Anger Used In The Service Of The Lord
Giriraj Swami: One young American who attended the pandal program became so inspired by Srila Prabhupada and the devotees that he came to meet Prabhupada after the program ended. In a heartfelt display of eloquence, he expressed his appreciation to Srila Prabhupada, "If the world could just become Krishna conscious, there could be peace and happiness. People would learn to love each other and give up their hatred and anger."
Srila Prabhupada replied, "Anger? Is there something wrong with anger? Did someone tell you that anger is wrong?" The young man didn’t know what to say. Then Srila Prabhupada explained, "Krishna spoke the whole Bhagavad-gita just to make Arjuna angry. He wanted to convince Arjuna to fight and kill the enemy, and how can you fight and kill unless you are angry? He spoke the whole Bhagavad-gita just to make Arjuna angry, so how can you say that anger is wrong?" Srila Prabhupada explained that anything can be used in the service of the Lord - including anger.
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Giriraj Swami: One young American who attended the pandal program became so inspired by Srila Prabhupada and the devotees that he came to meet Prabhupada after the program ended. In a heartfelt display of eloquence, he expressed his appreciation to Srila Prabhupada, "If the world could just become Krishna conscious, there could be peace and happiness. People would learn to love each other and give up their hatred and anger."
Srila Prabhupada replied, "Anger? Is there something wrong with anger? Did someone tell you that anger is wrong?" The young man didn’t know what to say. Then Srila Prabhupada explained, "Krishna spoke the whole Bhagavad-gita just to make Arjuna angry. He wanted to convince Arjuna to fight and kill the enemy, and how can you fight and kill unless you are angry? He spoke the whole Bhagavad-gita just to make Arjuna angry, so how can you say that anger is wrong?" Srila Prabhupada explained that anything can be used in the service of the Lord - including anger.
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The Benefit Of Study Of Great Characters
Giriraj Swami: Srila Prabhupada told me that if I simply studied the character of Lord Caitanya in Sri Caitanya-caritamrita - as a Vaishnava, even apart from His being the Supreme Personality of Godhead - I would become perfect. Similarly, if people study Srila Prabhupada as a Vaishnava or as a great acharya or as a great personality - apart from his inner identity, which we may or may not know - they will benefit.
https://www.srilaprabhupadalila.org/11062
Giriraj Swami: Srila Prabhupada told me that if I simply studied the character of Lord Caitanya in Sri Caitanya-caritamrita - as a Vaishnava, even apart from His being the Supreme Personality of Godhead - I would become perfect. Similarly, if people study Srila Prabhupada as a Vaishnava or as a great acharya or as a great personality - apart from his inner identity, which we may or may not know - they will benefit.
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Eagerness to Become Krishna Conscious
Giriraj Swami: At one outdoor program I asked Srila Prabhupada, "A devotee told me you said that just being eager to become Krishna conscious is enough to make us Krishna conscious. Does that mean we don’t have to read books?" Srila Prabhupada replied, "If you are eager, why will you not want to read books? You will want to do everything that will help you become Krishna conscious."
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Giriraj Swami: At one outdoor program I asked Srila Prabhupada, "A devotee told me you said that just being eager to become Krishna conscious is enough to make us Krishna conscious. Does that mean we don’t have to read books?" Srila Prabhupada replied, "If you are eager, why will you not want to read books? You will want to do everything that will help you become Krishna conscious."
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We Realize God Simply By Eating
Giriraj Swami: In Bombay, Srila Prabhupada received an invitation from Hari Krishna Das Agarwal, an industrialist who founded Prem Kutir, a religious institution where Prabhupada had stayed for some days before going to America. Hari Krishna Das invited Prabhupada and the devotees to attend a Vedanta Sammelan conference in Amritsar, and Srila Prabhupada agreed. Thus Prabhupada and his party of disciples went by train to Amritsar.
The conference was held at the Vedanta Ashram, which was dedicated to the propagation of impersonal Mayavada philosophy, and the buildings and walkways displayed signs with popular Mayavadi slogans such as tat tvam asi (you are that) and aham brahmasmi (I am spirit). We had programs in the evening, and every morning we would go into Prabhupada’s room and sing the Gurv-ashtaka prayers in front of his Radha-Krishna Deities, and he would speak with us. One morning he explained the different Mayavadi slogans. And he added that the organizers knew that he did not agree with their philosophy but that they had still invited him and his disciples because they had known that the "foreign" devotees' kirtana would attract people.
