# October 26 ## Spoken on October 26 *Lectures from this day: 13 recordings* --- **[1966: Bhagavad-gītā 8.12–14](spoken/1966/661026bg.ny.md)** > So those who are trying to be in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, their aim of life is different than those who are trying to promote themself in any of the better planet in this material world. So here Lord Kṛṣṇa says that *mūrdhny ādhāya ātmanaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām*. This is called the perfection of *yoga*. If you can transfer yourself... You, you are very minute particle within this body. That you cannot see. But I am, my position is... This is external. This is external. So that is sustaining in the *prāṇa-vāyu.* And the *yoga* system, the *ṣaṭ-cakra* system, is to get the soul from down to the top, tip of the topmost part of the head. > So at the time of death we have to finish that perfection. So long we are alive, we have to practice how to approach that point of perfection, and at the time of death, when we give up this material body, that perfection has to be realized. So for the last three days we have been discussing. *Prayāṇa-kāle manasā 'calena*. --- **[1968: Lecture](spoken/1968/681026le.mon)** > So the whole process is how to get out of this darkness. How to get out of this darkness. That is stated in the *Bhagavad-gītā: yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama .* The world of light is the kingdom of God, or Kṛṣṇaloka. Everything. Because just like you find day. What is this day? Day means a planet which is called sun globe appears. That is day. That means when your this planet, world planet, turns and comes in front of the sun, it is day. Actually, it is darkness, but when we come in front of light, it is day. > So we have to come to the platform of goodness from the platform of ignorance and passion. Then our life will be successful. Our life, the human form of life, is meant for changing the platform of activities. The animals, they cannot change their platform of activities. A tiger, however you instruct it nicely, it is not to be tamed. It is not... Because it is animal. It cannot change its, I mean to say, activities. But a human being, if he is trained... Therefore for human being there is system of the schooling. The children are... --- **[1972: The Nectar of Devotion](spoken/1972/721026nd.vrn)** > Therefore Kṛṣṇa says in the *Bhagavad-gītā, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati*.* This *bhakti* is spiritual activity. Because Kṛṣṇa says, *bhaktyā prayacchati.* If you offer something, Kṛṣṇa, "Kṛṣṇa, I have brought a very palatable dish. You take it," oh, Kṛṣṇa will not take it. *Nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yogamāyā-samāvṛtaḥ*. He's not exposed to everyone. It is not possible. You cannot serve Kṛṣṇa if you are not a devotee. > Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, *yo me bhaktyā prayacchati.* That is the real thing, *bhaktyā.* Not that "I have brought a nice plate, and Kṛṣṇa will accept." Not like that. Kṛṣṇa can accept when you offer something—it doesn't matter what it is, it may be a simple flower, a fruit, a..., a small piece of leaf or little water. This is universal. For worshiping Kṛṣṇa, there is no impediment. If you want to worship other demigod, there are so many things required. But for worshiping Kṛṣṇa the poorest man in the world, any part of the world, he can offer his love, his offering to Kṛṣṇa. *Patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati*.* --- **[1972: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.15](spoken/1972/721026sb.vrn)** > It is not our manufactured words. Kṛṣṇa says in the *Bhagavad-gītā* that *na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ*. So our test is if anyone is not Kṛṣṇa conscious, he is either of these: *duṣkṛtinaḥ, mūḍhāḥ, narādhamāḥ, māyayā apahṛta-jñānāḥ.* This is our conclusion. You may say it is very sectarian, but Kṛṣṇa says. What can I do? [laughter] [laughs] Kṛṣṇa says. So therefore, as soon as we find out a person he has no knowledge of Kṛṣṇa, we put him either of these categories: *mūḍhāḥ, duṣkṛtinaḥ, narādhamāḥ, māyayā apahṛta-jñānāḥ.* These are their qualifications. > So *Bhāgavata* gives you direction that "If you are actually serious about finding out a *guru.*.." *Guru...* Who requires a *guru*? Who requires? *Tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta*. One should surrender unto *guru. Jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam:* one who is inquisitive to understand the transcendental knowledge. The ordinary man does not require to search out the *guru* to find out astrology: "*Gurujī*, kindly tell me what will be the price next...?" Not that *guru. Jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam:* one who is serious to understand about the transcendental knowledge. *Uttamam. Udgata-tamam:* beyond this material world. --- **[1973: Bhagavad-gītā 7.1 [Hindi](spoken/1973/731026bg.bom)** > Similarly, the behaviour is there with the Supreme Lord. Those who are engaged in his service who can they have any scarcity? The Lord Himself *kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati*, those