Lecture in Hindi– December 14, 1970, Indore

701214LE-INDORE [32:49 Minutes]

Prabhupada: "Param vijayate sri-krsna-caitanya." Sri Krsna-Caitanya. I have received a letter from Los Angeles today. There is a big party in Hawaii, Honolulu Island, it is not our sampradaya, but it chants, "Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare." It is informed that the party has reached to Los Angeles, and the way we live pure [indistinct], they also shaved their heads and mixed with us. And all the money they had were given. It is not a small amount, 4 lakh rupees. That has also been given. Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's blessings param vijayate sri-krsna-sahkirtanam. In Kali-yuga, perform sahkirtana, glorify Lord Sri-Krsna. He is the summum-bonum of veda-vedanta. It is said in Bhagavad-gita [15.15] vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyam". What is the purpose of Vedanta? To understand Lord Sri Krsna. If by following one's religion, by following veda-vedanta, by acquiring jnana and performing yajna, austerity and yoga, one does not come to krsna-bhakti, then it is labor, simply labor; srama eva hi kevalam.

Everyone has one's religion. One should follow the religion. But at the end if one does not come to the devotional service, krsna-bhakti, then it is simply a show, hard labor. There is no profit.

Ultimately if one worships Lord, and a love arises for Him, and if one only surrenders to His Lotus feet, then there is no necessity of any other kind of austerity for him. All austerities are over.

Even after doing all sorts of things if one does not worship the Lord, then all so-called austerity has no value. It has no value; antar bahir yadi haris tapasa tataḥ kim. One who sees the Lord everywhere inside, outside and in everyone's heart, for him there is no need for austerity. And nantar bahir yadi haris tapasa tataḥ kim, if by doing all sorts of things one does not realize the Lord within and without, then that kind of austerity has no value. Lord Himself says in Gita on this realization, everyone equal, to realize God [..]: mayy arpita mano-buddhiḥ [Bg. 8.7]

Lord says to Arjuna, mayaya avesa. Always hari-kirtana. In this way, yogam yunjan mad-asrayaḥ, and by taking a shelter of My devotee, one who practices the bhakti-yoga, there remains no doubt for him on the subject matter of God. And what the God is? Samagram, asamsayam samagram. You can understand God completely by devotional service, and there will remain no doubts. But, there will be doubts in other processes. Asamsayam, this yogam yunjan mad-asrayaḥ. And by taking shelter of a devotee, one should practice the yoga, bhakti-yoga.

If you.. tad vastu. Tad vastu means, "things pertaining to God." Tat sat, om tat sat; tad jnanam. It is stated in the Katha [Munḍaka Upanisad 1.2.12], tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet. Tad-jnanam, to attain the knowledge on God, one must go to a guru. Who is guru? Srotriyam brahma-nistham [Munḍaka Upanisad, 1.2.12] one who has faith, full faith, in God by studying the Vedas, scriptures. So all these processes, the extract of all the scriptures is that in Kali-yuga only by chanting the holy name of God all your processes will be complete.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, param vijayate sri-krsna-sahkirtanam. Sri-krsna-sahkirtanam param vijayaradhi [?]. The supreme victory. For the evidence, see in western countries, there has been a supreme victory, everyone is taking shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Krsna. And this is possible only through sahkirtana. There has been a victory. Prophecy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu will never be false. There has been a victory. Param vijayate sri-krsna-sahkirtanam. And, before us in the past, many sannyasis came to America and other countries, but they did not get the victory while preaching in America and other places. This sri-krsna-sahkirtana is gaining the victory. Param vijayate sri-krsna-sahkirtanam. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says:

This is His prophecy. Our preaching of hari-kirtana will spread everywhere in the whole world, this prthivite, in every town and village. This is the prophecy. And it is spreading. you take its advantage. It is easy. Sthane sthitaḥ sruti-gatam tanu-vah-manobhir [SB. 10.14.3] You continue to be there in your occupations, there is no need of changing positions. But you do bhagavat-kirtana, and hear about God from the lotus mouth of a devotee.

Please hear from the lotus mouth of a pure devotee; hear from one who has accepted sahkirtana as his goal of life; who has renounced everything for God, hear from his lotus mouth.

When listened from the lotus mouth of a pure devotee, bhagavad-kathaḥ acts quickly. And follow the regulative principles. Bhakti is: adau sraddha tataḥ sadhu-sahgaḥ [Cc. Madhya 23.14-15]. For performing the devotional service you must accept utsahat, enthusiasm. You must be very enthusiastic that, "I will attain God in this life only". Poverty, one should not be deviated due to poverty. Let us do according to the scriptural injunctions. Utsahat, dhairyat, niscayad. With determination, because "I have taken shelter of God", and the God says "whoever takes My shelter I relieve him from the reactions of his sins, and he will never perish." Have faith in this.

