(Prabhupada leads kirtana with children. Children pay obeisances at end.)

So Prahlada Maharaja, although he was born of a father who was atheist number one, godless, by the grace of Narada Muni he became a great devotee. So his father was very careful that nobody comes and instructs his son about Vedic way of lfe or God consciousness, Krsna consciousness. He was very careful not to allow anyone. He appointed teachers for his son, strictly prohibiting about... Just like nowadays it has become, what is called? Secular state. Don't talk of God. This is the present situation of the world, atheist class. Don't talk of God. But they do not know that they have not much improved by don't talk of God. The situation is becoming grimmer and grimmer. But they have no eyes to see. They have no eyes to see. This Godless civilization will not make them happy. That's a fact. Harav abhaktasya kuto mahad guna manorathena asato dhavato bahih [SB 5.18.12]. If one is Godless, then however qualified he may be from the material point of view, he is useless. Harav abhaktasya kuto mahad guna. He cannot have any good quality. Why? Manorathena asato dhavato bahih. Because he is on the mental platform. So by speculation on the mental platform, he will accept which is not spiritual. Asata.

Asato mam sad gamah. That is the Vedic injunction. Don't keep yourself in the asata, but you try to transcend to the sat platform, om tat sat. That means spiritual platform. So those who have no spiritual knowledge, they are on the mental platform. There are many platforms of our life. Indriyani parany ahur indriyebhyah param manah manasas tu para buddhir [Bg. 3.42]. So ordinarily we are bodily, we think I am this body. This is called... Body means my senses. So civilization based on this bodily concept of life are interested only sense gratification. That is their aim of life. Indriya. Sense gratification. And those who are disgusted with sense gratification, they go little higher on the mental platform, mental speculation. Just like philosophy, poetry, like that. Gross means they are working very hard day and night for sense gratification. Just like hogs and dogs. That is stated in the sastra. Nayam deha deho bhajam nrloke kastan kaman arhate vid-bhujam ye [SB 5.5.1]. Rsabhadeva says that this human form of life is not meant for working so hard like cats and dogs. That is not recommended. Ayam deha. But the material world, people are so enchanted that working day and night they think "I am enjoying." This is called maya. Actually he is working day and night and he is thinking that "I am happy. I am making progress." This is called maya. So the world situation is very very downward. Don't think that you are making progress. It is not progress. Sastra says parabhavas tavad abodha-jato yavan na jijnasata atma-tattvam. So long a human being is not interested in the subject matter of atma-tattva, what I am, then whatever he is doing, he is becoming defeated. He is not victorious. He is defeated. Parabhavas tavad abodha-jato. Abodha-jato. He is a rascal fool. He does not know what is his interest. He does not know that by nature's law,

Just like we come from airport to this hotel. This city is very nice. Not only this city. I am traveling all over the world. There are very very nice cities in Europe, America, and other countries also. It is all right. You decorate this city nice, you make your life very comfortable. But if you forget Krsna, then you are defeated. Then you are defeated. That is the instruction given by Krsna to Arjuna. Yuddhyasva mam anusmara [Bg. 8.7]. Arjuna did not stop his fighting capacity. He was a ksatriya. And Krsna did not encourage him that you should stop fighting. Rather Arjuna was trying to stop fighting. Krsna said, "No. You are ksatriya. You cannot stop fighting." So don't think that by becoming Krsna conscious one becomes a vagabond. No. One gentleman talked with me that "Your Vaisnava philosophy has made our country coward." No. You do not know what is Vaisnava. In India there were two great fights. One the fight between Rama and Ravana, and the other great fight was between the two, Kurus and the Pandavas. In both the fighting the hero was Vaisnava. The hero, Hanumanji, Vajrangaji, who fought on behalf of Lord Ramacandra, he is a Vaisnava. And Arjuna, who also fought on behalf of Krsna, he is a ksatriya. So they do not know what is Vaisnava philosophy.

Vaisnava philosophy means the Vaisnava is ready to do anything for God's sake. That is Vaisnava. It is approved by God, Krsna, then they are ready to do anything. This is Krsna consciousness movement. It is not that by Krsna consciousness movement everything, our daily routine work will be stopped. No. I am very glad to see that these small children are being trained here in such a far distant place from India. I thank our Bhurijana Prabhu for this work. But this is the aim for training them in Krsna consciousness, brahmacari. If one becomes very solid in Krsna consciousness then his further progress of life. Just like I was quoting the instance of Prahlada Maharaja. Prahlada Maharaja was a devotee from the very birth, but he was a great king, he was a great ruler. Dhruva Maharaja, he was also a devotee from the very beginning of his life, but he was a great ruler, a great king. So do not misunderstand that by accepting Krsna consciousness everything will be stopped. No. Nothing will be stopped. Simply one has to change the consciousness. That's all. Just like Arjuna did. Arjuna was a fighter in the beginning of Bhagavad-gita. He remained a fighter after hearing Bhagavad-gita. He did not change his position as a fighter, as a ksatriya. But in the beginning he was thinking non-Krsna conscious. He was thinking of his personal interest, personal sense gratification. But at the end he decided to satisfy Krsna. This is the difference, materialism and spiritualism. If you want to satisfy your senses that is materialism, and if you want to satisfy Krsna's senses, that is spiritual. You have to satisfy. Our position is... (end)