who are My devotees they will never suffer. Therefore, Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that whatever plan one has made for enjoying in this material world one should execute I but should put Kṛṣṇa in the center, and should give up all *anācāra* or capricious activities. Then one will become actually happy. > So, these should be given up, so after illicit sex, striyaḥ sūnā, and useless animal killing, meat is not the food of humans. The humans are supposed to eat the remnants of the Supreme Lord, *maha prasada*. Kṛṣṇa says *patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati*, so in this way one should accept only *bhagavat prasāda*, reject illicit sex, all kinds of intoxication up to drinking tea, coffee, cigarette and all kinds of intoxicating substances and alcohol should be given up for sure. --- **[1973: Airport Departure](spoken/1973/731026dp.bom)** > So our attempt, Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, is to educate people to come to the responsibility of human life. This is our Vedic civilization. The problem of life is not the difficulties for a few years of this duration of life. The real problem of life is how to solve the repetition of birth, death, old age and disease. That is the instruction in the *Bhagavad-gītā: janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam*. People are embarrassed with so many problems of life, but the real problem of life is how to stop birth, death, old age and disease. So people are callous. They have become so dull-headed that they do not understand the problem of life. > These rascals, lowest of the mankind and always engaged in sinful activities, such persons do not take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. "No. There are so many educated M.A., Ph.D.s." Kṛṣṇa says, *māyayāpahṛta-jñānāḥ:* "Apparently they are very educated, but their real knowledge is taken away by *māyā." Āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ.* This atheistic civilization is very dangerous. People are suffering for this reason. But they are not very serious. Therefore they have been addressed by Kṛṣṇa as *mūḍhāḥ,* rascals. *Na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ.* --- **[1974: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.46](spoken/1974/741026sb.may)** > Yudhiṣṭhira is not like that: "Let... Somehow or other, let me become king. Let so many people were killed. Never mind." No. He was so sorry, so sorry that he could not be solaced even by the instruction of Kṛṣṇa and saintly person like Vyāsadeva. He was so sorry. Of course, he accepted, but personally he was so very, very sorry, that "So many people have been killed for me." But what could be done? It was Kṛṣṇa's desire. Kṛṣṇa comes—*paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām*, His two business. So He wanted to establish the kingdom of His representative. He wanted that "Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira is right representative. He should be enthroned on the kingdom of whole world." Formerly, Bhārata-varṣa meant this whole planet, not this small tract of land. Now it is called India. But the Bhārata-varṣa means the whole planet, this planet. There was one flag. Up to Mahārāja Parīkṣit there was one flag, not like at present there are hundreds and thousands of flags. You Americans, you know. In New York, when we pass through that United Nation building, we see so many flags are there. They are united, but everywhere the flag is increasing—disunited. Not like that. Actually, by monarchy, the pious king, there was unity all over the world. All over the world. And in the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra it was a family fight, so all the kings of different parts of the world, they joined this side or that side. That is mentioned in the *Bhagavad-gītā.* So... But still, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira did not like that so many people would be killed for the sake of enthroning him, but Kṛṣṇa desired. Kṛṣṇa desired. Kṛṣṇa wanted it, that... Duryodhana, they were demonlike, simply making politics and diplomacy. Their only business was... Dhṛtarāṣṭra, along with his sons, they were simply making diplomacy how to kill the Pāṇḍavas and catch over the kingdom. That was their policy. > But the Battle of Kurukṣetra was not that type of battle. One should be aware of the Battle of Kurukṣetra very nicely. It was *dharma-yuddha. Dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ*. Why they settled up that the fighting should take place in the *dharma-kṣetra*? They are to fight, *yuyutsavaḥ.* It was settled they will fight, but why they selected the *dharma-kṣetra*? This is Vedic system. Even up to date, in villages, not in the cities... In the cities, as soon as there is some misunderstanding between you and me, we go to the court, either criminal court or civil court, to settle up, and it takes years to settle up the business. It goes on. I have seen for generation. One generation passed another generation; the fighting is going on in the court. But if people are Kṛṣṇa conscious, it could be settled within few minutes. Still among the villagers the system is current in India: when there is some fighting, they go to a saintly person or in a temple to settle up. Just like when Sanātana Gosvāmī was there in Vṛndāvana, so in that area, whenever there was some fighting between two parties, they would come to Sanātana Gosvāmī: *bābā, āp is kā faislā kar dījiye.