While discussing their philosophy, Prabhupada commented, "They will talk and talk about Vedanta, but it is simply mental speculation, and they never come to any conclusion." Just then, one of the devotees brought the morning offering from Srila Prabhupada's Deities to him. Srila Prabhupada continued, "They will go on speculating for many lifetimes" - from the plate of maha-prasada he popped a sweet in his mouth - "but we will realize God simply by eating."
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Giriraj Swami: In Bombay, Srila Prabhupada received an invitation from Hari Krishna Das Agarwal, an industrialist who founded Prem Kutir, a religious institution where Prabhupada had stayed for some days before going to America. Hari Krishna Das invited Prabhupada and the devotees to attend a Vedanta Sammelan conference in Amritsar, and Srila Prabhupada agreed. Thus Prabhupada and his party of disciples went by train to Amritsar.
The conference was held at the Vedanta Ashram, which was dedicated to the propagation of impersonal Mayavada philosophy, and the buildings and walkways displayed signs with popular Mayavadi slogans such as tat tvam asi (you are that) and aham brahmasmi (I am spirit). We had programs in the evening, and every morning we would go into Prabhupada’s room and sing the Gurv-ashtaka prayers in front of his Radha-Krishna Deities, and he would speak with us. One morning he explained the different Mayavadi slogans. And he added that the organizers knew that he did not agree with their philosophy but that they had still invited him and his disciples because they had known that the "foreign" devotees' kirtana would attract people.
While discussing their philosophy, Prabhupada commented, "They will talk and talk about Vedanta, but it is simply mental speculation, and they never come to any conclusion." Just then, one of the devotees brought the morning offering from Srila Prabhupada's Deities to him. Srila Prabhupada continued, "They will go on speculating for many lifetimes" - from the plate of maha-prasada he popped a sweet in his mouth - "but we will realize God simply by eating."
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Analysis of ledger of life
Giriraj Swami: Once, while speaking to a businessman in Bombay, Srila Prabhupada quoted a verse from Canakya Pandita: "At the time of death one cannot purchase one more moment of life, even for all the riches in the world." Time is invaluable and must be invested carefully. "So we should utilize each moment for the greatest gain," Srila Prabhupada continued. "In the ledger of your life, all time engaged in Krishna consciousness is profit, whereas all time engaged in material activities is loss. If we want the greatest profit in life, we must use every moment in Krishna consciousness."
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Giriraj Swami: Once, while speaking to a businessman in Bombay, Srila Prabhupada quoted a verse from Canakya Pandita: "At the time of death one cannot purchase one more moment of life, even for all the riches in the world." Time is invaluable and must be invested carefully. "So we should utilize each moment for the greatest gain," Srila Prabhupada continued. "In the ledger of your life, all time engaged in Krishna consciousness is profit, whereas all time engaged in material activities is loss. If we want the greatest profit in life, we must use every moment in Krishna consciousness."
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You should chant Hare Krishna every day and read our books and in this way you will make advancement in Krishna consciousness. We have to understand that I am not this body, but part and parcel of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna.
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You should chant Hare Krishna every day and read our books and in this way you will make advancement in Krishna consciousness. We have to understand that I am not this body, but part and parcel of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna.
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Analogies - We, we, we
A business firm signs "We." "We agree to this point." The manager signs, the proprietor signs, he says "We," means "We, the company, any one of us." Similarly, when Krishna says mad-asrayah, "under My shelter," it means that taking shelter of Krishna or anyone in the disciplic succession of Krishna.
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A business firm signs "We." "We agree to this point." The manager signs, the proprietor signs, he says "We," means "We, the company, any one of us." Similarly, when Krishna says mad-asrayah, "under My shelter," it means that taking shelter of Krishna or anyone in the disciplic succession of Krishna.
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Teaching By Example With A Very Profound Effect
Giriraj Swami: At the Ardha-kumbha-mela in Allahabad in January 1971, our program was very rigorous, because it was bitterly cold at night and we were expected to get up at four o’clock in the morning to bathe and attend mangala-arati. A few staunch devotees like Tamal Krishna and Hamsaduta got up early, by three or three-thirty, and walked all the way from our camp to the Ganges to take an early-morning bath. But those of us staying in the brahmacari tent were not so staunch, and generally when it was time to get up at four o’clock it was so cold out that we preferred to remain in our sleeping bags.
