# February 14 ## Spoken on February 14 *Lectures from this day: 14 recordings* --- **[1969: Bhagavad-gītā 6.2–5 [Sāṅkhya Yoga System](spoken/1969/690214bg.la)** > So in the beginning, first of all we shall speak in this chapter, Lord Kṛṣṇa will teach you what is *yoga* system. Therefore in the beginning Kṛṣṇa says that no one can become a *yogī* unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification. So anyone who is indulging in sense gratification, he's a nonsense. He's not a *yogī*. He cannot be a *yogī*. > So the whole *yoga* system means to make the mind strong: not to deviate from the Supreme. That is perfection of *yoga* system. *Sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ*. One should fix up, just like Ambarīṣa Mahārāja fixed up his mind only on Kṛṣṇa. And there was a fight between a great *yogī*, *aṣṭāṅga-yogī,* Durvāsā Muni. Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, he was a king, he was a householder, he was pound-shilling man. Householder means he has to take account of pound, shilling, pence; dollars, cents. King. --- **[1971: Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 6.151–154](spoken/1971/710214cc.gor)** > Why He has to do? Because His energies are working. Therefore, He has energy. Just like Kṛṣṇa says, *mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā* : "The whole universe in its *avyakta-mūrti,* nonmanifested form, I am." *Ahaṁ tatam idaṁ sarvam. Aham.* "But at the same time, *aham* is there." *Aham* means "I." And the word *avyakta* is there, "nonmanifest." > So we, the sparks of the supreme fire, when we fall down in the dry grass, the spiritual quality or the fiery quality is there still, but it may also extinguish. Therefore, our transcendental position is *śuddha-sattva.* We have to always keep ourself in transcendental position by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa *mantra,* always being engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service. Then we are *brahma-bhūyāya kalpate*.* That is our Brahman situation. Simply realization of Brahman is not all. You have to be always engaged in Brahman activities. Then there is possibility of remaining in the Brahman platform. --- **[1971: Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava & Purport](spoken/1971/710214pu.gor)** > This is actual picture of Kṛṣṇa, *rādhā-mādhava giri-vara-dhārī.* Original Kṛṣṇa this is. *Rādhā-mādhava giri-vara-dhārī. Vraja-jana-vallabha.* His business is to please the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. That's all. He has no other business. And the *vraja-jana* also, they have no other business than to please Kṛṣṇa. > Elderly ladies and persons, they love Kṛṣṇa. "Oh, here is the son of Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja.'' They're all tenants and subordinates to Nanda Mahārāja. Nanda Mahārāja is the chief man in Vṛndāvana, and they are their subjects. So they are affectionate to Kṛṣṇa because He happens to be son of Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja. --- **[1971: Room Conversation](spoken/1971/710214r1.gor)** > And when I was absent, another servant was with neighbor, he told to my wife that "Babuji"—Babuji means master—"it is unnecessarily he has taken to hospital. He was drunk, and he was crying like that. [laughter] He's drunk." So my wife told that he was drunk, and he was therefore crying like that. "No, no. Doctor says that it is a serious case [laughter] and it is to be operated." > It is a fact that the whole human civilization is a society of cheaters and cheated. That's all. Any field. *Mayaiva vyāvahārike*.* The whole world in this Kali-yuga: *mayaiva vyāvahārike. Vyāvahārike* means ordinary dealings, there will be cheating. Ordinarily, there will be cheating. Daily affairs. Not to speak of very great things. Ordinary dealings, there will be cheating. That is stated in the *Bhāgavata, mayaiva vyavahari.* --- **[1971: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.3.20–23](spoken/1971/710214sb.gor)** > Therefore, we have to follow only the instruction of *mahājana;* otherwise, we'll be bewildered. *Vaiṣṇave kriyā mudrā vijñeha nā bujhaya . We cannot understand what are the activities of Kṛṣṇa and His devotees. We have to simply follow their instruction. That's all. The *sahajiyās,* they do not follow the instruction. They imitate only: "Kṛṣṇa has made *rāsa-līlā;* so why not we also make *rāsa-līlā*?" It is going on, regularly. > The *sahajiyās,* they do not know it. They think that "We shall sit in a secluded place and chant, imitating Haridāsa." We have seen it. Their imitation is useless. They fall down. Therefore they must be always engaged in some activities. Otherwise, he'll be attracted by the modes of ignorance and passion. *Etāvatālam agha-nirharaṇāya*. --- **[1972: Bhagavad-gītā 7.1](spoken/1972/720214bg.mad)** > But one who is Kṛṣṇa conscious, he knows what is the name of his original father, what does He do, where He lives, what is His personal feature, what is His pastime—everything. