So, sva-pada-mule patitam, Lord Brahma, as soon as asked Prahlada Maharaja to pacify the Lord, he immediately fell down at His lotus feet, sva-pada-mule patitam tam arbhakam. Just like we are sometime extraordinarily happy, pleased when a small child offers his obedience. So naturally, when Prahlada Maharaja, a small boy five years old, and he fell down at the lotus feet of the Lord, He became very much pleased. So, not only for Prahlada Maharaja, anyone in this material world who offers his obeisances before the Deity, don't think it is useless. It is taken into account. Therefore Krsna advises, if you cannot do anything, you do four things, man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]. At least come before Me, just like we do. We come in the temple, and offer our obeisances. It is so easy to go back to home back to Godhead. It is not very difficult task at all. If you cannot do anything, if you cannot read books, if you cannot understand philosophy, if your behavior is not on the standard, still if you simply offer your obeisances before the Deity you make progress. You make progress. Undoubtedly.

In the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu you will find it that this worshiping method, come to the temple, offer obeisances, just like these boys, they are playing mrdangas, they are playing cymbals, dancing, every item is taken into account. Every item. Not that it is going futile. No. That is Krsna consciousness, that is bhakti-marga, sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat. Simply by playing on the cymbal, on the khol, taking little caranamrta, everything in detail there is in the Nectar of Devotion, you have read. So the foolish person, they do not take care. They think they are very much advanced, they have no need to attend arati, or to play on the mrdanga or cymbal, but that is not fact. So many items are there given by the acaryas. If not this, you do this, you do that, you do that, hundreds of items. Take any one of them and you'll be benefited. This is arcana-marga. There are many foolish person, they make propaganda, "There is no need of going to the temple." That is another rascaldom. Because if you come to the temple, you get so many facilities to make advance in spiritual life. This is our mission. We are opening, spending so much money for opening gorgeous temple. It is not new thing. This is very, very old, coming by parampara system. There are many thousands of temples in India, very old, five thousand, three thousand years old. Why? The acaryas wanted to give facility to the common man to enter into spiritual life. That is the idea.

It is not childish. Rather the so-called meditation is childish. You cannot, if you do not know what is God, how you can meditate upon Him? Meditation means, dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yam yogino. The yogis perform meditation. Why? To concentrate their mind on the Visnu form. You'll find some picture that everyone is depicted with the Visnu form in the core of the heart. That is real yoga. Indriya-samyamah. Real yoga means indriya-samyamah. Our senses are so much disturbed, agitated always. So if you can control your sensory organs to your, employ them in the matter of understanding God, yoga indriya-samyamah.

Real purpose of yoga is to control the senses. Very, very difficult. Even five thousand years ago when Arjuna was being instructed on the yoga system, concentrating the mind, fixing up the mind on Krsna or Visnu, the same thing. So Arjuna said, "My dear Krsna, it is very difficult." Cancalam hi manah krsna pramathi balavad drdham [Bg. 6.34]. It is not possible, for me at least. Yes, those who are busy, ksatriyas, vaisyas. Brahmana may be able. Not nowadays brahmana, those who are actually brahmana, because they practice samah, damah, satyam, saucam, controlling the mind, controlling the senses, brahmacari. They can do that. But the ksatriyas and the vaisyas they cannot, because they have not practice samah, damah. But at the present moment in this age, Kali-yuga, everyone is sudra, nobody is brahmana, by the caste system or by birthright. Sudra, kalau sudra sambhavah. So, in this age, how to concentrate the mind upon Krsna. This practice, chanting,

Abhaya, abhaya means it doesn't vanquish. There is no expenditure, it is increasing. Anandambudhi-vardhanam, Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, ceto-darpana-marjanam, anandambudhi-vardhanam [Cc. Antya 20.12]. These transcendental activities, transcendental bliss increases, ananda ambudhi. Ambudhi means ocean. We have seen ocean, but it does not increase, although it is a very big, vast mass of water. Still when you go to the beach for hundreds year(?), it does not increase. Anandambudhi, the material world, not vardhanam, it is fixed up. When we walk on the beach we are confident that although the Pacific Ocean is a great vast mass of water, but we are certain it cannot come up to this. It is limited by the order of God, "You cannot go beyond this." So there is no vardhanam. The temporary ebb tide, and flow tide, that is another thing, but actually aputra mana acala pratistha, but in the spiritual world the ocean of transcendental bliss increases. Therefore it is said that anandambudhi vardhanam.

