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Just like Bhaktivinoda Thakura is teaching us, so, "I depend on You." Marobi rakhobi jo iccha tohara. "My dear Lord, I simply surrender unto You, depend on You. Now, if You like, You can kill me or You can give me protection." This is wanted. And Krsna says in reply, "Yes." Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg 18.66]. Ekam. He does not say, "Yes, you depend on Me and depend on your slaughterhouse and factory also." No. He says, "Simply depend on Me: one." Mam ekam saranam vraja aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami. So "I will rescue you from the resultant action of your sinful activities." Because you have lived so many years without being Krsna conscious, you have lived sinful life only. So Krsna gives, gives assurance that as soon as one surrenders to Krsna, He immediately squares up all account. All your sinful activities finished now. Finished. Now you begin new life. That is called initiation. But don't commit anymore.    (More...)

If Maya has got hold of some one, what is his situation, just like a small girl who is haunted by a ghost and, you must have seen also, she speaks all nonsense things. So one who is under the grip of maya they will talk like that, which has no meaning and that is not true also, everything is a lie, maya itself is a lie, so one who is infected by maya will only lie, so there cannot be peace in this way. krsna-bhakta-niskama, why is a devotee of Krsna without desires, because he does not pray for anything from God, Although one can see some devotee who go to God and pray, just like Dhruva Maharaja went and God himself says Catur-vidha bhajante mam sukrtinaḥ, so if someone goes to God for asking something then he is pious, he is a good man, he is pious, he is distressed, he is diseased, if he is praying to God that is not bad because, at least he approached God and those who are duskritina they will say that what will God do for us, forget all this God business, all these big people who are sitting with all the money kill them and take the money, what will God do, Why did God make us sad we don't want such a God, all these things are there, so they are called duskritina, sukritina and duskritina Na Mam Duskritina Mudha Prapadyante Naradhama, there are four kinds of sinful people and there are four kinds of pious people. Those who are sukritivan, sukritivan means one who has some backing of pious activities they are called sukriti, As it is mentioned in the scriptures that go to Prayaga and take a bath in the holy waters, the pious results that are accumulated in this one day that will lead to devotional service, slowly slowly accumulating pious results, when all the sins will be destroyed completely, Yesam anta-gatam papam, for those whose sins are completely destroyed, jananam punya-karmanam, this is pious activity just like our material life, this is only to perform sinful activities, that is why it is said in the scriptures, you do this pious activity, bathe in this way, do this austerity, fast in this way, at least do some charity, perform some austerity, do some sacrifice Yajna-dana-tapaḥ-kriya na tyajyam, this is mentioned in Bhagvad Gita, if one has become a renouncer, he has become a sanyasi, that does not mean that you leave these three things also, sacrifice, charity and austerity, bhramachari, grahasta, vanaprastha and sanyasi, So grahasta and brahmacari should perform sacrifice, grahasta should do some charity also and sanyasi should perform austerities, these are the injuctions in the scriptures, one takes sanyasa then he has left austerities also, everything he left, he left the world so he left austerity also, no that is not the thing, God says Yajna-dana-tapaḥ-kriya na tyajyam these things should not be left, may he be a sanyasi or a grahasta, these three things should be performed, So those who perform these activities properly as per the direction of the scriptures, they are called pious, because they are pious, when there is misery, but they are pious, by leaving God no one can become pious, I do not believe in God and I have become pious he is the greatest sinner how is he pious. Those who do not believe in God they are greatest sinners, how are they pious, that is why God says Catur-vidha bhajante mam sukrtinaḥ arjuna, So in this also there is no peace, Pious people go to God and if they ask something from God, in that also there is no peace, Why? because their objective is that by performing devotional service, I can get this thing, No that is not, it should be desireless, I don't want anything from God, It is proper for me, God is my master I am servant, that is why serving God is my only duty, that is a pure devotee anyabhilasita-sūnyam, one has some objective to perform devotional service, that by performing devotional service I will be able to get this, I am sad, because of disease, I am miserable, O lord give me some relief I will chant Hare Krsna mantra, no this is also offense, pure thought, this is also one of the ten offenses, to perform nama kirtana there are ten kinds of offences, within that there is one offence namas subah kriya mucis pramada, if some one thinks of Hari nama, just like one does charity, sacrifice etc as per the vedic scripture, do not think it to be a part of this pious activity, No, the fruit of chanting the holy names of the Lord is Love of Godhead. Love of Godhead, that is what is wanted, I have love within me, I want to give Love to others, this is the desire of my heart, everyone, child, animals, birds, old, in the heart of everyone there is something called love, I want to give it to someone, but that love since it is not directed to the right place, all this love which we see is only for two days. Real love can be done with God only, not with the world and by loving God, one will automatically love the world, because he is able to see God, so by seeing God he knows, all the things in existence belongs to God, all the living entities are part and parcel of God, that is why naturally they love everyone, that is why love of Godhead should be there, within that all other love, Love for the country, love for the society and other all love, there are many loves people have discovered now a days, but because since there is no love for Godhead in that, all that love is temporary, its temporary, that is why Caitanya Mahaprabhu says prema pumartho puman, for giving that love there is incarnation of Caitanya, that is why Rupa Goswami says maha-vadanyaya krsna-prema-pradayate, Rupa Goswami says in this same Prayag area when he met Caitanya Mahaprabhu, first he fell at his feet like a stick    (More...)