# June 9 ## Spoken on June 9 *Lectures from this day: 8 recordings* --- **[1974: Morning Walk](spoken/1974/740609mw.par)** > Bāhya* means external, and *abhyantaram* means internal. So we should be active both, in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, externally and internally. *Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam,* externally hearing and chanting, and *smaraṇam,* internally *smaraṇam,* thinking—these are the process of *bhakti. Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam*. > Vidyā-kule ki koribe tāra. Sei paśu baḍo durācāra. Śva-viḍ-varāha uṣṭra. Bhāgavata* says, "They're not human being." *Śva,* dog; *viḍ-varāha,* hogs, stool-eating hogs; *śva-viḍ-varāha, uṣṭra,* camel. *Śva-viḍ-varāha uṣṭra-kharaiḥ saṁstutaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ*. Anyone who is accepting this body as self, he's animal. --- **[1974: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.1.1](spoken/1974/740609sb.par)** > So therefore this process, that "I shall go by my strength. I shall know by dint of my own knowledge, research work," these are all rascaldom. It is not possible. So what to speak of understanding God? You cannot understand even what is in your presence, the material world, and spiritual is beyond the sky. *Paras tasmāt tu bhāvaḥ anyaḥ*. That is another sky. You have no estimation of this sky. Not only this, this sky; even in the material world, this is one universe. What sky we see, that is of one universe. But there are innumerable universes. That is material world. And beyond that, there is spiritual sky. Then the spiritual world begins. There are also planets, Vaikuṇṭha planets. And above these Vaikuṇṭha planets, there is Kṛṣṇaloka. That is Kṛṣṇa's abode. *Cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu* [Bs. 5.29]. > So suffering must be there. Suffering must be there as soon as you get this material body. "Why suffering? We are enjoying." What you are enjoying? Is there any guarantee that you'll enjoy? You have got nice building, nice road, nice car. That's all right. You are enjoying. You are thinking enjoying. But is there any guarantee that you will enjoy? Any moment, you'll be finished. Any moment. So there is no guarantee. That is not enjoyment. Real enjoyment is permanent enjoyment. Just like we construct some house, making the, what is called, foundation very strong. In your country, they make very strong foundation. But what is *your* foundation, sir? Is it very strong? You can be taken away at any moment. So before making the foundation strong, why don't you make your foundation strong that you shall be able to live here permanently? But that intelligence they haven't got. They'll waste time, making the house foundation very strong, not for himself. His foundation tiltering at any moment, any second. This is called *yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātu..., sa eva go-kharaḥ*. --- **[1976: Garden Conversation](spoken/1976/760609gc.la)** > So Prahlāda Mahārāja's, this version, *sadā samudvigna-dhiyām asad-grahāt:* "On account of accepting nonpermanent things as permanent, therefore he's full of anxiety." *Sadā samudvigna-dhiyām asad-grahāt.* Then what is the remedy? The remedy is *hitvātmā-ghāṭaṁ gṛham andha-kūpam:* "This *andha-kūpam,* dark well of ignorance, one must give up." Then *vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta* : "He must go to *vana.*" When one goes to *vana,* it is called *vānaprastha.* So after family life, according to Vedic civilization, one has to accept *vānaprastha* life. And when one is fully prepared, he takes *sannyāsa* after *vānaprastha* life. So *vanaṁ gataḥ* means one should prepare by going to the forest for the next life of renounced order of life. That is human civilization: *brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha* and *sannyāsa. Sannyāsa* means fully engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. *Vanaṁ gato yad dharim āśrayeta*. Otherwise, what is the use of going to the forest? In the forest there are many monkeys also. So that kind of life is not *harim āśrayeta.* He must take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari. That is *oṁ tat sat.* And then he'll be happy. That is Vedic civilization. So Prahlāda Mahārāja is teaching to the boys, his class friends. He was five-years-old boy. Naturally, his friends are also of the same age, and he's teaching this *bhāgavata-dharma.* Read that. > So even there is such indication, still, there is no guarantee. We can die at any moment. *Adhruvam,* but *arthadam.* Although it is *adhruvam*—there is no guarantee—but whatever period we get, we can utilize it for the best purpose. *Arthadam.* We can gain the ultimate goal of life, *arthadam.* That is... He is giving stress. *Arthadam* means spiritual realization. That is *arthadam.* Otherwise, we remain like animals. The animal has also sense gratification process: how to eat, how to sleep, how to have sex and how to defend. So *sukham aindriyakaṁ daityā.