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Out Of Millions Of People One Becomes Interested In The Purpose Of Life

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 29, 2022 at 0:21

(Kṛṣṇa says, not we say, that out of many, many thousands and millions of person, manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu, so kaścid, somebody becomes interested what is the purpose of life)

"Kṛṣṇa says, not we say, that out of many, many thousands and millions of person, manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu, so kaścid, somebody becomes interested what is the purpose of life. That is actually awakening of human life. Otherwise, like cats and dogs: eating, sleeping, having sex intercourse, and after some time finished. That is the life of cats and dogs. That is not human life."

(Prabhupada Lecture, November 24, 1974, Bombay)

You Can Transcend Maya And See Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 29, 2022 at 0:18

(You can transcend māyā and see Kṛṣṇa always. That is possible. How? Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te (BG 7.14). You simply surrender to Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa will arrange that you are no more under māyā. Simple process)

"Exactly the same example that when our eyes are covered by the cloud, we cannot see the sun, although the sun is there. So if some way or other . . . we have got very good experience nowadays by flying in the airship. As soon as the airship goes above the cloud, you have got immense sunlight. Immense sunlight.

And practically, the jet planes, they go seven miles above the surface and there is no cloud. The cloud is down. Similarly, you can go also above māyā. You can transcend māyā and see Kṛṣṇa always. That is possible. How? Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te (BG 7.14). You simply surrender to Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa will arrange that you are no more under māyā. Simple process."

(Prabhupada Lecture, November 29, 1972, Hyderabad)

Everywhere Is Krsna's Kingdom

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 28, 2022 at 0:40

"Everywhere, Kṛṣṇa's kingdom, Kṛṣṇa's property."

(Prabhupada Lecture, November 28, 1972, Hyderabad)

Krsna Consciousness Is To Bring These Sanatanas Together

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 28, 2022 at 0:38

(So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is an attempt to bring all these sanātanas together: the living entity, sanātana; God, Kṛṣṇa, sanātana; and the place, sanātana)

"In another place there is mention, in the Eleventh Chapter, Kṛṣṇa is addressed as sanātana. So Kṛṣṇa is sanātana, and we living entities, we are also sanātana. And there is a place, paras tasmāt tu . . . "Place" means another nature, not this nature, not this prakṛti. There is another prakṛti. Para tasmāt. Para means transcendental. This nature is not sanātana; it is asanātana, perishable. Sanātana means not perishable.

So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is an attempt to bring all these sanātanas together: the living entity, sanātana; God, Kṛṣṇa, sanātana; and the place, sanātana. Just like here we are trying to live together, our family—father, mother, children, friends, countrymen, community men. We are trying to make a permanent settlement here, making very nice building, spending millions of dollars, maki

Krsna And The Living Entities Are Everywhere

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 28, 2022 at 0:36

(So Kṛṣṇa says sarva-gataḥ. The living entities are everywhere. Kṛṣṇa is also within everywhere)

"The rascal scientist says there is no living entity in the moon planet or sun planet. This is rascaldom. There is. Otherwise, how Kṛṣṇa says sarva-gataḥ? Any, everywhere there is living entities. This is a false theory. We can see practically. We see there are living entities in the water. There are living entities in the air. There is living entity within the earth. There is living entities in so many ways. Why not in other planets?

Where is the difference between this planet and that planet? This is also made of five elements—that is also meant of, made of five elements. Here, the earthly element is very prominent, and the sun globe, the fire element is very prominent. So this material world is made of these five elements. Bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca (BG 7.4). So Kṛṣṇa says sarva-gataḥ. The living entities are everywhere. Kṛṣṇa is also within everywhere."

Padayatra, 1976, to Swami Visvanatha, Varanasi, by bullock cart

Posted by Tamohara dasa ADMIN. on November 27, 2022 at 5:59

1976; Lokanatha Swami, Padmapani, Jon Kay the movie producer, myself, and several Padayatra devotees from India and Europe, left Mahakumbhamela and Srila Prabhupada, to distribute Bhagavata Darshan magazines and walk from Prayaga to Varanasi. On the 500th anniversay of Sri Krsna Caitanya visiting Lord Visvanath, we arrived in town, unplanned, night of eclipse of Moon. A long winding kirtan later, progressively more opulent as we approached the mighty Mandira, we were ushered in to the inner sanctum to personally touch Lord Viswanatha, and tilak /prasadam was given to us. The priests were astonished to see us, so timely! It was a miracle for sure. We sang nama kirtan hari haraya nama krsna yadavaya namah... and hare krsna. That night, we bathed in Ganga at Rama ghat under full moon and saw eclipse, Ganga looked blue and mild ripples, Moon silver white. We a few days stayed in Rama Mandira with some Rama Babas, hearing them singing Raghupati Raghava Rajah Rama, for many lovely hours.