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says here, *asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ mām yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu*. Everyone is anxious to know, at least intelligent men, what is God, what is our relationship with Him, how He looks, where He lives. These are naturally inquisitiveness of any sane man. So here in the *Bhagavad-gītā* the Personality of Godhead Himself speaks about Himself. We have to simply accept it, that's all. You haven't got to make any research where is God, what is God, where does He live, what does He do. Here is everything. > Therefore Kṛṣṇa says one who thinks Him as ordinary human being, he is a *mūḍhāḥ*. *Avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum...*. "Because I appeared as a human being, *mūḍhās*, those who are rascals, they think Me as ordinary human being.'' No. *Paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto*. He does not know what is the immense power behind. That Kṛṣṇa showed. Kṛṣṇa, when He was present, when He was seven years old, He lifted the Govardhana Hill. We have to accept that, not that we make some comment upon it, because we think Kṛṣṇa is ordinary boy, "How seven-years-old boy can lift?'' But we forget that He is Kṛṣṇa. If Kṛṣṇa can throw so many innumerable planets in the sky, floating just like cotton swab, is it very difficult for Kṛṣṇa to lift a mountain? --- **[1973: Lecture](spoken/1973/730214le.syd)** > In this way, if you try to understand Kṛṣṇa, that is *rāja-vidyā. Rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ*, most confidential, and *pavitram. Pavitram* means pure, uncontaminated by this material nature. Our beauty, our strength, our riches, our wisdom—everything what we possess—they are also opulent, but they are limited. Limited, and it will be finished. Finished means as soon as this body is finished, all my opulence, beauty, education, strength—everything—is finished. I begin again, another chapter. This bodily possession, whatever I possessed in this body, as soon as I die, I give up this body, then everything is finished with the body. Therefore in *Bhagavad-gītā* it is said, *mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham* : "I am death, and I, as death, I take away everything of every person." > Therefore, if *śrama eva hi kevalam*, if you do not give service to Kṛṣṇa, then you must know you are simply spoiling your energy. That's all. Because this service will never give you satisfaction; neither to the served. The same example I have given: Gandhi also, on the very day he was shot down, in the morning he said to his secretary, "Oh, I am so much disgusted. I do not like to deal with it." That was published in the paper. That means he was disgusted, and his countrymen also became disgusted, so that he shot him down. This world is like that. You give service to somebody—he is not satisfied; you are not satisfied. Frustrated. So ask your own family member, your wife or your children or any friend, so "I have given you so much service. Are you satisfied?" "Oh, what you have given?" [laughter] You have to do so many things. You have got so much things. And no. So this is the world, like that. --- **[1974: Room Conversation](spoken/1974/740214r1.vrn)** > He retaliated at the right moment and to a person, fit person, who was to be honored. Just see. And he claims to be *gosvāmī.* The first business is *vāco vegaṁ krodha-vegam.* The Vaikuṇṭha mentality is that if one is serving—I have read it in *Bhāgavata—*Kṛṣṇa better than somebody else, he would simply appreciate that "Kṛṣṇa has so much favored him. Oh, how fortunate he is. When I shall be able?" That is Vaikuṇṭha mentality. And the material mentality is, "Oh, he has advanced so much. How to cut down him?" That is material. This is the difference between Vaikuṇṭha mentality. So his business is how to cut down. So he is not a *gosvāmī*. At least I will not accept. What do you think? Am I right or wrong? > Dr. Kapoor: No, I don't know. I think he is a graduate. Huh? He's not even a graduate? [Prabhupāda chuckles] I was told that he was a graduate long ago, you see, when I used to go to Calcutta, the Gauḍīya Maṭh there. --- **[1975: Bhagavad-gītā 2.14](spoken/1975/750214bg.mex)** > [04:04] > mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya > śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ > āgamāpāyino 'nityās > tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata > [[bg/2/14|[Bg. 2.14] ]] [translated into Spanish throughout] So from last night discussion, it is to be concluded that we are not going to die. Kṛṣṇa said not only He, but also Arjuna and all others who were present in the battlefield, they will continue to exist. --- **[1976: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.7](spoken/1976/760214sb.may)** > So after reading *Bhagavad-gītā,* if one does not get this faith in Kṛṣṇa, then it is useless waste of time. That's all. There are many so-called scholars, politicians, they declare that "I read *Bhagavad-gītā* daily, three times," but the result is no faith in Kṛṣṇa. This is called useless waste of time. If you do not get the faith which is required by studying *Bhagavad... Bhagavad-gītā* is the ABCD reading for understanding God. That is ABC. So if you do not understand even the ABCD, how he'll advance in higher studies? That is not possible. So even we cannot understand *Bhagavad-gītā,* the ABCD, Kṛṣṇa says one thing, and they make, I mean to say, interpretation in a different way. Kṛṣṇa says, *aham ādir hi devānām*, mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate.