Faith in Guru and Surrender to Krsna 73

The words sarva-karana indicate that Krsna is the
cause of all causes. If we search to see who the
father of our father is, and who his father is, and
so on back, if it were somehow possible to trace
our ancestry back through time, we would arrive
at the Supreme Father, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.

Of course everyone wants to see God immediately,
but we can see God when we are qualified and in
perfect knowledge. We can see God eye to eye, just
as we are seeing one another, but qualification is
required, and that qualification is Krsna conscious-
ness. Krsna consciousness begins with sravanam,
hearing about Krsna through Bhagavad-gita and other
Vedic literatures, and kirtanam, repeating what we’ve
heard and glorifying Krsna by chanting His names.
By chanting and hearing of Krsna we can actually
associate with Him, for He is absolute and nondiffer-
ent from His names, qualities, forms and pastimes.
As we associate with Krsna, He helps us to under-
stand Him and dispels the darkness of ignorance
with the light of knowledge. Krsna is sitting within
our hearts acting as guru. When we begin hearing
topics about Him, the dust which has accumulated
on our minds due to so many years of material con-
tamination becomes gradually cleaned. Krsna is a
friend to everyone, but He is a special friend to His
devotees. As soon as we become a little inclined
toward Him, He begins to give favorable instruc-
tions from within our hearts so that we can
gradually make progress. Krsna is the first spiritual
master, and when we become more interested in
Him, we have to go to a sddhu or holy man who