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The Soul Keeps Always Seperate From Material Covering

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 27, 2022 at 4:38

(Similarly, the soul always keep separate from this material covering)

"In the Vedas it is said this living entity is always without any touch with this material world. It is simply a covering. It is not in touch. Just like my body, the present, this body, although it is covered by the shirt and the coat, it is not attached. It is not mixed up. The body keeps always separate. Similarly, the soul always keep separate from this material covering."

(Prabhupada Lecture, November 27, 1972, Hyderabad)

Maya Means A Stage Play

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 27, 2022 at 4:35

(So this is simply stage play. And soon as the body is finished, this play is also finished)

"So actually, this material stage-acting—"my father," "my son," "my family," "my country" and so many—aham mameti. Aham, "I am," and "mine." This is the disease of this material world. "I am something, lord, and everything mine." So this is simply stage play. And soon as the body is finished, this play is also finished."

(Prabhupada Lecture, November 27, 1966 , New York)

Tired Means Material And Encouragment Means Blessing Of Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 27, 2022 at 4:31

(If I feel tired, then that is material, and if I feel more encouraged, that means it is blessings of Kṛṣṇa) 🙏💖

"Just like in the material world, when we serve somebody, we become tired. We become detestful. We do not like to serve. But if we serve Kṛṣṇa, then we shall feel some ecstasy in increasing the service. There is no payment. There is, I mean to say . . . materially, there is no payment. Still, a person engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service, in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he will be encouraged to serve more and more. This is the distinction.

In the material platform, if you serve somebody, you will find tired, satiated. You won't like. But if you engage yourself in the service of Kṛṣṇa, you'll find yourself more energetic. You'll like to serve more and more. That is the test. If I feel tired, then that is material, and if I feel more encouraged, that means it is blessings of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa-mādhurya . . . one is engaged in service of Kṛṣṇa not officially or to make show; he feels enliv

Matter Cannot Work Without Spiritual Touch

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 26, 2022 at 4:46

(These people, they cannot understand that without spiritual touch, matter cannot work. So brain may be a, a combination of nice matter, but it cannot work without the spirit soul.)

"But the brain substance is already there in the dead body. Why don't you work with that? No. That is not fact. The fact is the brain substance is a machine, but the man, or the person, is within the body. He's working with the brain substance. Just like you have got a nice machine, but it must be worked by somebody.

At the present moment, the computer is a very subtle machine. But this computer cannot work without an experienced mechanic who pushes the button and it works. These people, they cannot understand that without spiritual touch, matter cannot work. So brain may be a, a combination of nice matter, but it cannot work without the spirit soul."

(Prabhupada Lecture, November 26, 1972, Hyderabad)

Our Real Characteristic Is Devotee Of The Lord

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 26, 2022 at 1:03

(When we become devotee of the Supreme Lord, that is our real characteristic)

"So when we come to that platform of spiritual understanding then our characteristic should be manifested. What is that? That is explained here, sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje. Bhakti—to become devotee of the Supreme Lord. That is our real character.

To become devotee is already manifest. I am devotee to my country, I am devotee to my society, I am devotee to my family, I am devotee to my husband, to my wife, to my children. So devotion is already there. But that is not paro dharmo. When we become devotee of the Supreme Lord, that is our real characteristic. Devotion is already there, service is already there. Nobody can say that, "I do not serve anyone." No, that is not possible.

