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Can we love Krishna as much as He loves us?

Hare Krishna, humble obeisances AGTSP!

The soul is the part and parcel of the supreme. Though it's very minute in quantity as compared to the Supreme but quality wise the same. Is it the same for for our love toward Krishna? I mean is our love for Krishna same as that of Krishna for us(quality wise) but not as much as Krishna loves us (quantity wise)?

Haribol!

Your servant

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  • Hare Krishna Divya Mataji_/\_

    Dandvat pranam! AGTSP!

    Wishing you a very Happy New Year! May your love for Krishna intensify during this year.

    I’m really very sorry to get your good words wrong completely. I shouldn't have interpreted your words critically without knowing your intent.  It was stupidity on my part to dig into your kind words. This is a big lesson for me to rectify myself and not to repeat it in future.

    I’m feeling like a great offender :( :(  I have hurt you so much. It's all because of my bad karma that I offended you. Please forgive me. I beg mercy from you..really sorry from the core of my heart. I hope if this could be rectified. I commit for 50 rounds of chanting to purify my heart.

    Your Servant

  • Volunteer

    Hare Krsna dear devotees, humble obeisances AGTSP!

    I'm so grateful! I got such wonderful replies! Thank you all very much. Esp. rishav prabhu, I liked ur explanation a lot and also anand prabhu, thankyou very much as Maral mataji says "u always give detailed answer which are collected with hard work"

    Divya and Maral mataji thankyou very much. Haribol

    Your servant

    • Hare Krishna Priya Mataji_/\_

      Please accept my humble obeisances!  AGTSP!

      Wishing you a very Happy New Year! May your love for Krishna intensify during this year.

      Thank you for appreciating this insignificant soul. I was also offensive while answering and for that I beg pardon from you and all the devotees. Please forgive me.

      Your Servant

  • Hare Krishna Mataji_/\_

    PAMHO! AGTSP!

    Please don’t feel offended by my reply. You said “we must love Krishna because he loves us so much”. First of all, we should not force ourselves to love Krishna. It should come from within heart because love is natural. Forced love is not love, I believe. Secondly, love should not be conditional, as you said it rightly but again you are saying “we must love Krishna because he loves us so much”. I believe we should not trade love, otherwise it’s not love.

    It’s true that love can’t be measured. But if we think in a broader way, we are not always Krishna Conscious considering all our previous births too. Even if we consider only this birth, except may be few, at some point of time our Krishna Consciousness was in sleeping mode and because of that there was no remembrance of Krishna. But on the other hand, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna is all knowledgeable and remembers us eternally. His love for us is eternal. For example, in love affairs, one always loves his/her beloved even if no love in return. But one feels happiness and blissfulness if his/her beloved reciprocates in love. Likewise, Krishna always loves us but when we reciprocate his love then Krishna is pleased. So we can say quantity-wise Krishna’s love is greatest.

    Quality-wise we can say, Krishna is ALL ATTRACTIVE and possessor of all qualities unlimitedly and therefore the quality of a perfect lover is limitless in Krishna. But we, as a part and parcel of Krishna, have the quality of a lover in limit. So we can say quality-wise Krishna’s love is supreme. No one can love Krishna as much as Krishna loves except Krishna himself. Srimati Radharani loves Krishna as much as Krishna loves her and Krishna himself is in the form of Srimati Radharani. There is no difference between the two. Hope I didn’t offended anyone. If so then please forgive this fool.

    Divya mataji I beg pardon. I’m sorry for if I criticized your comment, it was not intentional. Please don’t take any offence.

     

    Hari Bol\o/

    Your Servant

  • Volunteer

    yes, how true how we can measure love. 1 or 3 kg? :D Your servant,

  • Volunteer

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    • Volunteer

      thank You Patel Prabhu, You are always ready to give more detailed answers with these links which were collected with hard work.

      Your servant, 

  • Hare Krishna Mataji_/\_

    PAMHO! AGTSP!

    I’m trying to answer this question with limited senses and knowledge. If I’m wrong then please forgive me.

    We can’t love Krishna as much as He loves us. Krishna is supreme in quantity as well as quality. All the 64 qualities of Krsna are unlimited, so He is the perfect lover.  Krishna’s love for us is inimitable. His love for us is selfless. He supplies us all our requirements like Spiritual Knowledge (scriptures), love, blessings, guidance as Paramatma, etc. Also our requirements to maintain this material body like air, water, food, etc. and he is supplying these constantly to all without any discrimination. He is the Supreme father, who is always thinking of his children.

    Krishna loves us so much that He is even ready to serve his pure devotees personally. He washed the feet of his great lover Sudhama and was even ready to gift him his own abode. He is the all Giver. Nothing belongs to us to give him except Love, but our love is not free from all kinds of material desires, it’s not selfless. Even the love of pure devotees which is selfless and pure can’t supersede the love of Krishna for his devotees.

    Please forgive me if I made any offence while answering.

    Hari Bol\o/

    Your Servant

    • Volunteer

      thank You Rishav Prabhu for a nice answer! It touches heart.

      Krishna is doing His best and His particle is also doing as much as in his or her capacity in this way their love to each other might equal.

      As like in Spiritual world gopi decorates herself so that to make Krishna happy. Seeing her Krishna tries to make Himself more handsome so that to please her. Seeing increased beauty of Krishna gopi increases her beauty...int his way no end to these pure love affairs.

      Your servant, 

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