* [Bābā, please draw a decision on this matter] *Bābā* means saintly person. So they would come to Sanātana Gosvāmī, and they would ask him to become mediator, arbitrator, to settle up. And whatever verdict or judgment he will give, they will accept, that "Bābā has said. That's all right." Therefore Śrīnivāsa Ācārya has prayed the Gosvāmīs, *dhīrādhīra. Kṛṣṇotkīrtana-gāna-nartana-parau, dhīradhīra-priyau* [*Śrīnivāsa Ācārya].* --- **[1975: Morning Walk](spoken/1975/751026mw.mau)** > And he went to Kashmir. So by the yogic process, in *samādhi* one can remain alive although superficially he is seen that he is killed. That is possible. Hiraṇyakaśipu did that. He was undergoing *tapasya* for one hundred years of the demigods. Their duration of time is: our six months, their one day. So such a long time he was undergoing austerity, penance, and thus he became perfect. So his body was practically finished by the earthworm, what is called, moths and ants. > Fearing is there. Therefore the other items, eating, sleeping and mating, must be there. So there is arrangement for them, everything, within the sand. How you can say within the sand there is no life? --- **[1975: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.28.17](spoken/1975/751026sb.nai)** > Therefore this very word, *bhṛtyānugraha-kātaram:* "How this rascal will give up this material job and come to Me and take all My favors?" This is God's desire. And we are so obstinate, we want to take some favor from this minister, that minister, this person, that person this... Failure. Kṛṣṇa says, *suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānām* : "I am friend of everyone." > And here is the word, *bhṛtyānugraha-kātaram.* And He's very, very eager to give all His favors, and still people are not becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious. Just see how rascal they are. So we say, anyone who is not Kṛṣṇa conscious, he is a rascal. Is he not a rascal? He is claiming that "I am the seed-giving father of everyone," *sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya*, "in all species of life." He does not make any discrimination, that "I am the seed-giving father of this class of men or this species of men or for the human being." No. He says *sarva-yoniṣu. Yoni* means the form, just like you have got your different forms. But that form doesn't matter. Form is external. But the internal is the same spirit soul. Therefore you are seeing now a new thing in the history of the world, that the Africans and Indians and the Americans and the Europeans are dancing—"Hare Kṛṣṇa." Just understand. Don't be rascal and fools, that you do not understand what is the potency of Hare Kṛṣṇa *mantra.* If you become so rascal and fool, if you do not understand, then you are animal. Here is a practical example. How it has become possible that the white Americans, Europeans, and other colors and the black African, they have forgotten everything? When they chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and dance, do they remember that "I am African," "I am American," "I am Indian"? No. *Brahma-bhūtaḥ.* [devotee laughs] [aside:] Why you are laughing? It is so important thing. So this is *brahma-bhūtaḥ* stage. --- **[1976: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.5.4](spoken/1976/761026sb.vrn)** > If you don't get Kṛṣṇa, then there is no other way. There is no other alternative. The only alternative is *mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani* : you get one body and again you die, again get another body. This will go on. Therefore we should not... *Na sādhu manye.* Ṛṣabhadeva's words, said, "This is not good." *Na sādhu manye yata ātmano 'yam asann api kleśada āsa dehaḥ*. So this culture, this education, is practically nil, especially in Kali-yuga. It is very regrettable. But the informations are there, the science is there. If one is intelligent, he can take advantage of this science, Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and mold his life accordingly so that he can stop this process of accepting a body which is *kleśada. Kleśada.* That is the perfection of life. And that can be simply done very easily if you simply study Kṛṣṇa, if you come in this temple and see Kṛṣṇa. Very simple method. *Mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ.* These are not our manufacture; Kṛṣṇa says. You come here. The temple is meant for this purpose, that you come, see Kṛṣṇa and be attached to Kṛṣṇa. The more you become attached to Kṛṣṇa, that is called *bhakti-yoga.