You must serve, because that is your characteristic, that is your dharma. Everyone is serving. If a person has nobody to serve, he keeps a cat, he keeps a dog and serves him. So to give service, to love

We Need To Feed The Bird In The Cage

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 26, 2022 at 0:59

(If you simply wash the cage and keep it very nice and don't give any food to the bird, then the bird will never be happy simply by polishing the cage. But this is the cage. This material body is a cage of the soul)

"Happiness is possible when you try to make happy the soul. Then happiness is possible. Another example is given—just like a bird within the cage. If you simply wash the cage and keep it very nice and don't give any food to the bird, then the bird will never be happy simply by polishing the cage. But this is the cage. This material body is a cage of the soul. Therefore material living being is called conditioned, or encaged. That is the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā.

dehino 'smin yathā dehe

kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā

tathā dehāntara-prāptir

dhīras tatra na muhyati

(BG 2.13)

This is the beginning of spiritual knowledge. One must understand that the soul is encaged within this body and mind. So if you try to become, by bodily comforts or mental satisfaction, it will neve

Follow A Devotee Not A Rascal

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 25, 2022 at 10:56

(Of course, if you follow a saj-jana, a devotee, that is very nice. But if you follow a rascal, then you also become rascal. But at the present moment the whole world is full of rascals, mūḍhāḥ, duṣkṛtinaḥ, narādhamāḥ)

"One man is doing something, and another man is following. Of course, if you follow a saj-jana, a devotee, that is very nice. But if you follow a rascal, then you also become rascal. But at the present moment the whole world is full of rascals, mūḍhāḥ, duṣkṛtinaḥ, narādhamāḥ. "Why do you call mūḍhāḥ duṣkṛtinaḥ narādhamāḥ? There is so much advancement of education. There are so many universities, so many degrees."

But Kṛṣṇa says, māyayāpahṛta-jñānāḥ (BG 7.15): "Their so-called knowledge has no value because the essence of knowledge is taken away by the illusion." "Now why you say? They are educated." "No, their knowledge has been taken away." "Why? What is the reason?" The reason is āśuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ: "They have taken to the nonsense philosophy of godlessnes

We Fall Down But Krsna Never Falls Down

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 25, 2022 at 4:52

(This is the difference. We become cyuta, fallen down. But Kṛṣṇa is Acyuta. He never falls down. That is the difference)

"Kṛṣṇa's another name is Aja. All viṣṇu-tattva, aja. We are also aja. Aja means who does not take birth. So the both Kṛṣṇa, or God, and the living entities, they are eternal. Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13).

The only difference is because we are a small particle, therefore we are prone to be covered by material energy. This is the difference. We become cyuta, fallen down. But Kṛṣṇa is Acyuta. He never falls down. That is the difference. So just like cloud. Cloud can cover a portion of sunlight. Not that cloud can cover the, all the sunlight. That is not possible.

Suppose now this sky is covered with cloud, maybe hundred miles, two hundred miles or five hundred miles. But what is five hundred miles in comparison to the sun, millions and trillions of miles? So the cloud covers our eyes, not the sun. Similarly, māyā can cover the eye

My Duty To Love And Serve Krsna

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 24, 2022 at 2:25

(And as soon as I understand that, "I am pure spirit soul, part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord. He is giving me all protection, and my duty is to love and serve Him," then I am free. At once I am free)

"So this satanic mentality has made them under the control of material nature. Satanic mentality. What is that satanic mentality? That "I want to be God." Always thinking falsely, "I am God," or "Independent," "I can do anything, everything," "Whatever I survey, I am the lord of whatever I survey." These foolish things are going on.

So this is very nicely explained, and reference is given by Lord Caitanya that our whole difficulty, problems, anxiety . . . a similar verse is in Bhāgavata, another place, sadā samudvigna-dhiyām asad-grahāt (SB 7.5.5).

Asad-grahāt. Asat means nonpermanent, which will . . . we shall not exist. Due to our absorption in that sight, asat, this matter . . . just like this body: it will not exist. So giving too much stress on the bodily concept

This World Is Managed By The Raksasas

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 23, 2022 at 1:15

(You can know this world is now managed by the rākṣasas Rākṣasa. They don't mind what is happening. They are prepared to sacrifice everything for fulfilling their whimsical nonsense. They are called rākṣasa)

"Rākṣasa are called man-eaters, more than tiger. They, for their self-satisfaction, they can eat, I mean to say, even, even their own sons. You see? They are called rākṣasas. No shame. "My sense gratification should be satisfied. Never mind. You go to hell." So this is the age. So we, we create a machine that everyone comes and becomes smashed in that machine, and my sense satisfaction is there, although I'll never be happy by that sense satisfaction. This is going on.

You can know this world is now managed by the rākṣasas. Rākṣasa. They don't mind what is happening. They are prepared to sacrifice everything for fulfilling their whimsical nonsense. They are called rākṣasa. Rākṣasīm āsurīṁ caiva prakṛtiṁ mohinīṁ śritāḥ.."