* He is addressing his friends as *daitya,* "sons of the demons." He is addressing his father as "best of the demons." [laughs] There are two classes of men: *deva* and *asura. Dvau bhūta-sargau loke daiva asura eva ca*. In this material world there are... [aside:] Why not Dr. Wolfe may come here, bring his chair here? You can sit down there. You can bring your chair. --- **[1976: Room Conversation](spoken/1976/760609r1.la)** > "All right, let me see how your strength is coming. Now I shall kill you. Come on. Let me see [laughs] how your God is coming to save you." This is atheism, challenging. And when He appeared, the Hiraṇyakaśipu became a fly [laughs] in front of... Eh? Where is such language? Even there are many Sanskrit scholars now, they cannot produce such language. That is not possible. And five thousand years before, Vyāsadeva presented this unique language. > "Purchase Kṛṣṇa consciousness anywhere it is available." What is the price? *Tatra laulyam ekalaṁ mūlyam:* "Only greediness, hankering. That is the price." "Oh, that I have got." "No, no. *Janma-koṭi-sukṛtair na labhyate.* You cannot obtain this price even after millions of births' pious activities." All right. --- **[1976: Room Conversation](spoken/1976/760609r2.la)** > " 'Both the Supersoul, *paramātmā,* and the atomic soul, *jīvātmā,* are situated on the same tree of the body within the same heart of the living being, and only one who has become free from all material desires as well as lamentations can, by the grace of the Supreme, understand the glories of the soul.' Kṛṣṇa is the fountainhead of the Supersoul also, as it will be disclosed in the following chapters, and Arjuna is the atomic soul, forgetful of his real nature; therefore he requires to be enlightened by Kṛṣṇa, or by His bona fide representative, the spiritual master." > The meaning and purport of this verse is the same as in the *Bhagavad-gītā,* but here in this verse there is one special word, *vipaścit,* which means 'learned' or 'with knowledge.' "The soul is full of knowledge, or full always with consciousness. Therefore, consciousness is the symptom of the soul. Even if one does not find the soul within the heart, where he is situated, one can still understand the presence of the soul simply by the presence of consciousness. Sometimes we do not find the sun in the sky owing to clouds, or for some other reason, but the light of the sun is always there, and we are convinced that it is therefore daytime. As soon as there is a little light in the sky early in the morning, we can understand that the sun is in the sky. Similarly, since there is some consciousness in all bodies—whether man or animal—we can understand the presence of the soul. This consciousness of the soul is, however, different from the consciousness of the Supreme, because the supreme consciousness is all-knowledge—past, present and future. The consciousness of the individual soul is prone to be forgetful. When he is forgetful of his real nature, he obtains education and enlightenment from the superior lessons of Kṛṣṇa. But Kṛṣṇa is not like the forgetful soul. If so, Kṛṣṇa's teachings of *Bhagavad-gītā* would be useless. "There are two kinds of souls—namely the minute particle soul, *aṇu-ātmā,* and the Supersoul, the *vibhu-ātmā.* This is also confirmed in the *Kaṭha Upaniṣad* in this way: --- **[1976: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.43](spoken/1976/760609sb.la)** > Then the Vaiṣṇava *ācāryas,* Rāmanujācārya, Madhvācārya, they said, *brahma satya.* And what is Brahman? *Brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate*. Brahman, first realization, impersonal; then localized; then person. Just like Kṛṣṇa says in the *Bhagavad-gītā, imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam* : "Long, long years ago, millions of years ago, I spoke this philosophy to the sun-god, Vivasvān." So Kṛṣṇa, as He was instructing Arjuna, similarly, He was instructing the sun-god that... Arjuna is a person. Kṛṣṇa is a person. Similarly, sun-god is also a person, and Kṛṣṇa is a person. And Kṛṣṇa says in the Second Chapter of *Bhagavad-gītā* that "My dear Arjuna, you, Me, and all of them who are standing here in this battlefield, we were existing in the past, we are existing now, and we shall continue to exist." > So here, *adharmaḥ vijñātaḥ,* the degrees. Real *dharma* is, Kṛṣṇa is explaining in the *Bhagavad*..., *sarva-dharmān parityajya*.... You have created, man-made, so many *dharmas.* So one Bengali Vaiṣṇava, he has mentioned, *pṛthivite yāhā kichu dharma nāme cale, bhāgavat kahe tāhā paripūrṇa chale* [Whatever is going on throughout the whole world in the name of religion, Bhāgavata, according to Bhāgavata, they're all cheating, Śrīla Bhakti Vinoda Ṭhākura, *Jaiva dharma*]. *Bhāgavata, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* says, *dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra* : "In the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* all *kaitava*"—*kaitava* means cheating—"cheating type of religious religious system is kicked out." *Projjhita. Dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo atra.