So Vrndavana-dhama, ordinary man cannot see. Therefore Narottama dasa Thakura says,

So he was eating... He was living in Radha-kunda, you know, all Vrndavana-vasis. He was eating every alternate days a little butter. That's all. So ahara-nidra-bhaya-maithuna. Nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau **. This is... The more you have become free from nidra, means sleeping; ahara, eating; and vihara, sex; and... Nidrahara-viharakadi. And so far bhaya, a devotee is not fearful of anything.

So some way or other, if you be in touch with this Hare Krsna movement, then your life is successful.

Sanketyam. You keep your children's name just like he kept, Narayana. He actually became delivered because he kept his son's name Narayana. Sanketyam parihasyam. Joking. Sometimes they joke: "Oh, these people are chanting 'Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,' " and they joke also, "Hare Krsna!" sometimes seriously, sometimes joking. So joking, they are chanting Hare Krsnathat is taken to their credit, although he is joking; he is not serious. Sanketyam parihasyam stobham. Sometimes we make fun. To complete one sentence sometimes we, "Hari," "Krsna," we add it. So that is also accepted. And then helanam eva va. Helanam eva va. Just like sometimes in the Western countries there is propaganda, as it was in Germany. Now they are going in Japan: "These Hare Krsna people are very bad." But he's chanting Hare Krsna. While saying that "Hare Krsna people are very bad," but the "Hare Krsna" is chanted. The helanam eva va. And that is going to their credit. Although they are going to say Just like "Rama chor nahe," and somebody heard, "Nahe Rama chor." So "Rama chor," but because he uttered the name Rama, even he says, "Rama chor," he gets the benefit. Sometimes they joke, "Krsna is Makhanchor." So he is accusing "chor," but because he is chanting "Krsna" he is getting the benefit.

So some way or other... Yena tena prakarena manah krsne nivesayet. This is the process. Somehow or other, you engage your mind in Krsna. Yena tena prakarena. Without any regulative principle? Yes. Sarve vidhi-nivesedhah syur etayor eva kinkarah. If you some way or other think of Krsna, then the vidhi-nisedha, vidhi-nisedha, regulative principle and forbidden things Just like we have got our regulative principle that "Chant Hare Krsna mantra at least sixteen rounds." This is called vidhi. And nisedha: don't have illicit sex, don't eat meat, don't have intoxication, don't indulge in gambling. These are nisedha. So sarve vidhi-nisedhah syur etayor eva kinkarah. As soon as you go on chanting the holy name of the Lord, vidhi, sixteen round, this nisedha will automatically follow. Yasyasti bhaktir bhagavaty akincana sarvair gunais tatra samasate surah [SB 5.18.12]. This is the process.

Actually it is happening. In your country, the Europeans and Americans, say, ten years before the beginning of this movement, you did not know Krsna, every one of you. That's a fact. How you are now mad after Krsna? It is simply because by association. So association is so important thing. You boys and girls in your country, you were so luxuriously living. Why you have left everything and you are after a beggar sannyasi? It is the association. The association is so strong. Therefore Narottama dasa Thakura says,

So either kama or lobha or bhaya or enviousness, some way or other connect with Krsna. Just like the gopis. The gopis, they liked Krsna. They did not know that Krsna is the Supreme Lord. They did not know. They liked Krsna. He was a very funny boy, young boy, very beautiful, and these girls were attracted. They went to Katyayani: "Mother Katyayani, please give Krsna as our husband." Their only prayer was that. They did not go to Katyayani for begging: dhanam dehi, rupam dehi, yaso dehino. "Give me Krsna. Give me Krsna." So there is no harm to worship the deity, I mean to say, other demigods. But that is not possible for anyone. That was possible only for the gopis, because they did not know anything except Krsna. Wherever they go, they want Krsna. But we worship demigods not for Krsnafor my sense gratification. Kamais tais tair hrta-jnana yajanty anya-devatah [Bg. 7.20]. When we worship any other demigods... Just like you worship Ganesa for siddhi, rddhi-siddhi. You will find in mercantile shop, namo ganesaya namah rddhi-siddhi kurdan mile(?). So similarly, we worship Goddess Durga for beautiful wife. These are prescribed in the sastras, that "If you want this, then you worship this Deity. If you want this, then you worship this Deity." So different worshipers of demigods, they are meant for satisfying the senses. But Krsna is not that. You cannot satisfy your senses by worshiping Krsna. That is not possible. Krsna is not order-supplier: "My dear Krsna, please give me this. Then I shall worship You." Krsna does not accept such worship. Krsna said, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam: [Bg. 18.66] "You first of all surrender to Me. I am not your order-supplier." This is Krsna's worship. So those who are not taking Krsna as order-supplier, those who are accepting Krsna as order-carrier, he will be successful. Otherwise it will take time. Don't take Krsna as your order-carrier, order-supplier. You become. Hrsikena-hrsikesa sevanam bhaktir ucyate [Cc. Madhya 19.170]. Bhakti means when you engage your senses for satisfaction of Krsna. That is bhakti. And if you take Krsna for satisfying your senses, just like you worship other demigod, that is not bhakti. That is not bhakti.

So helanam eva vaikuntha-nama-grahanam asesagha-haram viduh. So some way or other, if we are engaged in chanting the Vaikuntha-nama Vaikuntha-nama. Vaikuntha is Krsna or Visnu. Vigata-kunthad yasmad iti vaikuntha. Here in the material world you are always filled up with kuntha, anxieties. And if you go to Visnu or Krsna, then there is no more kuntha, full freedom without anxiety. Because even if you realize yourself that you are part and parcel of Parabrahman, when you realize Brahman yourself, not this body, immediately you become jolly. Brahma-bhutah prasannatma na socati na kanksati [Bg. 18.54]. There are many sannyasis who are brahmavadi. So as soon as they feel "Aham brahmasmi," they are no more in anxiety of this material world. And if you increase thatBrahman, Paramatma, Bhagavan That simple Brahman realization, it is knowledge that "I am not this, but I am that." Neti. But that knowledge will not be sufficient. You have to make progress further because we are by nature anandamaya. Ananda-mayo 'bhyasat. Our nature is to search after ananda. So simply Brahman realization will not give you ananda. Therefore we see sometimes big, big sannyasis, they gave up this world as brahma satyam jagan mithya, but because they could not get ananda, they come down again. Again they become busy in opening hospital and school and philanthropic work, politics, because they could not get ananda. That is the defect of the impersonalists. They can simply understand aham brahmasmi: "I am not this body. I am not matter. I am spirit." But that much understanding will not help. It may be helpful for some time, but because he is bereft of ananda, he will fall down. Aruhya krcchrena param padam tatah patanty adho 'nadrta yusmad-anghrayah [SB 10.2.32]. Ananda you cannot get without being a servant of the Supreme Lord. That is ananda, reciprocation(?). That is Vrndavana. There is ananda, cinmaya, ananda, because everyone is engaged in the service of Krsna. The cowherd boys, the calves, the cows, the birds, the beasts, the trees, the water, the father, mother, playmateseveryoneKrsna is the center. That is ananda. And if you make Krsna minus, then there is no ananda. You may be Brahman realized, you may be seeing the Paramatma, but there is no ananda.

Thank you very much. Hare Krsna. (end)