# Pañca-tattva Installation — May 7, 1972, Honolulu **720507DI-HONOLULU* [40:08 Minutes]* C-116 [Audio](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mz3xF2q_RMYPcFdr3lAIg9mKICBD_Rtw) **Prabhupāda:** [chants word-for-word and devotees repeat] > ...dhyeyaṁ sadā pari-bhava-ghnam abhīṣṭa dohaṁ > tīrthāspadaṁ.., tīrthāspadaṁ śiva-viriñci-nutaṁ śaraṇyam > vande mahā puruṣa te caraṇāra vindam > [[sb/11/5/33|[SB. 11.5.33] ]] > dhyeyaṁ sadā pari bhava-ghnam abhīṣṭa dohaṁ > bhṛtyārti-haṁ praṇata-pāla abhīṣṭa dohaṁ > [[sb/11/5/33|[SB. 11.5.33] ]] > [pause] > dhyeyaṁ sadā paribhava-ghnam abhīṣṭa dohaṁ > bhṛtyārti-haṁ praṇata-pāla bhavābdhi potaṁ > vande mahā puruṣa te caraṇāra vindam > [[sb/11/5/33|[SB. 11.5.33] ]] > tyaktvā su-dustyaja surepsita rājya lakṣmīṁ > dharmiṣṭha ārya-vacasā yad-agāda raṇyam > vande mahā puruṣa-te caraṇāra vindam > [[sb/11/5/34|[SB. 11.5.34] ]] > ājānu lambita bahu kanakāva dātau > saṅkīr tanaika pitarau kamalāya tākṣau > [CB Ādi-khaṇḍa1.1] [I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, whose arms extend down to Their knees, who have golden yellow complexions, and who inaugurated the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord. Their eyes resemble the petals of a lotus flower; They are the maintainers of the living entities, the best of the brāhmaṇas, the protectors of religious principles for this age, the benefactors of the universe, and the most merciful of all incarnations.] > vande mahā puruṣa-te caraṇāra vindam > ājānu lambita bahu kanaka avadātau > saṅkīr tanaika pitarau kamalāya tākṣau > [CB Ādi-khaṇḍa1.1] > bhṛtyārti-haṁ praṇata-pāla bhavābdhi potaṁ > vande mahā puruṣa-te caraṇāra vindam > vande mahā puruṣa-te caraṇāra vindam > [[sb/11/5/33|[SB. 11.5.33] ]] > anarpita carīṁ cirāt karuṇa avatara > anarpita carīṁ cirāt karuṇayā karuṇava taru > samarpayitum unnato ujjvala rasāṁ sva-bhakti śriyam > [CC Ādi1.4] > vande mahā puruṣa-te caraṇāra vindam > vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yoga- > śikṣārtham ekaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ > śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-śarīra-dhārī > kṛpāmbudhir yas tam ahaṁ prapadye > [[cc/madhya/6/254|[Cc. Madhya 6.254] ]] > śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya > prabhu-nityānanda > śrī-advaita gadādhara > śrī-vāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda > hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa > kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare > hare rāma hare rāma > rāma rāma hare hare > So, vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yogam- > śikṣārtham ekaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ. > vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yoga- > śikṣārtham ekaḥ puruṣaḥ > purāṇaḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-śarīra-dhārī > kṛpāmbudhir yas tam ahaṁ prapadye > [[cc/madhya/6/254|[Cc. Madhya 6.254] ]] [07:27] Many devotees of Lord Caitanya have composed different verses, authorized verses. Some of them attempted on this occasion of installing the deities of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The most important verse is one... Not one; he composed one hundred verses, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya. He was a staunch logician, Māyāvādī philosopher. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu defeated him, and he become later on disciple of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and adoration, glorification of Lord Caitanya, he composed one hundred verses. He was a very learned scholar, Sanskrit scholar. So Cait... This was handed over to Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and when He saw that all the verses were in glorification of His activities, He torn it and thrown it away. So out of that hundred verses, only two verses could be recomposed again by picking up the torn paper. [audience laughs] Don't laugh. So these two verses were *vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yoga.* These are very important. This *bhakti-yoga* is *vairāgya-vidyā,* educating people to become unattached to material enjoyment. Just like when we are coming here, hundreds and thousands of people, they are enjoying the beach. People are so much attached to this material enjoyment they have come here from thousands and thousands of miles away just to take the beach and enjoy the material happiness. But people are so attached—not only human beings; even others than human beings—bees, birds, everyone—the central attachment is sex. In any society that is the bondage of material conditioning. These living entities are compared by this sex attachment, *priya-kunśa*. Man is hankering after woman; woman is hankering after man. This is the secret of binding the living entities in this material world. *Puṁsaḥ striyā mithunī-bhāvam etat*. This whole material situation means attachment of two sexes. This is, of course, there in the spiritual world, just like Kṛṣṇa and Rādhārāṇī. But that is a different thing. That is spiritual completely. There is no material, what is it called, abominable, inebriety. Here sex enjoyment means behind that, after that sex enjoyment, there are so many botherations. So many botherations. Therefore they want to avoid the botherations by chemical method, by contraceptive method. They don't want the botheration, but they want the pleasure. But there is a place where there is no botheration, but there is pleasure. So *vairāgya-vidyā* means to teach people how to become unattached to this material world. