This has been proved divertedly edited. Actually, devotional service rendered to the Supreme Lord not for my satisfaction, but rendering devotional service to the Lord, the self is automatically satisfied. If I make a motive that "I shall render service to the Lord so that I will be very much satisfied..." No. No. That, that becomes motivated. That "I will be satisfied," that is the first consideration. There should be no motive at all. I may be satisfied, not sati..., that is not my business. But still, I'll have to serve the Lord.

That is the teachings of Lord Caitanya. Aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam adarsanan marma-hatam karotu va [Cc. Antya 20.47]. "Either You embrace or You trample me down or" marma-hatam karotu va, "make me broken-hearted," adarsanat... Every devotee aspires to see the Lord. That is natural. But Caitanya Mahaprabhu says that "It doesn't matter. Whether I see Krsna or not, it doesn't matter. He may not be present before me for millions of years and make me broken-hearted." If I aspire to see Krsna, and Krsna does not come, naturally I become sorry, broken-hearted. But even one is broken-hearted, still, he should not stop devotional service. Not that "I have served Krsna for so many days, or so many years, and Krsna did not come. Oh, what is the use of it?" No, not like that. One should be confident that...

Just like Mukunda. Mukunda, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's class friend and devotee. So he was attending many jnani, karmi, yogi... He was going everywhere. Caitanya Mahaprabhu became very much displeased, just to show example that we should not be hodgepodge. "This is also good, this is also good. Everything is same." No. This is hodgepodge. One must be fixed up in devotional service. That is wanted. So when Mukunda was going here and there, Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave him the name kharajati adata.(?) So He stopped him that "He should not come before Me. Stop him." So nobody can induce... Caitanya Mahaprabhu was very soft, kusumad api, softer than the flower, but harder than the thunderbolt. When He used to be very hard, then, then He become thunderbolt. Nobody can induce Him. But naturally, He is very soft-hearted. So Mukunda was standing outside in every day's meeting, and he was asking other devotees, "I'll not be able to see Lord Caitanya anymore?" So they asked Caitanya Mahaprabhu that "You have forbidden Mukunda to come before You, but he's asking only if there will be any opportunity in the future to see You." Caitanya Mahaprabhu said: "Yes, after three hundred millions of years, he can see Me." So the devotees informed Mukunda, "Caitanya Mahaprabhu said that after three hundred millions of years, He'll be able to see you." He began to dance: "Oh, that's nice. That's nice."

Asa-bandhah samutkantha nama-gane sada rucih. This is the sign of pure, advanced devotee. He's never disappointed. Ahaituki. There is no motive. "My Lord is there. My duty is to serve." That's all. "Whether I shall be benefited, whether my senses will be satisfied, gratified..." These are conditions. Unconditional. That is... Anyabhilasita-sunyam [Brs. 1.1.11]. Without any motive, without any condition, when we love Krsna, that is first-class religion. Sa vai pumsam paro dharmah. Para and apara. Apara means "inferior," and para means "superior." Just like there are two energies of Krsna: para and apara, inferior and superior. So paro dharmah means superior, the occupational duty in superior energy.

Mahatmanas tu mam partha daivim prakrtim asritah [Bg. 9.13]. Daivim prakrtim. Mahatma, one who is broad-minded, or greater souls, they are under the control of daivi-prakrti. Daivim prakrtim asritah. And what is the symptom? Bhajanty ananya-manasah, they have no other motive than to render service to the Lord. That's all. This is the symptom of mahatma. No motive. No gain, no exchange. Simply to serve the Lord. Anyabhilasita-sunyam [Brs. 1.1.11]. Any kind of desire, even liberation. No. But if one is pure devotee, liberation will be at his door. He, what he has got to ask for liberation? He's already liberated. He hasn't got to ask for liberation.

This is explained by Bilvamangala Thakura: muktih svayam mukulitanjali sevate asman. If one is pure devotee, then liberation is standing before the devotee with folded hands: "My dear sir, what can I do for you?" That is the position.

So... But that is not pure devotion. Pure devotion is described here that, sa vai pumsam paro dharmah. That is first class. Yato bhaktir adhoksaje. You can adopt any means. There are different kinds of religious system all over the world. You can become Hindu, you can become Muslim, you can become Christian, you can become something else. But the test is how much you have learned to love God. That's it. Not that "I am Hindu. I have got such a big tuft and so much tilaka, and I take bath daily in the Yamuna, Ganges. I am strictly vegetarian," and so on, so on, so on. But the result? "I am simply attached to my family." That's all. (laughter) Finished. (Hindi) "I am doing all things, but my center of gravity is my family." Grhamedhi. Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham [SB 7.9.45]. Grhamedhi, those who are attached only to the home life, their happiness is sex. That's all. And in order to protect that sense enjoyment, they take to dharma, artha, kama, moksa [SB 4.8.41, Cc. Adi 1.90]; everything, whatever you call...