(Prabhupada Lecture, November 23, 1966, New Yor

Krsna Consciousness Is Saving The Soul

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 22, 2022 at 23:37

(That is real service. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. We are trying to save the soul)

"That is real service. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. We are trying to save the soul. The body, however you try to save it, it will, antavanta ime dehāḥ, it will end—today or tomorrow or after some years. You cannot save it. Save the soul. Nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ. The śarīriṇaḥ, the soul, which is within the body, that is nitya, eternal.

Now, although it is nitya, it is fallen in certain condition of this material body, that it appears to be dying. Janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam (BG 13.9). He's under the tribulation of birth, death, old age and disease on account of this material body. Therefore, if you actually want to give service to the humanity, then give service to the soul. And if you give service to the soul, automatically the body is also served."

(Prabhupada Lecture, November 23, 1972, Hyderabad)

To Become Spirit Means Superior Position

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 22, 2022 at 23:34

(To become Brahman does not mean to become void. No. To become Brahman means superior energy. With superior energy, we have to work with superior endeavor and superior energy and superior position)

"Oh, in matter I am so much active because I am Brahman. Although I am contaminated with matter, still, I am so active. And when I am purified from matter, do you mean to say my activities stop? What is this reasoning? By nature I am active. By nature, because I am spirit, and by nature I am active. And my activities are exhibited even I am contaminated with this matter. And when you become purified from matter, do you think you shall be silent?

Is there any reason? So do you . . .? To become Brahman does not mean to become void. No. To become Brahman means superior energy. With superior energy, we have to work with superior endeavor and superior energy and superior position. And therefore it is called, in the next line, bhajanty ananya-manaso: "One who has become mahātmā, his symp

Mahatma Means One Who Has Enlarged His Heart

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 22, 2022 at 23:32

(Mahātmā means one who has enlarged his heart. Enlarged his heart: "Oh, everything belongs to God, and I also belong to God)

"And here it . . . "Those who are mahatma . . ." Mahātmā means one who has enlarged his heart. Enlarged his heart: "Oh, everything belongs to God, and I also belong to God." He's mahātmā. Mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha: "My dear Arjuna, these mahātmās, they are not in . . . under the control of this material nature." One who can think that "Everything belongs to God, and I also belong to God. Therefore the supreme proprietor is God. Everything should be engaged in His service . . ." this is the qualification of mahātmā, broader. "God is great," and his heart is also has become great for serving the great. He's mahātmā."

(Prabhupada Lecture, November 23, 1966, New York)

Hare Krsna Mantra Is Not Ordinary Sound

Posted by Gavin Swinden on November 21, 2022 at 23:44

(Just like we are speaking. This is also sound, but this is para sound, uttama sound, para-prakṛti. Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is not ordinary sound; it is para-prakṛti)

"So what is the . . . "Yes, I am prepared that 'What is that guru?' " Tasmād . . . Śābde pare ca niṣṇātaṁ brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam (SB 11.3.21), this is guru. Śābde pare ca niṣṇātam: "He knows the Vedic conclusion." He knows the Vedic conclusion. Śābde pare. There are two kinds of sounds. Just like we are speaking. This is also sound, but this is para sound, uttama sound, para-prakṛti. Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is not ordinary sound; it is para-prakṛti. Golokera prema-dhana hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana. Hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana is not this material sound. If you think it is material sound, you are rascal."

(Prabhupada Lecture, November 22, 1976, Vrindavana)

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Out Of Millions Of People One Becomes Interested In The Purpose Of Life

You Can Transcend Maya And See Krsna

Everywhere Is Krsna's Kingdom

Krsna Consciousness Is To Bring These Sanatanas Together

Krsna And The Living Entities Are Everywhere

Padayatra, 1976, to Swami Visvanatha, Varanasi, by bullock cart

The Soul Keeps Always Seperate From Material Covering

Maya Means A Stage Play

Tired Means Material And Encouragment Means Blessing Of Krsna

Matter Cannot Work Without Spiritual Touch

Our Real Characteristic Is Devotee Of The Lord

We Need To Feed The Bird In The Cage

Follow A Devotee Not A Rascal

We Fall Down But Krsna Never Falls Down

My Duty To Love And Serve Krsna

This World Is Managed By The Raksasas

Krsna Consciousness Is Saving The Soul

To Become Spirit Means Superior Position

Mahatma Means One Who Has Enlarged His Heart

Hare Krsna Mantra Is Not Ordinary Sound

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