# January 11 ## Spoken on January 11 *Lectures from this day: 9 recordings* --- **[1967: Bhagavad-gītā 10.8](spoken/1967/670111bg.ny)** > People are accepting *Bhagavad-gītā* as something Indian or Hindu, but actually it is not. It is universal. Kṛṣṇa says that there are so many forms of living entities. There are 8,400,000's of different types of bodies. "And all of them are My sons." So if you love Kṛṣṇa, then you love white man, you love American, you love European, you love Indian, you love cow, you love dog, you love serpent—everything. > > *...iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ* : "I am the origin of everything." Everything means universe also. Whatever you can imagine, that comes within the category of "everything." So if Kṛṣṇa is the source of everything, then if you love Kṛṣṇa, then you love universe. Actually that is so. If you love your father, then you love your brother. --- **[1967: Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 22.21–28](spoken/1967/670111cc.ny)** > So Kṛṣṇa says in the *Bhagavad-gītā* that *nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ* : "I do not reveal Myself to everyone, one and all. No. I cover Myself." So these impersonalist, due to their, I mean to say, less intelligence, or misfortune, they cannot see Kṛṣṇa. So therefore, for them this remark is here, that *śreyaḥ-sṛtim,* that "Actually what is auspicious, devotional service, if somebody gives that path away and takes to simply dry speculation, simply to understand..." Because *jñāna* means to understand what is the difference between matter and spirit. So they, of course, indulge in that process of knowledge. > Now, so far in confirmation of this statement that knowledge, cultivation of knowledge, is not sufficient to give one liberation—one must take to devotional service. Devotional service plus knowledge is just like gold with flavor. Yes. So, of course, those who are engaged in devotional service, their knowledge automatically comes. They are not fools. Those who are actually, seriously in devotional service, in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they will not lack in knowledge, because you'll find in the *Bhagavad-gītā* that the Lord says that, --- **[1969: Bhagavad-gītā 4.31](spoken/1969/690111bg.la)** > Just like mother. One child is ill, mother does not give food, and other child is given sufficiently. The one child may say, who is diseased, "Mother, you are not giving me cakes. Why you are giving to my brother?" That is mother's consideration. You should not bother. That is mother's decision, that "This boy, this child, is diseased. If I give him food he'll die, see." Similarly, don't bother yourself the poor man is suffering or the rich man is enjoying. You simply take caution how to increase your Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is real welfare work. > God is taking care, who is supplying food to the animals, beasts, birds. So He'll take care. And there is law. No beast, no bird is dying out of starvation. Simply we are mismanaging things, we are disobeying the laws of nature; therefore we are in trouble, so-called civilized human society. You see? So there is no question of population. This is a false theory, increase of population. No increase of population. Even there is increase of population, if we are actually God conscious, Kṛṣṇa conscious, there is no question of increase of population. Yes. --- **[1969: Purport to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Prabhu](spoken/1969/690111pu.la)** > The reason is that actually, Advaita Prabhu invited Lord Caitanya to come down. When Advaita Prabhu saw the fallen souls, they are all engaged simply in sense gratificatory processes without understanding Kṛṣṇa consciousness, He felt very much compassionate upon the fallen souls, and He also felt Himself as incapable of claiming all these fallen souls. He therefore prayed to Lord Kṛṣṇa that "You come Yourself. Without Your personal presence, it is not possible to deliver these fallen souls." So by His invitation Lord Caitanya appeared. "Naturally...," Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura prays Advaita Prabhu that "if You be kind upon me, naturally Lord Caitanya and Nityānanda also will be kind upon me." > Actually, Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura was in the disciplic succession after Śrīnivāsa Ācārya. Or almost he was contemporary. And his personal friend was Rāmacandra, Rāmacandra Cakravartī. So he is praying that "I always desire the company of Rāmacandra"—devotee's company. The whole process is that we should always be praying mercy of the superior *ācāryas,* and we should keep company with pure devotee. Then it will be easier for us to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, to receive the mercy of Lord Caitanya and Lord Kṛṣṇa. --- **[1973: The Nectar of Devotion](spoken/1973/730111nd.bom)** > Therefore Kṛṣṇa comes again and again as Himself, as a devotee, or he sends His servitors, His Vaiṣṇava, to preach this cult, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that "Educate people to serve Kṛṣṇa, to serve Me." Kṛṣṇa says, *sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja.* We are also preaching this cult, that "You serve Kṛṣṇa." Kṛṣṇa says, *man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru*. > Nārthāya upakalpate*. Na artha... Dharma* does not mean... People take to religious life for economic development. That... They think that by... That is also fact. So... But *Bhāgavata* says that the religious life does not mean economic development. Economic development does not mean to satisfy your senses. Then what shall I do? My... I've got my senses. There is demand of satisfaction for the senses. What shall I do? Therefore *Bhāgavata* says, *kāmasya nendriya-prītir jīveta yāvatā*. --- **[1974: Morning Walk](spoken/1974/740111mw.la)** > "You rascal, you give up all these *karmīs, yogīs*, *jñānī, siddhi...