So we are... It is a fact that we are in a conditioned life. It is not absolute. And the, Krsna, He is absolute. He is never conditioned, as we have explained that the three qualities of this material nature are emanation from Krsna, but He is not affected by the qualities. Therefore He is called nirguna. Nirguna, nirakara, does not mean that He has no form or He has no quality. He has no material qualities, nor He is affected by the material qualities. And akara... He is not nirakara as we understand. We understand nirakara means formless. But Krsna is not formless. Krsna has form. That is transcendental form, sac-cid-ananda-vigrahah [Bs. 5.1]. His body is eternal and full of bliss, transcendental bliss, and full of knowledge. That is Krsna's feature. So we have also got minute quantity of Krsna's qualities because we are minute particles of Krsna, but that is now covered by maya. This maya means... When we forget our actual relationship with Krsna, that is called maya, false egotism. Falsely I am thinking that "I am American," "I am Indian," "I am brahmana," "I am this," "I am that." These are all false designations. Real identification is "I am Krsna's." I have repeatedly said. When this realization is achieved, that mahatma is su-durlabhah, very rare. Sa mahatma su-durlabhah. Who? One who understands that vasudevah sarvam iti: [Bg. 7.19] "Vasudeva is the origin of everything." Krsna is the origin.

So anyone who is trying to divert people's attention from Krsna to non-Krsna... That is the business of the modern so-called philosophers and educationists or religionists. They'll continue to read Bhagavad-gita life long but will interpret in a different way so that people may not surrender to Krsna. That is their business. Such persons are called duskrtina. They are themselves also not ready to surrender to Krsna, and they are misleading others also not to surrender to Krsna. That is their business. Such persons are duskrtina, miscreants, rogues, rascals, those who are deviating people in other ways. A great scholarI do not wish to namehe is writing in his commentary, "It is not to Krsna." Just see. Krsna says, man-mana bhava mad-bhaktah: "You just become My devotee." Mad-yaji mam namaskuru: "You just worship Me and offer your obeisances unto Me. In this way you will get Me. You will achieve Me." The commentator says... The so-called learned commentator says, "It is not to the Krsna person but it is the Absolute Truth which is within Krsna." That means he is dividing Krsna from the Absolute Truth. He does not know what is Krsna. Krsna says, mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya: [Bg. 7.7] "There is no other truth, great truth, than Myself." And he says, "Something greater than Krsna within Sri Krsna." That means it is clear that he does not know what is Krsna, and he has the courage to comment on Bhagavad-gita. That is the pitiable condition. One who does not understand Krsna, he is daring to write comments on the Bhagavad-gita. That is misleading. Therefore Krsna says, duskrtina. They will produce volumes of books. Na yad vacas citra-padam harer yasah [SB 1.5.10]. Bhagavata says that "You can produce volumes of books with nice literary, metaphorical arrangements." Na yad vacas citra-padam harer yasah na pragrnita karhicit. The Bhagavata says that "You can produce a nice book by mental concoction and speculation with nice grammatical and metaphorical arrangement, but if there is no glorification of Krsna, then it is..." What is, like that? Tad vayasam tirtham: "This is a place where you throw away all nasty things." After your mucus or any, all nasty things you throw away, the crows will come there. They will enjoy. Therefore Bhagavata says, "Such literary productions where there is no glorification of the Supreme Lord, it is just like the enjoyable spot of the crows." But there is another class of birth who are called swans, raja-hamsa. They will not come there. They will not come there and enjoy with the crows. This is natural division. They will go in a place where there is very clear reservoir of water, nice trees, nice fruits and flowers, nice birds, manasa-tirthas, manasa-ganga, like that. They will enjoy there. Similarly, this mental speculation, huge, huge books, will be enjoyed by a class of men who are compared with the crows. But glorification of Krsna will be enjoyed by a class of men who are called swans or paramahamsas.

So Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, they are meant for paramahamsa-sadhika-caranam, for the paramahamsas. Those who are duskrtina, miscreant, crows, they cannot enjoy what is the taste of Bhagavad-gita. Therefore Krsna says to Arjuna... When He was teaching to him beginning of the Bhagavad-gita, He said, bhakto 'si me priyo 'si me rahasyam hy etad uttamam: "Because you are My devotee, because you are My friend, very dear friend, therefore I am disclosing you the mysteries, rahasyam." Not anybody can understand Bhagavad-gita. It is not possible if he does not follow the principles adopted by Arjuna. Bhakto 'si priyo 'si me [Bg. 4.3]. That is the way of studying Bhagavad-gita. Otherwise, those who are duskrtina, they will take advantage of Bhagavad-gita for making their business and flatter some other duskrtina miscreants also to mislead them. Because other miscreants, they want to be misled, the asuras. Asuri-bhavam asritah. What is the asuri-bhava, demonic tendency? The demonic tendency is that "I am God." That is called demonic tendency, falsely thinking that "I am God." In spite of all education, they have not the little sense that how he becomes a God. Here is God, Krsna. We have got His activities. He married sixteen thousand wives, and He constructed sixteen thousand palaces, and He expanded Himself into sixteen thousand forms. Here is one God. And you are or I am sitting here; I cannot expand up to my apartment also, and how I am expecting to be called as God? These are the test. But these people are popular because certain class of men, asuri-bhava, they also want to be cheated like that. Therefore Krsna says, na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah: [Bg. 7.15] "Those who are miscreants, those who are rascals, mudha, naradhama, lowest of the mankind, mayayapahrta-jnana, and stolen of his knowledge by maya, such persons, because they are asuras, demons, they do not surrender unto Me." So we have to take it from the statement of Krsna that anyone who does not understand Krsna, who does not surrender unto Krsna, they are to be understood under these classifications.

