34 Beyond Birth and Death

process and travels at the speed of mind and wind
for millions of years, he will still end up not know-
ing. For him, the subject matter will remain elusive
and inconceivable. But that subject matter is given
in Bhagavad-gita: ananya-cetah: Krsna says to medi-
tate on Him without deviation from the path of de-
votional service in submission. For one who wor-
ships Him in this way—tasyaham sulabhah: “‘I
become easily available.” This is the process: if one
works for Krsna twenty-four hours a day, Krsna
cannot forget him. By becoming submissive, he can
attract the attention of God. As Guru Maharaja
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati used to say, “‘Don’t try to
see God. Is God to come and stand before us like a
servant just because we want to see Him? That is
not the submissive way. We have to oblige Him by
our love and service.”

The proper process for approaching Krsna was
given to humanity by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
and Ripa Gosvami, His first disciple, appreciated it.
Rupa Gosvami was a minister in the Mohammedan
government, but he left the government to become a
disciple of Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s. When he first
went to see the Lord, Ripa Gosvami approached
Him with the following verse:

namo maha-vadanyaya krsna-prema-pradaya te
krsnaya krsna-caitanya-namne guara-tvise namah

“I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme
Lord Sri Krsna Caitanya, who is more magnanimou
