So anyone who has accepted this body, daihyasya, and whatever he is doing, it is all being witnessed by so many witnesses. How can you avoid? How you can do something very secretly? That is not possible. Everything is being noted. And so punishment or reward, you will have to accept because you are not independent. We foolishly say independent. "We don't care for anybody. There is no God." But there is death. That you have to believe. So that death is God. Krsna says, aham mrtyuh sarva-haras ca. One who does not see God during lifetime, so he will see God at the time of death. So there is no question of not seeing God. Here is God, Krsna. He is standing. He is so merciful. He has come to this temple so that we can take the advantage of seeing Him, But we are seeing Him still idol or something, stone or wood. He does not know that because we cannot see now at the present moment without being wood or stone or something material, so Krsna has very kindly come to me so that I can see Him in a form which I can see. That is His mercy. We have repeatedly said this.

Therefore we should never think, arcye visnu sila-dhih, the worshipable Deity, Krsna, Visnu, as made of stone. In the higher sense, stone is also Krsna, because Krsna's energy. Just like if you go to the street, you may see the sun in the sky, but when you are within the room, you may not see the sun in the sky directly. But because it is daytime, therefore we can understand there is sun on the sky. Similarly, we do not require to see God directly. We can see Him through His energy. Just like in a telephone hanger, as soon as somebody speaks, immediately see him. How it is possible? By his word, immediately see him. You are in a closed room, somebody knocking, and you say, "Who is it?" He says, "I am." So immediately by his voice, you can see him. So why do you want to see directly? We can see anything by his energy. Just like if you feel heat here, then immediately you becomes alert, "Oh, there must be some fire." If there is some smoke, immediately you can understand that there is fire. So by intelligence and by the energy of God, you can see God. That is intelligence. So Krsna says,

Therefore those who are advanced devotee, for them, there is nothing material; everything is Krsna. Sthavara-jangama dekhe na dekhe tara murti [Cc. Madhya 8.274]. Actually, a Vaisnava is factually monist because he does not see anything except Krsna. Anything he sees, he will think, "This is Krsna's energy." So why it is not Krsna? So Krsna also says in the Bhagavad-gita, maya tatam idam sarvam: [Bg. 9.4] "I am expanded everywhere." Avyakta-murtina. Avyakta means not manifest. He is in the fire. He is in the water. He is in the land. He is in the skyeverywhere. He is in the mind. He is in intelligence. He is soul. He's part and So Krsna is everywhere; simply you have to make your eyes how to see Him. That is required. That is prema. Premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti [Bs. 5.38]. Those who are santah, saintly person, they always see Krsna. Why? Premanjana-cchurita, because he is in love with Krsna. Just like you have your beloved child. Although he is out of sight, you can see him in his shoe, in his cloth, in his toy: "Oh, it is my child." That requires prema. Similarly, if you have knowledge, theoretical knowledge even, that everything is Krsna's energy and if you have love for Krsna, with reference to the context, whatever you see, you see Krsna. That is Krsna consciousness. Perfection of Krsna consciousness. You cannot see anywhere where there is no Krsna. This is for the devotee. For the ordinary person these are the description, that the surya, the sun is also Krsna, the fire is also Krsna, the sky is also Krsna, the air is also Krsna, the moon is also Krsna, the evening is Krsna, daytime is Krsna. Then how you can avoid Krsna? Krsna says that "I am..." Mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca [Bg. 15.15]. Krsna is everywhere. You cannot avoid Krsna. Simply on account of your foolishness, maya is covering your eyes to see Krsna. So mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te [Bg. 7.14]. If you surrender to Krsna, then maya's curtain will be taken away and you will see Krsna, Krsna, Krsna, Hare Krsna. That's all. This is required. Then you become perfect as soon as you learn how to see Krsna everywhere. This is the art, transcendental art, spiritual art, how to see Krsna. Then you become perfect. That is wanted.

So the devotee of Krsna, they know that "Everywhere is Krsna, and I cannot do anything, concealing myself from the eyes of Krsna. Therefore I should not do anything which is sinful." This is the first step of advancing in Krsna consciousness. We are thinking that "Although we are doing this sinful activity, Krsna cannot see." No, Krsna will see. You should always know that. Krsna will see. And Krsna says that unless one is free from all sinful activities, he cannot be engaged in full devotional service of Krsna consciousness.

So we have to purify our senses. Then we shall see Krsna. We shall know that Krsna is seeing us, our activities, our sinful activities, and we have to suffer for this. We have to accept a similar body. Just Krsna says,

So we have to give up this nonsense idea as knowledge. We have to understand God as it is said in the sastras. Practically, you have to judge. Then we shall understand God, His intelligence, how He is working. Because in the previous verse it is said,

So all these sastras, all these Vedas, all this knowledge, they are simply leading to Krsna consciousness. Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyam [Bg. 15.15]. But in the Kali-yuga it is very difficult to go step by step. People are so fallen, so much engrossed in rajo-guna and tamo-guna. Therefore, by the mercy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He has empowered the holy name of God, that simply by chanting Hare Krsna mantra you can make equal progress than in other ages. Kalau tad dhari-kirtanat.

Thank you very much. (end)