* Kick out." *Mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja.* This is the instruction. "Only unto Me. Then you'll be satisfied." Then the *karmīs* may say, "Oh..." Because he has got idea, without working... Just like all these fools and rascals, they are surprised, "How these people do not work, and how are happy?" They cannot imagine that without working hard, one can eat, one can sleep. But when they see that our devotees, they do not work, they are nobody's servant, "How it is possible?" They cannot think. They cannot think. But it is possible. Therefore the... When Kṛṣṇa says that *mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja,* that, the *karmīs, jñānīs,* they are thinking, "Then how I will live? If I do not..., simply I become a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, how shall I live?" So therefore Kṛṣṇa assures, *ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi* : "I shall give you protection." This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. "You first of all surrender unto Me, then whatever you want, there will be supply." > When you become completely desireless for anything material, then *bhakti* begins. That is desirelessness. Desirelessness means when becomes free to desire anything except Kṛṣṇa. That is desirelessness. Desirelessness means not to desire anything material. That is desirelessness. Their *Māyāvādī* philosophy, that "Everything is *māyā,* and therefore Kṛṣṇa is *māyā,*" that is called *Māyāvādī.* They do not know the distinction between *māyā* and reality. Everything *māyā.* Therefore they are called *Māyāvādīs.* --- **[1974: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.16](spoken/1974/740111sb.la)** > Therefore all the sages were surprised that "What pious activities this Mother Yaśodā did that Kṛṣṇa is completely under her control? Completely." The supreme controller, *īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ* [Bs. 5.1].* Kṛṣṇa is the supreme controller. There is no controller of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord, *govindam ādi-puruṣam,* He is the original person. So who can be His father and mother? He is the father of everyone, the supreme father. *Sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya sambhavanti mūrtayo yāḥ*. Kṛṣṇa says, "In all species of life, as many forms are there, I am the seed-giving father of all of them." So nobody can be Kṛṣṇa's father. Nobody can be controller of Kṛṣṇa. Nobody can be master of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme. *Mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat* : > So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, there are so many things to learn. And when practically one learns everything—not everything; as far as possible, perfection—then his position is *janma karma me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ*. Anyone who learns about Kṛṣṇa, His *janma...* He has no father, but He is accepting a father. Therefore *janma. Janma* means birth. When there is birth, there must be father and mother. So when Kṛṣṇa takes His birth, appears as a son, so there must be father and mother. But who can be His father and mother? His devotee. Because His business is with the devotees, with no other else. When He wants father and mother, the devotee must be father... Even when He wants some enemy, the devotee will become His enemy, what to speak of father and mother. Therefore He is all-attractive. He is as much attractive to His father and mother, similarly, He is attractive to the small calf. You have seen the picture, Kṛṣṇa is embracing. Kṛṣṇa is not simply embracing Rādhārāṇī or the *gopīs;* He is embracing the insignificant animal, calf. Therefore He is all-attractive. And when the calf goes to Kṛṣṇa... This is described in the *Kṛṣṇa* book, how all the cows and calves were so much, I mean to say, attached to Kṛṣṇa. That is Vṛndāvana. Everyone is attached to Kṛṣṇa. It doesn't matter whether he is human being or plant or trees or water or animal or the land or the flowers or the fruits. Whatever there is, they are all attracted to Kṛṣṇa. --- **[1975: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.34](spoken/1975/750111sb.bom)** > So mind is the basic principle of another form of body. Therefore our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is training the mind how to remain Kṛṣṇa conscious at the time of death. Because Kṛṣṇa says in the *Bhagavad-gītā, yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvam*.* Therefore in Bengali poetry there is a saying, *bhajana kara pūjana kara marate jānale haya,* means "You are doing everything in spiritual life, but everything will be examined at the time of death. How you have practiced your *bhajana, sādhana,* this will be examined at the time of death." If at the time of death you remember Kṛṣṇa, that will be the examination. We are chanting, > Mad-yājinaḥ,* Kṛṣṇa says. "Those who are worshiping Me," *yājana... Yājana* means worshiping. So Kṛṣṇa therefore advises, *man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru*. So Kṛṣṇa worship, *mad-yājī,* worshiping Kṛṣṇa... Kṛṣṇa says, "Worship Me." What is that? *Māṁ namaskuru.* If you simply come in this temple and offer little obeisances, *daṇḍavat... Daṇḍa, daṇḍa* means "rod"; *vat* means "like." Just like one stick falls straight on the ground, similarly, if we fall straight before the Deity, that is called *daṇḍavat,* "like the stick." *Daṇḍavat-praṇāma. Prakṛṣṭa-rūpeṇa namratā. Namratā* is required. *Jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva. Namanta:* be submissive. So this *daṇḍavat* is the symbolic presentation of submission. And Kṛṣṇa wants that. *Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja*, submission. The *bhakti* process is simply submission. So *mad-yājino 'pi yānti mām .