So that, the same kara kamala, was put on the head of Prahlada Maharaja. Prahladahlada-dayine. Prahlada Maharaja was feeling, "Oh, how blissful this hand." Not only feeling, but immediately all his material unhappiness, pangs, disappeared. This is the process of transcendental touch. We can have the same facility in this age. It is not that Prahlada Maharaja became immediately jubilant by the touch of the lotus palm of the Lord. You can have the same benefit immediately if we become like Prahlada Maharaja. Then it is possible. Krsna is advaya-jnana, so in this age Krsna has descended in His sound vibration form: kali yuga nama rupe krsnavatara. This age... Because these fallen men in this age, they are... They have no qualification. Mandah. Everyone is bad. Nobody is qualified. They have no spiritual knowledge. Don't mind. In your Western country they are very much puffed up with material knowledge, but they have no spiritual knowledge. Perhaps in the history, for the first time in the history, they're getting some information of spiritual knowledge.

In the Bhagavad-gita it is said,

So Krsna gives information in the Bhagavad-gita, apareyam: "These elements, even up to mind, intelligence, ego, bhinna, they are My separated energy, separated energy. And," apareyam, "this is inferior. And there is another, superior nature." Apareyam itas tv viddhi me prakrtim para. Para means superior. Now, they may be asking, "What is that? We know these elements only. What is that another superior energy?" Jiva bhutah maha-baho, clearly said: "That is living..." And they are thinking that there is no other superior energy except these eight material elements or five elements. Therefore they are in ignorance. It is for the first time they are getting some knowledge, Bhagavad-gita As It Is, and from that they can know that there is another, superior energy who is jiva-bhutah. The living entity which is moving the body, that is superior energy. So they have no information, neither there is an attempt to understand that superior energy in their universities or institution. Therefore they are mudha, mudhas. They may be very much puffed up of their so-called knowledge, but according to Vedic knowledge they are mudhas. And if one cannot understand the superior energy, prakrti, nature, then how one can understand God? That is not possible. Then again, dealings between God and the superior energy, that is bhakti. It is very difficult. Manusyanam sahasresu kascid yatati siddhaye [Bg. 7.3]. That siddhaye means to understand that superior energy. That is siddhi. And after that, one can understand Krsna.

So it is very difficult, especially in this age. Mandah sumanda-matayo [SB 1.1.10]. They are... Mandah means they are not interested, or even they are little interested, they are very slow. They do not understand this is the prime knowledge. And first of all you must know it, athato brahma jijnasa, that superior knowledge. That is required. But everyone is neglecting. There is no inquisitiveness even what is that thing which is moving this body. There is no inquiry. They think automatically, by combination of this matter... They are still persisting on this point, and when you challenge, "You take this chemical and prepare the living force," they'll say, "That I cannot do." And what is this? If you cannot do, then why you are speaking like nonsense, that "The combination of matter or chemicals gives the life"? You take the chemicals. Our Doctor Svarupa Damodara in the California University... One big professor came to lecture on chemical evolution, and he challenged immediately, that "If I give you the chemicals, can you produce life?" He said, "That I cannot say." So this is their position. They cannot prove it. They cannot do it. Science means not only observation but experiment also. That is complete. Otherwise theory. It is not science. So they have got different theories. That anyone can put forward. That is not But real fact is that Krsna is spiritual and He's the Supreme. Nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam (Katha Upanisad 2.2.13). This is the Vedic injunction. God is the supreme nitya, eternal, and the Supreme Living Being. In the dictionary also it is said, "God means the Supreme Being." They could not understand Supreme Living Being. But in the Vedas it is said not only Supreme Being, but Supreme Living Being. Nityo nityanam cetanas cetanam eko yo bahunam vidadhati kaman. That is the description of God.

