# September 10 ## Spoken on September 10 *Lectures from this day: 10 recordings* --- **[1968: Bhagavad-gītā 7.1](spoken/1968/680910bg.sf)** > Therefore Kṛṣṇa is assuring Arjuna that "What I'm talking to you is not a religious sentiment, but it is *jñānam.*" *Jñānam* means it is practical knowledge. *Jñānam. Jñānam* means theoretical knowledge, and *vijñānam* means practical knowledge. So Kṛṣṇa says, *jñānam. Jñānaṁ te 'haṁ sa-vijñānam* : "I am just speaking to you the exact knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead with practical demonstration." > Because in the spiritual world there is no ignorance. Spiritual life means full of knowledge, full of bliss, eternal life. So therefore Kṛṣṇa says that "If you understand this knowledge, the knowledge of Kṛṣṇa or the science of Kṛṣṇa, or the science of Kṛṣṇa consciousness," *yaj jñātvā na iha bhūyo. Bhūyo* means "again." *Anyaj,* "anything more," *anyaj jñātavyam,* "understandable," *avaśiṣyate,* "there remains." --- **[1968: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.7](spoken/1968/680910sb.sf)** > So this is *śāstra. Śāstra* means direction—both past, present and future. Everything is there. Therefore we have to consult the Vedic literature. It is perfect. It is without any mistake, without any cheating. This is *śāstra.* Just like in the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* you'll find the indication of Lord Buddha's birth. It is stated in the list of incarnation of God that *buddha-nāmnāñjana-sutaḥ kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati*. Bhaviṣyati* means future tense. In the beginning, just after the beginning of this age, *kīkaṭeṣu,* in the province of Gayā... If you have gone to India, you will see still there is a place known as Gayā in the province of Patna, er, Bihar. And Lord Buddha, I mean to say, flourished himself in that part of the country. And it is indicated there that *kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati,* "in future." > That is explained in the *Bhagavad-gītā: mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ*. Just like we feel warm and we feel cold due to the skin. So that does not mean because we are..., in the summer we feel warm, therefore we shall not go to the fire and cook our foodstuff. Everyone does his duty. That is tolerance. Even it is very warm in the kitchen and if it is summer season, perspiration, nobody, I mean to say, stay away from cooking. One has to do his duty. So Kṛṣṇa advised Arjuna that *tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata:* "My dear Arjuna, even there is some pain due to the miserable condition of this material world, so we have to tolerate that." --- **[1969: Bhajan & Purport to Hari Hari Biphale](spoken/1969/690910pu.ham)** > So he says, praying to Lord Kṛṣṇa, "My dear Lord," *hari hari,* "I have simply spoiled my life." *Hari hari biphale janama goṅāinu.* Why you have spoiled your life? He says, *manuṣya-jivana pāiyā,* "I got this human form of life," *rādhā-kṛṣṇa nā bhajiyā,* "but I did not care to worship Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Therefore I have spoiled my life." And how it is? It is exactly like one takes poison knowingly. If somebody takes poison unknowingly, there is excuse, but if somebody takes poison knowingly, it is suicidal. So he says that "I have committed suicide simply by not worshiping Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in this human form of life." > Then he says, *golokera prema-dhana, hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana.* This Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, *saṅkīrtana* movement, is nothing material. It is directly imported from the spiritual kingdom known as Goloka Vṛndāvana. So *golokera prema-dhana.* And it is not ordinary song. It is just the treasure of love of Godhead. So... "But I have no attraction for this." *Rati nā janmilo kene tāy.