But this thing must be there. Just like when I presented this, my Easy Journey to Other Planets, so one scientist friend... Not scientist. He was a librarian. So he read this book and he said, "So we cannot come back again?" (laughter) Just like they are going to the moon planet, and they must come back again. The aeronautics, they go very high, the Russians, by the sputnik, and they see, from up, "Where is Moscow?" (laughter) This was published in the paper. Actually, his attachment is Moscow. So similarly, generally, people, they show religiosity so that they may get some money, economic development, and by money they can satisfy their senses. And when they are baffled in satisfying their senses, they want to merge into the existence of God. This is dharma, artha, kama, moksa. When he is dissatisfied with sense gratification, kama, dharma, artha, kama, then he says, "This is all false. Now I shall merge into the body of Krsna, or in the effulgence." But they do not know that this type of desiring, that "I shall merge into the existence of God," that is also kama, because he's desiring something.

Therefore in the Caitanya-caritamrta it is said,

So the bhuktis, they are bhukti-kamis. That is kama. And when they are unable to satisfy the senses by this material enjoyment, they are mukti-kamis. That is also kama. Void. The Buddha philosophy. Mukti, vacant. Mukti, of course, not void. The same thing, in a different name, "Merge into the effulgence of Brahman, and stop my individuality." That is also voidness, zero. I make myself zero. This is another explanation of nirvana, voidism. "Finish everything. You are suffering from fever. All right, I cut your throat. So your fever is gone? You also gone, finished." This is called sunyavadi, "Make everything zero. Why you are suffering from fever? The best means is to cut your throat and become happy."

So bhukti, mukti, that is also desire. Bhukti, mukti and siddhi. Siddhi-kami, yogis, astanga-yoga, and asta-siddhi: anima, laghima, prapti-siddhi, isita, vasita like that. Anima, anu, you can become very small. Not these yogis. Actually those who are in perfectional yoga, they can become like that, smaller than the smallest. So anima, laghima, you can become lighter than the lightest. You can fly in the air. They go, by touching the beam of sun, moon, they can go. They are trying to go to the moon planet by artificial, material weapons, material means, but those who are yogis, they can catch up the beam of the moon and go. This is called... Mahima. You can become very big, heavy. Mahima. Just like Hanuman, he jumped over this ocean. That he, means, he assumed a big body so, so that one leg here, one leg there. He can jump. That is called mahima-siddhi. Prapti: you can get anything you like at any time. Prapti-siddhi. So many things. Sometimes they do not like the devotees because the devotees, they cannot show this magic. They do not like that within four years, five years, the whole world should be chanting Hare Krsna mantra. That is not magic. But if he can jump over a river, that is the magic. That is magic. The other side of the magic they have no eyes to see.

So the yoga-siddhi, that is magic. But devotee can show better magic, but they do not bother their time for yoga practice. That is bhakta. Because he's under the care of the supreme magician, Krsna. So if there is need of magic, Krsna will show. Why he should bother? Just like a small child is dependent on his father. Father is rich man. So he says to his father, "Father, I want this." That is very costly. So he doesn't require to get the money. The father is there. He'll get the money. "All right, take it." So that is the facility for the devotees. A devotee is under the care of the Yogesvara. Yatra yogesvara harih. If you can catch up the hand of Yogesvara Hari, then you can show wonderful magic, which no magician, no yogis can display. That is the position of devotee. They do not care for practicing yoga to show some magical feats. Neither they require it. Neither they want it. Because devotee's position is aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam adarsanan marma-hatam karotu va [Cc. Antya 20.47]. "Whatever You like, You can do." That's all. He has no desire.

Therefore Caitanya-caritamrta says, bhukti-mukti-siddhi-kami sakali asanta. Asanta means where they can get peace? They have to work for it. The karmis, they have to work for it. The jnanis, they have to cultivate for that. The yogis, they have to practice. But bhakta has nothing to do. Therefore it is first class. Without doing anything, he will show magic. This is the first class... Sa vai pumsam paro dharmah. That is first class. Yato bhaktir adhoksaje. If you have got unflinching faith in the Supreme, Adhoksaja... Adhoksaja means beyond the perception of the senses. Adhoksaja. Adhah-krta aksajam jnanam yatra. Our knowledge, our activities they are sensual. I can jump, but jumping requires two legs, sense organs. So adhoksaja means you cannot realize the Supreme by sensual activities. That is not possible. Therefore His name is Adhoksaja. Adhah-krta aksajam jnanam yatra tattvatah.

So one has to become... If one becomes a devotee, ahaituky apratihata, such devotional service can never be checked. It is not conditional. "If I am very learned, then I can read Vedanta philosophy, then I can understand what is the Absolute Truth." So that is checked. "If I am not very nice Sanskrit scholar, then I, I cannot become a Vedantist." That is conditional. But bhakti is not conditional. Not that because you are not a Vedantist, not that because you are a very not rich man... Not that. Bhakti is unconditional. Ahaituky apratihata. They're... Just like class of men, they say, "First of all, let us enjoy this world. Then we shall think of bhakti, God, later on." That is the general public; they say like that. But no. Bhakti is not that conditional, that you finish your business of sense gratification, then you become bhakta. No. Become bhakta immediately. Immediately. Kaumara acaret prajno dharman bhagavatan iha [SB 7.6.1]. If one is intelligent, he should begin devotional service immediately. As soon as he gets the information that devotional service is the perfect type of religion, he should take immediately, without waiting. Ahaituky apratihata. It is not that "I am conditioned by so many things. I cannot take to bhakti just now." No. Ahaituky apratihata. Apratihata. Without any check. Without any hindrance, you can adopt bhakti.

