Summary Description of Lord Krṣṇa's Pastimes
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self-realization one has to go to the forest or to the mountains and undergo severe austerities and penances. But the  gopīs  and the queens, simply by being attached to Krṣṇa in conjugal love and enjoying His company in a so-called sensuous life full of luxury and opulence, achieved the highest salvation, which is impossible to be achieved even by great sages and saintly persons. Similarly, the demons such as Kamsa, Dantavakra, Śiśupāla, etc., also got the highest benefit of being transferred to the spiritual world.
In the beginning of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Śrīla Vyāsadeva offered his respectful obeisances to the Supreme Truth, Vāsudeva, Krṣṇa. After that he taught his son, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, to preach  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . It is in this connection that Śukadeva Gosvāmī glorifies the Lord as  jayati . Following in the footsteps of Śrīla Vyāsadeva, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and all the  ācāryas  in disciplic succession, the whole population of the world should glorify Lord Krṣṇa, and for their best interest they should take to this Krṣṇa consciousness movement. The process is easy and helpful. It is simply to chant the  mahāmantra , Hare Krṣṇa, Hare Krṣṇa, Krṣṇa Krṣṇa, Hare Hare/Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Lord Caitanya has therefore recommended that one should be callous to the material ups and downs. Material life is temporary, and so the ups and downs of life may come and go. When they come, one should be as tolerant as a tree and as humble and meek as the straw in the street, but certainly he must engage himself in Krṣṇa consciousness by chanting Hare Krṣṇa, Hare Krṣṇa, Krṣṇa Krṣṇa, Hare Hare.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krṣṇa, the Supersoul of all living entities, out of His causeless mercy comes down and manifests His different transcendental pastimes in different incarnations. Hearing the attractive pastimes of Lord Krṣṇa's different incarnations is a chance for liberation for the conditioned soul, and the most fascinating and pleasing activities of Lord Krṣṇa Himself are still more attractive because Lord Krṣṇa personally is all-attractive.
Following in the holy footsteps of Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, we have tried to present this book  Krṣṇa  for being read and heard by the conditioned souls of this age. By hearing the pastimes of Lord Krṣṇa, one is sure and certain to get salvation and be transferred back home, back to Godhead. It is recommended by Śukadeva Gosvāmī that as we hear the transcendental pastimes and activities of the Lord, we gradually cut the knots of material contamination. Therefore, regardless of what one is, if one wants the association of Lord Krṣṇa in the transcendental kingdom of God for eternity in blissful existence, one must hear about the pastimes of Lord Krṣṇa and chant the  mahāmantra , Hare Krṣṇa,