Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, practical example, He is showing how to become anxious, mad: "Where is God? Where is Krsna?" Yugayitam nimesena caksusa pravi... This is the ultimate hankering how to..., yugayitam nimesena. One should be mad after Krsna. Then he'll see Krsna. Sometimes they say, "Can you show me God?" Have you become mad after God? Then you can see. Otherwise God is not so cheap thing. You become mad after God and you'll see immediately. Preman... Who can become mad after somebody unless there is love? To love somebody, if you cannot see, you become mad, "How can I see? How can I see?" This madness, sometimes we can see example. Suppose a man's son has died, so he becomes mad. So that anxiety is required, as... We are now... At the present moment we are hankering after material sense enjoyment, "Where is sense enjoyment? Where is sense enjoyment?"

So similarly, the example is given by Rupa Gosvami, the hankering. He has given very nice example. Just like a young man is hankering after young woman. Natural. That is not artificial. Or a young woman is hankering after a young man. This hankering... Therefore, according to Vedic system, before the hankering becomes madly and one becomes spoiled by sex indulgence, he should be married. This is the psychology. At a certain age, twelve, thirteen years, woman, and fifteen, sixteen years, man, they become very, very much sexually hankering. Therefore the system is that at that time, psychological moment, the young girl and young boy should be married so that unity will endure. It will never break. There will be no more divorce. But when the hankering is exploited, then the whole life is spoiled. So Rupa Gosvami is giving this example, that "When my hankering will be like the young man, young woman, hankering after one another?" It is very practically given. Yugayitam nimesena caksusa pravrsayitam sunyayitam jagat sarvam. When that hankering is there, he sees everything vacant. This is psychological. So Krsna is, can be seen. It is not that Krsna cannot be seen. He can be... He is present everywhere. Andantara-stham paramanu-cayantara-stham. He is not only within this universe, but He is within your heart. He is within the atom. Why you cannot see Krsna? Because you have no eyes to see Him. That is the difficulty. Premanjana-cchurita. That eyes can be prepared by the smearing the ointment of love.

So Prahlada Maharaja was chastised by his father so many ways, but he could not forget Krsna. The love was fixed up. Therefore Krsna became very much pleased, prito 'ham. Prito 'ham. Prahlada atyanta. So mam aprinata ayusman. Ayusman, blessing: "Now you can live long," or "eternally live," ayusman. Ayus means duration of life. When one approaches Krsna... Mam upetya kaunteya duhkhalayam asasvatam, napnuvanti. Duhkhalayam [Bg. 8.15]. So long we have got this material body, material world, it is duhkhalayam asasvatam [Bg. 8.15]. It is full of miserable condition, and at the same time not permanent. Even if we accept miserable condition... Everyone is trying to live. A old man does not like to die. He goes to the doctor, takes some medicine so that he can continue his life. But he will not be allowed to live. Asasvatam. You may be very rich man, you may take many pills, many injection to prolong your life, but that is not possible. That is not possible. But as soon as you see Krsna, then you get your eternal life. Eternal life we have got. We are eternal. Na hanyate hanyamane sarire [Bg. 2.20]. We do not die after the destruction of the body. We get another body. This is the disease. And when you see Krsna, when you understand Krsna, even without seeing, if you simply understand Krsna, then you become eternal.

So if you simply understand Krsna, divyam, divine nature... Simply you understand that Krsna is not like us: Krsna has no material body, Krsna is not unhappy, Krsna is always happysimply a few things, if you become convinced that Krsna's nature..., immediately you become eligible to be transferred back to home, back to Godhead. This is Krsna consciousness, so nice. Krsna is explaining Himself, and if you become convinced, "Yes, what Krsna says, it is all right..." Just like Arjuna said, sarvam etam rtam manye yad vadasi kesava: [Bg. 10.14] "Whatever you have said I accept in total. No reduction, no..." Sarvam etam rtam manye: "Whatever You have said, I believe. I have taken. I have..." That is Krsna. Krsna says something, and I understand something. That you go on with your millions of years; it will never be possible. You have to understand Krsna as He says. Therefore we are presenting Bhagavad-gita As It Is. That is real understanding. Arjuna says, sarvam etam rtam manye. Rtam means fact. "Everything, whatever You have said..." Not that "I cut this side and that side..."

