Understanding Krishna’s love 1 – Knowledge

[Congregation program at Perth, Australia]

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I spoke today about how when we are going through life how can we perceive Krishna’s love So I talked about the theme of knowledge and I said that although sometimes people say knowledge relates with the head and love relates with the heart but love also needs to be understood like when a mother takes a child for doing a surgery or doing an injection or father disciplines the child and the child feels that the father doesn’t know anything the child grows up, the teenager grows up and the teenager appreciates the parent’s love so similarly for us if you have to appreciate Krishna’s love because Krishna is not immediately visible to us so it is difficult to appreciate for us that’s why we need the eyes of knowledge and I talk at Krishna’s love first of all at the level where our eyes are at, the physical level at the physical level we talk about how for our existence there needs to be the existence of so many things that are actually not in our control the sun provides light the earth exists in its proper position in the universe the earth on the surface of the earth food grains grow within hours there is a digestive system without all these or even one of these existence would be impossible for us so by looking even at the material level physical level we can see all the provision and see that there must be a provider who is benevolent who loves me however if you look only at the material level in some cases if the provision doesn’t come you feel where is God and where is God’s love just like if one room is unclean in a 25 room house there is no caretaker for this house but we need to look at the balanced overall picture for so many people so many things are provided so surely there must be some arrangement and if there is something not provided for someone some room is unclean there must be something else going on over here so we don’t reject the idea of order when we can’t explain find the order somewhere we look for a deeper order so for understanding God’s love the deeper order we need to perceive is we need to understand the length of our own existence and the breadth of our own existence so today I focused on the theme of the breadth not just the body but the mind and the soul so many atheists thought that people believe in God because they feel God will provide them bread poor people need some cosmic crutch and when science and technology provide them bread they will stop believing in God but that hasn’t happened because although sometimes people who are well off, people who feel that they can take care of their own things, they are intoxicated by their own resources, they may give up God but still there are certain needs which science and technology and material progress cannot provide us, that is the peace of mind so God is not so much seen as a cosmic supplier but now he is seen as a cosmic therapist and we can get peace of mind when we connect with Krishna through prayer through devotion and sometimes it may however appear as if our bhakti itself is taking away our peace of mind at that time we need to know that deeper than the need of peace of mind is the peace of the heart and the heart comes into peace through love parents want children all the children create a disruption in their life take away their peace but in that there is reciprocation of love and in that love there is the greatest enrichment I talked about Sudama Brahmin story and also Draupadi and the Pandavas Indravasmani story where when we turn towards Krishna sometimes it may appear that our problems are increasing but that’s only temporary and Krishna can solve our problems whatever problem it may be but what Krishna also does is while solving those problems he performs pastimes in such a way that he enters deeper into our hearts and Krishna’s presence is his greatest present the most enriching and enduring manifestation of Krishna’s love for us is the satisfaction that we relish in his devotion that will protect us amidst whatever tribulation may come at the physical or mental level and that satisfaction will ultimately take us to life’s supreme perfection. I talked about Ashwila Prabhupada had so many desires to serve Krishna but when his desires were not cravings for worldly things his desires were to share Krishna with others and when the time came he contended he departed from the world with Krishna’s presence within and with Krishna’s presence without Thank you very much. Hare Krishna Are there any questions or comments?