Then here is one commentation by a learned scholar and devotee, Baladeva Vidyabhusana. He said, nanu cettvam eva prapanna vimucyante, tarhi pandita api kecit kim iti tvam na prapadyante. Now, if Krsna has said simply by surrendering unto Him, mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te... Our business is, in the human form of life, how to get out of the clutches or conditions of maya. We are actually trying to do that. All the scientific improvement, material advancement of knowledge, means that we are trying to avoid the conditions imposed by material nature. That is actually we are doing. Why you have invented this electric fan? Call it, that is material science improvement. Because in the excessive heat we are troubled. And wherefrom this excessive heat comes? It comes from the material nature. Therefore our struggle for existence is to fight with the impositions of the material nature. So Krsna says that in this way fighting, you cannot get out of the clutches of maya. Daivi hy esa gunamayi mama maya duratyaya [Bg. 7.14]. It is very difficult. You may have hundreds and thousands of electric fans, but still you will have to feel the effect of excessive heat. You cannot avoid it. Similarly, you may have hundreds or thousands of heating arrangements; still, you have to feel the effects of the cooling effect of winter season. You cannot... Matra-sparsas tu kaunteya sitosna-sukha-duhkha-dah [Bg. 2.14]. We have traveled all over the world. I have seen different climatic influence, how people are suffering. In the Western countries they are thinking that "Indians are very happy because the country is very warm," and we are thinking that "The Western people are very happy because the country is very cold." But nobody is happy; that is a factneither the Westerners nor the Easternersbecause all of them under the grip of maya. That is a fact. So in this way you cannot escape the stringent laws of maya, or material nature. That is impossible. That is said by Krsna Himself. It is not my statement. Krsna says, daivi hy esa gunamayi mama maya duratyaya [Bg. 7.14]. You cannot escape. Suppose you are escaping by some arrangement, by heating arrangement, by cooling arrangement. But that does not mean by that process you will escape the actual laws of material nature. Just like we have got cold storage. We keep fruits and other things in the cold storage. It looks that it is keeping fresh, but the decomposition method is not stopped there. As soon as you take out from the cold storage, it is all rotten. So you cannot escape the actions or reactions of material nature by these methods. Therefore Krsna says, daivi hy esa gunamayi mama maya duratyaya [Bg. 7.14]. It is very difficult, duratyaya, most difficult task to get out of the, I mean to say, regulative principles of material nature. Then how it is possible? Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te: "Simply by surrendering unto Me one can do it."

So the idea is that... Just like one man is suffering from some disease. The doctor is giving, physician is giving, some medicine and some diet. So if we follow the directions of the physician and eat the diet prescribed by him, there is hope of curing the disease. This is one way. And another person who is suffering from disease but does not care for the physician's instruction or any medicine, he is going on. He is certainly destined to die. As you can understand, similarly, in this material world, both the devotees and nondevotees are there. The devotees, they are trying to be cured from this material disease, and the nondevotees, they do not care for it. They are therefore continuing suffering. We should understand in this way, that... Baladeva Vidyabhusana questions that "If by surrendering unto Krsna we can become out of the clutches of maya, why the panditas, why the learned scholars, scientists, and philosophers do not do that?" So he says that tatraha na mam iti, dustas ca te krtinah, sastrartha-kusalas ceti duskrtinah ku-panditas te mam na prapadyante srutis caivam aha. He is giving evidence from the Vedas how these rascals, they think of themselves as very learned. In the Vedas it is said, avidyayam antare vartamanah svayam dhirah panditam manyamanah: "There is avidya, nescience, ignorance, within, but they are thinking that 'I am very learned.' " That is our another disease. One disease is the troubles and conditions offered by the material nature. So Krsna says that in this material world, so long we are, we have to execute the devotional service. But we may not be disturbed by these material conditions. That was advised to Krsna, (to) Arjuna.

