to 11 which show krsna’s
presence in the world around you & in your daily life.How has your
appreciation of a Krsna’s presence in the world around us depended
after studying this section and how it is affecting your vision?

The Presence of Supreme personality of godhead in the world around

us & in your daily life.

Krishna consciousness, or the attempt of devotees to practice the fundamentals of

bhakti. Here is the verse from the Padma Purana which is the center around
which the Six Goswami followers of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (who are the
principle architects of Gaudiya Vaishnava practices) gathered Vedic scriptural
evidence to support Krishna consciousness: “Krishna is the origin of Lord Vishnu.
He should always be remembered and never forgotten at any time. All the rules
and prohibitions mentioned in the Vedic scriptures should be the servants of
these two principles.”

Any serious devotee of Krishna might give such instruction, as I find it a universal
perspective for those who are dedicated to increasing their connection and
remembrance of Supreme personality of godhead. Our “high notions of Supreme
personality of godhead” come from the Vedic bhakti scriptures and hearing
learned and practical classes and advice from devotee spiritual adepts. The
various stages of bhakti are a deepening of spiritual faith, and proportionate
diminishing of activities or conversations that don’t foster loving service. This is a
matter of consciousness, of whether we are remembering Krishna and feeling His
presence. Then we can be engaged in what may appear to be material activities,
like working to support our family, home, education, etc., but having the internal
understanding that we are endeavoring for Krishna and his devotees, who are
appearing as our family members. In all circumstances we are attempting to
remember that “I am a dasa or dasi (servant) of Krishna, not the supreme
controller,enjoyer,orowner.”
In the Gita, which gives us the idea to do everything as an offering to Krishna:
“Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give away, and
whatever austerities you perform—do that, O son of Kunti, as an offering to Me.”
[Bg 9.27] This could be considered the beginning of practicing of the presence of
Krishna, and is meant to absorb our mind and heart in Him. Then we can
gradually awaken our love for Krishna expressed in one of the most confidential
verses of the Gita which we are meant to practice with the former verse’s idea:
“Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage
unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you
are My very dear friend.” [Bg 18.65]

The best way to always think of someone is to love them. Thus, the more we have
affection for Krishna, and realize that our relationship with Him is our soul’s true
aspiration, then the more we will call on His holy name with feeling; we will see
every activity we do as meant for His service, and every person we meet as His
agent, and a person worthy of our kindness.

When I think of “Practicing the Presence of Supreme personality of godhead

(Krishna),” I imagine myself bathed in the light of Krishna, shining down from
above (and within) to surround me with His blessings, so we may pass on the
torch of loving service, or to give what I have received. By the grace of Sri Guru
and Gauranga (Sri Chaitanya) the lame can cross mountains, the dumb can be
empowered to speak with spiritual potency.

“Practicing the Presence of Supreme personality of godhead,” is a reminder to be

Krishna conscious and see bhakti as my life breath, or constant companion.
Krishna is our very life and the basis and sustainer of everything. and to make the
practice of bhakti real and helpful as we live our life, and uncover our soul.

Appreciation of a Krsna’s presence in the world around us depended

after studying this section and it is affecting your vision.

"We have a Supreme personality of godhead who is infinitely gracious and knows
all our wants. I always thought that He would reduce you to extremity. He will
come in His own time, and when you least expect it. Hope in Him more than
ever; thank Him with me for the favors He does you, particularly for the fortitude
and patience which He gives you in your afflictions. It is a plain mark of His care
He takes of you. Comfort yourself, then, with Him, and give thanks for all.["But
those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My
transcendental form -- to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they
have." Bg 9.22]

"Established thus {in constant remembrance of Krishna}, one never departs from
the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated
in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty.
This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact.” Bg
6.22-23

"Supreme personality of godhead, says he has infinite treasure to bestow, and we

take up with a little sensible devotion, which passes in a moment. Blind as we are,
we hinder Supreme personality of godhead and stop the current of His graces.
But when He finds a soul penetrated with a lively faith, He pours into it His
graces and favors plentifully; there they flow like a torrent which, after being
forcibly stopped against its ordinary course, when it has found a passage, spreads
itself with impetuosity and abundance.

To hold ourselves in prayer before Supreme personality of godhead, like a dumb

or paralytic beggar at a rich man's gate. Let it be our business to keep our mind in
the presence of the Lord. [“From wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering
and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the
control of the Self.” Bg 6.26]

"We cannot escape the dangers which abound in life without the actual and
continual help of Supreme personality of godhead. Let us pray to Him for it
constantly. [“For those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord,
who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murari, the
enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water
contained in a calf's hoof-print. Their goal is param padam, Vaikuntha, the place
where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every
step.” SB 10.14.58]

We must know before we can love. In order to know Supreme personality of

godhead, we must often think of Him. And when we come to love Him, we shall
then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure. [Always
think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me.
Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My
very dear friend.” Bg 18.65]
The Brahma-saṁhitā (5.37) also confirms that although the Lord is always in the
supreme abode, Goloka Vṛndāvana, He is all-pervading, so that everything is
going on nicely (goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ).
As stated in the Vedas (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.8), parāsya śaktir vividhaiva
śrūyate/ svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca: His energies are so expansive that they
systematically conduct everything in the cosmic manifestation without a flaw,
although the Supreme Lord is far, far away.

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