And follow the injunctions mentioned in the scriptures. And sato vrtteḥ, make vrtti [consciousness] sad-ghatu. Do not spoil the consciousness. Sato vrtteḥ sadhu-sahga. And associate with devotees. By following these six principles-utsaha, dhairya, niscayad, acting according to regulative principles, and following-sato vrtteḥ, in company of saintly persons, surely there will be saḍbhir bhaktiḥ prasidhyati . Then your work will be successful in bhakti-yoga.

This is our only subject of preaching. Krsna consciousness movement makes a person a human being. Like the scriptural injunctions…., see these Americans and Europeans had been engaged from their birth in many sinful activities mentioned in our scriptures. But they have left everything. They have left illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication. They have left everything. Pure Vaisnava. Only preaching about God. [..] All the time hari-kirtana. Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, kirtaniyaḥ sada hariḥ. [Cc. Antya 20.21] Life should be molded in such a way that even while walking on a street, Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare. Such a person. There will not be any hurdle in your work, but the human life will be successful, and attain God. This is the scriptural injunction.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu says: param vijayate sri-krsna-sahkirtanam, sri-krsna-sahkirtanam param vijaya labha. Why? Ceto-darpana-marjanam. More you perform hari-kirtana more will be cleansing of the dirt accumulated in your hearts. Ceto-darpana-marjanam. In other words, all your misconceptions will be washed off. What is misconception? Like atma-buddhi. So far we understand that this body, a physical body is our identity. This misconception will go away. Only by rid of this misconception will you be liberated. Ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam. Bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam means, "you will be liberated." It is called davagni in this world, bhava. Davagni means.., "just like a forest fire." No one goes to light a fire in a forest, but it catches fire by itself. Similarly, everyone in the world wishes that there will be peace, but no one remains peaceful. There will be fire. Somehow or other…., whatever you try to remain in peace, but there will be fire. Therefore it is called: bhava-maha-davagni.

But there is only one solution to this; maha-davagni nirvapanam, to extinguish this fire: param vijayate sri-krsna-sahkirtanam. ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam sreyaḥ-kairava-candrika-vitaranam.

Once this maha-davagni has been nirvapanam [extinguished], your ultimate benefit…., like the moon shinning; waxing of the moon gradually after amavasya, your ultimate benefit.... There are two things in the world. Sreya [ultimate benefit] and preya [immediate benefit]. Just like these children, they do not know which serious subject matter I am talking about, because they do not know their ultimate benefit, they know only their immediate benefit, to talk. This is what they know. So there are two things in the world. Preya means something that our senses like to have. And that which ultimately makes us prosperous is the sreya. So after extinguishing this bhava-maha-davagni, in other words after becoming liberated, your ultimate benefit will gradually emerge. In other words, consciousness and happiness, real happiness,

Yogis also derive happiness from within their hearts. But a yogi's happiness is not real happiness. It is not the sense pleasure.

The real happiness cannot be experienced through blunt senses. Atindriya. When will he be atindriya [self-satisfied]? - When the senses become tat-paratvena nirmalam [Cc. Madhya 19.170] by devotional service, then you get the real happiness with those senses.

Everything is mentioned in the scriptures. If you take it up, you will attain God in this life only. Otherwise if we have lost this life, lived like animals, lived only for eating, sleeping, procreation, and died, then the animal life, women, men [indistinct]

The way one works, karmana daiva-netrena [SB. 3.31.1] [indistinct], that is way as long as we have the human body, as long as our intelligence is in order, perform hari-kirtana according to the injunctions of scriptures. It is very easy in Kali-yuga. You will see, quickly you will experience God.

Just like the moon, by daily growing in little amount, it glows fully on the day of Pūrnima. In the same way, perform krsna-kirtana. The sreyaḥ-candra [benediction moon] will expand gradually and become full moon. You will attain complete happiness, which you want. Sreyaḥ-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhū-jivanam. And what is that happiness? Complete knowledge, because sac-cid-ananda-vigrahaḥ. Sac-cid. One can derive happiness only when he is in complete knowledge. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu says: sreyaḥ-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhū-jivanam. When you attain full knowledge, you experience sac-cid-ananda [transcendental happiness].

This has been happening. If you perform sahkirtana with enthusiasm and determination, you will attain gradually this stage. Those who are already doing they are experiencing. You also do. It is the sublime method in Kali-yuga.

This is one good quality. So we have decided to go to Surat tomorrow. [indistinct]. So with God's mercy we will be leaving for Surat tomorrow. And I request you, this hari-kirtana, which we are preaching; it is not new in India. [indistinct] Perform hari-kirtana with pure consciousness, iti mae prayasaḥ. There are four things to have pure consciousness, as mentioned in the scripture: papa yatra catur-vidhaḥ [SB. 1.17.38]. There are four kinds of sinful activities. Give them up. illicit sex-striyaḥ, sūna, violence against animals, panam-intoxication, dyūtam, gambling. Be safe from these. Observe Ekadasi [indistinct]. Ekadasi falls twice a month, there is no difficulty. Eat fruits and always do hari-kirtana. You will see how your life is becoming success.

