# Lecture in Hindi — January 17, 1971, Allahabad <audio controls preload="metadata" src="https://media.prabhupada.io/audio/1971/710117LE-ALLAHABAD--Hindi.mp3"></audio> [*kīrtana] *[*prema-dhvani*] [break] [24:00] **Prabhupāda:** ...śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena > tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ > dadāti sva-padāntikam > he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho dīna-bandho jagat-pate > gopeśa gopikā-kānta rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te > tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgi > rādhe vṛndāvaneśvari > vṛṣabhānu-sute devi > praṇamāmi hari-priye > vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca > kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca > patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo > vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ > śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya > prabhu-nityānanda > śrī-advaita gadādhara > śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda > hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare > hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare Ladies and Gentlemen, You heard a lecture from this girl in English. I know that there is no need here for speaking English. But the way the preaching is spreading in foreign countries, these young boys and girls—British, American, Canadian, and French, German—are preaching our *Bhagavad-gītā*, and *kṛṣṇa-bhakti*. Caitanya Mahāprabhu said: > bhārata-bhūmite manuṣya-janma haila yāra > janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra > [Cc. Ādi9.41] Caitanya Mahāprabhu said for those who are born in India as human beings, not for animals, that those who are born as human beings should make their life perfect and do good to others. Indian land, the culture of India is not to rob one another, the culture of India is to give charity [to do good] to others. You just try to understand. Why? Caitanya Mahāprabhu says: "*janma sārthaka kari*". The kind of culture or knowledge and teaching required for making human life perfect is available only in India, and nowhere else. I have travelled all around the world. Our nature and culture—social, monarchical and spiritual, which have all been instructed by great ṛṣis, do not exist anywhere else in the world. We understand this very well. However, the matter of regret is that our Indian people are not concerned to preach and spread this culture. There are many people there [in abroad] eager to take it, they want the benefits of culture of simplicity that India offers. In those days there was a hope that someone should go to abroad and spread the real culture of India. But there was no attempt, neither from Government nor from our public. My Guru Mahārāja, Om Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakācārya Aṣṭottara-śata Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja had dedicated his life in spreading kṛṣṇa-bhakti, the jewel of India. And fortunately he also instructed me that "you go to foreign countries and preach the cult of Caitanya Mahāprabhu". In those days; this had happened a way back in 1922, not recently. I did not know that in order to fulfil the order of my Guru Mahārāja I have to go to abroad. But by his blessings, I went there. After many days, 50 years after, it took 50 years for his words [mantra] to be fruitful. I went to America in 1965, and I had only ?40 with me, which was of just 1 hour expense. [coughs] Somehow, by mercy of God, by mercy of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, after roaming around for a year, I opened a class in New York, at No. 26, Second Avenue. Gradually these young boys and girls, most of my disciples are in between 20 to 30 years old, you can see them, no one is above 25 or 26. I taught them. The point is that Indians should take this culture of India and preach there in foreign counties. Of course, I am also Indian, but I alone only taught them and sent them all around. I sent some to London, some to Australia, and money was given by these people only. The expenses are high there. In London when I was... I had sent this Mrs. Yamunādevī, who is dancing in front of you, and her husband, and others, total six household devotees of us in London. They struggled a lot for a year, and now we have a temple in London also. If you happen to be in London in future, we have a temple at 7, Bury Place near British museum in London. In the same way, in America. We have temples mostly in every city; in big cities. Los Angeles, specifically, has a very big temple. And there live at least 50, full-time 50 devotees. And everything is going on well. I have brought them here to show them the Indian youth culture [*sampradāya*]. Something that you people had left or have been leaving, see these foreigners—Americans, Europeans, young boys and girls, how they are [...]. So the words of Caitanya Mahāprabhu that: *janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra* [*Cc. Ādi* 9.41]. India has got the potency that everyone here can make one's life perfect. [coughs] Why? Just like *Bhagavad-gītā*. *Bhagavad-gītā* is the first book of the Monarchical realm. Just like we say [in hindi] "a", "aa", "e", "au", [in English] A, B, C, D, it is the first book from the time of Monarchy. Why is it the first book? What is the first lesson imparted in *Bhagavad-gītā*? It is that "you are not this body". *Dehātma-buddhi* [Bodily Consciousness]. What is going on in the world?