* > This is Dhruva Mahārāja said. He had desires, very, very great desires, that "I shall have..., I shall possess a kingdom greater than Brahmā, greater than my father." He was insulted by his stepmother. This is desire. This is... We are... Action and reaction. So he desired that "I shall have a great kingdom—greater kingdom than my father." He went to the forest and he underwent very severe austerities, a five-years-old boy. He saw, Kṛṣṇa came. So when He wanted to give him, fulfill his desires, he said, *svāmin kṛtārtho 'smi varaṁ na yāce:* "No, no, no. I have nothing to ask from You." This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. No more desires. Otherwise, *karmī, jñānī, yogī* and *bhakta. Akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhīḥ*. Mokṣa-kāma:* the *jñānīs,* they want *mokṣa,* to merge into the existence of Brahman. The *yogīs,* they want *siddhis,* some perfection, material perfection, to show some magic. And the *karmīs,* they want sense gratification. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that *karmī jñānī yogi sakali aśānta. Aśānta,* they cannot be at peace, because they are desiring. So long you want, you desire, there will be no peace. *Kṛṣṇa-bhakta-niṣkāma, ataeva śānta*. --- **[1977: Room Conversation](spoken/1977/771026r1.vrn)** > Anyone who is fully engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service, he has no other duty. He has finished all other duties. *Tepus tapas te*. This is the injunction of the *śāstra.* He's no more anyone's servant, or he has got any duty to do—*śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyam*—because he has taken the shelter of the ultimate Supreme Person. This is the injunction of the *śāstra.* So this *śrāddha* ceremony is not required for a devotee fully surrendered to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. *Gato mukundaṁ śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyam. Śaraṇyam:* He is the only shelter. And who has taken shelter of Kṛṣṇa, he has no other duty. This is the *śāstra.* Yes. [break] You now give. [drinks] [break] > Bhakti-caru: Well, Śatadhanya also said he thought [indistinct]. Bhavā > And Śatadhanya Mahārāja also thought that you were appearing to be stronger. Usually you're not able to sit up for such a long period of time, and you're sitting up by yourself. Usually you lean on my hand for support. But this morning you're... --- ## Letters on October 26 *Letters from this day: 12* --- **[1967: Letter to Jadurani](letters/1967/671026_jadurani)** > I have seen the latest issue of BTG & have very much appreciated the presentation with your combined efforts—you artists & poets should try to increase the beauty of BTG as well as to promote the sales in larger & larger numbers. Your appreciation of Rayarama's effort is also shared by me in improving the condition of BTG. --- **[1967: Letter to Satsvarupa](letters/1967/671026_satsvarupa)** > Sridhara Maharaja has spared one entire nice house for my stay. We shall observe his birthday ceremony tomorrow and the brahmacaris shall learn how to celebrate spiritual master's birthday. --- **[1968: Letter to Gargamuni](letters/1968/681026_gargamuni)** > If your parents don't receive you as their beloved son, I don't wish to keep you in that blazing fire. --- **[1969: Letter to Satsvarupa](letters/1969/691026_satsvarupa)** > I have duly made corrections on the Isopanisad glossary you had enclosed, and I shall send it to Brahmananda as requested by you. --- **[1970: Letter to Bali-Mardana](letters/1970/701026_bali-mardana)** > I am very glad to know where you are and how you are proceeding on your program for opening new centers in the area of the South Pacific. I do not know if you are going first to Hong Kong as you wrote before or if you are going to Taiwan as you have just now mentioned. --- **[1970: Letter to Nayanabhirama](letters/1970/701026_nayanabhirama)** > It is most important if you arrange lectures and kirtanas at the schools and colleges because the more intelligent young boys and girls of your country are very much eager to understand this Krishna Consciousness Movement. --- **[1970: Letter to Upendra](letters/1970/701026_upendra)** > Regarding the impersonalist swamis, don't try to mix with any Swami who has no knowledge of Krsna Consciousness. So their speaking is simply maya, therefore they are called Mayavadis. --- **[1972: Letter to Cyavana](letters/1972/721026_cyavana)** > Brahmananda is collecting many life-members in Zambia, and if there is financial crisis there in Nairobi, why not he should send you the money he is collecting? --- **[1972: Letter to Dinatarini Dasi](letters/1972/721026_dinatarini_dasi)** > Yes, I am very pleased to see how our children in Dallas school are making such nice advancement in Krishna Consciousness happy life. --- **[1976: Letter to Brahmananda](letters/1976/761026_brahmananda)** > Cyavana has misspent, that is clear. Therefore, indirectly we are responsible because we could not control him. Slack management Arrange things so that in the future these things may not occur. --- **[1976: Letter to Gurukrpa](letters/1976/761026_gurukrpa)** > The fact is that unless the management is strictly supervised, these things will happen. Be careful so that these things may not happen again in the future. --- **[1976: Letter to Ramesvara](letters/1976/761026_ramesvara)** > Upon your recommendation I am pleased to accept the following devotees for first initiation and also those whom yo have recommended for second initiation. ---