So this is the summarization of our Krsna consciousness movement, that the path followed by pure devotees. Pure devotees means who has no material desire. That is pure devotee. Anyabhilasita-sunyam [Brs. 1.1.11]. Sunya means zero, one who has made all material desires zero. That is the way. In the Buddha philosophy it is called nirvana. Nirvana means make zero, sunyavadi. But we cannot remain in the sunya. That is not possible. Sunyavadi-nirvana means to give up material desires. It is not possible to give up desires. That is not possible. To give up desires means I am dead body, a stone. If I have got life, if I am not a stone, there must be desires. Where is the living entity who has no desires? That is not possible. If we kill somebody to make him desireless, that "If you are killed, then there will be no more desire," no, the desire will continue in the subtle body. Even one is finished, this material body... Sometimes they commit suicide out of frustration, that "This desire is not fulfilled. Let me commit suicide." No. That is ignorance. Desires continue in the subtle body, mind, intelligence, and ego. And to fulfill the desire, Krsna will give you another body. If we make a desire, it must be fulfilled and Krsna will give you facilities. Bhramayan sarva-bhutani yantrarudhani mayaya [Bg. 18.61]. Desire is so strong. So how to make it zero? That is not possible. To make it zero means no more material desire. That is to make zero material desires. Sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam [Cc. Madhya 19.170].

That is more lucidly explained in the Narada-bhakti-sutra. Desire means we should give up the desire of this bodily designation: "I am Indian; you are American," "I am Hindu; you are Christian." These are all designation of the body. I... Accidentally I am born in India; therefore I call myself Indian. You are accidentally... Not accidentally. Some way or other born in... You are American. Accidentally somebody takes birth in the Hindu family; he becomes Hindu. Accidentally he takes birth in the Christian family; he becomes Christian. These are all designation. So when we give up this designation, that is desirelessness. Designation. Everyone is acting. They are fighting. They are making so many plans. Why? "We are Indian" or "We are American," "We are Russian, and the Russian must exceed the Americans," "Americans must exceed..." This is going on on the platform of designation. When we change the platform and we simply desire how to serve Krsna, that is desirelessness. Otherwise not that desirelessness means I become zero. That is not possible. Because I am a living being, I am living soul. How can I be desire... [break] ...want to be designationless, then come to the association of such persons who are susilah sadhava yatra narayana-parayanah, persons who are simply interested in serving Narayana. Narayana parayana means... Parayana means they're always ready to abide by the orders of Narayana. Narayana... "Those who have taken the path of Narayana, devotional service, as their life and soul." They are called narayana-parayanah.

So what is the qualification of narayana-parayana? It does not require any qualification to become narayana-parayana, but if you become voluntarily narayana-parayana... Narayana-parayana means my life is now dedicated for Narayana. Narayana, Krsna, Visnu, they're the same. So that is qualification, if you simply take it as vow that "From this day my life is dedicated to Narayana, Krsna." Sarvopadhi vinirmuktam tat paratvena nirmalam [Cc. Madhya 19.170]. As soon as we take this vow, that "From this day my life is dedicated to Krsna. Krsna wants everyone to surrender. I surrender unto the...," from that day you become free from all designation. Simply this determination, that "From this day I belong to Narayana, or Krsna. Whatever He wants..." That is the teachings of Bhagavad-gita So long Arjuna... That is a superficial picture. Arjuna is always for Krsna, but just to teach us, he became for his family. He became... In the warfield, when there was to be fighting, he became to the family side and he said, "My dear Krsna, how can I fight with my family? They are my brothers, they are my nephews, they are my grandfather, they are my teacher, the other..." Because it was a family fight, five brothers and hundred brothers. So at the warfield he became perplexed, that "I am fighting with my family. The fight means to fight with enemies. How is that? What kind of war it is? Eh? I have to fight with family." He said, Krsna, "So who has taught this kind of fighting, Krsna, to kill his own brother, his nephews and...?" Therefore that means he leaned to the family side. This is designation. This is designation. Because he belonged to the Kuru's family he took side of the family. But after hearing Bhagavad-gita, after understanding Krsna, when he came to the conclusion that "I must be with Krsna's side, not to the family side," then he became perfect. After hearing thoroughly Bhagavad-gita, he... Krsna said, "Now what you will do? To the family side or My side?" Yathecchasi. That freedom is there. Yathecchasi: "Whatever you like, you can do. I have given my instruction."

That freedom is there always. The Krsna or His representative, the spiritual master, he can give you good instruction, good advice, but to do it or not to do it, that is your option. That is your option. You decide yourself. That is the... Krsna said, yathecchasi tatha kuru: [Bg. 18.63] "I am not interfering with your independence. I am dealing as your spiritual master, and you accepted Me as your spiritual master." Krsna was accepted, Arjuna, sisyas te 'ham: "Krsna, no more friendly talk. I accept You as my spiritual master." Sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam prapannam [Bg. 2.7]. "What kind of disciple?" Now, prapannam, fully surrendered: "Now whatever You will say, I'll do." This is sisya. Sisya I have several times explained, sas-dhatu. Who voluntarily accepts the ruling of a person, he is sisya. And otherwise, "You go on talking whatever nonsense you can. I'll do my own business," that is not sisya. Sisya means sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam prapannam [Bg. 2.7]. Tad viddhi pranipatena [Bg. 4.34]. That is sisya.