So these little boys who are taking to Krsna consciousness, just like Prahlada Maharaja maha-bhagavata, he is also playing the part of a child, immediately falling down, so these children who are here, even imitation, it will not go in vain. Krsna is so kind as it is said here, sva-pada-mule-patitam tam arbhakam. Although they are innocent children, but when they're offering obeisances to Radha-Madhava it is of value, "Yes, very good." It is going to their credit. It is not bad. Some may think that these boys are brought here and their life is being spoiled. They are not being educated in the modern way, they're simply chanting, dancing and offering, but that is the real education, tan manye adhitam uttamam, Prahlada Maharaja. Sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam arcanam vandanam dasyam [SB 7.5.23], the devotional service. Tan manye adhitam uttamam, they are being first-class educated, these boys, they, simply by chanting and dance. Don't be disturbed that "My child is not being educated." What is this education? This education, this bodily concept of life, it is not education. That "I am this body," "I am Indian," "I am American," "I am brahmana," "I am ksatriya," "I am white," "I am black." This education, the whole world this education is going on, nationalism. In the name of nationalism, communism, socialism. They are all bodily concept of life. That is not education. That education is useless, because this kind of education will not stop the process of birth, death, old age and disease. They may be technical education, temporary, some bodily comfort, but this is not taken as education.

Real education is brahma-jijnasa, athato brahma jijnasa, that is real education. What I am, that is brahma-jijnasa. Aham brahmasmi, when he comes to the conclusion that he is not this body, he is spirit soul, that is real education. So the bhakti-marga is so nice that they are simply staying on the Brahman platform, brahma-bhuyaya kalpate. Sa gunan samatityaitan brahma-bhuyaya kalpate. Who? Mam ca yo 'vyabhicarena bhakti-yogena yah sevate [Bg. 14.26]. So our program, this program, anyone who may come here, he is educated how to understand brahma-bhuyaya. That is education. This is not education, the technical education. Nowadays they are very much fond of technical education. That is temporary. That is not education. Electrician comes, suppose the power has failed, and he manipulates and brings the power, that is technical education, but real education is different. That is to understand the atma-tattvam. Apasyatam atma-tattvam grhesu grha-medhinam [SB 2.1.2]. Those who are fully absorbed in family life, grhesu grha-medhinam, they are apasyatam atma-tattvam, they cannot see what is real life, what is the goal of life. So here we see Prahlada Maharaja fell down immediately. That is real education, Brahma asked him, "You just try to pacify," immediately he fell down. And Krsna immediately became compassionate, sva-pada-mule patitam tam arbhakam vilokya.

The Mayavadi, they say God has no eyes, but here it is said vilokya. How you can say without eyes? He can see, but His seeing is different, pasyaty acaksuh. He has no eyes like us. What is our, what is the value of our eyes? As soon as there is no light, you cannot see. But Krsna can see always, either there is light or not. That is the difference. Therefore when in the Vedas it is said that He has no eyes, means He has no this material eyes which is limited. So here it is said vilokya. Just like we are offering obeisances, the children are offering obeisances to the Lord. Don't think that here is Deity made of metal, how he can see? No. This is rascaldom. He can see. That is His eyes. Either you present Him in material element, or in any way, He can see in all circumstances. Therefore it is called... Just like in the Bhagavad-gita it is said tad aham asnami, I eat. What it that? Patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati, tad aham asnami [Bg. 9.26]. I eat. The rascals they cannot see how Krsna is eating what is offered to Him, but He says "Yes, I eat." So what is that eating? But you have, you have got so imperfect eyes, you cannot see how the Lord is eating, but He is eating. These things are clearly, here it is specifically mentioned, vilokya devah krpaya pariplutah, ecstatic, "Oh, how he is nice this boy."

So in this way we have to understand Krsna, the Lord, devah, how He is working, transcendentally. That is pasyaty acaksah, acaksuh, srnoti, akarnah. His hearing, His seeing, His eating is different from us. Therefore it is said, angani yasya sakalendriya-vrtti-manti [Bs. 5.32]. If we offer at His lotus feet something, He eats. He can eat with His leg. Therefore how His eating process can be equal to us? Therefore there are two contradictions, pasyati, acaksuh. Srnoti, akarnah. This is to be understood. Not that He is impersonal. His personality is different from our personality. We cannot eat witl our leg, but Krsna can eat with, by His leg. He can see by His leg, He can hear by His finger. This is called angani yasya sakalendriya-vrtti-manti [Bs. 5.32]. He is perfect. In this way you have to understand Krsna. So, as soon as we come in touch with Krsna by devotional service, then we become abhayam, no more fear. As soon as we are in the material world, bhayam. Krsna's another name is Abhaya. Bhajahu re mana sri-nanda-nandana abhaya-caranaravinda re, abhaya. His name is Abhaya. So if you come in touch with Krsna by devotional service, and there is no more fear. Everyone is afraid. But, who is a devotee of Krsna, narayana-parah, narayana-parah sarve na kutascana bibhyati [SB 6.17.28]. (end)