Srila Prabhupada began to notice that some of us were coming late to mangala-arati and that some were not coming at all. He became very upset about this, because he knew how important mangala-arati was for us. So one morning, although he was a little frail in health, he got up at four o'clock and came out in his gamcha, sat down under the hand pump, and took an ice-cold bath - just to encourage us to get up, bathe, and come to mangala-arati. His action had a very profound effect on all of us, and we felt so ashamed that we just couldn’t sleep late any more.
https://www.srilaprabhupadalila.org/11071
Giriraj Swami: At the Ardha-kumbha-mela in Allahabad in January 1971, our program was very rigorous, because it was bitterly cold at night and we were expected to get up at four o’clock in the morning to bathe and attend mangala-arati. A few staunch devotees like Tamal Krishna and Hamsaduta got up early, by three or three-thirty, and walked all the way from our camp to the Ganges to take an early-morning bath. But those of us staying in the brahmacari tent were not so staunch, and generally when it was time to get up at four o’clock it was so cold out that we preferred to remain in our sleeping bags.
Srila Prabhupada began to notice that some of us were coming late to mangala-arati and that some were not coming at all. He became very upset about this, because he knew how important mangala-arati was for us. So one morning, although he was a little frail in health, he got up at four o'clock and came out in his gamcha, sat down under the hand pump, and took an ice-cold bath - just to encourage us to get up, bathe, and come to mangala-arati. His action had a very profound effect on all of us, and we felt so ashamed that we just couldn’t sleep late any more.
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ISKCON Bullets: Golden Sweetballs
Giriraj Swami: In the early days of the Krishna consciousness movement, sweetballs - gulabjamuns, cheese balls fried in pure ghee and soaked in sugar water - were considered the ultimate experience in transcendental bliss. Sweetballs were so important that Srila Prabhupada used to keep a jar of them by the temple door at 26 Second Avenue. He had so much faith in Krishna’s prasada - just as he did in Krishna’s name - that if the young people took prasada they would become purified and satisfied. It is the devotees’ only sense gratification. A person can feel so satisfied by taking krishna-prasada that he will not think of any other type of enjoyment.
So in the beginning Srila Prabhupada encouraged the devotees to take more and more prasada. Anyone who visited him had to get a sweetball, and Srila Prabhupada’s were wonderful. He kept a jar of such golden balls suspended in gooey sugar water near the temple entrance, so if anyone wanted to leave Krishna consciousness, he would first have to pass the sweetballs.And definitely the person would think, "Before I go, let me take one more - or two or three or four." Most likely, he would realize the higher taste of Krishna consciousness and give up the idea of leaving altogether. Or he would become so full that he couldn’t move. In any case, Srila Prabhupada called sweetballs "ISKCON bullets - they shoot maya dead."
https://www.srilaprabhupadalila.org/11040
Giriraj Swami: In the early days of the Krishna consciousness movement, sweetballs - gulabjamuns, cheese balls fried in pure ghee and soaked in sugar water - were considered the ultimate experience in transcendental bliss. Sweetballs were so important that Srila Prabhupada used to keep a jar of them by the temple door at 26 Second Avenue. He had so much faith in Krishna’s prasada - just as he did in Krishna’s name - that if the young people took prasada they would become purified and satisfied. It is the devotees’ only sense gratification. A person can feel so satisfied by taking krishna-prasada that he will not think of any other type of enjoyment.
So in the beginning Srila Prabhupada encouraged the devotees to take more and more prasada. Anyone who visited him had to get a sweetball, and Srila Prabhupada’s were wonderful. He kept a jar of such golden balls suspended in gooey sugar water near the temple entrance, so if anyone wanted to leave Krishna consciousness, he would first have to pass the sweetballs.And definitely the person would think, "Before I go, let me take one more - or two or three or four." Most likely, he would realize the higher taste of Krishna consciousness and give up the idea of leaving altogether. Or he would become so full that he couldn’t move. In any case, Srila Prabhupada called sweetballs "ISKCON bullets - they shoot maya dead."
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Who Is The Cause Of Krishna ?
Giriraj Swami: When I became well enough, I began to accompany Srila Prabhupada on his morning walks. On one, I asked, "We say that Krishna is the original cause of all causes, but some people question, 'Then who is the cause of Krishna?' How do we answer them?" Srila Prabhupada replied, "According to our information, Krishna is the first cause. If you do research and find someone who is the cause of Krishna, we will worship him. But until then, you should worship Krishna."