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's... *vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yoga- > śikṣārtham ekaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ > śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-śarīra-dhārī kṛpāmbudhir yas tam ahaṁ prapadye * [[cc/madhya/6/254|[Cc. Madhya 6.254] ]] Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu took *sannyāsa* when He was only twenty-four years old. He had very beautiful young wife at home, very affectionate mother, old mother, and there were nobody else to take care of them. They belonged to a very highly respected *brāhmaṇa* family. The *brāhmaṇa* family, they do not accumulate money and bank balance. And the lady, they can plea, "If something comes tomorrow, then we shall eat." That is brahminical culture, not that I keep something for tomorrow; even after eating, it is not finished, then I keep it in the refrigerator. No. Everything should be finished today, and tomorrow we shall see. Tomorrow we shall depend on Kṛṣṇa. That is *brāhmaṇa* culture. So in this condition He left home, Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Why? *Anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau* [*Cc Ādi* 1.4]. There were many incarnations of Kṛṣṇa, hundreds and thousands, but this incarnation gave us something unique. *Anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayā:* taking compassion with the fallen souls of this age. > anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau > samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam > [Cc Ādi1.4, Vidagdha-mādhava 1.2] Here in this material world they are so much attached to sex life. So it is Caitanya Mahāprabhu who first of all opened this secret of attachment within Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa love affair, it was Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu opened. It was there in the *Bhāgavatam*, but other *ācāryas*, like Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, they propogated Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa, very courteous service to Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa. Nobody spoke about love between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. This is the *unnatojjvala,* very highly elevated spiritual affairs. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu disclosed this. The idea is, if one is..., becomes attracted with the loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, then he will forget the so-called sex enjoyment in this material world. *yadavadhi mama cettaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravinde nava-nava-rāsa-dhāmany udyataṁ rantum āsīt tadavadhi bata nārī-saṅgame smaryamāne * [Yāmunācārya] You will find that Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa *līlā* the *gopīs,* they are simply helping Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa to combine, *jaya rādhā-mādhava kuñja-bihārī* [*Gītāvalī*]. The *kuñjas* in Vṛndāvana, there are nine bushes, so the *gopīs* are helping to attract meeting of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in those *kuñjas.* They are personally not interested to meet with Kṛṣṇa directly; they want to see Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa meet, and they enjoy. So this is of course very difficult at the present moment to understand Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa *līlā*. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu's contribution is that other *ācāryas*, the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Gaudiya Vaiṣṇavas. The Rāmānuja-sampradāya there is also got Lord Nārāyaṇa and Lakṣmī, Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa. They worship Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa. Madhva-sampradāya, they worship Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Nimbārka-sampradāya, they also worship Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. We Gaudiya-sampradāya, we also worship Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. That is the topmost spiritual realization. So I instructed the Govinda dasi and Gaurasundara to make this Hawaii island as New Navadvīpa. Navadvīpa means nine islands, and here are five islands. Similarly, in Bengal, Bengal is very..., there are many rivers. So mixing of the rivers, cutting of the