* "I have no attraction for it. On the contrary." *Viṣaya-biṣānale, dibā-niśi hiyā jwale:* "And because I did not accept it, therefore the blazing fire of the poison of material existence is constantly burning me." --- **[1972: Lecture](spoken/1972/720910le.dal)** > He is *nitya* or eternal we are also eternal, he is also conscious we are also conscious. He is conscious of the whole universe, I am conscious of this body, I am not conscious of your body, you are not conscious of my body, but Kṛṣṇa is conscious of your body, my body and everyone. Therefore His consciousness is innumerable in *Bhagavad-gītā* Kṛṣṇa says: *kṣetra-jñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata*. > When the *kṣetra*, the soul and *kṣetra* means the body and *kṣetra-jñaṁ*, one who knows that it is his body, he is called *kṣetra-jñaṁ*. I know that this is not my body, you know it is your body. I never say I am this body, I say my body. You say, my body, so therefore one who knows this body he is called *kṣetra-jñaṁ* or the *ātma* but there is another personality that is Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says, *kṣetra-jñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi*, because I know about my body so I am called *kṣetra-jñaṁ*. So Kṛṣṇa says I am also *kṣetra-jñaṁ*, means *sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata*. --- **[1973: Bhagavad-gītā 7.1–3](spoken/1973/730910bg.sto)** > Therefore it is said here, *mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha:* "Increasing gradually the attachment for Me," Kṛṣṇa says, *mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan,* "practicing this *yoga* system," *mad-āśrayaḥ,* "taking shelter of Me." The *mad-āśrayaḥ* means two things. You can take directly shelter of Kṛṣṇa or you can take shelter of a person who has taken shelter of Kṛṣṇa. That is meaning of *mad-āśrayaḥ.* That is the system of *paramparā. Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ*. > So *siddhi* means when you seriously understand that "I am eternal, so why death is taking place?" That is serious understanding of self-realization. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says that *manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye . Siddhi* means, perfection means, to stop... Because I am eternal. Just like when you are diseased, your *siddhi,* perfection, means how to cure the disease, how to become healthy. That is your problem. Not that simply curing the disease..., simply eating the medicine. No. The object is how to become in healthy condition. So our healthy condition is no more birth, no more death, no more old age, no more disease. That is healthy condition. So who is trying for that? Nobody is seriously educated on this point, and because one is not educated, he does not know that there is possibility, such possibility, that no more death, no more birth, no more disease. --- **[1973: Room Conversation on Caitanya-caritāmṛta and with Dr. Christian von Paues, Psychiatrist](spoken/1973/730910r1.sto)** > Amongst all kinds of devotional mentality, the attitude of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is considered to be the superex..., superexcellent. No other devotee than Kṛṣṇa Hims..." It says, "No other devotee than Kṛṣṇa Himself can assume such part to taste the ecstatic situation"? Part? "...to taste the ecstatic situation of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Therefore, He, Himself, as Caitanya Mahāprabhu..." > God is perfect. So this is our, our..., this is the foundation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, that God, He is perfect. Whatever He gives as instruction, that should be accepted. But if we don't agree to that, then we have to take instruction from someone else. And that is bound to be imperfect. Isn't it? Because we are working with imperfect senses—seeing, hearing. So whatever our conclusions may be, they're going to imperfect. --- **[1973: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.5.5](spoken/1973/730910sb.sto)** > So long one is not inquisitive to understand what he is, without understanding his identification, whatever he does, it is defeat. This is the condition. Nobody is interested to know his identity. This is the instruction we get from Sanātana Gosvāmī. Sanātana Gosvāmī, when he first approached Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, his question was that *ke āmi kene āmāya jāre tāpa-traya*. This is very nice question, that "Kindly tell me what I am, what I am, and why I am subjected to the threefold miseries of material existence. I do not want all these miserable condition of life, but I am forced to accept them. Therefore what is my position? Why I am forced to accept?" This should be the question. This is called *ātma-tattva-jijñāsā* inquiry. "What I am?" Nobody knows what he is. > Parābhavas tāvad abodha-jāto yāvan na...* One should be inquisitive. Just like Sanātana Gosvāmī went to Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He asked, "Sir, let me know what I am." *Grāmya-vyavahāre kahe paṇḍita* : "In ordinary behavior, people say that I am very learned man. They say '*paṇḍitjī*.' " The *brāhmaṇa* is addressed in India as "*paṇḍitjī.