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As soon as you understand Krsna, you understand everything. That is stated in the Vedic language, yasmin eva vijnate sarvam eva vijnatam bhavati (Mundaka Upanisad 1.3): One who understands that one Supreme, he understands everything, immediately

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"as soon as you understand Krsna, you understand everything. That is stated in the Vedic language, yasmin eva vijnate sarvam eva vijnatam bhavati" |"One who understands that one Supreme, he understands everything, immediately"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to understand Kṛṣṇa, and as soon as you understand Kṛṣṇa, you understand everything. That is stated in the Vedic language, yasmin eva vijñāte sarvam eva vijñātaṁ bhavati (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.3): "One who understands that one Supreme, he understands everything, immediately." There is no need of understanding separately or analyzing things separately. That will defeat.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Yes, physical . . . physical change, physical, I mean to say, body is no impediment, simply because you are aloof from physical body always. That we have explained. So if you take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then your physical impediments will not be a check. Ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati (SB 1.2.6).

You'll feel yourself transcendentally joyful in spite of your physical . . . present physical body. You'll . . . just like if you eat, you'll know yourself that you are eating, you are feeling strength, you are getting enlightened, similarly, if you take this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, in spite of your present physical body, you'll know that you are having something transcendental. That feeling will come with you.

Guest (3): Is that a feeling of unity with the universe?

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Guest (3): A feeling of oneness with the universe?

Prabhupāda: Well, when you feel Kṛṣṇa, that is, He is . . . Kṛṣṇa is the central point. If you know what is milk, then you know what is butter, what is cheese, what is yogurt, everything, because everything is milk product. So if you know Kṛṣṇa, everything is Kṛṣṇa product, so you know everything. That is universal knowledge. That is oneness.

When you know what is milk, then, in spite of so many varieties of preparation of milk, you know it is milk. That is oneness. When you know, understand, Kṛṣṇa that, "Whatever we are seeing in our presence, experiencing, they're all different energies of Kṛṣṇa . . ." Just like you are sitting here, and if there is fire, you, you see the li . . . by the light of the fire, it is illuminated. By the heat of the fire, you are feeling warm. So whatever there is, it is due to fire.

Therefore Kṛṣṇa consciousness means to understand Kṛṣṇa, and as soon as you understand Kṛṣṇa, you understand everything. That is stated in the Vedic language, yasmin eva vijñāte sarvam eva vijñātaṁ bhavati (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.3): "One who understands that one Supreme, he understands everything, immediately." There is no need of understanding separately or analyzing things separately. That will defeat.

So Kṛṣṇa consciousness means real oneness. But that oneness is not of the oneness of the impersonalist. That oneness is a little different. It is called śuddhādvaita, pure oneness. In spite of that being one Kṛṣṇa, He is manifested by His different varieties of energies. Just like the fire. Fire is one, electricity is one, but it is acting in different varieties. It is acting in your refrigerator. It is acting in your heater. It is acting in your machine. It is acting in your television.

Act . . . everywhere. But the what is that? That is electricity. Similarly, if you understand electricity, as of Kṛṣṇa, then you understand your whole thing one; but there are varieties. Just like in electricity there are so many varieties at work. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

Page Title:As soon as you understand Krsna, you understand everything. That is stated in the Vedic language, yasmin eva vijnate sarvam eva vijnatam bhavati (Mundaka Upanisad 1.3): One who understands that one Supreme, he understands everything, immediately
Compiler:SharmisthaK
Created:2023-12-16, 06:24:55.000
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