In another place... Of course, we shall come to that.

Jnana. Jnana has been especially mentioned because the jnanis, they are contaminated by the desire of merging into the existence of God. Therefore one should give up this desire. Karmis, they are for sense gratification; jnanis, for merging into the existence. Jnana-karmady-anavrtam, anukulyena krsnanusilanam [Cc. Madhya 19.167]. Anukulyena. Anukula means favorable. What Krsna wants, you serve Him. Service means that. Service does not mean, "I want something and you give me something." No, that is not service. Service means, "What I want, you must give me. That is service. If I say, "Please give me a glass of water," and if you bring a glass of milk, you can say, "Sir, milk is better than water." No. That is not service. I want water now. You must give me water. That is service.

Therefore my Guru Maharaja did not approve the parties... They are called gauranga-nagari. They accept Caitanya Mahaprabhu as Krsna. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna, but they pose Him, "Krsna is enjoying with gopis." No, that is called gauranga-nagari-bhava. No. Krsna has appeared now as devotee. So you must help Him how He can become a best devotee. Not that pose Him into Krsna position. When Caitanya Mahaprabhu came in Vrndavana, so many people called Him, "You are Krsna. You are Visnu." He was doing this, "Don't say like this, don't say like this," to warn future generation who would like to become Krsna's avatara, so-called avatara.

So... So these are siddhantas, that one should be simply serving, engaged in the service of the Lord-favorably. Not unfavorably. What He wants. So in this age... Not only in this age, in all the ages, Krsna wants that all these bewildered living entities who have come here to enjoy material happiness, they should be given the information that this is not very nice plan for the living entities, to enjoy material enjoyment. The best plan is to surrender to Krsna. Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. That will save him. This is the necessity for all the ages, especially in this age. Therefore if you can educate people to surrender unto Krsna, that is the best service to Krsna. That is the best service to Krsna. Anukulyena. Because Krsna wants it. Krsna wants it. Personally He says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. And He comes again as devotee, as Lord Caitanya, He's teaching how to serve Krsna. Krsna is teaching how to serve Krsna.

So both of them are asking... Caitanya Mahaprabhu is also asking,

So it is very dangerous. I have to give up everything? (laughter) You, you... Therefore you came so humbly? What is purpose? Yes, this is our... It is not difficult. You satisfy him by flattering him, by falling down on his feet, and everything you do, but... [break] ...request him, "Please give up all nonsense. Simply take shelter of Krsna." Then you are a good preacher. And there is no check. Nobody can check. If you go to somebody and if you say that "You become a devotee of Krsna, surrender unto Him," so you haven't got to... He'll not be angry. He may take it or not take it. But your business is finished. Krsna will recognize. It is not that you will be successful everywhere. Because it is demonic age. But you, more you become yourself sincere, you'll be successful everywhere. Because it is demoniac age. But you, more you become yourself sincere, you'll be successful. Because Krsna will see that you are successful. Your business is to become a sincere devotee of Krsna. And without any expecting, ahaituki, any success or failure, you do your duty, and you will see, Krsna will see that you are successful. That is Krsna consciousness movement. Ahaituky apratihata. And you will feel satisfied. Yayatma suprasidati. As soon as you see, "Oh, I have done something for Krsna." Devotee does not feel it, but when he sees that another man has become devotee, he becomes very satisfied. Yayatma suprasidati.

So this is the process of Krsna consciousness movement. It is explained in two lines in the Bhagavad..., Srimad-Bhagavatam:

So the Vedas, why one should follow? Just like Vedas says you marry. People will argue, "What is the difference of sex life, marrying or not marrying? Why it is Vedas?" No. They do not know the purpose of the Vedas. The purpose of Vedas is to gradually, to bring him to the point of nivrtti. Nivrtti, he has to make. When he has got a slight desire for material enjoyment, he'll have to accept another body. Therefore nivrtti is required. But one cannot come to the point of nivrtti all of a sudden. Therefore Vedic injunction is gradually bring him to the nivrtti-marga. Then?

Therefore the sadhana-bhajana means to come to the point of nil. Nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau **. These Gosvamis, they conquered over nidra, ahara. Nidra means sleeping, ahara means eating, and vihara means sex. Nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau. You have to conquer. The more you conquer over these things, the more you are advanced. Because you have to make it nil altogether. Then you are eligible to go back to home, back to Godhead. Therefore we train our students: "No illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxication, no meat-eating"the nivrtti-marga.

All right. Have kirtana. (end)