Connecting with the ISKCON-Net

ISKCON is not a sect. ISKCON is composed of persons who are eager to transcend the relative sectarian "truths" of this world of conflict and realize the absolute truth that will bring lasting peace and happiness for every man, woman, and child on this planet.

In ISKCON we condemn blind following. It is not allowed. We train our members how to intelligently understand and then practically realize what is spirit, what is matter, and Who is the controller of both.

How to Become Attached to Krishna?

Beg this Benediction from Someone Who is Attached to Krishna

You have realized very wonderfully that you must now become attached to Krishna. Krishna does not bestow such feelings of attachment very easily upon the fallen, conditioned souls because He becomes under the control of those who are attached to Him. If you want to receive this supreme benedictions of all benedictions, you must sincerely beg Krishna for it and continue doing so until He finally answers your prayers.

The following verse describes the state you need to attain:

satam ayam sara-bhrtam nisargo
yad-artha-vani-sruti-cetasam api
prati-ksanam navya-vad acyutasya yat
striya vitanam iva sadhu varta

"Paramahamsas, devotees who have accepted the essence of life, are attached to Krishna in the core of their hearts, and He is the aim of their lives. It is their nature to talk only of Krishna at every moment, as if such topics were newer and newer. They are attached to such topics, just as materialists are attached to topics of women and sex." SB 10.13.2

The insider's secret for awakening your dormant Krishna bhakti is the get the mercy of a person who has already awakened his dormant love for Krishna. This is described as follows by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur in the concluding lines of his song, "Ohe! Vaisnava Thakura":

krsna se tomara, krsna dite paro,
tomara sakati ache
ami to' kangala, 'krsna' 'krsna' boli',
dhai tava pache pache

"Krishna is yours; you have the power to give Him to me. I am simply running behind you shouting, 'Krishna! Krishna!'"

The Inward Journey

Disciples Live Eternally with Spiritual Master

Whether the spiritual master travels lifetime after lifetime to deliver the fallen, conditioned souls of this material world or whether he immediately returns back to Godhead is up to Lord Krishna. And we do know from the teachings of Srila Prabhupada that the disciples eternally live with their spiritual master. The advanced disciple is not much concerned about whether he goes back to Godhead or not. He simply always wants to remain in the company of his spiritual master assisting him in his mission of delivering the fallen, conditioned souls. Of course, such a completely surrendered disciple is immediately qualified to go back to home, back to Godhead and lives as a liberated, deathless soul even while he is situated within his material body.

A very amazing point in this connection revealed to us by Srila Prabhupada is that a devotee of the Lord can live simultaneously in the spiritual world and in the material world. So with this information from Srila Prabhupada we can understand that it is possible for the spiritual master and his disciples to simultaneously be in the pastimes of the Lord in the spiritual world while simultaneously traveling and preaching throughout the material universes.