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Faith is sustained by believing in something sublime
that one may not see, but one is sure it exists. In
the Bhagavad-gita Lord Krishna explains, “But those
who always worship Me with exclusive devotion,
meditating on My transcen- dental form – to them I
carry what they lack and preserve what they have.”
(Bg 9.22) Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada writes in
his purport to this verse, “One who is unable to live
for a moment without Krishna con- sciousness cannot
but think of Krishna twenty-four hours a day, being
en- gaged in devotional service by hearing, chanting,
remembering, offering pray- ers, worshiping, serving
the lotus feet of the Lord, rendering other services,
cultivating friendship and surrendering fully to the
Lord. Such activities are all auspicious and full of
spiritual potencies, which make the devotee perfect
in self-realization, so that his only desire is to achieve
the association of the Su- preme Personality of
Godhead. Such a devotee undoubtedly approaches
the Lord without difficulty. This is called yoga. By the
mercy of the Lord, such a devotee never comes back
to this material condition of life. Ksema refers to the
merciful protection of the Lord. The Lord helps the
devotee to achieve Krishna consciousness by yoga,
and when he becomes fully Krishna conscious the
Lord protects him from falling down to a miserable
conditioned life.”
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