Krishna- The Source of All

Krishna Consciousness Movement

Krishna consciousness movement has been going on since time immemorial by Lord Krishna, his various incarnations and his dear devotees. The word movement itself indicates a change of something. Like in history we find many movements, for example nonviolence movement etc. In this Krishna consciousness movement, what is the change that the Lord wants? The Lord wants the change in the consciousness of the living entity. What kind of change? Prabhupad says, like a water drop from rain is pure until it touches the ground. As soon as it touches the ground, it becomes contaminated. Similarly, being the part and parcel of Lord Krishna the spirit soul is Satcitananda, its pure in its original form, but as soon as it touches the material platform it becomes contaminated. The consciousness, which is the symptom of the spirit soul, degrades and the sprit soul becomes more and more entangled through modes of material nature. Hence, on material platform everybody has a degraded consciousness, which is leading to chaos in the society. The aim of human life is to elevate ourselves to Krishna Consciousness rather that degrading ourselves to animal consciousness. In Mahabharata, it is mentioned...

Ahara nidra bhaya maithunam ca
Samanyam etad pasubhir naranam
Dharmo hi tesam adhiko viseso
Dharmena hina pasubhir samana

This eating, sleeping, mating and defending is common between animals and human beings. Then what is the difference between animal and human being? The only difference is Dharma. Without Dharma, a human being is same as animal. What is dharma? Is it Hindu, Christian, Muslim or Sikh? No, it is the characteristic of spirit soul. Prabupada says, the characteristic of water is liquidity, similarly, the char acteristic of spirit soul is to serve. To serve whom? To serve Lord Krishna, and become a servant of servant of servant of Lord, which is the constitutional position of every living entity. Lord Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is the father of this Krishna Consciousness movement in Kaliyuga says, Ekala isvara Krishna, ara saba bhritya. Therefore, the aim of human life should be to revive our constitutional position or our relationship with Lord Krishna. The main objective of Krishna Consciousness movement is to remind the forgetful souls about their constitutional position and help them to go back to our own home that is the abode of Lord Sri Sri Radha Krishna.

The processes of this Krishna Consciousness movement as enunciated by Lord Caitanya is as follws.

To practice Krishna consciousness in every aspect of our life through association of pure devotees, reading books Hare Krishna Maha Mantra in beads and taking mahaprasad (foods offered to Lord).

Following the four regulative principles of No meat eating (develop mercy in our heart), No illicit sex (maintain cleanliness externally and internally), No gambling (develop truthfulness in our heart), No intoxication (helps us doing austerity).

Participating in daily Krishna consciousness programs.

Participating in various Krishna consciousness programs.

Helping others to become Krishna conscious.

Distributing Prabhupad Books.

Prabhupad says this Krishna consciousness movement will remain active upto ten thousand years of which 500 years have already passed. Those who are very fortunate souls will take part in this movement in order to save themselves from the effect of Kali. Therefore, it is our duty to become Krishna conscious and help others become Krishna conscious.