* They do not believe it. *Śrama eva hi kevalam.* To such persons the *Bhāgavata* says, > Just like if I offer you that if you do this work, I shall give you immediately fifty thousand rupees. So who will believe me? "This man is a beggar, *sannyāsī,* how he'll give fifty thousand rupees?" So there is no *śraddhā.* But we cannot do so with reference to Kṛṣṇa. When Kṛṣṇa says, *ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi,* that is a fact. That is not a bogus promise. Because Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all-powerful, whatever He likes, He can do. This is called faith. --- **[1977: Room Conversation Varṇāśrama System Must Be Introduced](spoken/1977/770214r2.may)** > Rejected meaning, "I do not take much interest in this." *Bāhya.* "It is external." He was simply interested in the internal, the spiritual. But our duty is that we shall arrange the external affairs all so nicely that one day they will come to the spiritual platform very easily, paving the way. And Caitanya Mahāprabhu, personality like that, they have nothing to do with this material world. But we are preaching. We are preaching. Therefore we must pave the situation in such a way that gradually they will be promoted to the spiritual plane. It is not required. > Āpanāra kāja ki.* Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommended, *sthāne sthitaḥ.* And if they do not remain in the *sthāna,* then the *sahajiyā's* chanting will come. Just like the *sahajiyās* also have got the beads and..., but they have got three dozen women. This kind of chanting will go on. Just like our Madhudvīṣa. He was not fit for *sannyāsa,* but he was given *sannyāsa.* And five women he was attached, and he disclosed. Therefore *varṇāśrama-dharma* is required. Simply show-bottle will not do. So the *varṇāśrama-dharma* should be introduced all over the world, and... --- **[1977: Conversation on Roof](spoken/1977/770214ro.may)** > So we should not lose the chance of ending our suffering. We must know what is the suffering. *Janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha*. Duḥkha* means suffering. And the real suffering is to take birth and then again die. And between birth and death there is old age and disease. Who can deny it? Where is the scientist: "Yes, we shall end all this nonsense"? [chuckling] Nobody can end it. It is not possible. But they are trying. *Durāśaya.* Hoping something which will never be fulfilled. Is it not? Their material adventure for mitigating suffering, will it be possible? [aside:] Hmm. Bring some sugar cane, er, sugar candy. Mode of ignorance is very, very bad. Little more advance: mode of passion. Further advance: mode of knowledge. Further advance is spiritual position. Just see. This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is trying to give the human society the best knowledge, and they have combined together to oppose it. How mode of ignorance is prominent. The simple method is to hear about Kṛṣṇa. That's it. *Kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya*. > Simple. We have given so many books. Always we should hear about Kṛṣṇa, speak about Kṛṣṇa. Then this base quality, ignorance and passion, will go. *Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ*. So wherever you remain, you should continue this. Otherwise *māyā* will attack. *Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam*. Paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam.* So we should hold classes very repeatedly and preach. What is the complainant of the opposing party? --- ## Letters on February 14 *Letters from this day: 20* --- **[1967: Letter to Brahmananda](letters/1967/670214_brahmananda)** > So you can transfer $200.00 for Altman and $6000.00 altogether $6200.00 to my savings account No. 19282 at the Trade Bank And Trust Company and letter of transfer is enclosed herewith. --- **[1969: Letter to Jahnava](letters/1969/690214_jahnava)** > I am very pleased to now accept you as my disciple, and your spiritual name is Jahnava Dasi. Janava Devi was the consort energy of Lord Nityananda. This process of Krishna Consciousness is offered to every one, but only one out of many thousands of people will accept it. --- **[1969: Letter to Jayapataka](letters/1969/690214_jayapataka)** > I have also seen the leaflets done by this boy, Mark, and they are very nicely done. --- **[1969: Letter to Kirtanananda](letters/1969/690214_kirtanananda)** > Regarding prasadam offering