But there are other classes of men who are described in the next paragraph. He says,

So we have to undergo all these processes recommended in the sastras-yajna-dana-tapa-kriya. So this is yajna, sankirtana-yajna. It is recommended in the Vedic literature that in this age, Kali-yuga, the form of the Lord as krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam, that "He is always engaged in describing or glorifying Lord Krsna." Who is that? Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the indicated incarnation in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam [SB 11.5.32]. You have seen Lord Caitanya's picture. He is always followed by many devotees chanting this Hare Krsna, sangopangastra parsadam, especially His associates Lord Nityananda, Lord Advaita, and Srivas, and Gadadhara. Sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu-nityananda, sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda. These associates, they are Krsna-varnam always. The Lord Himself, Krsna, He is always describing about Krsna as devotee. He is teaching us how to become a devotee of Krsna. Just see how much merciful is Krsna upon us. He is coming personally, instructing Bhagavad-gita, and asking us, "Surrender unto Me. Give up all other business, all other so-called occupations. You surrender unto Me. I shall give you protection from all sinful reactions." Aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksa..., ma sucah: [Bg. 18.66] "Don't be worried. I'll take charge of you." But still, we do not surrender unto Him. Still, we say, "Oh, this is too much. Krsna is demanding too much from us. No, no. We have many other gods. We can surrender there, or we can do our own business." Therefore Krsna again comes as devotee, Lord Caitanya. Krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam. This time, just to hide Himself He is come in very fair complexion, goldenlike, tvisakrsnam. Krsna, naturally He is blackish, but this incarnation of Krsna, He came not as blackish but akrsna, without being blackish. Pita. That is also confirmed in the sastra. So this body, this incarnation of Krsna, who is always chanting Hare Krsna mantra, but His bodily hue is not blackish, krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam [SB 11.5.32], and He is always followed by His associates, sangopangastra-parsadam, such Personality of Godhead should be worshiped by yajnaih sankirtanaih. This yajna should be performed. Because without performing yajna, you cannot become pious. So, because in this age there is no possibility of performing big yajnas, there is no qualified brahmanas how to perform that yajna, there is no supply of pure ghee, you have no means how to arrange for such yajnatherefore, by the grace of Krsna, He is recommending this yajnaih sankirtanaihthis yajna at your home, in your office, in your factor, anywhere, without any cost. Simply you sit down together and clap on your hand and chant Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. (applause)

So by performing this yajna, you become purified. Yajna-dana. And so far dana is concerned, that is, of course, different way. You can give in charity. Pranair arthair dhiya vaca. You can make charity. Not that because you have no money, you cannot make charity. You can make charity. What is that? You can dedicate your life, pranaih. Just like these boys and girls. They have not brought any huge amount of money for this Krsna consciousness movement. Because this Krsna consciousness movement has not attracted the richer class of America. Now they are little, little coming. But I have attracted the middle class. So they have not brought any money, huge amount of money, but they have dedicated their life, pranaih. And those who have got money, they can contribute. Just like we are begging from door to door, "Please become a life member and contribute something so that this movement can be pushed on." Pranair arthaih. So if somebody says, "Sir, I have no money, neither I can dedicate my life," then how he will perform the yajna? Pranair arthair dhiya. You can give your intelligence: "So your movement, I appreciate your movement. So please do like this. I will take you to some friend who can help you." That is dhiya, intelligence. And if you have no, if you cannot dedicate your life, if you cannot sacrifice any money, if you have no intelligence, then vaca, you can use your words. What is that? Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. You simply go to any friend and advise him, "Please surrender unto Krsna." That is also sacrifice. Is there any difficulty or expenditure to accept this sankirtanair yajnaih prayaih, to accept this sankirtana-yajna movement by anyone? Anyone can accept it, provided he is willing to do it. The Krsna consciousness movement is so nice. It is meant for everyone. There is no discrimination. So far we Indians are concerned, we have got some responsibility. Therefore Krsna, Lord Krsna says... Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu saysHe is Lord Krsna alsobharate-bhumite manusya-janma haila yara. Especially for the Indians. Indians have got special prerogative for spreading this Krsna consciousness movement all over the world. (applause)

So why you are neglecting your duty? Prepare hundreds and thousands of preachers from India and send outside. This rascaldom, fighting with one another always, it will be forgotten. There will be one under this flag of Krsna consciousness. There is need of such preachers. We should open regular school or teaching institution for preparing preachers all over the world. That is needed. This Bombay city is very nice city. You can do that. We can help you how to do it. Lord Caitanya Himself preached. Although He was very young man, at that time only twenty-four years old, for preaching work He sacrificed everything. He sacrificed His nice, beautiful wife, He left His old mother, His popularity at Navadvipa as a great scholar and beautiful boy, and He accepted sannyasa just for the purpose of preaching Krsna consciousness. These are the examples. So Sanatana Gosvami, Rupa Gosvami, they were prime minister of the then government of Bengal. They sacrificed their post. They joined Caitanya Mahaprabhu, that "Let us help You." Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, he was the biggest zamindar of that time. His father's income was twelve lakhs of rupees per month. How rich he was. He sacrificed everything and joined Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement. There were six Gosvamis: Rupa, Sanatana, Bhatta Raghunatha, Dasa Raghunatha, and Jiva Gosvami, and Gopala Bhatta. All, they were very stalwart men of that society. They sacrificed everything. Why? Because Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted that

Thank you very much. (applause) (end)