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Giriraj Swami: When I became well enough, I began to accompany Srila Prabhupada on his morning walks. On one, I asked, "We say that Krishna is the original cause of all causes, but some people question, 'Then who is the cause of Krishna?' How do we answer them?" Srila Prabhupada replied, "According to our information, Krishna is the first cause. If you do research and find someone who is the cause of Krishna, we will worship him. But until then, you should worship Krishna."
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Even If We Lose Money, We Will Still Protect The Cows
Giriraj Swami: Once, Hamsaduta Dasa came to meet Srila Prabhupada in Juhu. He had been having difficulties with the other leaders of the ISKCON Hyderabad farm project, and he wanted to share his grief with Srila Prabhupada, who listened patiently and with sympathy. I was struck not only by how kind and compassionate Prabhupada was but also by how much time he had to spend with us to smooth our rough relationships and heal our hurt hearts.
As I sat there listening, and marveling at Srila Prabhupada’s deep care and expertise, the topic turned to cows on the farm. Hamsaduta explained his strategy, that the devotees would create such a superior breed of cow that produced such large quantities of milk, that they would have more than enough milk for their own needs and would be able to sell the surplus for a good profit. This way, he reasoned, people would see that keeping cows was profitable and they wouldn’t kill them. Having listened carefully, Srila Prabhupada responded, "This is not the idea, to keep cows and get milk and produce yogurt and cheese and ghee and by selling them to become fat, rich capitalists. The idea is to please Krishna. That is bhakti. In the Bhagavad-gita (18.44) Krishna says, krishi-go-rakshya: 'agriculture and cow protection.' We protect the cows because Krishna wants it, for Krishna’s pleasure - whether we make money or not. Even if we lose money, we will still protect the cows - and depend on Krishna. Our interest is to please Krishna. That is bhakti."
https://www.srilaprabhupadalila.org/11126
Giriraj Swami: Once, Hamsaduta Dasa came to meet Srila Prabhupada in Juhu. He had been having difficulties with the other leaders of the ISKCON Hyderabad farm project, and he wanted to share his grief with Srila Prabhupada, who listened patiently and with sympathy. I was struck not only by how kind and compassionate Prabhupada was but also by how much time he had to spend with us to smooth our rough relationships and heal our hurt hearts.
As I sat there listening, and marveling at Srila Prabhupada’s deep care and expertise, the topic turned to cows on the farm. Hamsaduta explained his strategy, that the devotees would create such a superior breed of cow that produced such large quantities of milk, that they would have more than enough milk for their own needs and would be able to sell the surplus for a good profit. This way, he reasoned, people would see that keeping cows was profitable and they wouldn’t kill them. Having listened carefully, Srila Prabhupada responded, "This is not the idea, to keep cows and get milk and produce yogurt and cheese and ghee and by selling them to become fat, rich capitalists. The idea is to please Krishna. That is bhakti. In the Bhagavad-gita (18.44) Krishna says, krishi-go-rakshya: 'agriculture and cow protection.' We protect the cows because Krishna wants it, for Krishna’s pleasure - whether we make money or not. Even if we lose money, we will still protect the cows - and depend on Krishna. Our interest is to please Krishna. That is bhakti."
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Srila Prabhupada Always Reciprocated Appropriately
Nanda Kishor Dasa: The first time I came before Prabhupada, I was thinking, "Wow, I'm a great devotee." Brahmananda, the temple president of 26 Second Avenue, had made me think like that just to encourage me. So I thought, "Here I am bringing prasadam to Prabhupada", and he's going to say something to me like what Bhaktisiddhanta said to him, that, "You should preach the message of Lord Chaitanya. " Prabhupada took the prasadam I brought, but he did not even recognize my existence. He could do that. It was as if he said, "You think that you're a big devotee" "This is how I deal with you." And if you were actually humble, he might pat you on the head. He always reciprocated appropriately.
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Nanda Kishor Dasa: The first time I came before Prabhupada, I was thinking, "Wow, I'm a great devotee." Brahmananda, the temple president of 26 Second Avenue, had made me think like that just to encourage me. So I thought, "Here I am bringing prasadam to Prabhupada", and he's going to say something to me like what Bhaktisiddhanta said to him, that, "You should preach the message of Lord Chaitanya. " Prabhupada took the prasadam I brought, but he did not even recognize my existence. He could do that. It was as if he said, "You think that you're a big devotee" "This is how I deal with you." And if you were actually humble, he might pat you on the head. He always reciprocated appropriately.