—*dehātma-buddhi*. *Yasyātma-buddhi-kuṇape tri-dhātuke* [[sb/10/84/13|[SB. 10.84.13] ]] "I identify myself with a bag of these three elements, mucus, bile and air". Just to eradicate this illusion of misidentifying body with the self, Lord Kṛṣṇa informed Arjuna from the very beginning that "though you are speaking with me like a highly learned man, you are a fool number one". > aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṁ > prajñā-vādāṁś ca bhāṣase > gatāsūn agatāsūṁś ca > nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ > [[bg/2/11|[Bg. 2.11] ]] The only reason for this misidentifying the body with the self, "*dehātma-buddhi*", and thereby ensuing all kinds of quarrel in the world, be it between man against man, nation against nation, religion against religion, is that the conditioned soul, who has accepted the material body, is under illusion that "I am this body". As long as this illusion continues there can not be happiness for human beings, in human society. It is said in *Bhagavad-gītā* [18.54]: *brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā*. Until one attains the knowledge of *Brahman*, that "I am not this body", *ahaṁ brahmāsmi*, "I am a spirit soul", one can not have happiness. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, *kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-bhāvitā matiḥ* [[cc/madhya/8/70|[Cc. Madhya 8.70] ]]. Its Sanskrit or Hindi translation runs as "*kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-bhāvitā matiḥ*." This is not something that we have translated. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhu, a chief disciple of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, has translated it, not translated, he said it first. While these words "Kṛṣṇa Consciouness", which I coined, exactly translate to *kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-bhāvitā matiḥ* [intelligence or status of mind, that I'll serve Kṛṣṇa]. Rūpa Gosvāmī says: > kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-bhāvitā matiḥ > krīyatāṁ yadi kuto 'pi labhyate > [[cc/madhya/8/70|[Cc. Madhya 8.70] ]] "One should surely buy the nectar of kṛṣṇa-bhakti wherever one finds it and wherever one can purchase it." > kṛṣṇa-bhakti-rasa-bhāvitā matiḥ > krīyatāṁ yadi kuto 'pi labhyate > tatra .. One has to pay a price for anything one buys. So it is said: *tatra laulyam ekalaṁ mūlyam*. The only price one has to pay for buying this nectar of *kṛṣṇa-bhakti* is to become "greedy" to have love of Kṛṣṇa. Just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught: > yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa > cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam > śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvaṁ > govinda-viraheṇa me > [[cc/antya/20/39|[Cc. Antya 20.39] ]] This bhāva [mood] that "I feel entire world vacant in separation from Govinda" makes the human life perfect. *Premā pumartho mahān* [*Caitanya-mañjuṣā*]. There is no perfection in *dharma-artha-kāma-mokṣa*; actual perfection is in *bhagavat-prema* [love of God]. To achieve this love of God is not a cheap thing. There is love of God, we have love in the hearts of every one of us, but the love is for all material objects. Therefore we consider life unsuccessful; all the times one is to be considered full of anxiety. Only [anxiety]. So it is said in *Bhāgavatam* [7.5.5]: *samudvigna, sadā samudvigna.* Everybody, including animals, birds, human beings, is always in anxiety, what will happen next? What will happen next? This is... material world, anyone who has accepted a material body is always in anxiety. So if human society really wants to be happy then kindly adopt this Kṛṣṇa consciousness by any means, and there is a simple way to adopt it in Kali-yuga. > kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya > mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet > [[cc/madhya/20/344|[Cc. Madhya 20.344] ]] This is the special facility of Kali-yuga. Firstly, Śukadeva Gosvāmī spoke to Parīkṣit Mahārāja that Kali-yuga is full of faults. It is described in the *Bhāgavatam*. For those of you who have heard *Bhāgavatam*, Kali-yuga is full of faults; an ocean of faults. Thereafter, Śukadeva Gosvāmī said to Parīkṣit Mahārāja that there is a precious thing even in this ocean of faults. What is that? It is for Kali-yuga, not for any other yugas. He said: > kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann > asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ > [[cc/madhya/20/344|[Cc. Madhya 20.344] ]] There is one good quality. That is why many devotees give importance to Kali-yuga. Why? Because there is a good quality in Kali-yuga. What is that quality? *Kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya*, just by doing *kṛṣṇa-kīrtana*; *mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet*, one becomes liberated and goes back to Godhead. It is simple. To the extent Kali-yuga is fallen and sinful, God made it equally very easy and simple: *kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya*. I am very happy to see your *kīrtana* party. But still, just like you take a medicine, there should also be a dietary system. The medicine and the diet. The medicine and the diet. The medicine is the holy name, *bhavauṣadhāc chrotra-mano-'bhirāmāt* [[sb/10/1/4|[SB. 10.1.4] ]]. This is the right medicine for the material disease. Like this girl said that it is like an ocean. A person fallen in an ocean is full of distress. He may be an expert swimmer but there is no happiness in that; he simply struggles for existence. The situation is same here [in material world]. To cross over this ocean, *kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann*, there is one good quality, what is that? > kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya > mukta-saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet > [Cc. Madhya20.344 The name of Lord Kṛṣṇa: > hare kṛṣṇa, hare kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa, hare hare > hare rāma, hare rāma, rāma rāma, hare hare Caitanya Mahāprabhu also said this. He also says: *paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṇkīrtanam, ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhāva-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ* [*Śikṣāṣṭaka*, 1]. The point is that the kīrtana that you are doing is the medicine, and with this you should have a dietary system. Then it will quickly work out. A doctor is present here, and doctor knows, he not only gives medicine but also advices "don't do this", "don't eat this", "eat this", and "live like this". This is the rule. If someone is ill, suffering from a disease, and