So it is very difficult to understand even the spiritual substance, and what to speak of God. The beginning of spiritual knowledge is to understand first of all what is spirit. And they are taking the intelligence or mind as spirit. But that is not spirit. Beyond that... Apareyam itas tu viddhi me prakrtim para [Bg. 7.5]. So this perfection, as Prahlada Maharaja had immediately by touching the Supreme Personality of..., we can also have. There is possibility, and very easily, because we are fallen, mandah, very slow, very bad. Mandah and sumanda-matayo. And because we are bad, everyone has manufactured a theory. Sumanda. Mata. Mata means opinion. And what is that opinion? Not only manda but sumanda, very, very bad. Sumanda-matayo. Mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagyah [SB 1.1.10], and all unfortunate or misfortunate. Why? When there is knowledge, they'll not take. They will theorize. They're unfortunate. Ready knowledge, but they will theorize, "It is like this. It is like that. It is like that. Perhaps... Maybe..." This is going on. Therefore manda-bhagyah. Just like here is money. One will not take that money. He'll work hard like hogs and dog to earn money. So that means unfortunate. So mandah sumanda-matayo manda-bhagyah. And because manda-bhagyah, there is upadrutah, always disturbancethis war, that war, that war. Beginning, whole history, simply war. Why war? Why there is fight? There should not be any fight because everything is complete. Purnam idam [Isopanisad, Invocation]. The world is full by the mercy of the Supreme Lord. Because it is the kingdom... This is also kingdom of God. But we have made it hell by unnecessarily fighting. That's all. Otherwise it is... For a devoteepurnam. Visvam purnam sukhayate. Why there should be fight? God has supplied everything. You want water? Three-fourths of the earth is full of water. But that water is salt. God has process how to make it sweet. You cannot do this. Water you want. There is sufficient water. Why there should be scarcity? Now we heard in Europe they were contemplating importing water. Was not that? Yes. In England they were thinking of importing. Is that possible? But these rascal scientists think like that. They'll import. Why not? The England is surrounded by water. Why don't you take water? No. Nire kari bas na me tilo piyas. "I'm living in water, but I'm dying of thirst." (laughter) These rascals' philosophy... Or in... I think in our childhood we read one book, a Moral Class book, said there was a story that shipwrecked, and they took the shelter of one boat, but some of them died of thirst because they could not drink water. So in the water they were living, but they died of thirst.

So our position is like that. Everything is full. Still, we are dying and fighting. What is the reason? The reason is that we do not follow Krsna. This is the reason: absence of Krsna consciousness. My Guru Maharaja used to say that the whole world is full of everything. Only scarcity is Krsna consciousness. Only scarcity. Otherwise there is no scarcity. Everything is full. And if you take the instruction of Krsna you will be happy immediately. You can make the whole world happy. This instruction of Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita, so perfect... It must be perfect because it is coming from Krsna. It is not the so-called scientist theory. No. Perfect instruction. And if we follow the instruction, if we practically utilize, then whole world... Visvam purnam sukhayate.

So as Nrsimhadeva touched the head of Prahlada Maharaja, immediately you can have that same facility. "What is that facility? How? Nrsimhadeva is not here. Krsna is not here." No. He is here. "What is that?" Nama rupe kali kale krsna avatara. Krsna is present by his name, Krsna. Don't think this Krsna, Hare Krsna, this name, is different from Krsna. Absolute. Krsna, the Deity Krsna, the name Krsna, the person Krsnaeverything, the same Absolute Truth. There is no differentiation. So in this age simply by chanting Kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sangah param vrajet [SB 12.3.51]. Simply by chanting the holy name of Krsna... Nama-cintamani krsnah caitanya-rasa-vigrahah, purnah suddho nitya-muktah. Don't think the holy name of Krsna is different from Krsna. It is purnam. Purnah purnam adah purnam idam [Isopanisad, Invocation]. Everything purna. Purna means complete. We have tried to explain this completeness in our Isopanisad. You have read. So stick to the holy name of Krsna. You'll get the same benefit as Prahlada Maharaja got by direct touch of the lotus palm of Nrsimhadeva. There is no difference. Always think like that, that as soon as you are chanting Hare Krsna, you must know that you are touching Krsna with your tongue. Then you get the same benefit as Prahlada Maharaja.

Thank you very much. (end)