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Srila Prabhupada's Made Me Feel Like A Fool
Guru Kripa Dasa: Prabhupada never talked to me. He only asked me questions I could not answer, like, "Why does the grass grow in the cracks on the sidewalk?" Or, when we were walking along the beach in Madras, and he saw a statue across the street of a man on a horse, he said, "Who is that man on the horse?" How would I know? His questions made me feel like a fool. Murkha, fool, one should always be a murkha in front of the guru. As soon as you think, "Now I've become friendly with the guru, now I know a little bit more", then you are finished. People sometimes think, "Now I will go somewhere else and I will get some higher instruction." No. Prabhupada will instruct you according to your surrender, according to what you are ready for. But if you think for a second that the guru doesn't know something, then you are finished. Srila Prabhupada strongly ingrained that idea in me. He made me feel like a fool.
https://www.srilaprabhupadalila.org/2189
Guru Kripa Dasa: Prabhupada never talked to me. He only asked me questions I could not answer, like, "Why does the grass grow in the cracks on the sidewalk?" Or, when we were walking along the beach in Madras, and he saw a statue across the street of a man on a horse, he said, "Who is that man on the horse?" How would I know? His questions made me feel like a fool. Murkha, fool, one should always be a murkha in front of the guru. As soon as you think, "Now I've become friendly with the guru, now I know a little bit more", then you are finished. People sometimes think, "Now I will go somewhere else and I will get some higher instruction." No. Prabhupada will instruct you according to your surrender, according to what you are ready for. But if you think for a second that the guru doesn't know something, then you are finished. Srila Prabhupada strongly ingrained that idea in me. He made me feel like a fool.
https://www.srilaprabhupadalila.org/2189
Your fingernails should be short and clean
Pariksit Dasa: In 1972, we had established ISKCON Press at Tiffany Place, near the Brooklyn temple. It was a little dangerous there, a couple of devotees had gotten beaten up so we also established night guards. Once, when I was stuck on night guard duty over at Tiffany Place, Prabhupada had just arrived and everybody else was in the temple with him. It wasn't until seven or eight o'clock in the morning, when it was time for me to receive my gayatri mantra initiation, that I came to the temple. I went into Prabhupada's room. Prabhupada was about to give me my gayatri mantra when he looked at my hands and said, "Your fingernails should be short and clean, like mine." I had been neglecting my fingernails for a while. They were long and because I was involved in construction, they weren't clean. Ever since Prabhupada said that, however, I've kept my fingernails short and clean.
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Pariksit Dasa: In 1972, we had established ISKCON Press at Tiffany Place, near the Brooklyn temple. It was a little dangerous there, a couple of devotees had gotten beaten up so we also established night guards. Once, when I was stuck on night guard duty over at Tiffany Place, Prabhupada had just arrived and everybody else was in the temple with him. It wasn't until seven or eight o'clock in the morning, when it was time for me to receive my gayatri mantra initiation, that I came to the temple. I went into Prabhupada's room. Prabhupada was about to give me my gayatri mantra when he looked at my hands and said, "Your fingernails should be short and clean, like mine." I had been neglecting my fingernails for a while. They were long and because I was involved in construction, they weren't clean. Ever since Prabhupada said that, however, I've kept my fingernails short and clean.
https://www.srilaprabhupadalila.org/2186
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I will live forever In my books
Caru Dasa: Prabhupada sat on the Vyasasana and the first question the reporter asked was, "What's going to happen to the movement after you die?" Before he'd even finished the sentence Prabhupada said, "I will never die!" A long pause, "I will live forever in my books."
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Caru Dasa: Prabhupada sat on the Vyasasana and the first question the reporter asked was, "What's going to happen to the movement after you die?" Before he'd even finished the sentence Prabhupada said, "I will never die!" A long pause, "I will live forever in my books."
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She gave up everything for Krishna, now you should do the same thing
Satarupa dasi : I became Miss Denmark, and that propelled me to a career as a model. I became the most expensive model in London and Paris and I was working every single day for Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire. In 1974, I had a cover of Paris Match, which is a big newspaper, and it was sold in 24 countries with my cover with a sari on and the line was "I left everything for Krishna." There were four pages inside-me making garlands in front of the Deities, dancing around Tulasi, dancing and chanting Harinam in front of the Eiffel Tower. So when Paris Match came out, of course they sent it to Prabhupada in Bombay, where he had it on his desk for one week. He would say to the people coming, "She gave up everything for Krishna, now you should do the same thing." Prabhupada would be preaching like that.
