Krishna protects everyone, no matter what (everyone belongs to Him—we’re inseparably His). What kind of protection we get, though, depends on what kind we want—direct or indirect.
He protects His devotees directly, guiding their return to Him. He helps them see the illusory distractions of this world for what they are—illusory distractions—and helps them remain focused on the goal of going home, to enjoy permanent, blissful life with Him in the spiritual world.
For those who don’t want Krishna around, Krishna offers an Indirect Protection Program:
In their hearts, Krishna (as Supersoul) inspires them with the survival skills necessary to continue imagining they can “enjoy” (despite repeatedly inevitable birth, death, old age, and disease.
Eventually, after many lives of enduring such thrills and spills, most of us choose to upgrade to the Personal Protection Program Krishna offers His devotees.
The laws of karma are just, but not kind. Krishna is so kind that He appears in person to protect those who exclusively depend on Him.
He also guarantees that—whenever we choose—we can completely transcend, surmount, and avoid any and all past, present, and future karmic reactions simply by re-directing our attention back to Him.
Thanks for re-directing your attention toward Krishna.com! Please check out our new offerings this month—just in time for our observance of the appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva—The Supreme Protector.
Your servants,
The Krishna.com Team
The big news in May is that this past May 7, 2009, was the appearance anniversary of Lord Nrsimhadeva, the half-man, half-lion incarnation of Krishna Who appeared millions of years ago to protect His devotee Prahlada from being murdered by his father, the tyrannical king Hiranyakashipu.
Krishna is all-blissful, and His pastimes are filled with sweetness, yet Nrsimhadeva embodies the Lord’s anger, directed at those who would harm His devotees.
The history of Nrsimhadeva’s appearance is narrated in the Seventh Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. Today we are glad to present a narration of Prahlada’s famous prayers to Lord Nrsimhadeva by Harinama Cintamani dasi, accompanied by harmonium and recitation of the original Sanskrit verses.
Have you ever wanted to learn and explore the teachings of the timeless spiritual classic Bhagavad-gita As It Is in a systematic, structured way?
Perhaps you’ve noticed such opportunities do not abound at most colleges/universities/centers of higher education near you (or anywhere else, for that matter).
Now is your chance to be among the first students to participate in our eighteen-week, cover-to-cover Online Bhagavad-gita E-Course.
Designed for those with busy schedules, this is a great opportunity to absorb your mind in Sri Krishna’s instructions, including the sublime knowledge of the self, the Supreme Self, karma, reincarnation, and everything—all from the comfort of your own home.
Here’s your big chance to let us know how we can improve what we’re doing at Krishna.com.
We’re planning to significantly revamp/upgrade/update what we do and how we present ourselves in order to reach a much wider online audience and deliver what we have to offer most effectively.
We will be posting some of our ideas, and we’d like to hear what you have to say about them. After all, we’ve created this site for you, so we need to hear—from you—what you think will work and what won’t.
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “I’m a nice person. Why do bad things happen to me?”
Or, “Why can’t we live in peace and happiness here and just be nice to each other?”
Or, “Why does there have to be so much violence, unrest, frustration, exploitation, loneliness, and suffering in the world …?”
In a perfect world, these questions would indeed be puzzling. But if everybody here is a criminal, what can you expect?
In this video, Prabhupada explains this seldom-addressed truth very matter-of-factly; ninety percent (or more) of all souls are “good,” but this world exists for the same reason prisons do: all smart governments make special arrangements for the small percentage of the population who refuse to “enjoy responsibly.”
In “The Best Benediction,” Mohini Radha Devi Dasi recalls a saint who rejected a magical stone that could produce gold. He had something much more valuable: the holy names of the Lord.
Our series on Krishna’s avatars provides an easy way to focus our minds on transcendence. Just read “Lord Parashurama’s Revolution,” and you’ll be engulfed in the transformative power of spiritual sound.
Krishna’s devotees try to stay in constant contact with Him and bring others into His company.
In “Parenting as Service to God,” we gain insights on how to increase Krishna’s presence in our homes.
And in “Vedic Wisdom Reaches Finland’s Schools,” Krishna-kripa Dasa describes the success of a small group of devotees in bringing Krishna into the world of education—where it is sorely needed, as Srila Prabhupada explains in “Dangerous Education.”
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Chanting the Hare Krishna mantra is the central practice of Krishna consciousness. Public chanting is called “kirtana,” and private chanting is called “japa” meditation.
To derive maximum benefit from chanting, proper reverence and attention must be paid to the mantra. This isn’t always easy, since the restless human mind often prefers to think about anything and everything, rather than focus on transcendental sound.
In this Japa Workshop series, practitioners relate their personal realizations and struggles with their own meditation practice.
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