to the Deities, you will take from the cooked foodstuffs in a plate just sufficient for one man's eating, and this prasadam should be offered to the Deity, not the whole quantity. --- **[1969: Letter to Prahladananda](letters/1969/690214_prahladananda)** > You are right when you say that we are trapped souls in a state of forgetfulness of Krishna, and Krishna is giving you the chance now to re-establish your relationship with Him by this chanting process. --- **[1969: Letter to Rupanuga](letters/1969/690214_rupanuga)** > The fact that 72 regular students are attending your class plus visitors means it is a great success. --- **[1970: Letter to Madhudvisa](letters/1970/700214_madhudvisa)** > In this connection, I have requested the exact date of the festival from India but it has not yet been replied, so you may plan for any suitable date between 20 and 31 July—even if it does not... --- **[1970: Letter to Sacisuta](letters/1970/700214_sacisuta)** > The association of devotees is the most important element in learning Krishna Consciousness way of life. --- **[1972: Letter to Hansadutta](letters/1972/720214_hansadutta)** > If you simply go on in this way, everything will come out successful, that we are seeing practically. --- **[1972: Letter to Himavati](letters/1972/720214_himavati)** > Learn yourself and teach others, then this Movement will grow progressively. As for the question about menstrual cycle, the only remedy is chanting. Anyone who is trained can be secretary, that is not such important position as preaching and training younger devotees from your experience. --- **[1973: Letter to Ramesvara](letters/1973/730214_ramesvara)** > I am very much pleased to hear of your increased book distribution and it gives me great pleasure to hear of your increased eagerness to distribute my literature. Therefore there is no need for us to directly attack these charlatans but simply by this distribution of books the sunlight of Krishna consciousness will prevail. I do not know if this applies to you or the devotees under your care, but I must stress again that we must have our classes one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening and the devotees must also chant regularly their sixteen rounds and follow the principles. --- **[1973: Letter to Rupanuga](letters/1973/730214_rupanuga)** > Regarding our sankirtana party members dressing up as hippies in order to increase book distribution this is not a very good plan. I am instructing Bali Mardan Maharaja that this should be stopped, that we should not give anyone cause to call us hippies, but the devotees can dress up in respectable clothes like ladies and gentlemen in order to distribute my literatures under special circumstances, but even this program should not become widespread. --- **[1974: Letter to Brahmananda](letters/1974/740214_brahmananda)** > I appreciate your spirit in wanting to retaliate against the Kenya government for their not allowing me to enter the country on Krsna's mission. I think, however, that the proposal of international demonstrations at the embassies of the Kenya government would be a waste of time. If it could not be done from there why waste our time in such demonstrations. --- **[1974: Letter to Kurusrestha](letters/1974/740214_kurusrestha)** > Your report on activities in Denver center is very comprehensive and I can understand you are feeling full responsibility for all the devotees and operations under your care. Actually the more selfless dedication you apply yourself with, the more Krsna will be pleased and the more he will give you intelligence how to expand the preaching in His Name. --- **[1975: Letter to Sridhara Maharaja](letters/1975/750214_sridhara_maharaja)** > I shall be reaching India by the 15th of March and by the 20th of March, I shall be in Calcutta. If possible, Sriman Govinda may see me in Calcutta in our temple at 3 Albert Road, near Camac St. --- **[1976: Letter to Bhagavan](letters/1976/760214_bhagavan)** > Regarding the first volume of Srimad-Bhagavatam, your ideas are very good. Yes, print Krishna-Balarama on the front and the creation on the end pages as you have said. --- **[1976: Letter to Brahmananda](letters/1976/760214_brahmananda)** > If you are needed there, it is all right for you to miss the festival. You will have to accept the decisions made by the other GBC. You can gradually train Nanda Kumar. --- **[1976: Letter to Gopala Krsna](letters/1976/760214_gopala_krsna)** > Regarding the house, it is nice, but again after just two years we will have to vacate. It is very nice that the Delhi libraries are buying a big order of our Bhagavatam. --- **[1976: Letter to Gunagrahi](letters/1976/760214_gunagrahi)** > Regarding your question about the brahmacaris, you may consult the GBC regarding this matter. Tamala Krishna Maharaja especially is qualified to give you good answer. --- **[1976: Letter to Rupanuga](letters/1976/760214_rupanuga)** > I have before me the Sankirtana Newsletter for January 12-18, so why are you standing third? ---