* If you do not study or if you have no education to study Vedic literatures, you simply... The temple is installed for this purpose, that if somebody comes, simply offers his obeisances before the Deity, before the spiritual master, simply by doing that he will become perfect. Just like these children. A small child is offering obeisances. It may be said that they are imitating, but not all child imitates. There are many children. So there are fortunate children who comes here, offers obeisances, dances with *kīrtana,* and... So these are not in vain. They are taken into account, and he also becomes developed in spiritual consciousness. *Svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt.* --- ## Letters on January 11 *Letters from this day: 20* --- **[1968: Letter to Brahmananda](letters/1968/680111_brahmananda)** > Recently I received one unsolicited letter from Sri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, a copy of which is sent herewith for your reference. Just yesterday Subala came here and he was saying that your N.Y. --- **[1968: Letter to Gargamuni](letters/1968/680111_gargamuni)** > I have already advised Jayananda in this connection that we cannot make the society an asylum for crazy people. It is not our business. --- **[1968: Letter to Hansadutta](letters/1968/680111_hansadutta)** > Because you are a sincere servant of Krishna, Krishna is giving you gradually facilities to advance in your engagement of Krishna Consciousness. --- **[1968: Letter to Rayarama](letters/1968/680111_rayarama)** > It is so nice and attractive and all the credit goes to you and your assistants. --- **[1969: Letter to Gargamuni](letters/1969/690111_gargamuni)** > When you went to your father sometimes I was thinking whether I have not spoiled the career of this boy, but still I wanted to give your father a chance so he would not think that two of his boys are lost in the Krishna Consciousness movement. --- **[1969: Letter to Syamasundara](letters/1969/690111_syamasundara)** > Although nothing is settled as of yet, I can understand that things are progressing well and as you write in your letter under reply, the meeting was very successful, and we shall soon be able to have a nice temple in London. --- **[1970: Letter to Jaya Gopala](letters/1970/700111_jaya_gopala)** > Regarding Volcer marrying, for the time being they can be married by the civil court without delay. Both the husband and wife may be allowed to associate with you and after a few days, if you recommend for initiation, then you can send their beads and they will be initiated by post. --- **[1970: Letter to Kulasekhara](letters/1970/700111_kulasekhara)** > And also I am pleased to know that you have taken charge of the Deities at present. This is very nice. --- **[1971: Letter to Rupanuga](letters/1971/710111_rupanuga)** > In the meantime we have come from Surat to Bombay and from Bombay to Calcutta and tomorrow morning we are going to Allahabad to attend the Adha Kumbh Mela festival. --- **[1971: Letter to Satsvarupa](letters/1971/710111_satsvarupa)** > I have been travelling considerably and the preaching work is taking up all of our time; so our tour in India is very much welcomed by the people, but I have not the opportunity to write my correspondence very often. --- **[1972: Letter to Bhagavan](letters/1972/720111_bhagavan)** > Yes, I am especially in cheerful mood to hear that our books and literatures are being now widely increased, but I don't think you will be able to approach near to the large amount of books being... --- **[1972: Letter to Sucandra](letters/1972/720111_sucandra)** > When we become fully engaged in serving Krishna by preaching His message, especially by opening centers in places where there is not much previous knowledge about Krishna Consciousness, then our all... --- **[1974: Letter to Nadia](letters/1974/740111_nadia)** > Gurukrpa Maharaja has recommended you for first initiation, and I have accepted you as my disciples. Your spiritual names follow respectively: --- **[1974: Letter to Tamala Krsna](letters/1974/740111_tamala_krsna)** > I am very engladdened to hear you have secured one flat on our Hare Krsna Land. I am first going to New Delhi and then to Vrindaban in order to see how the construction of the temple is going on. --- **[1975: Letter to Dr. Channa Reddy](letters/1975/750111_dr._channa_reddy)** > I beg to thank you very much for your letter dated December 25, 1974. I hope by this time, you have returned to Lucknow from your long tour in Hyderabad. --- **[1976: Letter to Bahudak](letters/1976/760111_bahudak)** > I was very glad to learn how our devotees are coming out victorious in the preaching to the university professors and students. Other groups have no philosophy nor do they have any idea of spiritual life, what to speak of living it. Our books are based on the statements of the most exalted devotees. --- **[1976: Letter to Kirtiraja](letters/1976/760111_kirtiraja)** > Wherever our books are being distributed, our movement is established on a firm basis. What can I advise if your wife doesn't want to take inconvenience. --- **[1976: Letter to Ramesvara](letters/1976/760111_ramesvara)** > I beg to thank you for your letters dated December 18th and December 25th respectively. --- **[1976: Letter to Rupanuga](letters/1976/760111_rupanuga)** > The bombastic distribution of Krsna Trilogies in New York is wonderful. I have read the report given in the Sankirtana Newsletter. But one thing is whether they have collected enough to cover all the costs. --- **[1976: Letter to Sri Kapur](letters/1976/760111_sri_kapur)** > I beg to thank you for your letter dated December 25th, 1975. I shall be returning to Vrindaban by the end of March. ---