Hi
One of my favourite musicians/artists of all time, the Rza, is quoted as saying as follows:
Krishna said that you can study all day, pray all day,
chant all day, but you’ll get to Heaven faster if you hang
with wise men
Paraphrased perhaps. I am just wondering if anybody could tell me what text, chapter and verse this might come from? The Gita? Perhaps another holy book?
Many thanks
Hare Krishna!
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Hare krsna...
Prabhupad said "if you hang with the wise men, you will get Krsna prem (love for krsna)".
One has to decide if he wants heaven or krsna prem.
All glories to Srila Prabhupad!!!!
Hare krsna.
Hare KRsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
There seems to be some issue with the statement mentioned by you. Throughout Gita, Krsna has downplayed the importance of heaven and said people of less intelligence want to go to heaven. Heaven is like a 15 star resort. Once one's pious karma is exhausted, one has to return to earth to go through the fruits of paap karma.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD
Hare Krishna Prabhu ji.,
SB 11.3.23 — A sincere disciple should learn to dissociate the mind from everything material and positively cultivate association with his spiritual master and other saintly devotees. He should be merciful to those in an inferior position to him, cultivate friendship with those on an equal level and meekly serve those in a higher spiritual position. Thus he should learn to deal properly with all living beings.
SB 11.3.29 — One who desires his ultimate self-interest should cultivate friendship with those persons who have accepted Kṛṣṇa as the Lord of their life. One should further develop an attitude of service toward all living beings. One should especially try to help those in the human form of life and, among them, especially those who accept the principles of religious behavior. Among religious persons, one should especially render service to the pure devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.