* So *dharma* is one; religion is one. There cannot be different types of religion. That is concoction. *Dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-praṇītam*. --- ## Letters on June 9 *Letters from this day: 19* --- **[1967: Letter to Mr. And Mrs. Renovich](letters/1967/670609_mr._and_mrs._renovich)** > You are correct in your conclusion that "Hari-Nama" is the only means for spiritual realization in this age. --- **[1967: Letter to Mr. Taber](letters/1967/670609_mr._taber)** > You will be glad to know that I am improving my health gradually and today I took a shower bath by myself here at the seashore in N. --- **[1967: Letter to Mukunda](letters/1967/670609_mukunda)** > With reference to our telephone conversation, I beg to enclose herewith three photo-offset copies of certificates. --- **[1967: Letter to Nandarani](letters/1967/670609_nandarani)** > I am also glad to inform you that I am improving my health by the Grace of Krishna. I don't believe in medicine or doctors, but I am practically perceiving that the massaging is helping me beyond expectation. --- **[1970: Letter to Uddhava](letters/1970/700609_uddhava)** > One of our friends, Sri Sarafji, Chief Editor of the "Godarsana" magazine, has requested some photographs for an article which is to be published in the "Godarsana." Please send therefore some negatives of pictures of Sankirtana, Deities, and some other pictures of our devotees and temples to the following address: --- **[1974: Letter to Krsna Dasa](letters/1974/740609_krsna_dasa)** > It is pleasing to me to here you are happily engaged in devotional service and living as an ideal grhastha. Please go on as you are doing: keep your business separate and wherever you remain keep your family in Krsna Consciousness always chanting Hare Krsna and observing the regulative principles. Cultivate your business for Krsna, remain happy in Krsna Consciousness and always serve Krsna. --- **[1974: Letter to Muralidhara](letters/1974/740609_muralidhara)** > I am sorry to hear of your wife's poor health. You have tried so many treatments, pills and better climates and visits to doctors, but there is no improvement. I think you can admit her to the hospital on a longer term basis for recooping her health. --- **[1974: Letter to Nandalal](letters/1974/740609_nandalal)** > It is good news that you are finding engagement in distributing my books all day in Hawaii. So there is no question of taking other engagement; distribution of my books is the highest kind of preaching, and thus the best engagement. So take it as Krsna's mercy that you have come to Hawaii and engage there full time as it is a very important place. --- **[1974: Letter to Ravindra Svarupa](letters/1974/740609_ravindra_svarupa)** > I have accepted on your recommendation the three devotees as my duly initiated disciples, and their spiritual names are as follows: --- **[1974: Letter to Rsabhadeva](letters/1974/740609_rsabhadeva)** > I have accepted as my disciples the devotees recommended by you and their spiritual names are as follows: --- **[1974: Letter to Sahadeva](letters/1974/740609_sahadeva)** > On your recommendation I have accepted the devotee submitted by you as my duly initiated disciple. His new spiritual name is as follows: Bruce Dickmeyer—Bhusaya dasa. --- **[1974: Letter to Trivikrama](letters/1974/740609_trivikrama)** > You send both good and bad news. It is very good that Taiwan is proving a good place for Krsna Consciousness, in that you report many Chinese boys are coming and that you have been given a nice place to operate a center. Unfortunately three men have left you and now there is only you and Dvija hari. --- **[1974: Letter to Yasodanandana](letters/1974/740609_yasodanandana)** > I have heard very wonderful reports of the sankirtana being conducted by Gurukrpa Maharaja and yourself in Tokyo, and I am directing Jayatirtha to credit the Mayapur-Vrindaban fund for whatever amounts you deposit in Japan with Dai Nippon. --- **[1975: Letter to Kirtanananda](letters/1975/750609_kirtanananda)** > I may be coming there immediately after the Philadelphia Rathayatra, and I shall stay until after Janmastami. --- **[1975: Letter to Kurusrestha](letters/1975/750609_kurusrestha)** > Make sure all of the devotees there are working very sincerely, following all of the rules and regulations, chanting 16 rounds, and reading every day, and everything will be successful. --- **[1975: Letter to Satsvarupa](letters/1975/750609_satsvarupa)** > So, work very nicely to encourage Abhirama and the others to very enthusiastically carry on our program there in Miami, even though there may be so many difficulties. --- **[1976: Letter to Gopala Krsna](letters/1976/760609_gopala_krsna)** > Yasodanandana Swami is printing through the agency of the BBT, simply for convenience sake due to the inefficiency of the order department in Bombay. The printing of Yasodanandana Swami is only for some small books. --- **[1976: Letter to Jennifer Lynne Davis](letters/1976/760609_jennifer_lynne_davis)** > Simply follow the regular program of chanting 16 rounds of Hare Krishna Maha-mantra daily and abstain from illicit sex-life, meat-eating, gambling, and intoxication. In this way you will surely make rapid progress in Krishna Consciousness. --- **[1976: Letter to Tarun Kanti Ghosh](letters/1976/760609_tarun_kanti_ghosh)** > Concerning the initiation of your wife, Revatinandan Swami has approved her being recommended for first initiation, and he has been informed accordingly of her spiritual name. ---