*" *Paṇḍitjī* means very learned. So Sanātana Gosvāmī submitted that "The general people, they say that I am very learned, but actually I do not know what I am." He admitted. So ask anybody, so-called scholar, doctors, Ph.D., D.H.C. Just like that Professor Kotovsky said, "After finishing this body, everything is finished." He does not know what he is. This is the position. Therefore the so-called scholars, learned men, whatever they are doing, they are being defeated because he does not know his identity. Unless you know your identity, then how can you work for the goal of your life? If your identity is mistaken, then whatever you are doing, that is your defeat. --- **[1974: Garden Conversation](spoken/1974/740910gc.vrn)** > So this is called *anartha,* a position which is false. So, *anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣād bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje*. *In order to deliver him from this illusory position, *anartha upaśamaṁ bhakti-yoga. Bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje lokasya ajānataḥ.* The whole world does not know it. *Vidvāṁś cakre sātvata-saṁhitām.* Therefore Vyāsadeva, the most learned, he compiled this *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Anarthopaśamaṁ sākṣād bhakti-yogam adhokṣaje.* These things are there in the *Bhāgavata.* Same process. Vyāsadeva did for the benefit of the whole world, the Gosvāmīs did for the benefit of the whole world, and we are also trying to do the same thing. > But if you remain diseased, then... Just like I have got this disease, no appetite. First-class things are being made—nothing is giving me any taste. Disease is there. Therefore, if you want to taste what is God, then you first of all try to cure your disease. Our disease, material disease, is the lusty desire. Lusty desire is so strong that you will find it is existing amongst the so-called religionists performing religious rituals. But the same disease is there, that "If I execute the rituals, then I shall be promoted to the heavenly kingdom; I shall be [indistinct] this..." Similarly, the so-called monist philosophers, meditation, this, that, the disease is there: "I shall become God." Similarly, the *yogīs,* they can perform so many gymnastics, but the disease is there. The disease is cured when he is a devotee of Kṛṣṇa. *Kṛṣṇa-bhakta niṣkāma, ataeva 'śānta'*. --- **[1975: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.2.7](spoken/1975/750910sb.vrn)** > This is the real *śraddhā,* faith. What is that faith? *Śraddhā śabde viśvāsa.* Faith means strong faith, not flickering faith. *Viśvāsa,* "to believe." What is that *viśvāsa*? *Śraddhā śabde viśvāsa sudṛḍha niścaya:* very firm faith, and with surety. Surety must be, because Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, says that "You surrender unto Me, and I shall give you protection from all sinful reaction." He is assuring. Then why we shall doubt? Because we are doubting Kṛṣṇa, that is the defect, that Kṛṣṇa says—"It may be or may not be," doubt. That is called doubt. Kṛṣṇa says in many places, *asaṁśaya:* "Don't doubt what I say. Accept it." *Man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru *Mām evaiṣyasi asaṁśayaḥ* : "You do this, and without any doubt, rest assured, you will come to Me." In another place Kṛṣṇa says, *mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ, asaṁśayam.* Again *asaṁśayam. Asaṁśayaṁ samagraṁ māṁ yathā jñāsyasi tac chṛṇu*. > Therefore he is not loser, whereas others, who are not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he may be diverted, and there is no guarantee what is the next birth. Kṛṣṇa does not guarantee. Kṛṣṇa says, *tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma*...*. Kṛṣṇa says, *dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā, tathā dehāntara-prāptiḥ*. Dehāntara-prāptiḥ.* He will get another body. But what kind of body he is going to get, that is not certain. He may be a demigod or he may be a dog, according to his *karma.* But this man who is a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, if he is fallen and if he has to take birth again, it is guaranteed, *śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe : "He will take birth in a very rich family or in a very pure family." This is guaranteed. For others there is no guarantee. He may take birth out of the 8,400,000's of different forms of life. There is no guarantee. --- **[1976: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.11](spoken/1976/760910sb.vrn)** > So who will be interested in *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam*? That is mentioned here: *harer guṇākṣipta-matiḥ. Kṣipta, kṣipta* means madness. Here is a man *kṣipta,* means he's mad. So there are two kinds of madness. One madness is for material enjoyment. They are also mad, *pramatta. Nūnaṁ pramattaḥ kurute vikarma*. The material madness entangles people more and more in the process of birth and death. