If We Hear About Lord Rama's Life, That Means We Are Associating with Lord Rama

[Gavin Swinden]

(So Rāmacandra's life, God's activities, pastimes, if we hear, that means we are associating with Rāmacandra. There is no difference between His form, His name, His pastimes and Himself)

 

"So Rāmacandra's life, God's activities, pastimes, if we hear, that means we are associating with Rāmacandra. There is no difference between His form, His name, His pastimes and Himself. He's absolute.

 

Therefore either you chant the holy name of Rāma or you see the statue of Rāma or you talk of His pastimes, transcendental pastimes, everything, that means you are associating with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

 

So we take advantage of these days when the incarnation of God appears or disappears, and we try to associate with Him. By His association we become purified. Our process is purification."

 

(His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Lecture, March 27, 1969, Hawaii)