How does mastery in yajna lead to Krishna consciousness?
From Ankur P
In 3.16 purport, Prabhupada says that performing yajnyas aimed at a particular devata is indirectly KC activity because when one masters the performance of yajnya one is sure to become KC. What is the meaning of “mastering the performance of yajnya”? And how is it related to guaranteed development of KC?
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Hare Krishna question from Ankur Prabhu in 3.16 parportion Prabhupada states that by the performance of yajna one will become one when master the performance of yajna one will develop Krishna consciousness so what does mastering the performance of yajna mean and how does it relate to the development of Krishna consciousness answer firstly mastering the development of yajna means recognizing who is the ultimate yajneshwara who is the ultimate yajnapati and we understand that is Vishnu so normally the yajnas are performed for getting some specific material benefits but even in those yajnas even if there are the rituals performed for worshipping particular devatas there are Vishnu mantras which are there within the sacrifices and by the performance of sacrifices by the recitation of Vishnu mantras gradually one’s consciousness becomes purified and one starts recognizing that there is an eternal objective which I should be pursuing the eternal lord and I should be aiming for his eternal love so that I can live with him in his eternal association so that way because there is a gradual progression from karma kanda towards upasana kanda towards bhakti that is there which of course may take many lifetimes but there is a gradual progression that is there and it is this gradual progression that is signified by Sri Prabhupada in his purpose when he says that as long as one is within the framework of the cosmic government when a person is performing yajnas then the person is following is living in the house of the Vedas the person is following in a broad sense the principles which are given in the Vedas and by that gradually one will be elevated from the lower modes towards goodness and thus one will come to the worship of Vishnu which is goodness and the worship of Krishna which is transcendental so in this way there is a internal pushing or raising mechanism which is a system which is there in the whole Vedas by which one will gradually get elevated from one level to the next level so bahunam janmanam antet may also take yanavan mam prapadyate so it may take many lifetimes also to come to the level of devotion but yes if one performs yajnas then over a period of time one will recognize that the ultimate yajneshwar is Vishnu and it is that Vishnu whom we should be worshipping and thus Krishna consciousness will develop thank you