It is an easy way. There is no need for you to [indistinct]. It is not possible in Kali-yuga. Scriptures describe Kali-yuga as: mandaḥ sumanda-matayo manda-bhagya . The fate of a person is mandaḥ-bad. Therefore no other process will work in Kali-yuga, except

There is no difficulty. You should take it up, as given by Caitanya Mahaprabhu and authorized in scriptures. And the name of God has all potencies. God and His name are non-different. Like God is all powerful so is His holy name.

Everything is mentioned in the scriptures. Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Everything is there. It is a great science. Everything else will gradually be clear if you remain kirtaniyaḥ sada hariḥ.

Just see the Europeans and Americans chant on beads; always chanting. You are afraid that if you go to a market while chanting [indistinct]. There is no difficulty, it is easy. Otherwise, why? Because afraid. Therefore, it is said: trnad api sunicena. If you are chanting and [indistinct], just tolerate it and continue chanting. He will not be ashamed of carrying a radio in his hand, and if chanting beads are taken then he will not like. Why? People carry radio while travelling, then what is the difficulty in carrying a chanting bead? No. They think that they may be insulted. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu says that even if someone insults you, you tolerate it-trnad api sunicena. How to tolerate? Tolerate like a straw [grass] in street. [indistinct], people step on to it, but it does not complain, trnad api. Trnat means, "grass". You tolerate, like it does. Taror api sahisnuna. Tree is tolerant; someone picks up flowers from it, someone takes fruits, someone feeds it, but it does not complain. Be tolerant like the trees, and always do kirtaniyaḥ sada hariḥ. Always chant.

[indistinct] no time for bhagavad-kirtana. Just see these Europeans and Americans. [indistinct] they are not afraid. Police catch them [..], they do kirtana, lets go to police. Now police do not disturb them. They do not say anything to them, as they know that these people are chanting name of God.

And while doing kirtana, chanting name of God, do offer prayers [indistinct]. "O God, I do not have money, give me money. I am in great trouble, eradicate my trouble." No. Not this prayer. Not this type of prayer. What should be the prayer?

A devotee does not ask anything from God. He simply prays: "O God, I do not wish to have money, nor do I want followers, nor a beautiful woman". Worldly people want all these, but a devotee does not want all these. What does he want then? Mama janmani jamanisvare, when get birth, he does not want liberation even. His only wish is that: "wherever I take birth, I remain fixed up in devotion at your lotus feet unconditionally". That's all. Unconditionally. "God, I do devotional service for the purpose of asking something from You?" No. [indistinct] why asking something from God? Does He not know what you require? He knows everything. There is no need of asking something. Only perform devotional service.

All desires will be fulfilled. Akamaḥ sarva-kamo va [SB. 2.3.10]. If you have material desires, God will fulfil those desires as well. You do kirtana. You are doing kirtana and at the same time want to earn millions of rupees, you continue doing kirtana, your desire will be fulfilled. Sarva-kamaḥ. And if you want liberation, jnanis want liberation. Take this as well. And, akamaḥ. A devotee wants to serve God. Take this also. Then why not worship God? And, a simple way to worship God is:

Na dhanam na janam. And what else to pray:

It says ayi nanda-tanuja bhagavan, [indistinct] Hare Krsna, I am Your eternal servant, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet".

Bhavambudhau, you are thrown into this ocean [indistinct] There is only one remedy for your peacefulness. "Please pick me up". That's all. If you are a strong wrestler; if you know very well how to swim [indistinct] this is completely wrong. The ocean is mighty, you are struggling very hard for happiness. The struggle to swim in an ocean is [indistinct] When the God favours you and picks you up from the ocean, then only there is a peace for you. Otherwise not. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu says:

And while thus chanting the holy name of God, when a love of God arises, because this is your ultimate benefit-prema pumartho mahan [Caitanya-manjusa]. To attain love of God is the only ultimate benefit of life. And for everyone [indistinct].

This is the prayer. If, while chanting the holy name, water rains from our eyes [indistinct]. The only method is: param vijayate sri-krsna-sahkirtanam. Just like you... you chant the holy name, you will gradually know everything, and we are trying for advancement of everyone, you co-operate. This knowledge that one becomes happy only by hari-kirtana is very confidential, and to preach this knowledge you all become members. [indistinct] Lead the life accordingly [indistinct] ….International Society for Krishna Consciousness…krsna-bhakti-rasa-bhavita matiḥ [Cc. Madhya 8.70]…. [indistinct]….

Thank you very much. [End].