Krsna helps us remember or forget Him
Krsna gives us chance. If you want Krsna, then He will give you full chance how to have Krsna; and if you don’t want Krsna, then He will give you full chance how to forget Krsna. These things are going on. If you want to forget – if you want to enjoy life forgetting Krsna, forgetting God — then Krsna will give you all facilities so that you can forget. And if you want to enjoy life with Krsna consciousness, then Krsna will give you chance how to make your progress in Krsna consciousness. That is up to you. If you think without Krsna consciousness you will be happy, do that. Krsna does not object to that. Yathecchasi tatha kuru [Bg. 18.63]. Krsna, after advising Arjuna, He simply enquired, “Now I have explained to you everything. Whatever you desire, you can now do.” So immediately Arjuna replied, karisye vacanam tava: “Now I shall execute Your order.” That is Krsna consciousness. God does not interfere with your little independence. If you want to act according to the order of God, then God will help you. Even sometimes you fall down, if you become sincere, that “From this time I shall remain Krsna conscious and execute His orders,” then Krsna will help you in all respect. Even if you fall down He will excuse you, and He will give more intelligence: “Don’t do this. Now go on with your duty.” But if you want to forget Krsna, if you want to become happy without Krsna, He will give you so many chances that you will forget Krsna. He’ll forget, life after life. From Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture in New York, 21 July 1971
Krsna gives us chance. If you want Krsna, then He will give you full chance how to have Krsna; and if you don’t want Krsna, then He will give you full chance how to forget Krsna. These things are going on. If you want to forget – if you want to enjoy life forgetting Krsna, forgetting God — then Krsna will give you all facilities so that you can forget. And if you want to enjoy life with Krsna consciousness, then Krsna will give you chance how to make your progress in Krsna consciousness. That is up to you. If you think without Krsna consciousness you will be happy, do that. Krsna does not object to that. Yathecchasi tatha kuru [Bg. 18.63]. Krsna, after advising Arjuna, He simply enquired, “Now I have explained to you everything. Whatever you desire, you can now do.” So immediately Arjuna replied, karisye vacanam tava: “Now I shall execute Your order.” That is Krsna consciousness. God does not interfere with your little independence. If you want to act according to the order of God, then God will help you. Even sometimes you fall down, if you become sincere, that “From this time I shall remain Krsna conscious and execute His orders,” then Krsna will help you in all respect. Even if you fall down He will excuse you, and He will give more intelligence: “Don’t do this. Now go on with your duty.” But if you want to forget Krsna, if you want to become happy without Krsna, He will give you so many chances that you will forget Krsna. He’ll forget, life after life. From Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture in New York, 21 July 1971
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