transfer it to Krishna

So this mayy asakta, Krsna is summarily... But the acaryas, they have defined how we can... We have got attachment. Every one of us got this propensity or the quality of attachment to others. The wife is attached to husband; husband is attached to wife. The son is attached to the father; father is attached to the son. Everyone. That attachment you increase, then to your family, to your community, to your society, to your country, to your nation. The attachment is there. You cannot say that "I have no attachment for anything." That is not possible. When... Sannyasi. Sannyasi mean sat nyasi, one who has given up attachment for this false material world. That is the philosophy of Sahkaracarya. He says, brahma satyam jagan mithya. Therefore he is advising that "You have got attachment for this material world. This is false." Brahma satyam. Jagan mithya: he simply explains the negative side. But brahma satyam: "Brahman, the Supreme Absolute Truth, is truth." So attachment for that. You cannot give up the attachment spirit, but you have to change the attachment. That is freedom. We have got so many attachments for this material world. You have to transfer that attachment for Krsna. Therefore Krsna says, mayy asakta-manaḥ partha. He doesn't say that "You give up your attachment." How you can give up your attachment? That is not possible. He says, "Just transfer the attachment to Me."    (More...)

So all of a sudden to transfer the attachment to Krsna and give up our all attachment for this material world, that is called renounced order of life. But Krsna says, "You do this," but it is not so easy. It is not so easy. Therefore we have to go to the person... Tad-vijnanartham sa gurum eva abhigacchet [Munḍaka Upanisad 1.2.12].    (More...)

Now, our attachment is on account of these designation. What is that designation? "I am American," "I am Englishman," "I am Indian." These are all designation, because the soul is neither Indian nor American nor this nor that. Soul is pure, pure spirit soul. These are material designation, according to the body. So if we become purified, sarva upadhi-vinirmuktam, that is called mukti. Mukti, the definition of mukti, means hitva anyatha rūpam svarūpena vyavasthitiḥ [SB 2.10.6].    (More...)

So similarly, if you want actual life, this is a... This is a bhrama, or mithya, life, this material life, means bodily concept of life, that "I am this body, and this family is mine, this country is mine, the community is mine. I have got to do for my family, I have got to do this, I have to go...," so many. This is due to attachment, and this is all false attachment. Therefore we have to transfer the attachment to Krsna. That is called mayy asakta-manaḥ partha. This is yoga system, how to transfer this attachment to attachment to Krsna. This is called bhakti-yoga. And this is the first-class yoga.    (More...)

You have to practice this yoga. How? Mad-asrayaḥ: "Under Me. Or under My representative." Mat-asrayaḥ. Mat means "Me," and asrayaḥ means "taking shelter of." So either... But if you say, "Where is Krsna?" No. Mad-asrayaḥ means another thing: "One who has taken of My shelter." That is devotee, mad-asrayaḥ. So either you take... That is not possible, because Krsna is not here present. He is present, but we have no eyes to see. Although He is present here in this Deity, He is present here, but because we have no eyes to see, we are thinking, "This is made of stone," and some rascal will say that "They are going to see some stone." Because we have no eyes to see. So we have to learn the art how to see Krsna, how to see Krsna. So that practice, mad-asrayaḥ, if we want to learn this art, we have to take the shelter of the Gosvamis or the devotees.    (More...)

So Rūpa Gosvami says how this asakti can be increased. He gives formula, mad-asrayaḥ. Krsna said, "Either you take shelter of Me directly or to a person who has taken shelter of Me." Just like electric power. Electric house, powerhouse, may be long away, but if the electricity is coming through some wire, and if you touch, immediately you will..., immediately in touch with the powerhouse. So either you touch the powerhouse or an wire, insig..., who is empowered by the powerhouse, you touch, you get the electricity. This is called parampara system. Mad-asrayaḥ. Evam parampara-praptam imam rajarsayo viduḥ, yogo nastaḥ paran... [Bg 4.2].    (More...)

So these are the processes. So Krsna is saying, summarized. They are explained by these mad-asrayaḥ, those who are devotees. So in this way we have to increase our attachment for Krsna. And when we increase our attachment for Krsna, then Krsna says, asamsayam samagram mam yatha jnasyasi tac chrnu [Bg 7.1]. Now everyone has got some doubt whether there is God or not, whether God is person or imperson, whether He is something... He has no idea. In any religion you take, ask him, "What do you know about God?" That he cannot explain. Because he is not in the platform, how he can be..., understand God? That is not possible. It is not... But we are confident what is God, what is His father's name, what is His name, what is His address-everything. No samsaya, no doubt! Everything complete. Asamsayam. We are confident that we are going to Krsna, back to home, back to Godhead. There is no doubt, asamsayam and samagram. Sama means full. What is God meant? Asamsayam... [break] [end]    (More...)