# Love *On the nature of love and loving Krishna* --- ### Universal Love Through Krishna > People are accepting *Bhagavad-gītā* as something Indian or Hindu, but actually it is not. It is universal. Kṛṣṇa says that there are so many forms of living entities. There are 8,400,000's of different types of bodies. "And all of them are My sons." So if you love Kṛṣṇa, then you love white man, you love American, you love European, you love Indian, you love cow, you love dog, you love serpent—everything. — [[spoken/1967/670111bg.ny|Bhagavad-gītā 10.8, New York, January 11, 1967]] --- ### Everyone Wants to Love > Everyone wants to love. That is natural propensity. Everyone. When there is no loving object, then in this material world we sometimes love cats and dogs. You see? Because I must love somebody. If I don't find any suitable person lovable, then I turn my love to some hobby, to some animal, like that, because love is there. So this is dormant. Our love for Kṛṣṇa is dormant. It is within us, but because we have no information of Kṛṣṇa, therefore we are reposing our love to something which is frustration. That is not the object of love. Therefore we are frustrated. — [[spoken/1967/670109cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.11–15, New York, January 9, 1967]] --- ### All Frustration Without Krishna > So many instances we have got, we did not describe. But here in this material world, love is 99.9% all frustration, because the love is not reposed to the proper place. The proper place is Kṛṣṇa. If we love Kṛṣṇa, then we can love everyone. Just like if we pour water on the root of the tree, then the other parts of the tree—leaves and flowers and fruits and branches—automatically... So if we learn to love Kṛṣṇa, then we can perfectly love others. — [[spoken/1967/670109cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.11–15, New York, January 9, 1967]] --- ### Love Requires Two Persons > Love means there is person, individual. Without individual person, there is no question of love. When I..., when the word "love" is used, there must be two lovers. Then the word is applicable, love. If there is no person, love is not with the air. There must be person. — [[spoken/1967/670109cc.ny|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.11–15, New York, January 9, 1967]] --- ### The Techniques of Love > So we have to know the techniques. Simply by theoretical knowledge you cannot make any improvement. These are practical example. Because there is no love for God at the present moment, all this nonsense universal love, fraternity, are going to hell. Therefore we are interested in this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. You have to change your consciousness, make it full with Kṛṣṇa, or God. Then everything will be all right. — [[spoken/1967/670111bg.ny|Bhagavad-gītā 10.8, New York, January 11, 1967]] --- *5 verified verbatim quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda on love*