can understand Krishna consciousness

There is no other method for our spiritual progress. Simply chant Hare Krsna mantra. And there is no loss on our part. If we chant Hare Krsna mantra, there is no loss. You can chant, Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, niyamitah smarane na kalah: "There is no hard-and-fast rule for chanting this Hare Krsna mantra." Everyone can attempt. Even the children, they are also chanting. There is no loss, but gain is very much. That is the greatest gain, ceto-darpana-marjanam. Ceto-dar... That requires. Ceto-darpana-marjanam. Just like in the mirror, if it is covered with dust, you cannot see your face. But if you cleanse the mirror very nicely, then you can see your actual face. Similarly, when our this heart is cleansed... And within the heart, Krsna is there. Isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese 'rjuna tisthati [Bg 18.61]. If we try to cleanse our heart, then-Krsna is already there-He will help immediately.    (More...)

So tyaktva sva-dharmam caranambujam hareh [SB 1.5.17]. If by sentiment also you take to Krsna consciousness... Because in the beginning nobody is very serious. Sometimes by sentiment they take it. Even at... This is also good, by sentiment. Tyaktva sva-dharmam caranambujam. And one who takes by sentiment, he may fall down. It doesn't matter. Because in that sentiment... Just like here we find the children, they are dancing, they are chanting, they are playing the cymbal. All these activities are taking into account. Krta-punya-punjah. We collect all these effects of pious activities. This devotional service is so nice that whatever you do, little bit, that is pious. Punya-sravana-kirtanah [SB 1.2.17]. Even if you do not do anything, simply if you hear, that is also punya. Punya-sravana-kirtanah. And if I speak just like a parrot, if I do not know anything about, it doesn't matter; still, it is pious. Punya-sravana-kirtanah. Someway or other... The children, what do they know about Krsna consciousness? But they are becoming pious, purified. Therefore, in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said, krta-punya-punjah. Sardham vijahruh krta-punya-punjah.    (More...)

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami is describing when the cowherd boys were playing with Krsna, that description. He says that "These cowherd boys, they are not ordinary human being." Krta-punya-punjah: "They have accumulated many, many births' pious activities, as the result of which they are now playing with Krsna." And who is Krsna? Ittham satam brahma-sukhanubhutya: "Big, big rsis and yogis, those who are interested in brahma-sukha, or to merge in the Brahman effulgence-the source of Brahman effulgence is here playing: Krsna." Yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda [Bs 5.40]. So this little, little accumulation of punya, very easy. No expenditure, no experience, no education, nothing. Simply come here and join this chanting and dancing. Even a child. Krta-punya-punjah. Little, little, little-one day he will be able to play with Krsna.    (More...)