Lecture in Hindi – January 18, 1972, Jaipur

720118LE-JAIPUR [11:15 Minutes] C-159

Prabhupada: It does not go into his mind, that is why, they say God is formless, they have less intelligence, that is why they are not able to understand, that is why God says,

Even after acquiring perfection, they are not able to understand, that Krsna is God Himself, it is very difficult, that is why God Himself is coming and explaining. So by mercy of God everything is understood in its right perspective otherwise even after acquiring ordinary perfections nothing could be understood, just like, in Brahma Samhita,

Big Big, muni punga, not ordinary philosophers, best of all philosophers, pungam, pungam means great, very great, they also could not understand God, without God's mercy nobody can understand God and in other places God has mentioned, bhaktya mam abhijanati [Bg. 18.55], the method to understand God is this devotional service, nothing else, not mental speculation, not fruitive work, not yoga, by these methods nobody can understand God, that is why God says, manusyanam sahasresu kascid yatati siddhaye. What is the use of achieving yoga perfections, you can acquire yoga perfections, that you fly in the air, this is yoga perfection, lagima siddhi and show some magic, you can do all these things by yoga perfection, but with that you cannot understand God, that is not possible, you can talk big big things about knowledge, this is Brahman, this is not Brahman, but through that you will not be able to understand God, this is mentioned by God Himself

This Krsna Consciousness movement is so simple, these people, they understood Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna and surrendered onto him, the reason for this is that they have mercy of the Lord. God has come in the form of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and is distributing Love of Krsna, krsna prema to everyone, by taking shelter of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, they are able to understand Lord Krsna in short time. That is why it is proper Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhar Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrnda, by bowing down before them, if one chants Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, then one will realize God very soon, there is no difficulty in this, one has to accept the process mentioned in the Scriptures, jnanam vijnanam, work practically, than God Himself is coming and canvassing that accept me, Lord Krsna is coming here and is canvassing that See I am before you, see my Vrndavana pastimes and you also come with me and play with me as a cowherd boy or become a cowherd girl and enjoy with me and you can become my mother, you can become my father, you can become my friends, you can become my cow, whatever you want, you come with that emotion towards me, that is why God comes and enacts his pastimes and shows it to us,and Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, if you do not understand anything, than just simply accept the names of God, simply chant Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, one day you will become greatly fortunate and you will be able to see God, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, made this so simple, this is the principle of the scriptures,

In Kali yuga this is the only way, God is available for cheap in this Kali yuga, since Kali yuga is extremely sinful age, even though it is a very sinful age, God made Himself available for very cheap. You don't have to do yoga, dhyana, dharana nothing, you will not have to go to the forest, sit anywhere you like offenselessly chant Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, by God's mercy one day you will become fortunate and you will be able to see God, this is the method described in the scriptures, that is why, you see these mlecchas and yavana's they all have turned into Vaisnavas, by mercy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Caitanya Mahaprabhu is so merciful, Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself. Krsna told everyone Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja: [Bg. 18.66], Leave everything, leave all the false religions, the real religion is, dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam [SB 6.3.19], accept this religion, why do you get trapped here there, God Himself says that those who worship other demigods, their intelligence is destroyed, his intelligence is lost, kamais tais tair hrta-jnanaḥ yajanty anya-devata [Bg. 7.20] and other Demigods, it does not mean that we insult other Demigods, but worshipable object is God, ekam. That is why God says Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam [Bg. 18.66] not others, not that let me do some devotional service to this also and that also, worship some other also, whatever little we can get from anywhere, In this there is no focus, one must perform devotional service with concentration, Bhajate mam ananya-bhak, and mind should not be engaged in anything else, this thing is taught to them, with concentrated mind only focused on one thing, they surrendered their mind to Krsna look how early they have become devotees, you all can see this. So,

These people who do not understand God, but God Himself in the form of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is showing by example, that in which way one can attain to God. There was no other work for Caitanya Mahaprabhu other than performing kirtana, sankirtaniah pitarau, he is the father of Sankirtana Caitanya Mahaprabhu and he is successful also, look everywhere, wherever sankirtana is performed, very soon, Now in Africa, Nairobi, there will be big festival, from 26th January till 31st January, there will be a big festival and I am also going there, all my men are also going there. So it has been accepted all over the world, why? this is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy, because, through this sankirtana, param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam, Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given his blessings,

In this Kali yuga, only Sri Krsna Sankirtana can lead you to victory, all other things will not be able to provide victory, that is why it is simple, all the people in Kaliyuga are fallen

All the opinions are sumanda, they have many opinions, leaving God aside every one is inventing their own religion, this is religion, that is religion, that is why it is said sumanda-matayo, all the opinions are less intelligent and manda-bhagya and their fortune is also not very good, one can attain God with such a simple method, but they will not accept that, they will bring in things from here and there, that is why manda-bhagya, they are really unfortunate. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says about this unfortunate condition, namnam akari bahuda nija-sarva-saktis, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, In God's name all the energies of God are present, God is unlimitedly powerful, the most powerful, in God's name also, since there is no difference between God's name and God Himself, they are not different abhinnatva nam nami, Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, namnam akari bahuda nija-sarva-saktis tatrarpita, In God's name all the energies of God are present and niyamitah smarane na kalah. If you want to perform worship etc, there are many rules to it and there is no rules for chanting the names of God, wherever, whatever time and in whatever condition, in any country and any person can chant the holy names, niyamitah smarane na kalah etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi, So He says God for this Kali yuga you have shown so much mercy durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah, but I am so unfortunate that I have no interest in chanting your names, this was said by Caitanya Mahaprabhu, it is such a simple method to attain God, in that we have no interest and in talking here and there, in mental speculation, that I am God, you are God,why are you looking for God, God is wandering on the streets and God is dead, etc, and I have come as God accept me, in all these cheating people are trapped and the easy way, by chanting the holy names of God one can attain God, as per the instructions of the scriptures, as per the instructions of big big acaryas, we do not accept that, leave all these corrupt intelligence, and with concentration accept the holy names of God, then you will see how quickly one can experience God and going forward how fast one will be able to see God. Thank you very much. Hare Krsna.