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Satarupa dasi : I became Miss Denmark, and that propelled me to a career as a model. I became the most expensive model in London and Paris and I was working every single day for Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire. In 1974, I had a cover of Paris Match, which is a big newspaper, and it was sold in 24 countries with my cover with a sari on and the line was "I left everything for Krishna." There were four pages inside-me making garlands in front of the Deities, dancing around Tulasi, dancing and chanting Harinam in front of the Eiffel Tower. So when Paris Match came out, of course they sent it to Prabhupada in Bombay, where he had it on his desk for one week. He would say to the people coming, "She gave up everything for Krishna, now you should do the same thing." Prabhupada would be preaching like that.
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There is no devotion without guru
Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: Somebody said, "If one without a guru chants the name with devotion".
Prabhupada: There is no devotion without guru. That is the defect in modern society they imagine you can manufacture their own way. Rupa Gosvami said that the first thing is to approach the guru.
Question: Then all is fruitless without the guru? But it is rare to get a genuine guru.
Prabhupada: Lord Caitanya said in answer to this, brahmanda brahmite kona bhagyavan jiva. If you are actually hankering within, He will give you a guru, if you are fortunate. Even Lord Caitanya accepted a guru. Why manufacture that you do not need a guru? Do not do this.
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Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: Somebody said, "If one without a guru chants the name with devotion".
Prabhupada: There is no devotion without guru. That is the defect in modern society they imagine you can manufacture their own way. Rupa Gosvami said that the first thing is to approach the guru.
Question: Then all is fruitless without the guru? But it is rare to get a genuine guru.
Prabhupada: Lord Caitanya said in answer to this, brahmanda brahmite kona bhagyavan jiva. If you are actually hankering within, He will give you a guru, if you are fortunate. Even Lord Caitanya accepted a guru. Why manufacture that you do not need a guru? Do not do this.
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Human form of life is for chanting Hare Krishna
Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: You say life is a dream. Yes, he said, at night what you have dreamt is gone in the day. And at night, your day's activities (I am married, in my house) are forgotten while you dream. They are both dreams you are just a visitor to both. The day dream seems more real because it is of longer duration. The highest vision is that everything is animate. Even in the atom, the soul is there. Govinda is there and where He is, He is not alone. Everything is there. Even in a shoe, in the make-up of the atoms, He is there. It is not dead. In my body there are lots of living entities, but I am predominant because I have the most developed consciousness. I am most fortunate to have the human form of life. Although it is a dream, in this body we are able to come awake. The Vedas are addressing, uttisthaya, wake up, wake up. Now you have the opportunity of the human form of life. Chanting Hare Krishna is reality. We are in the process. If you know Krishna, you know everything.
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Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: You say life is a dream. Yes, he said, at night what you have dreamt is gone in the day. And at night, your day's activities (I am married, in my house) are forgotten while you dream. They are both dreams you are just a visitor to both. The day dream seems more real because it is of longer duration. The highest vision is that everything is animate. Even in the atom, the soul is there. Govinda is there and where He is, He is not alone. Everything is there. Even in a shoe, in the make-up of the atoms, He is there. It is not dead. In my body there are lots of living entities, but I am predominant because I have the most developed consciousness. I am most fortunate to have the human form of life. Although it is a dream, in this body we are able to come awake. The Vedas are addressing, uttisthaya, wake up, wake up. Now you have the opportunity of the human form of life. Chanting Hare Krishna is reality. We are in the process. If you know Krishna, you know everything.
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Dhairya means patience. Patience. There may be so many obstacles in prosecuting our spiritual life, but we should patiently go forward. We shall not be discertained.
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Dhairya means patience. Patience. There may be so many obstacles in prosecuting our spiritual life, but we should patiently go forward. We shall not be discertained.
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The art of pushing at a Person's weak point, until he dies
Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: He said he wanted to visit Dvaraka as he had never been there, and never been to Hardwar or other holy places all over India. I was much more serious about hearing from my spiritual master than in visiting holy places. He noted this and he liked me for it. He said he knows the art, like karate, of pushing at a person's weak point until he dies. In argument he said he finds out their weak point and pushes on it until they die.
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Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: He said he wanted to visit Dvaraka as he had never been there, and never been to Hardwar or other holy places all over India. I was much more serious about hearing from my spiritual master than in visiting holy places. He noted this and he liked me for it. He said he knows the art, like karate, of pushing at a person's weak point until he dies. In argument he said he finds out their weak point and pushes on it until they die.
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