There is a nonsense swamiji in India. He says, "We can take up what is beneficial, verses. Otherwise I reject." This is called ardha-kukkuti-nyaya [Cc. Adi-lila 5.176]. Ardha-kukkuti-nyaya means... I have several times explained, one man had one chicken. So, and he was getting one egg daily. So he thought that "The rear side of the chicken is very nice. It is giving one egg daily, and the front side it is eating, expensive, so cut it. Cut the mouth and simply take the egg." The rascal does not know that if he cuts the mouth, there will be no egg. Similarly, if you make cut short of Bhagavad-gita according to your whims, you'll never understand what is Bhagavad-gita. You have to follow. Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah [Cc. Madhya 17.186]. Arjuna understood. Sarvam etam rtam manye: "Whatever You have said, I understand. I have accepted it." So you accept it blindly even; then you are benefited. We may not understand.

Just like Krsna says, aham adir hi devanam [Bg 10.2]. Aham adir hi devanam. Devanam means all the demigods, beginning with Brahma. So Krsna says, "I am prior to Brahma," adi. Adi means at the beginning. So who will understand Him? Even one who believes in the sastra, believes in the Brahma's ayuh... Sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmano viduh [Bg. 8.17]. His one day, twelve hours, is forty-three lakhs of years multiplied by one thousandmeans forty-three crores of years, our calculation. So Krsna says, aham adir hi devanam [Bg 10.2]. We cannot calculate the duration of life of Brahma. And when Krsna says, aham adih, "I am the father of Brahma," so ordinary man, how he'll understand? He'll not understand. He cannot understand. Krsna says, imam vivasvate yogam proktavan aham avyayam: [Bg. 4.1] "Some forty millions of years ago I spoke this philosophy to the sun-god." So ordinary man, how he'll understand? They'll say "Mythology." It is not mythology; it is fact. This was cleared by Krsna, er, Arjuna, "My dear Krsna, You said that You have spoken, You had spoken so many years ago to the sun-god. How can I believe it? You are my contemporary, of my age. How can I believe it?" Krsna said that "Yes, you cannot believe it, but you and..., both you and Me, because you are My eternal friend, so you were also present that time when I spoke to sun-god. But you have forgotten, I have not forgotten." That is the difference. The difference is man and God, so God knows everything eternally and we forget. This is our nature.

Therefore sometimes we forget Krsna. And therefore Krsna comes to remind that "Why you are forgetting Me? We are eternally related. So forgetting Me, you are suffering here. Give up all this nonsense." Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam [Bg. 18.66]. That is wanted. This is Krsna consciousness. So our Krsna consciousness movement is trying to educate people to cure his disease of forgetfulness. He has forgotten simply. Just like a madman forgets who is his father, who is his mother, he talks nonsense, sometimes he calls ill names. Mad. So similarly, we in this material world, without any Krsna consciousness we are all mad, forgetful. This disease has to be cured. The best medicine is this Krsna consciousness. Nature's way, we have got this human form of life, but because on account of lack of proper education, we remain in forgetful condition from the animal life. But there is chance. That is said in the Caitanya-caritamrta. Anadi bahir-mukha jiva krsna bhuli gela, ataeva krsna veda-purana karila. These rascals, from time immemorial they have forgotten Krsna. And just to remind him, these Vedas, the Puranas, they are there.

But there is no education of these Vedas and Puranas. They are interested in Freud philosophy, Darwin's theory, all this nonsense. The Vedas, Puranas, are there; they are neglectful. But the rascal philosophy, they are interested. Their life is spoiled. This is spoiling civilization. One has got the opportunity of understanding himself. He has forgotten himself, and there is bona fide literature how to understand himself. Athato brahma jijnasa. The Vedanta is there: "Now you inquire what you are." The inquiry must be there. Unless you inquire, automatically it will not be, because God has given you independence. Very little independence, but we are misusing. We are misusing. Therefore unless by using properly our little independence we accept Krsna, the Supreme Lord, and surrender unto Him, there is no liberation. Krsna can force you, but He does not do that. Because you have misused your independenceyou have forgotten Krsnaagain you have to use properly your independence and accept Krsna. That is wanted. That is wanted. This is the process.