So Krsna taught him Bhagavad-gita. Then, still, He gave him the freedom, yathecchasi tatha kuru: [Bg. 18.63] "Now Arjuna, I have instructed you everything. Now you decide what to do." It is not force. Reply was that now, nasto moho smrtir labdha: "My illusion is now over. I have got... I am now remembering what I am." That remembering means "I am not belonging to this family." Tvat prasadad madhusudana. Smrtir labdha. Smrtir. This is... In the material world we have lost our memory that "I am part and parcel of Krsna, and my duty is to serve Krsna." This is our position. This is called illusion. Just like this finger is the part and parcel of my body. So what is the duty of this finger? To abide by the order of the body. I want: "Finger, you stand like this"; the finger is standing. "You come here," "Yes." That is part and parcel. That is part and parcel. So if we are part and parcel of Krsna, our only duty is to serve Krsna. There is no other duty. But we have created so many duties, and that is designation.

So we can be designationless when you live with the pure devotees of Krsna. Therefore it is said that susilah sadhavo yatra. That path is very nice. Akuto bhayam, fearlessness. Where? Now, susilah sadhavo yatra: "Where well-behaved saintly persons are there." Well behaved. It is the first word, susila. Sila means character, very nice character. A devotee cannot be bad character. Because Krsna is param brahma param dhama pavitram [Bg. 10.12]pavitra means pureso impure cannot approach Him. That is not possible. If you want to enter fire, you must be fire. And if you are not fire, then you will burn. So first of all we have to revive, because Krsna... The example is given that Krsna is the big fire and we are sparks of fire. We are also fire, very small. The sparks of fire can play, can remain within fire, and it is beautiful: "Phat! Phat!" There is spark. You have seen while fire is going on. It is very beautiful. And as soon as this "Phat! Phat!" falls down, separate from the..., it is extinguished. No more fire. It is black charcoal, that's all. So if we want happiness, then we have to dance with Krsna. But you cannot dance Krsna if I am not pure. Krsna is pavitram paramam bhavan. Pavitra means the supreme pure. If you want to take pleasure in the company of Krsna and dance rasa dance, then you have to become pure, purified. That is sarvopadhi vinirmuktam [Cc. Madhya 19.170], to free from all designation. Narayana parayana. Narayana society or Krsna society, the same thing.

So this is very nice verse, substance of Krsna consciousness movement, that those who are conducting this movement, they must be susila, very well behaved. Nobody can find out any fault. That is susila, well behaved. The behavior should be so nice. That is the test how you have become Krsna conscious. That is the test. Spotless. You study Caitanya Mahaprabhu's behavior, character, He's ideal. Throughout His whole life you'll not find a spot. You read Caitanya-caritamrta. Find out some fault, that "Here is Caitanya... Sri Krsna Caitanya is faulty." No. That is susila. And that is sadhu. Sadhava. Sadhava means sadhu, saintly person. What is saintly person?

That is the qualification of sadhu. Titiksava karunika. Why? Suhrdah sarva-bhutanam: "He is friend of everyone." There is no distinction that "He is American," "He is Indian," "He is Christian," "He is Hindu," "He is dog," "He is cat," "He is man..." No. He is kind to everyone. Why we are preaching "No meat-eating"? If you stop meat-eating, then the poor animals will be saved. So what business we have got with the animals? Suhrdah sarva-bhutanam. A saintly person is friend to everyone. "Why unnecessarily an animal should be killed?" That is his feeling. You can eat animals because by nature this is the arrangement, that ahastani sa-hastanam. Even we eat vegetable, that is also killing. But because I have to kill somebody to eat, that does not mean that I can kill my child also. That is also going on. There is discrimination. Similarly, our principle is that we are kind, merciful, to everyone. But we have to eat, so we eat Krsna prasadam. Because after all, Krsna is the Supreme Lord. So if He eats something, the responsibility is His. But we are not advocate of vegetarianism or nonvegetarianism. No. That is not our business. We are Krsna-ites. What Krsna said, we have to do. Therefore sadhu, suhrt. Suhrdah sarva-bhutanam. Sadhu is not enemy. Ajata-satrava. He does not create enemy, but the world is such that if you become devotee, even your father will be enemy. Prahlada Maharaja, five-years-old boy, what was his fault? He became a devotee and his father was prepared to kill him. This is world. So he does not create an enemy, but these demons, rascals, out of their jealousy they become our enemy. Otherwise our process is not to make enemy. We invite everyone, "Please come here, take prasadam, chant Hare Krsna, dance, and go home." Where is enmity? (laughter) But still, they'll become enemy. This is the world. But if he lives with the sadhava, susila, and follows the rules and regulation, then he also becomes sadhava. Sangat sanjayate kamah. Just like if you mix with a drunkard, thieves and rogues, then you also become a drunkard, thief, similarly, if we live with the sadhu, sadhava, then you become sadhu.

So the Krsna consciousness movement is simply giving chance to people without any discrimination, "Please come. Become Narayana-parayana, devotee, and automatically you'll become susila and sadhu." As soon asthat is the testyou become a devotee, narayana-para, then automatically you become susila and sadhava. And if you become well behaved and sadhava, committing no sinful activities, sadhava, and simply serving Narayana, or Krsna, then for our elevation or salvation, that is the panthah ksemo akuto-bhayah. Akuto-bhayam. Now we are fearless. If on the devotional path, then you have no fear. Why? Now, Krsna takes charge of you. Krsna says, kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati: [Bg. 9.31] "Kaunteya, Arjuna, you can declare throughout the whole world that one who has become My devotee, he will never be vanquished." Kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati. You get immediately Krsna's help. So if we depend completely on Krsna, Narayana, Narayana-para, then automatically we become sadhu, automatically we become well behaved, and automatically we are protected. Therefore this path is the best way of advancing in our life and go back to home, back to Godhead.

Thank you very much. (end)