Krsna consciousness means... (Conversations)

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Conversations and Morning Walks

1968 Conversations and Morning Walks

Kṛṣṇa consciousness means purified consciousness, real consciousness.

Interview -- March 9, 1968, San Francisco:

Prabhupāda: A child is attached to play. But when he grows up, his attachment is transferred to study. That does not mean he gives up the attachment for playing, that attachment is lost. No. Attachment must be there, but that is transferred or purified. So Kṛṣṇa consciousness means purified consciousness, real consciousness. And the next stage, after being freed from misgivings—attachment for the real identity, ruci. Then āsakti, greater attachment. Then an ecstasy. That means I am coming nearer to God.