Krishna, transmitted by the Vedas, the original scriptures, the true gospel, such as “Getting to know God”, “The words Of Krishna, Christ, God, The Supreme Being”, “The Words of God”, “The Pure Spiritual Science”, and “Words of wisdom, the wisdom of God”, as well as by a bona fide spiritual master, servant of God.
It is the activities aimed at satisfying the senses and whose sole purpose is to please the mind and the senses, which are the cause of the chain of the soul to the matter. As long as the latter engages in these interested actions, it will not cease to reincarnate from one species to another.
Avatar Rishabhadeva warns us in these words: “When someone considers sense gratification as the purpose of his life, he engages in material life to go mad and engages in all kinds of sinful activities. He does not know that it is because of his past misdeeds that he has already received a material body, which, despite its transitory nature, is at the origin of his suffering. In truth, the distinct being should never have donned this fleshly envelope, but the latter was attributed to him for the satisfaction of his senses. Therefore, I do not believe that it is right for an intelligent man to again become entangled in material activities that would perpetually force him to put on bodies, life after life. As long as the living being does not inquire into the spiritual values of existence, he must know defeat and the evils of ignorance. Whether it is virtue or sin, karma bears fruit, and if a person is involved in one form or another of karma, his mind is described as «tinged with the desire to enjoy the fruits of action». As long as the mind remains unclean, the consciousness remains obscured, and as long as one follows the path of the interested action, one must clothe a material body. When the living being is under the influence of ignorance, he cannot know the nature of the distinct soul and that of the Supreme Soul. His mind then undergoes the yoke of interested action. Consequently, as long as he has no love for God, he will certainly not be exempt from putting on material bodies”.
To free ourselves from the cycle of reincarnation, we must absolutely act as a spiritual soul. For this we must surrender to Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, and enjoy serving Him with love and devotion.
Truly, devotional service is the manifestation of our love for God. Another method of ending the cycle of repeated reincarnation is to offer Krishna the fruit of our work, our day, all our activities, and all our actions.
Let us understand that we all have to work to support our bodies. But if we act only for our own satisfaction, for our own satisfaction, seeking only the pleasure of our senses, then we must also accept the consequences of karma, good or bad, in future lives.
On the other hand, if we act only for Kṛiṣhṇa’s satisfaction, if we offer Him all the fruits of our actions, as well as all that we do, this action takes the name of “devotional service”, and is therefore free of all karma. Our thoughts, words and actions have no consequences. To act in Krishna consciousness or God consciousness is to make sacrifices.
The action performed as a devotional service does not only preserve us from the reactions of karma, it gradually elevates us to the service of spiritual love offered to the Lord. This is the key to the kingdom of God.