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has sung, *anādi karama-phale paḍi' bhavārṇava-jale taribāre nā dekhi upāya. Anādi karama-phale paḍi' bhavārṇava-jale.* Somehow or other, we have fallen in this material world, the ocean of nescience, *bhavārṇava. Arṇava* means ocean, and *bhava* means repetition of birth. In this ocean we have fallen. Therefore our prayer should be not for any material opulence, as we generally do. *Dhanaṁ dehi rūpaṁ dehi:* "Give me money, or mitigate my distress." This is very lower stage of devotion, to ask something from the Supreme Lord. *Ārto arthārthī jijñāsur*. *In the beginning, provided one is..., background is pious... Because without piety nobody can approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead. *Yeṣāṁ tv anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ janānāṁ puṇya-karmaṇām*. Those who are simply acting piously, such person can approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Not impious person can... > Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu said especially two things: *viṣayiṇāṁ sandarśanam atha yoṣitāṁ ca*. Two things: woman and money. If we become attracted... Woman means for man the woman is woman, and for the woman, the man is woman. Not that woman means a particular class. Woman means which are enjoyable. So in this material world, the man is enjoyable by the woman, and the woman is enjoyable by the man. So for both of them, *viṣayiṇāṁ sandarśanam atha yoṣitām. Yoṣit* means enjoyable. This body is superfluous. The bodily structure, it can be changed. Perhaps you know, now in medical science they can change the woman's body into man's body and the man's body into woman's body. It was formerly being also changed. In *Bhāgavata* you'll find that in a garden... I forget the name. --- ## Letters on September 10 *Letters from this day: 11* --- **[1971: Letter to Jayapataka](letters/1971/710910_jayapataka)** > You will be interested to know that this evening I will be going to Kenya, East Africa. --- **[1971: Letter to Madhudvisa](letters/1971/710910_madhudvisa)** > You will be interested to know that this evening I will be going to Kenya, East Africa. --- **[1971: Letter to Tamala Krsna](letters/1971/710910_tamala_krsna)** > You will be interested to know that this evening I will be going to Kenya, East Africa. --- **[1972: Letter to Caru](letters/1972/720910_caru)** > Now regarding this business of Sankirtana, the solution is simply to go on with Sankirtana activities as you have been doing, and let them arrest us if they like, we will not stop. --- **[1972: Letter to Jayadeva](letters/1972/720910_jayadeva)** > I am very much encouraged by your progress in Krsna Consciousness. Now go on in this way always striving to please Krsna and you will fell yourself becoming more and more happy. That I want. --- **[1972: Letter to Madhudvisa](letters/1972/720910_madhudvisa)** > Regarding the recommendation for Ambika dasi to take second initiation from me, yes, you may give her. --- **[1972: Letter to Rsabhadeva](letters/1972/720910_rsabhadeva)** > I am very happy to hear that you have got a son for dedicating for Lord Caitanya's Sankirtana movement. --- **[1972: Letter to Satadhanya](letters/1972/720910_satadhanya)** > I am very much encouraged by your progress in Krsna Consciousness. Now go on in this way always striving to please Krsna and you will feel yourself becoming happy more and more. --- **[1972: Letter to Yamuna](letters/1972/720910_yamuna)** > I am very happy to hear that you are having nice programs in Vrindaban of kirtana and lecturing in various places. --- **[1975: Letter to Manager State Bank Of India](letters/1975/750910_manager_state_bank_of_india)** > Enclosed herewith please find one check on the State Savings Bank of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, Check No. L 375362 dated September 5, 1975 for the amount of U.S. Dollars 126.50. --- **[1976: Letter to Jayapataka](letters/1976/760910_jayapataka)** > Please talk with him personally and do the needful. This is to introduce Sri Radha Pada das Adhikari. ---