Otherwise why Krsna is coming, reminding? He does not touch on your little independence. He says, mam ekam saranam vraja. He can capture you immediately. Just like a naughty boy is doing something. The mother immediately capture and hits(?) him. But Krsna does not want to do that, force. No. You do it voluntarily. That is wanted. So we must voluntarily come to Krsna. Then He'll been seen. So how we can satisfy Him? He says that "You satisfy Me. You surrender to Me; I'll be satisfied." Aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksa... [Bg. 18.66]. "Immediately I'll excuse from all reaction of sinful activities." Because He becomes pleased. He wants your surrender. And if you surrender, immediately He becomes pleased. Just like a son might have committed so many offenses to the father, and immediately if he comes, "Father, I have done wrong. Please excuse," immediately becomes... Immediately. That is the relationship of father and son. The father wants that "Somehow or other, if this rascal surrenders to me, I excuse him and immediately give my property to him." This is natural. So we have to surrender. That will please Krsna.

And without pleasing Him? Darsanam durlabham hi me. You cannot see Krsna. You may have your eyes, big, big eyes, but you cannot see Krsna. You have to please Him. That pleasing activity is bhakti. Bhakti. And bhakti means the activities which will please Krsna. Without that bhakti, means sitting down silently... No. "No, no. I am chanting. I do not want to go out. I am busy." Means excuse. What you will chant? You will think of money and woman, that's all. Just work. Go to sell books and work hard. That is wanted. Therefore we do not give that opportunity. My Guru Maharaja did not give this opportunity, and we are following the same principle: no opportunity of sitting idle. No. You must work. That will rectify. Yes. Man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]. So in this way, if we... Simply if we accept, this is the... We change the name. Why? We change the name that "Now, from this point of initiation, you accept that you are Krsna dasa. You are trying to become master of the world. That is nonsense. You try to become Krsna dasa." Therefore we add this word, dasa. This dasa, that dasaeverything Krsna's name. So we have to accept, Krsna dasa. Jivera svarupa haya nitya krsna dasa [Cc. Madhya 20.108-109].

So if we accept this principle, that "This is my nonsense activities, that I am trying to become very big in this material world, and that will not satisfy us..." Even Brahma has no satisfaction. He is also full of anxiety. This material world is like that. You may be very, very, very, very, very big man, but anxiety you cannot escape. That is not possible. That is material world. Sada samudvigna-dhiyam asad-grahat [SB 7.5.5]. Samudvigna-dhiyam. Everyone in this material world, even this bird, a small bird, he is also always anxious that "So many people are here, and there is so many dandas. They may not kill me." Therefore they're very cautious. As soon as you raise the danda, immediately they go away because anxiety is there. Or either in Brahma's life or ant's life, this is the material nature. Sada samudvigna-dhiyam asat... Why? Asad-grahat. Because you have accepted this material body, this means you have accepted anxiety.

So we have to do in such a way that no more material body. And that is Krsna's advice. Tyaktva deham punar janma naiti [Bg. 4.9]. And if you have got a pinch of material desire, Krsna is ready to give you a type of body so you can satisfy your desires. But the material desire is never satisfied, one after another, one after another, one after another. In this way at the time of the death we are not satisfied. We desire some thing... [break] ...and then it is to be very easy. Mam aprinata ayusman darsanam durlabham hi me. If somehow or other, if you can see Krsna, drstva mam na punar janma. Punar jantur atmanam taptum arhati. There is no more necessity of undergoing austerities, and everything is free. Aradhito yadi haris tapasa tatah kim [Narada-pancaratra]. If you have got Krsna, there is no need of tapasya. You are free. And naradhito yadi haris tapasa tatah kim. And if you cannot understand Krsna, then what is the use of your becoming so much religious, austere sannyasi and yogi? The whole nonsense. All nonsense. Yadi... Aradhito yadi haris tapasa tatah kim, naradhito yadi haris tapasa... There is no meaning of tapasya if you cannot see Krsna. And if you can see Krsna, there is no meaning of tapasya. That is... Aradhito yadi haris tapasa tatah kim. Antar-bahir yadi haris tapasa tatah kim, nantar-bahir yadi haris tapasa... If you can see Krsna always, outside and inside, then you have nothing to do, tapasya. Enjoy life by seeing Krsna always. Svamin krtartho 'smi varam na yace: [Cc. Madhya 22.42] "I don't want anything. Please allow me to see You continually."

Thank you very much.