Krishna says, 'Surrender to me and upon death you will be in my abode. Each one of you is a Krishna. Each one of you has a Krishna within you. When Krishna says, 'I am that which is within,' he's talking about the Krishna within you. Are you ready to become Krisnhas? What does that mean? It means to renounce and denounce everything. If you repeat the word 'gita gita gita', youre actually saying 'tagi, tagi, tagi', which means to renounce.
when you don't know the difference between heat and cold, good and bad, you see the imperishable in the persishible. Are you ready for that? Do you think you can go to that level tonight? Do you think you can dedicate this night and become Krishnas? Let's become Krishnas.
To become Krishnas we need just one thing: purity of mind. Krishna said to Arjuna, 'See the inaction in the action and see the action in the inaction'. How is that possible? Krishna goes on to say, 'I will now give you the yoga of wisdom'. And he gives to Arjuna that which many of you get here every Friday. Many of you sit here in front of me late into the night and get the yoga of wisdom. But how much of it do we live? Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita, 'Do not at any time wait for the fruits of your action. If you do then you won't come anywhere near me, but will get caught in the cycle of sacrifices. Birth death, death birth. Fix your mind on me and me alone. Have me constantly there'.
Many of us have seen members of Krishna Consciousness chanting, 'Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Hare, Hare...' Is that devotion? No. They have beads in their hand and collect money in the market at the same time. When we talk on devotion it must be full concentration on the Lord and His Supreme Energy. Only then will you attain krishna.
Excerpt from Discourse on Krishna Janasthami, 22 August 2011