he took only medicine and did not follow the dietary advice, then medicine will not cure him. There has to be a proper diet. What does it mean to have a proper diet? What is the real issue? What is the cause of our entanglement here in this material world? The cause is the sinful activity. Everyone is sinful; some little, some more. Everyone, who is here [in material world] beginning from Brahmājī down to an ant, is enjoying the reactions of his fruitive activities. *Karma-phala*, fruitive activity, is impious [*pāpa*] and pious [*puṇya*]. The results of pious activities are also miserable. This is hard to understand. Therefore one should go beyond the pious and impious activities. Beyond the pious and impious [fruitive] activities. One should progress beyond *karma-kāṇḍa* and *jñāna-kāṇḍa*. Therefore *bhakti* is free from the concepts of *karma-kāṇḍa* and *jñāna-kāṇḍa; ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-śīlanaṁ*: > anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ > jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam > ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu- > śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā > [[cc/madhya/19/167|[Cc. Madhya 19.167] ]] If you want *bhagavat-bhakti,* then *anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ.* The *anyābhilāṣitā* means "I do *kīrtana* because I want to get material profit out of it". Such mentality has to be rejected. And *jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam*, it should be free from "*jñāna*" and "*karma*". The point is that this material life, sinful life..., there are four pillars of sinful life. What are they? It is mentioned in scriptures: "*striyaḥ sūnā pāna dyūta yatrā pāpaś catur-vidhaḥ*" [[sb/1/17/38|[SB. 1.17.38] ]]. There are four kinds of sinful activities. What are they?—Illicit sex. Illicit man and illicit woman. Leaving aside one's married life, a woman must not have sex with a man, and man must not have sex with woman. This is a great sin. Avoid this. *Striya-sūnā*, next is *jīva-hiṁsā*. Unnecessarily killing—eating meat, fish etc. Such people are the burden on the earth. This is the injunction of scriptures, that "with increase of drunkards and meat eaters the earth becomes more and more burdened." This is mentioned in the scriptures. So this should also be prohibited. No illicit sex, and no eating of meat, fish [meat eating], and no gambling, and no intoxication, which includes pan, cigarette, tea. So if you want to progress by doing *kīrtana* then you should leave all these things as far as possible. These American and European boys and girls were first informed of these [prohibitive] rules. And those who were always eating meat, taking intoxicants, drinking tea and coffee, have left everything. [they] have completely left everything. Therefore these people are *brāhmaṇas*. The symptoms of a *brāhmaṇa* are: *satya śamaḥ damaḥ śuci*—truthful, control of the senses, gravity of mind, and cleanliness. These are there in *Bhagavad-gītā* and you know that. So the holy name has its effects. It will certainly purify you, and there is no doubt about this. But, if you with willingness, [do] little more... Just like a wood, it is hard for it to burn if it is wet. It burns only partly, and emits smokes; it burns slowly, and will take time. Contrarily, if the wood is dry, it burns quickly. The same thing is mentioned in *Bhagavad-gītā*: *yeṣāṁ anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ*, persons whose sinful actions are completely eradicated: > yeṣāṁ anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ > janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām > [[bg/7/28|[Bg. 7.28] ]] Therefore pious activities should be performed. Only by acting piously does the sinful action diminish and stop. You can do only one thing at a time. While doing one work, you cannot do any other work. Therefore it is said in *Bhagavad-gītā* that: > yeṣāṁ anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ > janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām > te dvandva-moha-nirmuktā > bhajante māṁ dṛḍha-vratāḥ > [[bg/7/28|[Bg. 7.28] ]] Only those whose sinful actions are completely eradicated can do *bhagavad-bhajana* with determination. Therefore kindly try for this. These four types of sinful activities—*striya-sūnā-pāna-dyūta yatra pāpāś catur-vidhā* [[sb/1/17/38|[SB. 1.17.38] ]]—have to be given up. This is the subject of our preaching, and we preach this wherever we go. So you have your *kīrtana* party, you continue the *kīrtana*, and along with that you preach how to stop these sinful activities so that it works quickly and you can attain God in this life only. No expectations for the next life, because "to attain God" is not an ordinary thing. > bahūnāṁ janmanām ante > jñānavān māṁ prapadyate > [[bg/7/19|[Bg. 7.19] ]] Many births, after doing austerity for many births, and practicing for many births.., otherwise why wait for many births if we can attain God in the very same life? Why should we not do? Who knows whether we get human life again in future? We may not get human life, because: > karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa > jantur dehopapattaye > [[sb/3/31/1|[SB. 3.31.1] ]] According to our karma we get a body under the supervision of the Supreme Lord, by the permission of the Supreme Lord. However, one who understands the Supreme Personality of Godhead will not have to accept this material body but receives a spiritual body and goes back home back to Godhead. Therefore our kind request is, the purpose of the preaching mission of International Society For Kṛṣṇa Consciousness is "everyone should be saved from sinful activities, and the diet and medicine, everyone should be requested to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra." So you also follow this, and you will quickly get the results, and by mercy of the Supreme Lord you attain the Lord in the very same life. Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa. **Audience:** [clap] Hare Kṛṣṇa. **Devotee:** Hare Kṛṣṇa. [indistinct] [End]