rivers, makes islands. So there were nine. There were nine islands formerly, and all those islands were called Navadvīpa, nine islands, and there are very learned scholars, especially resided by *brāhmaṇas*. Caitanya Mahāprabhu also appeared in one of the islands, which is called Antardvīpa, or Śrīdāmā Māyāpur. We are erecting our center there on a very big scale. We shall be able to go there and read and learn Vaiṣṇava philosophy. Arrangement is being made there. So that is Navadvīpa. Now here you make New Navadvīpa. Just like there is York in England, there is New York in America. New England. There are so many new—New London. So you make this New Navadvīpa, and the predominating deities of Navadvīpa is, > śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya > prabhu-nityānanda > śrī-advaita gadādhara > śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda Five *tattvas*: Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Śrī Nityānanda is immediate expansion; Śrī Gadādhara is incarnation; and Śrī Advaita is incarnation; and Gadādhara is internal energy; and Śrīvāsa is marginal energy. There is no external energy. External energy is in this material world. In the spiritual world there is no external energy; there is marginal energy and the internal energy, and the Lord. So the Lord is the predominating Deity there. Everyone is engaged in the service of the Lord. The energies, the expansions, *eko bahu syāma:* He has expanded Himself, the Lord, in many multiforms. Some of them are called *viṣṇu-tattva. Viṣṇu-tattva* is equal to the position Lord. Nityānanda prabhu is *viṣṇu-tattva,* and similarly Advaita prabhu is *viṣṇu-tattva,* and some, according to some opinions, he is between *jīva* and *viṣṇu-tattva.* Anyway... And Śrīvāsa is *jīva*-*tattva,* and *śakti*-*tattva*. So *pañca-tattva,* they are called *pañca-tattva,* the five eminent. > śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya > prabhu-nityānanda > śrī-advaita gadādhara > śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda So this *pañca-tattva* will become established here, so you take shelter of this *pañca-tattva,* you worship them—*kīrtana*. The method is very simple: *saṅkīrtanaika-pitarau* [*Maṅgalācaraṇa*]. He is the father of the *saṅkīrtana* movement, *pitī. Pitrī* means father, and like in also the *paternal*, in Sanskrit *pitrī* now practically is the same word, so *pitarau*. These five *tattvas*: *viṣṇu-tattva,* *prakāśa-tattva, avatāra-tattva, śakti-tattva. Panca-tattva.* So by worshiping *Panca-tattva,* how the method? The method is very simple. It has become easiest for the fallen souls of this world: simply come and join in this *saṅkīrtana*. > yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair > yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ > kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ > sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam > yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair > yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ > [[sb/11/5/32|[SB. 11.5.32] ]] There are different incarnations in different ages. In this age this is the incarnation. What is that? *Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ*. The Lord appears, Kṛṣṇa Himself appears in a form where His bodily complexion is no more blackish. *Akṛṣṇa, akṛṣṇa.* Kṛṣṇa, Lord Kṛṣṇa, is black, but this *avatāra* incarnation is *akṛṣṇa. Akṛṣṇa* means non-black. So non-black, it maybe other color also—red, white, blue, so many other colors, non-black. So that is also mentioned in the *śāstra*. The Lord appears in four colors: *śukla-raktas tathā pītam idānīṁ kṛṣṇataṁ gataḥ.* When Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared His horoscope was made, and Gargamuni said... Formerly..., still now in India there are many astrologers, they can speak of your past life. There is a system of astrology which is called *Bhṛgu-saṁhitā*. That *Bhṛgu-saṁhitā* will speak of your past life, your present life and your next life. [someone laughs] [aside: Why you are laughing? These are all serious talks, and you are laughing. There is nothing for laughing and joking. Don't laugh.] So this Gargamuni said to Nanda Mahārāja that "Your son, He formerly accepted whitish color, *śukla;* reddish color, *rakta;* *śukla-raktas tathā pītam,* and yellowish color; and now He has accepted blackish color." So this was spoken because Kṛṣṇa is coming the rotation of four ages: Satya-yuga, Tretā-yuga, Dvāpara-yuga, Kali-yuga is going on. So in different ages He comes in different colors. So this *pīta*, yellowish color, is for Lord Caitanya. Therefore *akṛṣṇa,* in the Kali-yuga the incarnation of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Although He is Kṛṣṇa, but *tviṣā* *akṛṣṇa. Tviṣā* means by bodily complexion, *tviṣā*. *Tvaci, tvaci* means skin, the skin complexion is non-black, *kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ.* And another meaning may be *kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ ete[?].* One way you can take, *kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ* means caste, or category. So if He comes to the category of *viṣṇu-tattva,* or Kṛṣṇa, but His color, complexion, is not Kṛṣṇa, not black. This is description. Or He's Kṛṣṇa, but He Himself is always chanting Kṛṣṇa, *kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ ete*: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. This is Kṛṣṇa Himself; He is teaching us actually that is the position. Kṛṣṇa Himself has come to teach how to love Kṛṣṇa. Because Kṛṣṇa in the *Bhagavad-gītā* says that you give up all nonsense, so-called *dharma,* religion. > sarva-dharmān parityajya > mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ > [[bg/18/66|[Bg. 18.66] ]] "You just take shelter of Me." But foolish people misrepresent. The so-called Māyāvādī philosopher presented this version of Lord Kṛṣṇa, that "You give up everything; simply surrender unto Me." They mis-present: "Why? There are other demigods. Why Kṛṣṇa should be accepted alone?" Still that propaganda is going on. Perhaps you know or may not know. I was in Japan, in... What is that city? **Devotees:** Kobe **Prabhupāda:** Kobe. There was a..., one *sannyāsi,* after my speech he recommended the five kinds of demigods[?]. This is going on. So that danger is always there, counterpropaganda. But actual philosophy is this: the religion means surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Anything else which does not surrender to Kṛṣṇa, that is not religion. That is rejected in the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo* [[sb/1/1/2|[SB. 1.1.2] ]]: all cheating religion is rejected. That is a fact. Religion means to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared to teach this religion, how to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. *Vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yoga.* *Nija-bhakti-yoga.* He is teaching surrendering to Kṛṣṇa, just like we are teaching. We are... What we are teaching? Surrender to Kṛṣṇa. This is our mission; we have no other mission. Kṛṣṇa says, "You surrender unto to Me," and we say, "You surrender unto to Kṛṣṇa." That is religion. Because we have to say we are servant of Kṛṣṇa; therefore we have to teach everyone to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Not that "I am God; you surrender to me." But one who teaches this philosophy—surrender to Kṛṣṇa—he is also as good as Kṛṣṇa, because he is Kṛṣṇa's representative. He is speaking the same thing, without any alteration, without any change. Therefore he is perfect representative of Kṛṣṇa, and perfect representative of Kṛṣṇa should be honored as good as Kṛṣṇa: *sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair > uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ > kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam * [Śrī Gurv-aṣṭaka 7] These are the description of the devotee. *Guru* is respected as good as Kṛṣṇa because he is most confidential servant of Kṛṣṇa. Why? Because he is teaching everyone to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. Others, they are not teaching; they are so-called *gurus.* They are not teaching; they are bluffing, cheating people: "I am God. You press your nose, you become God. You..." So many nonsense things are there. Just see. But the pure *guru* is he who is teaching simply, "You surrender to Kṛṣṇa." That is it. That is the pure religion. So our system is very simple, and at the same time very hard also. It is very hard for the unfortunate, but for the fortunate it is very easy. There is no difficulty to accept this philosophy. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu came [indistinct]. He is Kṛṣṇa Himself, but He is teaching how to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. *yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvaṁ govinda-viraheṇa me * [Śikṣāṣṭaka 7] Caitanya Mahāprabhu is teaching, *yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa,* "I am thinking every moment as a *yuga*." A *yuga* calculated in twelve[?] years. Or [indistinct] Kali-yuga these four *yugas* of hundred thousands of years. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu is feeling separation, [break]... *yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa,* [break] " I am thinking just like a *yuga*, so long." *Yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam: "*From the eyes, torrents of rain is pouring." *Śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvaṁ: "*I see the whole world is void." Why? *Govinda-viraheṇa me: "*I cannot see Govinda." This is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's teaching. *Viraheṇa*, always feeling separation of Kṛṣṇa, this is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's teaching. Not that "I have got now Kṛṣṇa." No. Caitanya Mahāprabhu never said. His direct disciples, the Gosvāmīs, they simply begged separation: "Where is Kṛṣṇa?" You know that verse. Six Goswami's. > he rādhe vraja-devike ca lalite he nanda-sūno kutaḥ > śrī-govardhana-kalpa-pādapa-tale kālindī-vane kutaḥ > ghoṣantāv iti sarvato vraja-pure khedair mahā-vihvalau > vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī jīva-gopālakau Not only Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but His disciples. This is our process. Feeling seperation from Kṛṣṇa, and to become mad after Kṛṣṇa. This is perfection. Always feeling separation for Kṛṣṇa. Just like if you love somebody, it is very common thing when a child dies, mother becomes mad, cries like madman, madwoman, that person dies. But one who has once cried in separation for Kṛṣṇa, that crying is not stopped; that will continue. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught that way. That is that if you want to cry for Kṛṣṇa, then no more crying for this material world. Finished. If you can once learn how to cry for Kṛṣṇa, then you will no more cry for this material world. That is *Vedānta.* Try to feel separation for Kṛṣṇa, separation from this nonsense material world. Everyone is suffering or hankering, Either hankering... One who hasn't got, he is hankering, and one who has but lost it, he is lamenting. This is the activity. But Kṛṣṇa consciousness means once you hanker after Kṛṣṇa, there will be no more lamentation. Here the lamentation is, "I could not find Kṛṣṇa," not that "I have lost Him." First of all get Kṛṣṇa; then there is question of loss. But once you get, there is no more loss. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Once you get Kṛṣṇa, there is no more loss; you get it forever, and you enjoy with Kṛṣṇa [indistinct]. This is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's philosophy. So [break] Somehow or other you have come in contact with this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, and by the grace of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu we are establishing today, the auspicious day, Caitanya Mahāprabhu. > śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya > prabhu-nityānanda > śrī-advaita gadādhara > śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda So you learn this philosophy. Every day discuss *Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Teachings of Lord Caitanya*, specifically in this temple. Try to understand the philosophy and preach this philosophy to others who are suffering. Everyone is suffering. In this material world we suffer, but due to the illusion of *māyā* they are thinking that they are enjoying. That is nonsense. They are not enjoying. Nobody can enjoy in this material world. That is not possible. They are simply suffering. But illusion, due to lack of knowledge, they are accepting. Just like in the sea, it is a kind of suffering. We have to struggle with the waves, and do so much laboring, but they think they are enjoying. Actually it is laboring, but they are thinking their [indistinct]. This is called *māyā*. This is called *māyā*. Just see, at least if somebody says, "Swamījī, you take so much money. Let us enjoy ourselves here struggling with the waves," I'm not prepared to take so much labor for taking part. And maybe I am old man, I am afraid, but I'm not prepared, even if I were young. So this is going on. The *karmīs,* they are working day and night*, śīta ātapa bāta bariṣaṇa e dina jāminī jāgi re* [*Bhajahū Re Mana*]. They do not care severe cold. They do not care scorching heat, eh? They do not care torrents of rain. Still they will go to office, to factory, fifty miles, sixty miles, hundred miles. I have seen in New York, they are coming from Pittsburgh, every other city. In Bombay, fifty miles, one hundred miles, three hours, [indistinct], they are coming to the office. There is no question of "Today it is not very nice day." But still they have to come. So *śīta ātapa bāta bariṣaṇa,* at night, night duty, day duty. *E dina jāminī jāgi re, biphale sevinu kṛpaṇa durajana, capala sukha-laba* [*Bhajahū Re Mana*]. There is the *karmis* are working for some affection, for family affection or dog's affection—one who hasn't got family, he has got a dog. So there is some affection. So *śīta,* and they are working so hard, but *capala sukha-laba lāgi re.* That happiness is very flickering. So instead of working foolishly for sense gratification, if we work one hundred times, one-hundredth portion of that labor for Kṛṣṇa, our life will be successful. That is the teachings of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. We are working so hard for sense gratification, we are never satisfied. But if one-hundredth part of this labor, if we devote for understanding Kṛṣṇa consciousness, our life will be successful. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's teachings. Try to understand and spread it and hear it. Thank you very much. **Devotees:** *Jaya* Śrīla Prabhupāda! [end]