Lecture, partially recorded – February 12, 1974, Vṛndāvana

740212LE-VRNDAVAN [11:21 Minutes]

He is even within the atom. This is the understanding of Krsna

[Partial duplicate of 740212BG-VRNDAVAN]

Devotee: ...celebrated astronomer. [break]

Prabhupada: ...it is the Goloka Vrndavana where Krsna is situated. Goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhūtaḥ [Bs 5.37]. It is not that because He is staying in Goloka Vrndavana therefore He is absent here. No. Akhilatma-bhūtaḥ: He is everywhere. Anḍantara-stha-paramanu-cayantara-stham [Bs 5.35]: He is even within the atom. This is the understanding of Krsna.

So we are preaching this Krsna consciousness on the basis of this Bhagavad-gita as it is, without misinterpreting to show our so-called scholarship. No. That is not the way of understanding Krsna. We should understand Krsna submissively, as Arjuna is doing: sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam prapannam [Bg 2.7].

Krsna also asked Arjuna to surrender fully, so he has already surrendered. When Arjuna saw that there were so many perplexities, and this cannot be solved except by Krsna, so he surrendered: sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam tvam prapannam. So in this way if we surrender to Krsna through His representative… Representative means one who says exactly what Krsna says; he does not change anything. Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg 18.66], and His representative says that "You give up everything and surrender unto Krsna." The same thing. And there is no difficulty. One hasn't got to manufacture some idea, some philosophy. No. Everything is there, and if you preach what Krsna has said, then you are spiritual master. It is not a very big job. Simply you have to become sincere to Krsna, and you learn Krsna through His representative, you become sincere to the representative of Krsna and Krsna, yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau [Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.23], then you are spiritual master. It is not very difficult. And become, every one of you, become spiritual master and preach this gospel of Bhagavad-gita as it is, then the world will be saved. Otherwise they are already in trouble, and they will go more and more into the depths of the trouble, dangerous position, and they will never become happy. So Krsna consciousness movement is very, very important movement for saving the human civilization, the human society.

Thank you very much.

Devotees: All glories to Prabhupada. Jaya. Haribol. [break]

Devotee: Is it offensive while chanting that the mind should dwell on thoughts referring to our devotional service activities, or the spiritual master or...

Prabhupada: The chanting process is that you chant with your tongue, "Hare Krsna," and hear. That's all. Then you are saved. Hare Krsna must be chanted by the use of tongue, and you hear it. That's all. Where is the difficulty?

Devotee: Just hear the sound…

Prabhupada: Yes.

Devotee: And then these thoughts that come in?

Prabhupada: So everything may come, but this is the process. This is the process: chant Hare Krsna and hear. Nothing is difficult in Krsna consciousness movement. One has to execute it very seriously and sincerely, then everything is all right. Nothing is very difficult. Not at all.

Chant Hare Krsna and hear it. Hmm. Then everything will come. Krsna's… By chanting purely without offense this Hare Krsna mantra, then you will understand Krsna's form, Krsna's quality, Krsna's pastimes, Krsna's entourage-everything that is. Vidya-vadhū-jivanam sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sahkirtanam [Cc Antya 20.12]. This is the way. Caitanya Mahaprabhu's param vijayate sri-krsna-sahkirtanam. Simply by chanting you'll get all success. Iha haite sarva-siddhi haya tomara, Caitanya Mahaprabhu. You'll get all siddhis. The greatest siddhi is to understand Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That's all. That's all. [laughs] If you simply admit this, that Krsna is... Just like Krsna said, bahūnam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate [Bg 7.19].

So why should you wait for bahūnam janma? You accept Krsna, "My Lord Krsna, You are the Supreme. So, so long I was forgotten; now I accept You, I surrender unto You." Bas. Your life is perfect. Of course, it is not very easy to do that; therefore there are sastras, sadhu, guru to take their help. But the real thing is this: accept Krsna, the Supreme Absolute Truth, and surrender unto Him-your business is finished. And stay in that position.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given so nice and easy for the fallen souls of this Kali-yuga. They cannot do anything. So-called yoga, so-called austerities, it is not possible. It is not possible.

It is not possible to proceed according to the ways of sacrifices-yajna-or mental speculation or yogic siddhis. Nobody can perform perfectly. And even one performs very perfectly, that is not the way to understand Krsna. Krsna says personally, bhaktya mam abhijanati [Bg 18.55].

That is the only way-there is no other way. They say there are many ways, and any way we accept, that will lead you to the Absolute Truth. And that is not the fact. To understand the Absolute Truth you have to accept the absolute path-that is bhakti-yoga. And Krsna says, bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvataḥ. If you want to understand Krsna superficially, that is another thing. But if you want to know Krsna as He is, then only this devotional service. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ [Cc Madhya 17.136].

Krsna is revealed. He is so kind: if you simply sincerely engage in devotional service of Krsna, then you will see Krsna everywhere. Krsna is everywhere. So chant Hare Krsna mantra, purify your heart, which is full of dirty things: srnvatam sva-kathaḥ krsnaḥ punya-sravana-kirtanaḥ [SB 1.2.17].

Even if you do not understand anything, simply hear Hare Krsna and Krsna's katha, then you become pious. In this way, as you become more and more pious, you…, your path to understanding Krsna is cleared. And at the last moment, when you are completely pure from all contamination of sinful activities, you are engaged in Krsna's service:

One who is engaged in Krsna's service with firm faith and devotion, it means he has already freed himself from all kinds of reactions of sinful activities. This is the test. Without being freed from all contamination of sinful activities, nobody can clinch his faith on the lotus feet of Krsna. If one hesitates, that means he is still sinful. That's all. Na mam duskrtino mūḍhaḥ prapadyante naradhamaḥ [Bg 7.15]. Duskrtino. Duskrta means sinful-he cannot surrender to Krsna. These are the plain things. [break] [end]