DR.T.V.RAO MD 1

Dr.T.V.Rao MD

KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS

DR.T.V.RAO MD 2

• Krishna is a name of the Supreme. It means "all- attractive." Anything that might attract you has its source in the Supreme. Therefore the Supreme is also known as Rama (rhymes with "drama"). "Rama" means "the highest eternal pleasure.

KRISHNA A SUPREME PERSONALITY

DR.T.V.RAO MD 3

• Krishna and His energy are fully present in the sound of the mantra, so even if we don't know the language or intellectually understand how it works, by coming in touch with Krishna we'll become happy, and our life will become sublime.

KRISHNA’S NAME LIBERATES US

DR.T.V.RAO MD 4

• All of us are pleasure-seeking creatures. So you can say that directly or indirectly we are all seeking Krishna. Chanting Hare Krishna is a way of seeking Krishna directly

ATTAINING THE KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS

DR.T.V.RAO MD 5

• Knowledge means to know that I am helpless in this world and only the power of God can save me.

• When you approach with love, Krishna reciprocates with love.

WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE

DR.T.V.RAO MD 6

• Krishna consciousness is not something imposed on the mind. On the contrary, it's already inside of each of us, waiting to come out, like fire in a match. Chanting Hare Krishna brings out that natural, pure state of mind.

JUST PRAYING REACHES THE ALMIGHTY

DR.T.V.RAO MD 7

RESPECT ALL ATTAIN THE KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS

• Respect for all others is a basic Vaisnava value.

• • Without mutual appreciation, it is not possible to develop more intimate relationships. A decline in appreciation will lead to a deteriorating relationship.

• • One should visibly appreciate the spouse, even (or especially) for regularly-performed or obligatory duties.

• • One should learn to develop intimacy without familiarity.

DR.T.V.RAO MD 8

• As long as you have attachment to the body and attachment to objects, fear and suffering will be with you. Therefore, Krishna told Arjuna to develop his discrimination and rid himself of body consciousness. He told him that once he was free of body consciousness he would be able to develop integral vision.

MATERIALISM IS OBSTRUCTION TO KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS

DR.T.V.RAO MD 9

• Be devoted to Me, offer worship and obeisance to Me — in this way, you will come to Me alone, I promise you, for you are exceptionally dear to Me

WHO IS DEAR TO ME

DR.T.V.RAO MD 10

RESPECT ALL TO ATTAIN THE KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS

• Respect for all others is a basic Vaisnava value.

• • Without mutual appreciation, it is not possible to develop more intimate relationships. A decline in appreciation will lead to a deteriorating relationship.

• • One should visibly appreciate the spouse, even (or especially) for regularly-performed or obligatory duties.

• • One should learn to develop intimacy without familiarity.

DR.T.V.RAO MD 11

• Fix your mind on me; by my grace, you shall overcome all troubles.

• Be devoted to Me, offer worship and obeisance to Me — in this way, you will come to Me alone, I promise you, for you are exceptionally dear to Me

BE DEVOTED TO ME

DR.T.V.RAO MD 12

• Fix your mind on me; by my grace, you shall overcome all troubles. Always think of the lotus feet of Sri krsna and you will find n difficulties in executing the tasks allotted to you by krsna."

FIX YOUR MIND ON ME – YOU ARE LIBERATED

DR.T.V.RAO MD 13

THE NAME OF HARE KRISHNA CREATES ENERGY IS US

• As for the word "Hare" (pronounced huh-ray), it's a call to Krishna's divine energy. Just as the sun shines forth to us through its energies like heat and light, the Supreme reveals Himself through His multitude of energies. If the Supreme is the source of everything, then whatever we see--and even what we don't see-- belongs to the energy of the Supreme.

DR.T.V.RAO MD 14